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by Rod 17y ago
It's a MO policy: http://mathoverflow.net/faq "We also encourage you to use your real name as your username. In your own enlightened self-interest, realise that participating in blogs, Math Overflow, the arXiv, and mathematical publishin
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by Rod 17y ago
Those who don't care what other people think only attract antagonism. Those who are liked (and, consequently, invited again to such social events) are those who make other people feel good, and the best way of making other people feel good
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by Rod 17y ago
Exactly. Universities sell credentials, not knowledge. If universities actually did sell knowledge, they would have been put out of business by public libraries long ago.
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by Rod 17y ago
Keeping one's mouth shut is actually great advice! The less one says, the less one has the chance to screw up. Is this the same as avoiding social gatherings? I don't think so. You can keep your mouth shut and cause good impression by being
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by Rod 17y ago
I was positively surprised by this article. Much better than I anticipated... It's good to remind myself that in social gatherings what matters is not what is being discussed, but rather how it is being discussed. I used to hate small-talk
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Randomness in Nature(gilkalai.wordpress.com)
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Why are entrepreneurs flocking to mountain towns? (2008)(money.cnn.com)
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Linux: #1 Operating System in Hollywood(linuxmovies.org)
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Mandelbrot Set in Python(prezjordan.tumblr.com)
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Lions: a photo essay by Nathan Myhrvold (2007)(edge.org)
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How to lie with statistics(books.google.com)
1 points by Rod 17y ago|1 comments
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Lisa Randall: a beautiful mind [pdf](randall.physics.harvard.edu)
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by Rod 17y ago
1) Economics is called the dismal science for a reason. I don't care what Freakonomics says. 2) I believe that the risk of false positives should be enough reason to abolish the death penalty.
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by Rod 17y ago
That was not my point. My point was that death penalty does not prevent actual criminals from murdering people. Hence, I don't see what is the point of capital punishment. Moreover, I don't think that judges and juries should have the right
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by Rod 17y ago
Except that the scenario you've described is not collateral damage. According to the U.S. Air Force: "Broadly defined, collateral damage is unintentional damage or incidental damage affecting facilities, equipment or personnel occurring
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by Rod 17y ago
Comparing death penalty to exception handling is the most distasteful metaphor ever. The real problem is that death penalty does not serve as deterrence. That is the problem.
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by Rod 17y ago
By definition, collateral damage is unintended killing, whereas capital punishment is doubtlessly intended killing.
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by Rod 17y ago
I have not, but that's a good point. Well, hackers tend to enjoy intellectual fights more than physical ones. The average viewer wants entertainment, not intellectual stimulation...
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by Rod 17y ago
Hackers are (almost) always male and don't get laid that much, so a reality TV with a bunch of guys and no sex is not going to attract a lot of viewers...
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by Rod 17y ago
Well, the subtitle of the submitted article is "a study of the style and context of his work up to the genesis of information theory" . Shannon did a lot of amazing work before the seminal 1948 paper. As an example, here are his M.Sc. and
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by Rod 17y ago
I agree with your analysis, but I disagree with your assumptions. For starters, I don't see any difference between Bob Stoll's publishing his handicapping analyses and Wall Street analysts publishing their analyses. Well, I actually see one
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by Rod 17y ago
I think you should stop reading Taleb and Gladwell's pseudo-deep books. The difference between luck and skill is consistency. If one is "lucky" for 20 years straight, then it's not luck, it's actual skill. Sure, if you have enough monkeys t
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The Unreasonable Utility of Recreational Mathematics(digilander.libero.it)
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Bob Stoll: the man who shook up Vegas (2007)(online.wsj.com)
37 points by Rod 17y ago|11 comments
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Bjarne Stroustrup: the problem with programming (2006)(technologyreview.com)
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The NSA's math problem (2006)(nytimes.com)
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The Mathematics of Gambling(bjmath.com)
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Google’s Auction for TV Ads(cs.huji.ac.il)
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by Rod 17y ago
I am a grad student. I hate the textbook cartel as much as any other grad student who needs to spend 5%-10% of his salary in expensive textbooks. However, this whole "textbooks must die" is linkbaitish and stupid. They don't have to die.
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by Rod 17y ago
Examples of 1st class thinkers: Knuth, Sussman, Papadimitriou, Tardos, Vazirani, etc. I admire Jobs for his sense of style. I admire Gates for his business acumen. I used to like reading Seth Godin. He makes some valid points. However, anyo

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