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by axiom 19y ago
Are you at a disadvantage by not being in co-op? Yes, definitely. Get in co-op. Seriously, it's really hard to overstate how valuable this is. However, a lot of companies that post jobs at UW also post them online. RIM for example hires hun
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Turning $1,000 Into $277 Trillion(fool.com)
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by axiom 19y ago
How come you always apologize for your posts, when they are always so awesome? :) I really enjoy reading what you have to say. Keep it up.
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by axiom 19y ago
I can see how that may have come off as cynical. Let me clarify. We are based in Waterloo, Ontario. We will be hiring an intern from the University of Waterloo. Waterloo has an all co-op engineering program (at the cost of having no time of
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by axiom 19y ago
Thanks for the IBM link! What an awesome life Jeff has. Became oscenely rich through Palm and Handspring, and how he runs his own neuroscience institute. Seriously, in my mind I can't imagine anything better than that.
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by axiom 19y ago
Here's a better link: http://www.onintelligence.org/ Jeff's book is at the top of my list of things to read (it's been sitting on my self for a few weeks now.) What I've read about it so far sounds damn interesting though.
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How do you attract smart people to work at your startup?
16 points by axiom 19y ago|22 comments
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Opening Up the Patent Process(technologyreview.com)
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Interview with Sebastian Thrun on probabilistic robotics and the DARPA challenges(lis.epfl.ch)
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by axiom 19y ago
Ahem. Russell paradox. Granted it's been a while, but one can never be too careful.
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by axiom 19y ago
That's one weakness of Objectivism which has become more apparent to me in the last few years. The philosophy seems to almost construct a platonic form of "rationality" and "self-interest" and never really reconnect with concretes, staying
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by axiom 19y ago
Nah, I use C++ features pretty heavily. I'll even admit that I use Boost. I use STL when possible, because it's usually more efficient than hand coding and saves some time on implementing common algorithms. C++ gives you the ability to put
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by axiom 19y ago
Sounds cool. I'll definitely look into it. Thanks! I actually haven't looked at Lisp at all, but Paul's enthusiasm about it is pretty contagious, so it's next on my list of skills-to-learn.
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by axiom 19y ago
Alright I admit it, I'm one of these crazy people. I've been programming in C/C++ since junior high. It was the second language I learned (the first being Pascal.) I guess because of that I never really saw it as "difficult." Everything is
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by axiom 19y ago
It's funny, everyone likes Roark more than Galt :) Yeah, I thought there just wasn't enough characterization with Galt, compared to any of the other characters. He just kind of appears towards the end of the novel and you never really under
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by axiom 19y ago
1. You claim that she dismissed a book by Kant after reading the back cover. Please provide a reference. 2. You don't like his definition of philsophy. What definition do you like? 3. You claim pseudophilosophy should not be taught in philo
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by axiom 19y ago
What argument of yours should I respond to? then one where you assert without any evidence that her work is bullshit? You think you can just dismiss an entire body of thought by throwing out ad hominems? Look, I know that you're smart enoug
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by axiom 19y ago
I like how you call Rand's work bullshit but don't provide a single example. In fact it wouldn't surprise me if you haven't read any of her work. Most of her critics haven't. Also, it's interesting that you don't try to reconcile the fact t
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by axiom 19y ago
This is changing very quickly these days. Rand is mentioned in most courses on contemporary philosophy. Her ethics is usually called "enlightened self-interest" or "rational egoism." There are now quite a number of Ayn Rand philosophy chair
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by axiom 19y ago
Two points: 1. I'm actually very surprised at how many Ayn Rand fans there are on this site. For a fringe philosophy that has fewer followers than Scientology there seems to be an unusually high concentration here. I am a big Ayn Rand fan,
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by axiom 19y ago
Most useful: Linear algebra, Numerical methods, Stats and probability Most interesting: Control systems, Abstract algebra, Real analysis, Complex analysis Of course my definition of "useful" is not necessarily yours. I'm much more on the r
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by axiom 19y ago
Economics in One Lesson is not right wing, it's libertarian. Today, right wing means big government and religion.
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by axiom 19y ago
I think pg's point is deeper than that. Research breakthroughs are made by one or two (usually one) very smart guys. Breakthroughs don't happen because consortiums and commitees declare "let the web be sematic!", which seems to be the case
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by axiom 19y ago
That's one that I definitely had in mind! Some of the work done in computer vision in particular is pretty incredible. The SIFT result by Lowe for example has just barely started to become applied (take a look at Photosynth by Microsoft - t
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by axiom 19y ago
Nano-technology is one of these buzz words that's been applied to everything from MEMS to car polish creams. It's so amorphous and vague that the only definition I can think of is "anything that's pretty damn small." I'm really not sure if
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by axiom 19y ago
The internet is definitely a great example. But I guess what I had in mind was more along the lines of things that haven't borne their fruit quite yet. Things that in retrospect people will see as seminal, but that are currently still hidde
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Major research breakthroughs in the last 10-15 years
19 points by axiom 19y ago|59 comments
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by axiom 19y ago
To each his own I guess. It's interesting to note though that I work at a startup incubator ( http://rtpark.uwaterloo.ca/realestate/accelerator.html )
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by axiom 19y ago
How many of guys in your office/class came to work/school dressed as a pirate? Be Honest. My answer is: 4
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Avast ye mateys! Today be talk like a pirate day! (talklikeapirate.com)
8 points by axiom 19y ago|5 comments

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