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by ap22213 12y ago
I am kind of embarrassed to admit that after all these years, I still don't understand Bitcoin. Not the underlying software and algorithms - but the concept, the system. I can maybe see where it'd be useful in minimizing electron
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by ap22213 12y ago
Are you able to elaborate on some of the types of design problems that they threw at you?
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by ap22213 12y ago
The pedestrians aren't bad, except maybe the ones near the Mall and the other tourist attractions. DC has some nice bike/hike trails that extend way out (50-100 miles or more). I happened to have lived on one of these trails, cal
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by ap22213 12y ago
Before I moved to the DC-area, I was quite familiar with automobile assholes. They're everywhere. But, before I moved here, I had a pretty good impression of bikers - I always thought that they were a mellow bunch. But, DC introduced
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by ap22213 12y ago
Yeah, I'm just making up phrases. But, Socrates is a guy from Plato's books who's is frustrated by all the smart people around him. They all seem really smart to Socrates, and Socrates wants to be smart, like them. So, he g
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by ap22213 12y ago
Is it really that cute? For example, I get the WSJ delivered daily because I value it's top-notch reporting and journalism. But, I usually skip its editorial pages: their editorials are written by people with strong ideologies and lo
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by ap22213 12y ago
I think the book and the data is very interesting. But, I'm curious - why the effort? Isn't his book, data, and reputation as an economist / historian vetted by other experts in his field? Certainly they'd be the best
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by ap22213 12y ago
If one has been labeled 'smart' at one point or another (maybe when very young), one may also begin to identify with that label. The label becomes the identity. And, at that point, it becomes quite difficult to accept 'bein
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by ap22213 12y ago
Anyone know the performance of julia for optimization in contrast to say, ilog cplex, or gurobi?
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by ap22213 12y ago
Seriously - I remember once stating that I was skilled in Java (would never use the word 'expert', though). The technical interviewers must have taken it as a challenge to them, as they spent 30 minutes quizzing me on all of the d
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by ap22213 12y ago
I'd predict that there would be no correlation, at all.
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by ap22213 12y ago
I'm sorry that someone stating their thoughts can so easily unleash your spite.
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by ap22213 12y ago
Isn't it pretty straight forward as to what it means? I wasn't attacking you; why do you seem defensive? I'm saying: 1. Just because someone finishes a degree program doesn't mean that they have tenacity or natural abil
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by ap22213 12y ago
"...graduating from college is the first thing you can do where it's reasonably hard, takes a multi-year effort, and is completely optional...a signal that someone has decided to pursue something through to the end..." I see
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by ap22213 12y ago
Wow, at first I thought that you were being sarcastic, but then I kept reading. I don't know about you, but my salary (plus benefits) rate is about $95-100 / hr. So, let's say I 'work my butt off' for an extra 4-6 h
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by ap22213 12y ago
I was born in the 70s and grew up in the late 80s, early 90s. My friends and I consider ourselves 'GenX' though I'm not sure what we are. I find this article interesting because my friends and I often discuss how lucky we ar
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by ap22213 12y ago
I have a hard time believing that a serial killer will be cured by religion.
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by ap22213 12y ago
Ok - I understand, now. You mean the people (with power) who impose rules on others (without power). They, by imposing rules, are working against _other_ people's individual liberties. Yeah - I can buy that. But, most people (because
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by ap22213 12y ago
I never 'had' religion - I was raised by atheists. So, I never had a 'void' to fill. So, what does that make of me? I feel like a 'moral' person - do I need something other than common sense, empathy, and civ
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by ap22213 12y ago
Are there many people who are not about individual liberties? I mean that as an honest question.
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by ap22213 12y ago
I recently signed up for a new Twitter account, and I was surprised by how difficult it was, even for someone who has had previous twitter experience. I was 'required' [1] to go through several steps, and each step required me to
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by ap22213 12y ago
This is an interesting research investigation, but it hardly fits into (current) real-world applications of smart metering, at least in the US. In the US, distribution utilities are capturing usage data in 15-30 minute intervals. Some may
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by ap22213 12y ago
One can still cheat even in an environment where data is restricted. The 'cheating' part comes from being able to use the CPU to help the player make better or faster decisions. It doesn't have to be perfect - only enough t
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by ap22213 12y ago
It's nice for Google to publish this, but their commentary is misleading. From 2000 to 2009, 10% (48,897 / 471,318) of Computer Science undergraduate degrees were awarded to Blacks, according to NSF ([1][2]). [1]: http:/&#x2
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by ap22213 12y ago
Currently, the total wealth of the US is somewhere around $100 Trillion. If we abandoned income tax for wealth tax (say 10% flat tax), everyone would get a check for ~$30,000 to ~$35,000, a year (2014). This would stimulate GDP growth and
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by ap22213 12y ago
Why don't we teach more people to be better 'investors in growth'?
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by ap22213 12y ago
IIRC, SoapUI does something similar.
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by ap22213 12y ago
I think more importantly, the cost for participating in such work is way too high. Imagine that you're one in the small percent of people with the capacity to do this work. (Some of you may be in that group.) Think about how hard it
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by ap22213 12y ago
Decentralized infrastructure would be interesting. But, honestly, I can't even access the most important data (and information and knowledge) on centralized infrastructure.
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by ap22213 12y ago
Maybe. I'll check it out, at least. Edit: unfortunately I can't test your theory, because the 'most popular' links only go back so far. And, I'm interested in the ones in a typical 'day range' for favori

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