georgecmu

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by georgecmu 17y ago
> Girls often believe themselves to be bad at math, in accordance with gender stereotyping I think this should be qualified with "in the US". I don't think I had a single male math teacher when I went to school in Russia. In fact, girls
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by georgecmu 17y ago
1. Since hackers are upvoting this article and leaving meaningful comments, yes, this article really is 'of interest to hackers'. 2. I believe that anything that's wrong with the educational system should be 'of interest to hackers'. 3. Oh,
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by georgecmu 17y ago
The big question for me is whether apps would have access to whispernet and how limited this access would be.
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by georgecmu 17y ago
I think the key word here is perception: both perception of safety and perception of threat are at play. Sports are not perceived as dangerous, technology -- unless contained as I described above -- is. I'm not sure about degree to which
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by georgecmu 17y ago
To be fair, it was the vice principal, not a teacher, who was concerned that "it might be harmful" and notified the police. Certainly, school administrators get promoted based not on their teaching or academic credentials, but on degree to
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Middle school evacuated because of a science project(signonsandiego.com)
126 points by georgecmu 17y ago|101 comments
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by georgecmu 17y ago
A better choice would be Canada. For an educated professional with command of English or (even better if it's "and") French, it's very easy to become a permanent resident in Canada. 3 years later you'd be eligible for citizenship and abilit
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US income tax system is regressive at the top(economix.blogs.nytimes.com)
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by georgecmu 17y ago
This company is headquartered in Toronto, but is looking for a US-based employee. It's hard to tell from info on the website, so I'll ask for clarification here: is this a telecommuting job with lots of travel or is there a US office as wel
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by georgecmu 17y ago
A few things to note: 1. It's not at all my construction. That's precisely why it's hard to see originality in this. 2. If you read his post carefully, you'll see that the author isn't aware of distinction between past simple and present pe
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by georgecmu 17y ago
It's hard to see originality in this. Just google "who would've thunk".
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by georgecmu 18y ago
I use Compare Everywhere and ScanLife apps on my Android. They scan the bar code and look it up online for you. Saves on typing.
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by georgecmu 18y ago
http://archive.org ?
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by georgecmu 18y ago
Citibank provides a web service that dynamically generates a credit card number linked to your account, which is only valid for a month. This service comes free with their credit cards AFAIK.
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by georgecmu 18y ago
I prefer "changing" to "evolving" to describe this phenomenon. It is certainly interesting to observe two unrelated words with similar spelling become synonyms in less than 20 years.
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by georgecmu 18y ago
Not according to OED (see http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50107551?single=1&qu... ): Article for homogenous only has two meanings listed: 1. Biol. = HOMOGENETIC 1. 2. Surg. Of transplanted tisssue: = HOMOPLASTIC a. 2. I suppose the
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by georgecmu 18y ago
It's amusing that Economist's authors confuse 'homogenous' with 'homogeneous' and editors don't catch the mistake.
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by georgecmu 19y ago
At Carnegie Mellon, Philosophy majors essentially do Computer Science with more of a theoretical bias.