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by ctkrohn 16y ago
Don't forget Paul Erdos!
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by ctkrohn 16y ago
You could have written a program in any language. It just needed to accept certain command line options and send results to stdout in the proper format. They only provided "starter kits" for a few languages, but if you were willing to wri
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In Cybertherapy, Avatars Assist With Healing(nytimes.com)
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by ctkrohn 16y ago
Well, the Altair was the first of its kind. Despite its flaws, it was a revolutionary product that sparked an entire market. This tablet, on the other hand, comes after the iPad and other less shoddy Android competitors. If there's innov
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by ctkrohn 16y ago
I think Myspace actually HAS become the standard for such bands, at least for the music that I listen to (metal/punk/hardcore/indie/experimental). You can look up pretty much any band by Googling "band name myspace". You'll get the tour s
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by ctkrohn 16y ago
This is comes up in Charles Stross's novel "Accelerando." He imagines a relatively near future where children grow up speaking partially synthetic languages. It's one of my favorite novels; you can read it online, too: http://www.antipop
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Hacked Kinect used to make 3D videos, manipulate images(arstechnica.com)
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by ctkrohn 16y ago
I went to school at Cornell, which isn't too far from the town in the article. There are dozens of other towns like this in central New York, and the larger cities like Rochester, Syracuse, Binghamton, and Elmira aren't doing that well eit
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by ctkrohn 16y ago
Well, Excel does have VBA. Whether that's a "normal" programming language depends on your definition of "normal." You can do some very useful stuff in it, but you'll feel like you're fighting the language every step of the way.
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by ctkrohn 16y ago
Now: "Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years" by Diarmaid MacCulloch. A comprehensive history of Christianity, going back to its origins in Judaism and Greek philosophy. A few days ago: "Iron Sunrise" by Charles Stross. Solid space
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by ctkrohn 16y ago
Read this one a few months ago. Thought it was OK, but I hear the sequels, in particular "Chasm City," are a little better. I'll probably check it out in the next month or two.
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by ctkrohn 16y ago
Awesome. I'm a huge fan of Stross. "Missile Gap" was my favorite story in that collection. "Accelerando" is his best novel by far, IMO. Check it out if you haven't already.
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by ctkrohn 16y ago
Fixed link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayre%27s_Law
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by ctkrohn 16y ago
Thinkpad X100e. It's got an 11.6" screen with a 1366x768 panel. Nice keyboard and runs Ubuntu well. Should set you back about $500.
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by ctkrohn 16y ago
Ah, ok. Thanks for the explanation.
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by ctkrohn 16y ago
This is probably a stupid question, but if heat dissipation is a big problem, why can't we just build better cooling systems: bigger heatsinks, refrigeration, etc.? I'm not an electrical engineer, so I'm sure there's something I'm missing.
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by ctkrohn 16y ago
Calling it a "hedge fund" is a bit of a stretch, but they do have a treasury department for managing their cash. They post job listings periodically.
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by ctkrohn 16y ago
PyTables, Django, Piston
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by ctkrohn 16y ago
Read. Do it right though. Sit down in a comfortable chair. Turn off your computer so you're not constantly getting up and checking your email. Maybe turn on some music. Allocate a sufficient block of time, so you can become truly engros
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by ctkrohn 16y ago
"Perrson cites games such as Dwarf Fortress, Dungeon Keeper and Inifiniminer among key influences on Minecraft's anything-goes nature and blocky 8-bit style." Blocky 8-bit style? Those graphics would have been cutting edge in 1993, almost
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by ctkrohn 16y ago
If someone told me to hack together a mini-Lisp? Sure, I'd use something different. But at the time I'm happy I used what I did. I learned just as much about C as I did about Lisp.
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by ctkrohn 16y ago
I agree. Not saying they're a monopoly. The merger-blocking issue is the only reason I can think of for a joint venture being illegal. The difference is that explicit collusion is ALWAYS illegal. Otherwise innocuous activities that may h
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by ctkrohn 16y ago
I wrote a similar piece of code way back in high school, based on Paul Graham's "The Roots of Lisp" essay. I didn't know any better, so I used C/C++. Don't think I've ever learned more in a single programming project.
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by ctkrohn 16y ago
If the FTC determines that the joint venture would form a monopoly, they could in fact block it on antitrust grounds. The FTC blocks mergers all the time. Explicit cooperation in restraint of trade is always illegal, though.
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Selling really does start at "no"(jacquesmattheij.com)
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by ctkrohn 16y ago
If you're looking for value, the $75k Corvette Z06 can accelerate that quickly. http://www.autoguide.com/manufacturer/chevrolet/2010-chevrol...
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by ctkrohn 16y ago
I've been on the other side of this as a Wall Street trading intern. As a college senior in 2007, my future employer hosted a party in NYC for all those who had accepted their job offers. Keep in mind, this is for people who had already a
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by ctkrohn 16y ago
There's a hierarchy of immediacy for communication methods: * Cell Phone: Make me drop everything and talk to you * Desk Phone: If I'm free, I'll talk to you * IM, SMS: Maybe I'm jammed and I can't reply right this second, but I'll take a l
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by ctkrohn 16y ago
Does anyone know which part of Google organized the deal? The original press release is unclear. Google has a decent-sized treasury department; after all, they have billions of dollars of cash that needs a high-yielding home. Perhaps the
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by ctkrohn 16y ago
Substitute "two person" for "three person," and "JPM" for "Goldman Sachs," and you have my story. My experience wasn't nearly as negative as his was, and my role was slightly different: I was a trader, not a quant. But the startup life su

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