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541.
by ced 16y ago
Doctors shouldn't treat themselves, lawyers shouldn't have themselves as clients Why not? Is there a law against that? I'm genuinely curious. and scientists shouldn't advocate on the topics they are deeply attached to That's a non-sequi
542.
by ced 16y ago
On the other hand, not all C code have to be secure. If I'm building a game for the Wii, don't bother me with stack overflows. The same goes for all the simulations out there (C is used about as much as Fortran in research). That's a lot
543.
by ced 16y ago
If you're from the US, maybe. But if you're from Bangladesh and looking for a place to do a startup, you may decide to go to London for the visa.
544.
by ced 16y ago
I've worked/studied computational physics for a few years. My experience has not been good. First, I don't think that we've learned how to make complex models yet. But in fairness, it's a really hard problem . If my numerical code is wrong
545.
by ced 16y ago
Related discussion: Ask HN: Best Startup City - Outside the USA? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1565375
546.
by ced 16y ago
Sorry, I'm having trouble parsing that. You mean to say that you shower, but don't use any soap or shampoo? Just water?
547.
by ced 16y ago
Many great mathematicians would disagree with that. I like this definition from a prof at Stanford: A proof is a nothing more than a clear, compelling argument. If it feels wrong, no matter how rigorous the math is, you still shouldn't
548.
by ced 16y ago
It's quite obvious that the "genuine" people were made to laugh. The giggles give it away. It spoils much of the experiment.
549.
by ced 16y ago
It's now generally accepted [1] that C code is faster than all but the most carefully handcrafted assembly. How did that happen? C compilers got "sufficiently smart". Extrapolating, I posit that high-level languages will one day be faster
550.
by ced 16y ago
Links on HN are nofollow'ed anyway.
551.
by ced 16y ago
In solar science, the reason we get so much money is that satellite-launching agencies would like us to produce a "solar weather forecast", because solar eruptions can severely damage equipment in orbit. The top scientist I mentioned earlie
552.
by ced 16y ago
Scientists may not care much about money... But they care a great deal about peer recognition, status, buying expensive hardware to do simulations, having a lot of grad students, etc. All of those would disappear if convincing evidence agai
553.
by ced 16y ago
figure out who hopes to make money from a scam, and things get a lot clearer. How do you know the people behind the link you gave aren't self-interested? Besides, just because a foolish/corrupted person says X, doesn't mean that NOT X is
554.
by ced 16y ago
It's worth emphasizing that information and entropy are subjective , in the Bayesian sense. The more you know and understand something, the more you can encode it in a small number of bits. Consider the sequence: 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59
555.
by ced 16y ago
On the other hand, I did some research assistant work for my prof one summer, and he put my name on the paper the came out of it (as second author). But I didn't even understand half of what the paper said! I was a first year undergrad, and
556.
by ced 16y ago
Likewise in French! But we still use the word "vulgarisation" to describe popular science books, in a good way.
557.
by ced 16y ago
Right. I think the argument was more along the lines of the Niche Exclusion Principle[1]. Once the existing complex organisms have had time to adapt "perfectly" and fill "all" of the low-level ecological niches, the barrier to entry becomes
558.
by ced 16y ago
Uh, yeah, I was wondering if that word was appropriate in English. I meant it in the sense of: to make (a technical or abstruse work) easier to understand and more widely known; popularize. (from dictionary.com)
559.
by ced 16y ago
Was it John Maynard Smith - The Major Transitions in Evolution ? It's a great book, that goes deeper than Dawkins' vulgarizations.
560.
by ced 16y ago
why wouldn't any international business do whatever it could legally do to minimize its taxes? As a lawyer, what's your perspective on lobbying? If the laws are ultimately chosen by the companies and the wealthiest, then I don't agree tha
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by ced 16y ago
That reminds me of a cool story, in Norvig's talk about Python... When he finished Peter [Norvig] took questions and to my surprise called first on the rumpled old guy who had wandered in just before the talk began and eased himself into a
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by ced 16y ago
You mean this paper? Berry, Donald A. “Bayesian Statistics and the Efficiency and Ethics of Clinical Trials,” Statistical Science, Vol. 19, No. 1 (Feb., 2004), pp. 175-187 I haven't heard of it. But if you're seriously motivated to do thing
563.
by ced 16y ago
Decide your sample size beforehand, and only stop the test after you've reached it. That may be the gospel among A/B testers, but from a Bayesian perspective, this is definitely not the best you can do (though it won't necessarily be wro
564.
by ced 16y ago
It varies a bit depending on the place. The most reliable way is just to ask young people (uni students ideally) on the street. Chances are, they'll be eager to practice their English, and will help you more than you need. I also try to lea
565.
by ced 16y ago
Savings. While in Germany, I had a good (tax-free) stipend and I was hoarding ~800 euros/month, for a year. Living in Asia was an amazing experience, but honestly, there isn't that much "adventure" to write about. I wasn't traveling, since
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by ced 16y ago
I spent three years in Asia, with no income. So I was looking for cheap places to live. Here's the monthly rent for one bedroom in a "decent" student shared flat: - Montreal: 300$ - University town, Germany: 250$, 180$ for the dorms - Unive
567.
by ced 16y ago
Please write/update such a list if you can. For most people, choosing a library is as big a headache as installing it.
568.
by ced 16y ago
This is awesome. Hopefully it will take off. Here's a list of recommended libraries: http://www.cliki.net/Current%20recommended%20libraries Maybe they should be highlighted in the Quicklisp package list? I'll mention in passing another so
569.
by ced 16y ago
Energy levels follow square law and the human body has a rather low ceiling for the amount of energy it can absorb. Where does that reasoning come from? IIRC, only fully elastic collisions (no heat dissipation) preserve kinetic energy. Li
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by ced 16y ago
Mathematics is a science Most people would disagree with that, though interestingly, that was not the case in the 19th century. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics#Mathematics_as_scie... It's all semantics, and not worth arguing mu

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