aroberge

13 ms·

91.
by aroberge 9y ago
http://reeborg.ca/reeborg.html is a site to learn programming (using either Python or Javascript). However, unlike other similar sites, the focus is equally on making it easy for students to use AND making it easy for teac
92.
by aroberge 9y ago
Perhaps it is based on the fact that Quebec law is known in French as the "Code civil" as opposed to the English-based "Common law" and so, would have little to do with what the English speaking world know as "civil
93.
by aroberge 9y ago
All that the "Big Bang" refer to is 1) the fact that the (visible) universe was once much hotter and denser than it is now and 2) if we extrapolate back in time, using the theories that we have, there was a point where the density
94.
by aroberge 9y ago
No, there are too many observations that are consistent with an expanding universe. For example, primordial nucleosynthesis [1] would either not have occurred in a non-expanding universe, or would not have stopped so soon. In fact, it can
95.
by aroberge 9y ago
Do you have any reputable source to link to regarding your statement about Germany eixiting NATO?
96.
by aroberge 9y ago
That is incorrect. What you describe is a dipolar oscillation. The simplest gravitational waves woudl have a quadrupole moment: stretch in one direction while contracting in the direction perpendicular to it. Have a look at https:/&#
97.
by aroberge 9y ago
This is absolutely brilliant! After looking at the demo video, I'm at a loss for words to describe how fantastic the user interface looks and how easy it appears to build components. I'll definitely have to find time to play with
98.
by aroberge 9y ago
While I agree that the title can be misleading, it is the original title of the article which I thought one was required to use.
99.
The world's fastest human is Canadian(cbc.ca)
2 points by aroberge 9y ago|4 comments
100.
by aroberge 9y ago
Look at the very short section titled Big Bang nucleosynthesis on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_neutrino_background . Based only on the relative abundance of He-4 and D (H-2), one gets an estimate of 3.14 for the
101.
by aroberge 9y ago
The two examples you give are very different. I would argue that you are, indeed, very incorrect. The purpose of scientific theories is to be able to make predictions about physical systems. Fundamental theories are based on some postulate
102.
by aroberge 10y ago
What is being done in Turkey is also what has been happening for years in some US states - where it has absolutely nothing to do with Islam. It is not Islam that defies logic: it is religious extremists.
103.
by aroberge 10y ago
"was" considered?... In French, traditionally, the inequality signs do not include the verb to be; that is how I learned it some 40 years ago. Thus "<" is "plus petit que" although some people nowadays wo
104.
by aroberge 10y ago
Perhaps if you didn't equate "denier=the right", "non-denier=the left" and didn't make swiping statements like "until the left wants to have an honest debate on the costs", and refer to "you peop
105.
by aroberge 10y ago
Thank you very much for attempting this experiment. Notwithstanding the enormous influence the U.S. has on the world, as someone living in another country, I welcome this very much. In my opinion, HN shines when it comes to discussions of t
106.
by aroberge 10y ago
Let me answer your question first very obliquely. We know that we can represent the sine function near x=0 as the following Taylor series: sin(x) ≈ x - x^3 / 6 + x^5 / 120 - .... With more and more terms, we can can calculate it
107.
by aroberge 10y ago
(Apologies to Quantum Field Theorist for the gross simplification below.) I'm going to assume you know about basic calculus and Taylor series; if not, I'll explain what these are in a subsequent answer if you are interested. In Qu
108.
by aroberge 10y ago
To add to what you already have listed: there is a second radio stream in French (called Espace Musique) as well as a French equivalent to CBC News Network (called RDI for Réseau de l'information). There are also regional broadcast (i
109.
by aroberge 10y ago
And this new article, about self-driving trucks next week in Ohio has been posted to HN http://www.cbsnews.com/news/self-driving-trucks-will-hit-the...
110.
by aroberge 10y ago
"...a steering wheel you could move to the passenger side, for those trips to Canada" Does someone really believe that we drive on the left-hand side of the road in Canada? Someone is really messed up in their geography.
111.
Obama Administration Gives Up on Pacific Trade Deal(wsj.com)
205 points by aroberge 10y ago|475 comments
112.
by aroberge 10y ago
In my opinion, your question (and that of the author) are the wrong ones to ask. The right question to ask is: how come people have to pay for childbirth in a hospital in the US when it is free in all other first world countries (and many o
113.
by aroberge 10y ago
There is a need for both approaches. If you have the expertise to be able to diagnose the problem, asking for the problem to be solved is the right approach. When dealing with non-technical issues, where the person coming to the manager is
114.
by aroberge 10y ago
Without an inflationary era in the early universe, you would be left with having to explain 1) the fact that we see very few (none so far) magnetic monopoles; 2) the cosmic horizon problem; 3) the flatness problem. Without inflation, how wo
115.
The Legal Problem That Could Crash Uber(huffingtonpost.com)
6 points by aroberge 10y ago|0 comments
116.
by aroberge 11y ago
Many universities are adopting Office 365 which comes with a free licence for faculty, staff, and students: they can install it on up to 5 different devices and have 1TB of space on OneDrive. The catch: after students graduate, they lose t
117.
by aroberge 11y ago
You keep writing words to the effect that "your first name is your legal name" with full cultural blinders on. I was born in Quebec (Canada) and, for many generations, almost all boys from French speaking families were named Jose
118.
by aroberge 11y ago
Endowment funds are accrued through donations. The vast majority of donors would have no interest in giving money towards operational costs; they are interested in something that can be seen as a legacy.
119.
by aroberge 11y ago
And how exactly would Transcript be able to do entirely client-side what's on this demo, i.e. enter some Python code into a textarea, click "run" and have it executed? The answer is that it would not. However, you can d
120.
by aroberge 11y ago
Reviewers do not get paid. In many scientific fields, authors use LaTeX together with a well-defined style to format their own articles. The cost can be minimal, as has been demonstrated by many new journals (see https://gowers

More ›