TriinT

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by TriinT 17y ago
I read Vonnegut, too. I don't think I have learned anything "deep" from his books, but I love them nonetheless. Art is art. Science is science. Both are needed.
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by TriinT 17y ago
For an academic, MacKay seems to have a great sense of humor :)
573.
by TriinT 17y ago
Wow! I didn't know that! Thanks for the info. I know nothing on QIT / QC, but it's interesting and intriguing to see finite-dimensional optimization being used by physics people.
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by TriinT 17y ago
"With all due respect, what are 99 percent of people gaining from a book on, say, convex optimization? Yes, these are great choices if you're looking to become an expert on, say, physics. But not everyone is a physicist, nor does everyone
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by TriinT 17y ago
I agree. It is my personal list, and I make no claims that the list is suitable to other people, let alone to a wider audience. However, I believe that not all of these books are for the hardcore mathematician / scientist. For example, I th
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by TriinT 17y ago
Deutsch's The Fabric of Reality is cool. I prefer Greene's The Elegant Universe , though.
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by TriinT 17y ago
I didn't know Fermi's book. Thanks for the suggestion :)
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by TriinT 17y ago
IMHO, this list contains only BS books. Tim Ferriss? Seth Godin? Malcolm Gladwell? Please. This is a list for those who need self-help and "motivation" books. Only exception is Livingston's F@W. The rest is pretty much junk. Please allow me
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The Revenge of Geography(foreignpolicy.com)
1 points by TriinT 17y ago|0 comments
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by TriinT 17y ago
Being a nomad in one's country is fun if one's country is big. I come from a tiny European country which would take only a few weeks to explore, eh eh. That's a beautiful story. Thanks for sharing the URL.
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by TriinT 17y ago
If you're working for yourself, then it could work. Revenue is just one part of the picture. If you can lower your costs dramatically, then you don't need much revenue to support your nomadic lifestyle. When traveling around Poland, I met a
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by TriinT 17y ago
The way I see things: Suppose I want to hire you for a few months. You tell me you will be traveling in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand for 6 months. You tell me you will have access to the internet and work while on the move. I would
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by TriinT 17y ago
I used to nurture that dream as well. Now that I am older and wiser, I think it's a fantasy. I honestly think it would be better to get 6-month or 9-month contract jobs, work like hell during that time, and then take some months off to see
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by TriinT 17y ago
Not the ones I read. There are a few famous physicists these days whose interest in physics was sparked by the availability of good & cheap Soviet physics books. American books are over-designed. Too many colors and visual noise. Textbo
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Sparse Matrix Collection(cise.ufl.edu)
10 points by TriinT 17y ago|0 comments
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by TriinT 17y ago
At first, I thought this was a great idea. Then I realized that not everyone has easy access to computers. Poorer kids might be left behind. One can print e-books, but that sometimes ends up costing quite a bit, too. This might sound crazy,
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Evolutionary Dynamics(athome.harvard.edu)
1 points by TriinT 17y ago|0 comments
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by TriinT 17y ago
"Am I the only one who never found C&H humorous?" Yes.
589.
by TriinT 17y ago
And given the number of upvotes, stealing aircraft from armed mobsters seems to interest the HN crowd ;-)
590.
by TriinT 17y ago
We could call Africa the next-next big thing, then ;-)
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The next big thing: Africa(foreignpolicy.com)
11 points by TriinT 17y ago|8 comments
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The Learjet repo man(salon.com)
153 points by TriinT 17y ago|49 comments
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by TriinT 17y ago
My detailed reply to yours and other people's responses can be found here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=646616
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by TriinT 17y ago
Thank you very much for your insightful response. Having worked for a couple of hi-tech startups, I am a little bit acquainted with the entrepreneurial world. Since both startups failed after a few painful years, I am also acquainted with f
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Ask HN: do entrepreneurs serve as pawns for economic development?
13 points by TriinT 17y ago|13 comments
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by TriinT 17y ago
"We have the world's most productive agricultural region" I doubt that California can beat hi-tech farms in Brazil and South Africa. The climate is good, but not that good. "two of the world's top universities" It's more like three: Cal
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LEGO D-DAY(youtube.com)
1 points by TriinT 17y ago|0 comments
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When min-max is wrong(rjlipton.wordpress.com)
14 points by TriinT 17y ago|6 comments
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by TriinT 17y ago
Good find. Thanks for sharing.
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by TriinT 17y ago
I remember that Marc Andreessen was on the cover of Time or Newsweek back in 1996. The internet was starting to take off, and a bunch of really young guys became instant millionaires thanks to mega-hyped IPOs. Seriosly, does one need pu

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