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by ekm2 14y ago
Arent generational changes just the average of individual changes in the same way that the character of a nation emanates from that of individual nations?
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Java Is No Longer Needed. Pull The Plug-In(readwrite.com)
5 points by ekm2 14y ago|4 comments
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by ekm2 14y ago
Isnt amazing that at the time you apply to Harvard,Yale and other top schools,admission officials brag at just how many perfect SAT scorers they have turned down,yet a few years down the line turn back and claim to have sifted out the best
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by ekm2 14y ago
>Scores on the SAT correlate very highly with scores on standardized tests of intelligence, and like IQ scores, are stable across time and not easily increased through training, coaching or practice. That is interesting.How would you a
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Harvey Mudd’s Gender-Balanced Computer Science Program (40% Are Women)(women2.com)
1 points by ekm2 14y ago|0 comments
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by ekm2 14y ago
Could someone throw a good "Beginning Dart" Tutorial here please.Just want play with it.
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Training your brain:Do mental and physical training enhance cognition?(sciencedirect.com)
1 points by ekm2 14y ago|0 comments
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2001 Harvard-MIT math Tournament (#13 Mark Zuckerberg - Algebra Subject Test)(web.mit.edu)
3 points by ekm2 14y ago|1 comments
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by ekm2 14y ago
Watched the first 2 or 3 videos,but i had a problem submitting my answers.It would reject my answer and fail to move to the next section of the lecture while at the same time not allowing me to click on either the hints or solutions tab.I w
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by ekm2 14y ago
Every time i read such posts,i become more confident that is harder to be an employee trying to figure out what a boss(or his/her company) needs than to just start your own business and let the market decide.
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Google Go programming language used for creating destructive Trojan(net-security.org)
1 points by ekm2 14y ago|0 comments
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Amazon seeks to throw out Apple 'app store' claim(nbcnews.com)
27 points by ekm2 14y ago|12 comments
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by ekm2 14y ago
Governments don't work. Religions don't work. Relationships don't work. Philosophy doesn't work. And psychology certainly doesn't work -- it's a field with more self-deluding, self-important frauds per square meter than any I can think of.
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Report: public research universities in peril(boston.com)
1 points by ekm2 14y ago|0 comments
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by ekm2 14y ago
pg listed writing novels and tech startups as "high-beta" occupations.What are other high beta and high alpha occupations?
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by ekm2 14y ago
When the young say,"there are some young people who are wise beyond their years",you should translate it as "I am one of those young people who is wise beyond my years."No wise person ever says that.
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Revised GRE scores by intended Graduate Major.(ets.org)
5 points by ekm2 14y ago|2 comments
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by ekm2 14y ago
As an absolute amateur in programming i was surprised that i could master Go syntax(in the sense of not having to check back in the notes) in under 2 hours of practice.
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The SAT is too Easy(psychologytoday.com)
1 points by ekm2 14y ago|0 comments
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What is the best Phd or Masters thesis you have ever read?(quora.com)
3 points by ekm2 14y ago|0 comments
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by ekm2 14y ago
They were featured in Forbes a while back http://www.forbes.com/sites/ccap/2011/09/14/saylor-as-savior...
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Saylor Foundation: Computer Science(saylor.org)
139 points by ekm2 14y ago|44 comments
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by ekm2 14y ago
From watching too many Fareed Zakaria shows,i got the impression that Canada,Australia and Singapore had the best immigration policies for skilled workers.I could be wrong,though
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by ekm2 14y ago
I liked the saylor.org link so much because it offers an entire CS curriculum in sequence,along with General Ed courses.
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by ekm2 14y ago
The first time i wanted to learn HTML and CSS,i happened to come across the W3fools page.So i followed their advice and their recommended resources.What do i get?Tons and tons of STORIES about secure code,best practices,patchy examples,and
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by ekm2 14y ago
So...why shouldnt we phase out Poetry too?Is there a definitive study showing that training in poetry makes for more competent assembly line workers and lower unemployment levels?
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by ekm2 14y ago
>Two years ago, a five-month online contest between the sexes concluded women were cleverer than men. The competition in nine languages was based on the popular board game Trivial Pursuit. More than 15 million questions were asked and a
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by ekm2 14y ago
A few days ago,i stumbled on Newton's Principia in my college library, and i could not help noticing how accessible he was relative to his pupils.On the very first page,he gives only one rule for finding derivatives that applies in ALL case
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by ekm2 14y ago
I have cleared all of Plato's Dialogues and i am currently interested in a decent map of all other original works.
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Ask HN: Learn Philosophy The Hard Way
5 points by ekm2 14y ago|10 comments

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