Shamiq

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   by Shamiq 18y ago

   I got a real kick out of watching Pirates of Silicon Valley.
2. 392.▲
   by Shamiq 18y ago

   Flag stuff that seems like spam, let the voting take care of the rest. If it shouldn't be here, it'll go away eventually.
3. 393.▲
   by Shamiq 18y ago

   #1 and #3 are preferred by this user.
4. 394.▲
   by Shamiq 18y ago

   I know those guys. Northwestern University, go!
5. 395.▲
   by Shamiq 18y ago

   Thanks for the clear up.
6. 396.▲
   by Shamiq 18y ago

   Cohort effects!
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   Genetic Algorithms(xkcd.com)

   4 points by Shamiq 18y ago|3 comments
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   by Shamiq 18y ago

   The RSS shows every submission which gets at least one up vote. So most spam doesn't make it to the RSS, but a lot of other cruft can pass through depending on if at least one person liked it. At least, that's how I've seen it play out.
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   by Shamiq 18y ago

   I missed this on the first read: :"What you're moving is information, not the actual atoms," says Chris Monroe, from the Joint Quantum Institute at the University of Maryland in College Park and an author of the paper. But as two particles
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    Ytterbium ions have been teleported over a distance of a metre(nature.com)

    2 points by Shamiq 18y ago|1 comments
11. 401.▲
    by Shamiq 18y ago

    Hard to quantify, hard to approach.
12. 402.▲
    by Shamiq 18y ago

    I'm all for accountability, but I also think added bureaucracy is a waste of money. Someone has to pay for these new jobs, and I can't tell whether this will return more than it costs to set up.
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    by Shamiq 18y ago

    Counter factuals are experiments we all wish we could run.
14. 404.▲
    by Shamiq 18y ago

    About the commissions, Zecco is an online broker which gives the first 10 trades (one way) every month for free.
15. 405.▲
    by Shamiq 18y ago

    The $20/month is only for the data, I believe.
16. 406.▲
    by Shamiq 18y ago

    Clever thinking -- that's just evil.
17. 407.▲
    by Shamiq 18y ago

    Interesting way of defining a week. In terms of real "work" weeks, I get the feeling this would have taken longer than only one. Anyone willing to venture a guess how long given the author only documented productive hours?
18. 408.▲
    by Shamiq 18y ago

    Fix this, please. It's making this thread just about unreadable.
19. 409.▲
    by Shamiq 18y ago

    Northwestern University
20. 410.▲
    by Shamiq 18y ago

    Yea, but you also need to discount the value you get in the future. Even so, it sounds like a great deal.
21. 411.▲
    by Shamiq 18y ago

    This has worked for me in the past. Though I can never repeat it reliably. Given enough stress for the following day, my thoughts will gravitate back to what needs to get done.
22. 412.▲
    by Shamiq 18y ago

    Current top comment on the blog is a good one: "Keep your mistakes cheap."
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    What Will Change Everything -- Multiple Opinions, Some Doomsday (edge.org)

    1 points by Shamiq 18y ago|0 comments
24. 414.▲
    by Shamiq 18y ago

    It's difficult to be correct if your area of expertise is predicting the future.
25. 415.▲
    by Shamiq 18y ago

    You would be, as long as you don't say "it's therefore unlikely the fifth child is a boy".
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    by Shamiq 18y ago

    That's the same reasoning I have. P(B|A) = P(B) for independent variables.
27. 417.▲
    by Shamiq 18y ago

    when I'm editing a file server-side I usually use nano. I did that yesterday -- my sysadmin flipped.
28. 418.▲
    by Shamiq 18y ago

    Keyword: Politicians.
29. 419.▲
    by Shamiq 18y ago

    "there is no snow" It was 60 F in Chicago yesterday. That's non-typical for the middle of the winter.
30. 420.▲
    by Shamiq 18y ago

    It was leaked via a torrent. Article detailing that found here: http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/12/27/windows-7-beta-iso-l...