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   by calebm 9y ago

   "Who is Fourier? A Mathematical Adventure" is a great (though rare) counterexample - it is wonderfully intuitive. It's the best math book I've ever seen.
2. 482.▲
   by calebm 9y ago

   I prefer "breadth-first" to "depth-first" for learning, which is why I think Python is a better language for learning.
3. 483.▲
   by calebm 10y ago

   Could we crowdsource the purchasing of some of this spectrum for collective use?
4. 484.▲
   by calebm 10y ago

   Here are some of my notes on the Fourier Transform (and using it for sound analysis): http://calebmadrigal.com/fourier-transform-notes/
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   by calebm 10y ago

   "Who is Fourier?" is the absolute best math book I've ever seen. I loved it, and recommend it to anyone interested in math (and even more to those not YET interested in math).
6. 486.▲
   by calebm 10y ago

   13inch Macbook Pro Retina
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   by calebm 10y ago

   Haruki Murakami is the only living author who, if he writes a book, I will read it. The only other author for me in this category is C.S. Lewis (except that he's not still living in this world). Also, I would have answered the question
8. 488.▲
   by calebm 10y ago

   It's a Brave New World!
9. 489.▲
   by calebm 10y ago

   "In [God] we live and move and have our being." (Acts 17:28)
10. 490.▲
    by calebm 10y ago

    Of course, there are a few assumptions that must hold true for the simulation theory to be true: (1) It must be possible to build a computer powerful enough to simulate the universe. (2) It must be possible to fully simulate a human. This a
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    Ask HN: Where can I find raw global temperature data?

    14 points by calebm 10y ago|1 comments
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    by calebm 10y ago

    I use Pelican (static generator) and host on Digital Ocean (calebmadrigal.com).
13. 493.▲
    by calebm 10y ago

    It seems that guile and lua have similar goals (one of the largest being to function as an extension language). Anyone have practical pros/cons between them?
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    by calebm 10y ago

    Heads-up: 23andme data contains this gene: cmbpr:raw_23andme caleb$ grep rs1990622 *.txt genome_Person1.txt:rs1990622 7 12283787 GG genome_Person2.txt:rs1990622 7 12283787 GG genome_Person3.txt:rs1990622 7 12283787 AG
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    by calebm 10y ago

    Looks like that's it: "We identified 2 coding variants: one rare variant which was observed in a single control (c.401G>A; p.S134N) and one common variant (rs3173615, pT185S)." ( https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F
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    by calebm 10y ago

    Looks like the main SNP in consideration is: https://www.snpedia.com/index.php/Rs1990622 . Anyone see the particular allele value that increases risk? My guess (looking at some genetic family data) is if you having an &
17. 497.▲
    by calebm 10y ago

    Thanks for the heads-up!
18. 498.▲
    by calebm 10y ago

    Good point. Actually, that brings up an interesting question: what is the mathematical relationship between the size of the input and expected offset?
19. 499.▲
    by calebm 10y ago

    Yep, it was a problem I encountered had back in high school Pascal. Fun times :)
20. 500.▲
    by calebm 10y ago

    Hey, if CPU is abundant and memory is limited, why not?
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    Monte Carlo estimation of Pi(github.com)

    82 points by calebm 10y ago|42 comments
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    by calebm 10y ago

    >>> You are one buzzword away from being a professional. Instead of fitting a line to just eight datapoints, we will now fit a line to 8-million datapoints. Welcome to big data. LOL :) (Side-note: 8 million is still not big data)
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    by calebm 10y ago

    I live in the Milwaukee suburbs, and I think it's a great deal. I can grow my own organic food in my garden, I can have fires at night, I'm 2 miles from the Ultimate Frisbee fields, 2 miles from wooded mountain biking trails, and
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    by calebm 10y ago

    I like the MUD feel :)
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    by calebm 10y ago

    On a related note, I made a little browser-based file encryption app: https://hypervault.github.io/ which uses the Triplesec library ( https://github.com/keybase/triplesec ), which seemed a nice alternat
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    by calebm 10y ago

    I'm assuming this is sarcasm, but in case anybody thinks this, just remember: money = freedom.
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    by calebm 10y ago

    If you want to be really secure, just never use the internet.
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    by calebm 10y ago

    Thanks for this review. The data is enlightening.
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    by calebm 10y ago

    "Suffer the pain of discipline, or suffer the pain of regret.”
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    by calebm 10y ago

    1. Nexus (Ramez Naam) 2. Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace) 3. The Fellowship of the Ring (J. R. R. Tolkien) 4. The Sin of Certainty (Peter Enns) 5. The Bible Tells Me So (Peter Enns) 6. Thomas Traherne, Centuries of Meditations 7. Neverw