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by caffeine 17y ago
Agree with Michael's points. My strategy: Buy problem books instead of text books! - I KNOW I won't be able to finish them. That means it's OK not to, so I don't feel bad - but also that I shouldn't buy too many. - The material within is
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by caffeine 17y ago
Don't forget Hastie & Tibshirani's Elements of Statistical Learning! :)
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by caffeine 17y ago
Hi - I was in a similar situation a year ago (starting a Master's in ML, feeling crappy at math). What worked for me was: - Studying is doing problems. Reading is not studying. When studying, read the minimum amount necessary to complete
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by caffeine 17y ago
Papers available at: http://www.cs.bc.edu/~hjiang/pub.html
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by caffeine 17y ago
The per-server pricing is really expensive. That should be per 10 servers.
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by caffeine 17y ago
Wouldn't it be better to give the students Mathematica or similar software? It could do the work [...] This is really a tough one. My opinion is no - the sweat is the learning. Skipping the problems would just lead to knowing a lot a
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by caffeine 17y ago
I see what you mean - I think there can be both :). For me "SICP of.." means "Thought-provoking, technically rigorous, enjoyable, somewhat comprehensive, and layman-compatible introduction to..", more or less. Some books I enjoyed (but whi
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by caffeine 17y ago
Same question: SICP of neuroscience?
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by caffeine 17y ago
You're missing the point. Technical learning of any sort (looms or calculus) is really the least important consequence of schooling - if it takes 20 years, fine. The fundamental error is to assume that socialization (for which nearly all hu
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by caffeine 17y ago
I agree that money is a proxy for value. That still does not justify the unsupported claim that it "encourages all negative externalities", and causes "deep rifts and strife." I agree that economic activity can have negative consequences
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by caffeine 17y ago
Ugh ... I for one couldn't stomach a world of people who had skipped English Literature (or Algebra) to attend Rails Bootcamp.
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by caffeine 17y ago
Something needs to be done to make the school year more worthwhile for such students Actually, it needs to be done for ALL students. You really think the only kids poorly served by school are those that teach themselves math on the side?
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by caffeine 17y ago
Planning: VIM Blogging: VIM E-mail: VIM Coding: VIM Finances: VIM VCS: Git .. with comments edited in VIM ;)
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by caffeine 17y ago
Yes! Do it. I want to read gory articles from the hacking fronts. Better yet: write some nice content?
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by caffeine 17y ago
Hi Schapirama, I love the idea. But I have a visual problem with the page (other than the massive loading times, which you've already promised to fix): Way too many fonts on that page. The logo on the top left, the "Album of letters" scrip
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by caffeine 17y ago
def trying yield day_job.problem.to_idea if day_job.has_problem? trying do |idea| idea.attack! end end
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by caffeine 17y ago
At least this isn't that Law of Attraction garbage ... still, no. It's not.
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by caffeine 17y ago
The ascent of humanity Sorry, but Eisenstein's (the author of that book) ideas are bunk. He is just a guy on the net with opinions, which in itself is inoffensive. But they are terribly researched, economically laughable opinions, which
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by caffeine 17y ago
> How many users would these services have lost? It's a myth that users who don't like your product in its alpha state won't like it later. BUT: Make sure you signpost the site: this is beta software. Participate in our trials, help
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by caffeine 17y ago
Buy something risky like U.S. treasury bonds, startups are for wimps :) Seriously, take a year and BE in a startup. You'll know what to do next. It's hard to beat osmosis.
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by caffeine 17y ago
Failure is OK, I guess ... but why not just get it right the first time? ;)
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by caffeine 17y ago
You're right, Sam. I am struck by the fact that the guntoter did much the opposite of what this entry's title suggests. Essentially, it's a post about trollishly winning an argument on IRC by bleeting like a sheep. A cautionary tale: peopl
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by caffeine 17y ago
Clearly it should be both. Your business is Freedom, privacy and convenience. Sooo: "Your stuff. Safely on your computer. Get to it from anywhere, just like a website. Share it, just like a social network." Your pitch is the "best of bot
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by caffeine 17y ago
My darkest hour certainly had nothing to do with job woes. No offense, but if this is your darkest hour, you need to be living a much wider spectrum of human experience!
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by caffeine 17y ago
This isn't a programming language, and I'm very young, and obviously you're past this ... but I'm taking my first baby steps in Vim, and damn but it's bringing me joy! (I like it so much, this post comes to you courtesy of vimperator firef
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by caffeine 17y ago
kingsley's right. My impressions (these echo others'): 1) Get rid of all that text. Make the search box huge and pre-fill it with something useful. Don't put a bunch of words underneath explaining what the user should fill it with. 2) ~3
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by caffeine 17y ago
Indeed ... meditation _has_ been shown to relieve some symptoms of depression, dysthymia, cyclothymia, etc. but those are not the symptoms you are showing here. I'm glad you've decided to see a doctor.
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by caffeine 17y ago
Of course - _if_ you've already taxed away every negative externality ;) Also, this is much more easily said than done. What, exactly, is the price of a drowning polar bear, and how much of it is subsumed into the present discounted value
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by caffeine 17y ago
Subsidies: Well then at least stop subsidizing the damnable biodiesel producers (/me dons flame-proof underwear). Re-Rant: I took a degree in economics, concluded it was mathematical proof that economics is largely about whimsical playing w
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by caffeine 17y ago
I don't think you deserve such down-voting ... Paul Graham's page has a link to T.J. Rodgers' congressional testimony to this very point. However, there is "support" and there is throwing money. You're right about throwing money, but I thi

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