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by cal5k 15y ago
Anecdotally I've heard 8-12 months to finish it AND do all the exercises. I'm hoping it can be done faster, but I'm committed to the idea that it could take a while given my work schedule.
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by cal5k 15y ago
My schedule is pretty busy, but my goal is to put in 45 mins - 1 hr a day working through it. I've put up a wiki to host discussions... any thoughts you have on how to structure it would be great! http://sicpgroup.pbworks.com
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by cal5k 15y ago
Sure, I don't see why not. I slapped together a quick wiki... what do you think of hosting discussions there? http://sicpgroup.pbworks.com
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Working Through SICP, Need a Learning Partner
29 points by cal5k 15y ago|29 comments
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by cal5k 15y ago
Suffice it to say you don't really love your country, you just like the idea of it/
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by cal5k 15y ago
The US military GPS operates on a different frequency than civilian GPS, so it likely would not be affected.
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by cal5k 15y ago
As much as I like Satish and wish him the best, their "product" was really a feature from day one. Still, great learning lesson they won't soon forget :-)
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by cal5k 15y ago
This is a fair point. Speaks to the idea that most overnight successes are 10 years in the making :-)
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by cal5k 15y ago
Wow, that was fast. Does anybody know how big the deal was?
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by cal5k 15y ago
If you don't find startups and creative agencies to be appealing, why not start your own rather than complain about it?
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by cal5k 15y ago
Really? It's nice to see our best engineers moving down to California?
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by cal5k 15y ago
So... you're saying that people who breathe in dangerous pollutants produced in goal plants had it coming?
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by cal5k 15y ago
I disagree. They're illustrative more than condescending, similar to your "rule of thumb". The idea is that we alter our bodies through external actions in innumerable ways all the time. The idea that "drugs" are somehow different and not p
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by cal5k 15y ago
Do you eat food for enjoyment?
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by cal5k 15y ago
Out of curiosity - do you ever drink wine with a meal? Have a beer with friends? Sip coffee discussing exciting new projects or dissecting a problem? These are all "drugs". Anything we put into our body, food or otherwise, is a "drug" and s
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by cal5k 15y ago
Agreed. Aubrey de Grey is a crazy bugger, but he's got the right idea.
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by cal5k 15y ago
It's almost as if the universe was created to mock us. So much space to explore, but physical law makes it impossible to explore more than the smallest, most insignificant fraction.
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by cal5k 16y ago
I second this!
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by cal5k 16y ago
I am both amused and slightly fearful that the blog for Discover Magazine would use "embiggen" in lieu of enlarge.
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by cal5k 16y ago
They're shutting down the service, so this was obviously a talent acquisition. This is fantastic for Ray and the Toronto scene in general. Even better, they'll be working at Google Canada, so the talent will not be lost to the US and hopefu
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by cal5k 16y ago
Toronto, ON - Web / mobile developers PHP, Python, iOS, or Android experience a plus, but we're more interested in hiring awesome engineers/computer scientists and providing training in relevant skills. Work with great clients like The Roya
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by cal5k 16y ago
There was a brief period in history when recorded music was a money-printing business. Record once, sell over and over again around the world. That period is over. The fact that the music industry is arguing over where and how you should be
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by cal5k 16y ago
I live in Toronto, but I think maritimers are awesome.
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by cal5k 16y ago
Sorry, I meant bacteriophage treatment.
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by cal5k 16y ago
It's a good day for New Brunswick!
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by cal5k 16y ago
Argh, my comment is incredibly confused... partly because I wrote it at 1am after a long day. Macrophage = bacteriophage, and they attack bacteria, not viruses. The point I was actually trying to make is that bacteriophage treatments haven'
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by cal5k 16y ago
Woah. I know it's far too early to really speculate, but speculate I shall: would there be any inherent benefit in potentially using virophages instead of macrophages for treatment of viral infection? Macrophages haven't caught on in the we
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by cal5k 16y ago
I was at the VeloCity demo today - there are some really smart kids with some cool concepts. And, thanks to Ted, they'll be able to continue building their companies over the summer without worrying about working a side job painting houses.
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by cal5k 16y ago
As part of the VC round he sold some of his personal shares. This $1M is, presumably, coming from that amount.
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by cal5k 16y ago
How does this compare in terms of thrust to, say, an ion engine?

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