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by bowman 17y ago
There is another side to this. In upper level mathematics courses providing answers to all (or even most) of the questions actually does a disservice to the students. It teaches the important skill of deciding if you got the answer right wh
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by bowman 17y ago
"Scrolls must be read like the Torah from one end to the other." - Associating Islam with being outdated can be good for your demographic I guess.
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by bowman 17y ago
I had swine flu this winter (July as I live in the southern hemisphere). I was bedridden for some days but the hype far too high. It had a strange upside. While delirious I had the most pleasant dreams...
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Ask HN: Who runs News.YCombinator.net and hackerne.ws?
7 points by bowman 17y ago|6 comments
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by bowman 17y ago
I would use it to fight crime/corruption. It isn't too hard to identify people from a few google searches. Examples: Food places near X will give you a good indication where they live and their income Find what they are searching during nor
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by bowman 17y ago
He mentions his friend Dustin in: 12 Oct 2002 http://www.advogato.org/person/whytheluckystiff/diary.html?s... This furthers the belief he is Jonathan Gillette as the band Jonathan Gillette was in contains a Dustin. With all the other evid
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by bowman 17y ago
I got through hundreds of site a day and never bookmark them. For me the internet is more an experience and I don't' like to read things twice. I can usually find what I want very quickly using google. So my suggestion is to just use google
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by bowman 17y ago
I have to say, at least Taleb can write. Reading this scrawl gave me a headache.
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by bowman 17y ago
It is similar to a small intestine.
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by bowman 17y ago
Who says the OP would be an employee? A lot of fun though low paying jobs involve owning your own shop/bar. A second hand bookshop. A motorbike shop. A cafe doing X for the Y demographic etc.
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by bowman 17y ago
Maybe the title should read: Microsoft Worker finds ASP.net is faster than PHP. Likely true but means nothing to me as it is far from an independent survey.
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by bowman 17y ago
I wouldn't. To me that is like writing music for the tone deaf. The wrong direction I'd want do go if doing anything creative. Removing content and splitting ideas into bite sized pieces seems the way to go. Also, remember these people rare
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by bowman 17y ago
I have tried using Lion Kimbro's method. It was very interesting but too intense for people wanting to be efficient. http://www.speakeasy.org/~lion/nb/
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How to Make a Complete Map of Every Thought you Think(speakeasy.org)
19 points by bowman 17y ago|4 comments
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by bowman 17y ago
I think the US and New Zealand are the only (or one of the few) countries that allow alcohol commercials on TV.
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by bowman 17y ago
or double your hourly rate + 10-15%
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by bowman 17y ago
http://www.calnewport.com/blog/ Very well written blog for "Zen" like study hacks.
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The Education of a Game Designer(erasmatazz.com)
1 points by bowman 17y ago|0 comments
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by bowman 17y ago
It was correct, if you take into account the double-negative.
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by bowman 17y ago
I think the internet has created a problem due the the sheer amount of information we can reach. I disagree with the author though and think we are just experiencing "teething" problems while humans get used to the internet. Any new technol
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by bowman 17y ago
I have used credit cards and taken out debt before purely to game the system. (e.g. used my low interest student/bank loans as an investment source) I didn't loose money but I found there are always hidden costs and any loan creates a weigh
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by bowman 17y ago
ZOMG
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by bowman 17y ago
To contrast, at my school a teacher dropped a bottle of mercury while showing us how it ran away from heat. They cleaned it up with a mop while we played with it.
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by bowman 17y ago
What is with the "Tool Tips" for the search box and the search button? Tool Tips should only be used when a button needs explaining and never for text boxes IMO.
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by bowman 17y ago
I come from a country where it is usual to offer 3 year degrees (NZ). It does come at a price of killing general ed requirements but I agree with this. Reasons: (1) It destroys the separation of compulsory secondary school and voluntary ter
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Record Your Voice to Help Free Speech Recognition(voxforge.org)
1 points by bowman 17y ago|0 comments
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by bowman 17y ago
We are already there in a sense: http://arxiv.org/ Interestingly the publishing industry has a firmer hold on the life sciences. This is good too: http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/journals.html