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by araneae 17y ago
I think her design problems are pervasive... This is what twistori looks like for me: http://imgur.com/D920M.png
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by araneae 17y ago
Was it a public school? That sounds awesome.
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by araneae 17y ago
It's true that currently, some intelligent people can fail to develop a work ethic because they've found things easy. However, this is not an inherent problem of intelligence; this is an inherent problem with one-size-fits-all schooling. Th
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Bloggers Now Eligible For Press Passes In NYC(mediapost.com)
4 points by araneae 17y ago|0 comments
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by araneae 17y ago
Ok, but your look is classic geek. Short hair, dyed, eyebrow piercings, barcode shirt? It's totally cute, I'm just saying that you don't seem to be as far away from the stereotypical look as that the slideshow suggests. Of course, you're
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by araneae 17y ago
So CS compelled her to look like this? http://www.flickr.com/photos/johncarney/3515851216/ I'm not really buying that she's a Barbie girl.
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by araneae 17y ago
I'm sorry, girl geeks don't wear mini skirts? She must know different geeks than I do.
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What people are really buying online: infographic(permuto.com)
7 points by araneae 17y ago|4 comments
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by araneae 17y ago
tl;dr
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Introducing Web FontFonts(fontshop.com)
2 points by araneae 17y ago|1 comments
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Archeological dig in Turkey reshaping human history(newsweek.com)
3 points by araneae 17y ago|0 comments
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by araneae 17y ago
I immediately thought of Asimov's essay when I read that too, so I'm not surprised someone else posted it. Of the two, I think Asimov's is much better (if only because the Fallacy of Grey relies too much on analogy).
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by araneae 17y ago
I don't understand this response. I really couldn't care less about his wife. I'd just want to smack him if I were her. Or even if I were me. Which I am.
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by araneae 17y ago
Or if you want to have immunocompetant children.
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by araneae 17y ago
Is it just me, or does this title reek of disdain for his wife and/or all women? To spell it out: the "let's go shopping" meme indicates stupidity on the part of women. Here he's using it seriously to complain about his wife having "diffic
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by araneae 17y ago
A lack of demographic diversity is only an indicator of a lack of meritocracy if you believe that bias is responsible for the lack of diversity. For you , diversity might be important, but for your trash-talking colleagues it's probably ir
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by araneae 17y ago
Yes, but the inverse is not true. There are plenty of incompetent people who probably also think that they're incompetent. Thinking you're incompetent does not imply that you are competent.
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Infographic of the Day: How Americans commute(secondavenuesagas.com)
1 points by araneae 17y ago|0 comments
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by araneae 17y ago
Interesting... The guy crashed his plane at 10am that day. Might this article have been the final straw?
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by araneae 17y ago
Well, probably not the reason (I would say some sort of mental disorder was primary.) But yes, is was one of the reasons stated on his website.
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by araneae 17y ago
On speed reading: I read faster than anyone I've ever met, and I definitely disagree with 1+2. I don't read linearly- most words are superfluous to understanding the subject at hand, and you really only need to scan the whole paragraph for
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by araneae 17y ago
Amit said "his research shows" but a quick look at his publications doesn't show that that is his research area at all. There's been a lot of actual research showing that people working in certain fields (i.e. Wall Street) have certain char
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by araneae 17y ago
Well, a lot of them were confused. You have to have a public profile for any of your buzzes to be visible, and in order to have a public profile you have to fill it out.
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Vanity barcodes(vanitybarcodes.com)
6 points by araneae 17y ago|1 comments
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by araneae 17y ago
Yes, it does, because a correct understanding of human behavior is extremely important for design of economic and political systems... and even in finding a significant other. Much the way that an understanding of evolution is critical
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How My Little Pony turned a little girl into a computer scientist(boingboing.net)
38 points by araneae 17y ago|14 comments
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by araneae 17y ago
One argument is that in order to maintain a free state, quite ironically, you need state indoctrination of the civic ideals of liberty. That is, in order to keep people from voting for despotic leaders you need to convince them that libert
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by araneae 17y ago
I always hear this (that public school is better for social development) but there's some evidence to the contrary; i.e. children who go to daycare have more behavioral problems, etc. The idea is that kids learn the proper way to behave fr
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by araneae 17y ago
Well, it used to be that being a scientist wasn't a profession at all. Most science was done by the independently wealthy. In many fields, today, to be an amateur you need to be independently wealthy as well. Most science requires a lot of
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by araneae 17y ago
Well, they already have Google profiles. This Buzz thing just sounds like extra features on top of Google profiles. In fact, I posted on Facebook yesterday about how I was sick of it and did anyone want to join me on Google profiles. No o

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