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901.
by dzdt 10y ago
Chutzpah! I love it just for that if nothing else.
902.
by dzdt 10y ago
Other ideas: make a deal and put it in writing. When he is calm after some incident, sit down and talk through it. Ask him what he should have done, and what you should have done. Let him come up with the ideas. (Really! He will sur
903.
by dzdt 10y ago
I have a five-year-old with a big defiant streak. Every kid is different, and what works for one kid or one parent won't necessarily work for another. One strategy that works sometimes is defuse and distract. When the kid is fighting
904.
by dzdt 10y ago
A tiny side-point: stranger abductions are incredibly rare , like 5 times less likely than being struck by lightning.
905.
by dzdt 10y ago
For whatever reason, the US public education system has not put much effort into identifying and nurturing gifted and talented students. Probably the current resurgance of the US in this contest is due to the rise of math circles, summer ca
906.
by dzdt 10y ago
Okay, I'll bite. I have never yet heard the rationale of a black or brown PhD-holding Trump supporter. Trump seems pretty darn racist, anti-fact-based reasoning, and anti-intellectual in general. What do you see in him? How do you
907.
The Search for Planet Nine: Origins(findplanetnine.com)
2 points by dzdt 10y ago|0 comments
908.
by dzdt 10y ago
Sounds like an interesting book. From the linked review, the main thesis that many improvements from 1870-1970 are one-time-only events seems sound. I also agree with the assessment that 'singularity' theories are hokum. (That
909.
by dzdt 10y ago
I would love to see this article, about 5-10 times longer. Dig one level deeper into what the notation means, how it relates to the zoo of fundamental particles, etc. Compare and contrast the sections dealing with different forces/pa
910.
Predicting educational achievement from DNA(nature.com)
2 points by dzdt 10y ago|0 comments
911.
by dzdt 10y ago
And we should all learn esperanto because it is so much more rational and regular than English. Somehow it doesn't work that way.
912.
by dzdt 10y ago
Isn't the elephant in the room competing services : facetime, or facebook messenger, or whatever the google product is?
913.
by dzdt 10y ago
I have had the pleasure to work with lots of other people's code of varying styles and quality. Nothing is harder to read and understand than code which is deeply nested calls from one little helper (or wrapper) function to another.
914.
by dzdt 10y ago
Its not even clear yet who the sides are. Erdoğan released a statement that Gülen supporters (a religious group) were behind the coup, while the military seems to be claiming it is a secular coup, and has not named a leader behind it.
915.
by dzdt 10y ago
Doesn't work from my smartphone. Sounds like a fun challenge though, would like to try.
916.
by dzdt 10y ago
Global warming denialists are attempting a denial-of-service attack against global warming science. The goal is to keep the science unsettled so no major policy changes are made while those making the most profits from climate-changing ac
917.
by dzdt 10y ago
On the contrary, modern runners are genetically different. Not that the population as a whole is genetically different. Rather because society today casts a much broader net in finding and training individuals who have a strong genetic fi
918.
by dzdt 10y ago
I looked for a reference. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/156767/whats-the-differen... " Summary " "The general consensus seems to be that it's OK to use these terms interchangeably in a tea
919.
by dzdt 10y ago
The technology suite available today makes a big difference even for a largely by-hand process. Things like temperature and humidity control, digital micrometers, strain gauges, magnifying imagery. And having reliable supply chains for re
920.
by dzdt 10y ago
Is there pretty universal agreement on this? I've been around a while but still have the "meh, the words are interchangeable" view.
921.
by dzdt 10y ago
The full text PNAS article is here : http://m.pnas.org/content/111/20/7224.full.pdf?with-ds=yes Some notes. The study started with a pool of 13 new and 9 old instruments, and pre-selected down to the test set
922.
by dzdt 10y ago
Take that as a proof that Stradivari really was VERY good. Compared to the very best that can be produced centuries later, with much better technology available, his instruments hold their own. Contrast with, say, athletes. The very best
923.
by dzdt 10y ago
There is a real problem with incentives in science strongly encouraging bad science. It is a publish or perish world, so every researcher needs to be finding some (apparantly) statistically significant result on a regular basis. Quantity
924.
by dzdt 10y ago
But what do "back" and "lay" mean?
925.
by dzdt 10y ago
What is the formula to translate from betfair's back/lay for exit/remain to percent likelihood of each outcome?
926.
by dzdt 10y ago
What makes you think this is free?
927.
by dzdt 10y ago
Some thoughts on the business model: * traditional hedge funds have a problem with scaling: if you put more money in the same strategy returns go down. Numerai hopes to scale the number of strategies it employs by scaling the number of res
928.
by dzdt 10y ago
Dude, in the context of an internet post "this is absolutely true" MEANS "I think so too."
929.
by dzdt 10y ago
Your word "easily" translates to "I haven't really thought hard about it and I am not an expert but it seems easy to me." That is a trap for beginners to cryptographic systems. Getting it right in all details is H
930.
by dzdt 10y ago
Narrow streets are safer for cyclists. Cars tend to drive as fast as feels safe regardless of posted speed limits, which makes wide streets into dangerous speedways.

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