bluekeybox

15 ms·

91.
by bluekeybox 14y ago
Is this specific to iOS5 and later? I long ago was very interested in something like this, but at the time (iOS3...) my understanding was that Apple didn't allow apps running in the background collecting data.
92.
by bluekeybox 14y ago
Among dogs, some breeds are considered "smarter" than others. However, when people talk about their dogs being smart, what they most often really mean is, "my dog is able to understand and follow my orders". While that is one way to measure
93.
by bluekeybox 14y ago
Yes, I can confirm that from my own experience. Another fun language fact: after four bottles of beer, I start speaking with a posh British accent. After the fifth bottle, it changes into something resembling Australian with a hint of Russi
94.
by bluekeybox 14y ago
For anyone reading this, the referenced explanation finally did make sense after I drew a Minkowski diagram of the two duelists. I guess this means that I finally understood special relativity... Brief summary: FTL would indeed violate caus
95.
by bluekeybox 14y ago
The link had a really interesting but unsatisfactory explanation, IMO. The way I am understanding it is as follows: Man A and Man B are traveling (with combined speed of 0.866c) away from each other. Because of time dilation, to A it appear
96.
by bluekeybox 14y ago
Thanks.
97.
by bluekeybox 14y ago
When can you order one?
98.
by bluekeybox 14y ago
Two reasons: 1. Smiling for a camera is something you do because you want to be remembered that way (happy) -- it is like positive propaganda of yourself via media. Now, figuring out a way to spread a positive image of yourself via the phot
99.
by bluekeybox 14y ago
I've read the title as "It's More Important to Be King Than Clever" and agreed wholeheartedly, then it turned out the article was about something else.
100.
by bluekeybox 14y ago
If the hygiene hypothesis is correct, then month of birth/conception should have an effect on the risk of autism. Here is a report about a study which found that autism is most likely in children conceived in winter: http://articles.latime
101.
by bluekeybox 14y ago
In Europe at least, a good way to tell is to look at which material the roofs are covered with. Noticed that while flying from over Switzerland to over Silesia. The percentage of red clay rooftop tiles (which also stand out among green tree
102.
by bluekeybox 14y ago
Rows are superior to spirals, because you can eat up all grains while having to turn the cob only once. The minimal number of turns you have to make when eating in a spiral is the length of the cob divided by the width of your frontal bite.
103.
by bluekeybox 14y ago
But at least you will know what a braided monoidal basket looks like and whether it is rigid enough to belong to the strongly ribbon category.
104.
by bluekeybox 14y ago
Then a greater understanding of FP is possible through understanding of CT.
105.
by bluekeybox 14y ago
A rhinoceros in the room prevented me from reading as much Bertrand Russell as would have been necessary to make the grandparent poster proud.
106.
by bluekeybox 14y ago
In math, a good teacher goes further than in any other subject. For example, in Eastern Europe, the teaching facilities has been very poor in the past century, but it is ridiculous how many influential 20th century mathematicians were Hunga
107.
by bluekeybox 14y ago
Adding to this... I knew many med-school candidates whose biggest hurdle with MCAT were physics and (to a somewhat lesser extent) chemistry requirements. Now, the way you learn physics is either you memorize a huge amount of rules and equat
108.
by bluekeybox 14y ago
My problem with said person wasn't that he didn't understand the technical meaning of "dpi" (not understanding it is perfectly forgivable to a nontechnical person), but that he flat out refused to follow my attempt of explaining that it is
109.
by bluekeybox 14y ago
> The "72 DPI" that's output to EXIF doesn't actually mean anything since the actual resolution is dependent on the display medium. Well hello, that's exactly what I tried to explain to said family member. In particular, he noticed th
110.
by bluekeybox 14y ago
Recent example. A family member who is an artist asked me about submission rules to a guild competition (now, of all people, the artists are commonly believed to require algebra knowledge the least). The flyer indicated, "the photos/scans y
111.
by bluekeybox 14y ago
I have a feeling that Bayes is unintuitive specifically because people pick extreme or otherwise bad examples to explain it. As you mention, the way we calculate odds is oddly (pardon the pun) similar to Bayes. Here is an African Safari exa
112.
by bluekeybox 14y ago
Well, the OP was about a theorem, so I explained the theorem... Bayesian theorem formalizes the process through which human intuition works and with which we pick theories. It is hugely ironic that people not familiar with the Bayesian theo
113.
by bluekeybox 14y ago
None of these explanations are intuitive. Here is a visual explanation in two short paragraphs. Imagine a Venn diagram of two partly overlapping circles. The probability space is your sheet of paper on which the diagram is drawn. The area o
114.
by bluekeybox 14y ago
I share your feeling, but I also have a question. Does anyone choose neuroscience as a career path without dreaming one day to write a successfully-selling (not that there is anything inherently wrong with that) pop-science book?
115.
by bluekeybox 14y ago
I guess I know your bias because I'm biased towards mathematics as well :).
116.
by bluekeybox 14y ago
Absolutely. Also, according to Searle's argument, submarines cannot swim.
117.
by bluekeybox 14y ago
> You're not really a scientist if you create something that works and you don't really know why. According to your logic, the only true "science" is mathematics. If you test the workings of your "creation" using scientific method, you'
118.
by bluekeybox 14y ago
I wasn't reading into someone's mindset so much as trying to show that there exists a concept of evil on which most people can agree on. I like your support for standards and rational discussion, however, so peace be with you.
119.
by bluekeybox 14y ago
Cold, emptiness, and detachment is also characteristic of snowmen. Snowmen usually don't commit mass murders. There has to be some other factor, and usually that other factor is aggression of a type where you stick pins into a voodoo doll a
120.
by bluekeybox 14y ago
Don't give them too much credit though; they had to wait five months until the tax season is over, and people forget about the original story that appeared in Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/sites/janetnovack/2012/02/22/the-irs-i...

More ›