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Law School Enrollment Plummets, but Not at Harvard(businessweek.com)
1 points by ekm2 13y ago|0 comments
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by ekm2 13y ago
I agree with you that using citation counts as a metric is flawed.But I was primarily suggesting that we need "HN for science research papers ",not a particular way that it should be implemented.
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Early Spatial Reasoning Predicts Later Creativity and Innovation(sciencedaily.com)
4 points by ekm2 13y ago|0 comments
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Spatial Training Boosts Math Skills(sciencedaily.com)
1 points by ekm2 13y ago|0 comments
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by ekm2 13y ago
We need to have HN for academic research papers:Karma counts as the citation index,or something similar.
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Ask HN:Which programming languages are hip right now?
3 points by ekm2 13y ago|6 comments
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by ekm2 13y ago
I just learned something my math teachers never told me from a tech blog: Geometric mean is useful for comparing when the expected range or units of values is different. For example, startup time is measured in seconds, but BrowsingBench n
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From the resource curse to the finance curse(trust.org)
51 points by ekm2 13y ago|9 comments
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by ekm2 13y ago
If you are naturally skinny, I think you ought to take the strength-training only approach until you bulk up.Then you can switch to cardio+strength-training to balance.Unless of course,you want to just stay lean.
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by ekm2 13y ago
This reminds me of a facebook status update: You character is only as good a your browsing history
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by ekm2 13y ago
More important than the "how" of for loops is the "why".That chain will be like this: for loops->startup->changing the world,really?->"NSA news"
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by ekm2 13y ago
What is a foreign graduate student in the US supposed to learn from this? That he or she should not fall in love or marry an American while in the US? or That if this happens he or she should not go back to renew the visa ?
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by ekm2 13y ago
Now if anyone would kindly drop me a thousand bucks..
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by ekm2 13y ago
You must be talking of the Old GRE.The current GRE Math section is computer adaptive and getting a perfect score is no longer as easy as before.
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Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have 'Nothing to Hide' (2011)(chronicle.com)
278 points by ekm2 13y ago|57 comments
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by ekm2 13y ago
There is a better way that occurred to me yesterday.Go to Tim Roughgarden's Stanford website.He has links to the archived classes.
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by ekm2 13y ago
I guess what is required now is the obligatory donation to the "Save the Earth" Foundation.
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The Way to Produce a Person(nytimes.com)
82 points by ekm2 13y ago|68 comments
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by ekm2 13y ago
This is the first time seeing anyone recommend C++ Primer Plus with no mention of C++ Primer.
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by ekm2 13y ago
How can you get into HFT without a degree from an elite school?
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Harvard: The Class of 2013 Senior Survey(thecrimson.com)
27 points by ekm2 13y ago|9 comments
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Free Science Books(webcache.googleusercontent.com)
79 points by ekm2 13y ago|9 comments
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Introduction to Theoretical Computer Science(udacity.com)
3 points by ekm2 13y ago|0 comments
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Sucks to be an old engineer(lionoftheblogosphere.wordpress.com)
193 points by ekm2 13y ago|236 comments
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Python as a First Language (mcsp.wartburg.edu)
8 points by ekm2 13y ago|0 comments
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by ekm2 13y ago
I cannot google that address.Can you provide a link?
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by ekm2 13y ago
Under probability,i would vote for William Feller's book
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by ekm2 13y ago
Forgive me for butting into stuff i do not understand,but you guys are quoting Scott Aaranson the same way most people quote holy books.He could be wrong,you know.
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by ekm2 13y ago
Another eminent psychologist seems to think that same project may be onto something. http://edge.org/response-detail/23838
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by ekm2 13y ago
I think it is more like he left formal schooling and started home school,which is not exactly the same as quitting school.

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