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by bmer 10y ago
This book was far too wordy for me. I found a better compromise by reading two these books in parallel: * Burns' "Groups: A Path to Geometry": http://www.amazon.com/Groups-Geometry-R-P-Burn/dp/052134
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Hawking Gives Up (2010)(math.columbia.edu)
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by bmer 11y ago
Your comment is exactly the sort that would fit in well on reddit, but sticks out like a sore thumb on HN. Why? Well, because after taking the 40 seconds to read your entire message, I realized that it was nothing but sarcasm through and th
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by bmer 11y ago
It is very easy to get most mathematics textbooks online, through slightly unsavoury means. It is far more difficult to figure out which textbooks are worth reading---this is a process that requires trial and error, and browsing through rec
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by bmer 11y ago
Yeah.
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by bmer 11y ago
I'm a math biology (in other words, I use math to model biology problems) student, and not an evolution nay-sayer, and...the scientific work isn't at all about showing how the amazingly (I'm a student, I learn to respect my o
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by bmer 11y ago
I'd like to offer a counterpoint to those who believe that this is simply "nonsense invective". I think the submission is worded like the "everyman" talking, but it makes all the right counter-points. * venture capi
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by bmer 11y ago
How did you end up getting a chance to visit North Korea?
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by bmer 11y ago
Back when I was a teenager, I was really into bonsai for a bit, but was quickly put off by how..."foot-binding-esque"...the art seemed. I forget a lot of the details, but I do remember that there were some bonsai styles, perhaps m
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by bmer 11y ago
Asphalt surfaces, in general, aren't long-lived and require regular maintenance -- likely, those sensors would be destroyed during maintenance (which almost always involves pouring molten asphalt). This means that Google would have pro
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by bmer 11y ago
1) Why do you have to handle these compounds every day? (if it's for work, what sort of work (oh, and are you well compensated)? if it's for research, research on what? if it's for fun, why ?) 2) What sort of personal protec
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by bmer 11y ago
What does it do that ends up being a little too much for your use?
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by bmer 11y ago
Very cool, thanks!
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by bmer 11y ago
That's a great point. How would those numbers change (regarding use for sexual exploitation, manual labour, organ removal, etc.) if we accounted for "voluntary human trafficking"?
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by bmer 11y ago
Can someone who understands this explain it? I tried to read the article, and it felt like there wasn't enough math there to explain what they were trying to do exactly.