jgamman

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631.
by jgamman 19y ago
left to right - top to bottom. i sometime mix it up a little but i never seem to get better results.
632.
Apple - google - you(swissmiss.typepad.com)
49 points by jgamman 19y ago|13 comments
633.
by jgamman 19y ago
ahem i think you mean Heisenberg's blog - Shcrodinger's blog would be all blogs at the same time until you actually tried to read it - then the blog wave function (a blavtion if you will) would collapse thus revealing the true observed bl
634.
the more things change...(historymatters.gmu.edu)
1 points by jgamman 19y ago|0 comments
635.
by jgamman 19y ago
...if you are already conversant in several other programming languages
636.
by jgamman 19y ago
I'm a fan of 'pay to pollute' - charge companies for the right to emit a tonne of CO2. standard business practice is to reduce costs and you can alter the rate of change by steadily increasing the price. it's conceptually simpler but stil
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Lessons from the Skeptics Conference(tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com)
5 points by jgamman 19y ago|10 comments
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How does a 'Warren Buffet' company handle climate change?(netjetseurope.com)
2 points by jgamman 19y ago|0 comments
639.
by jgamman 19y ago
buy a grad student for 20-30$/hr and work on your own project in your spare time. leverage quickly (i would estimate 6-10 months to get on the bottom rung) to get a job in CS. rinse and repeat.
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Cool physics interactive toy program(badscience.net)
7 points by jgamman 19y ago|0 comments
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Biggest case of plagiarism in the science literature(pubs.acs.org)
4 points by jgamman 19y ago|0 comments
642.
The most interesting problem in physics?(aip.org)
8 points by jgamman 19y ago|9 comments
643.
by jgamman 19y ago
i think the issue with 'free' revolves around marginal cost as well as competition. gmail is something that has substantial value to google as a company internally (hence you sink money into it) and it is trivial given their resources to g
644.
by jgamman 19y ago
that's harsh. think of how many school kids could get a kick out of this and start thinking about the why's of maths and calculus rather than the tedium of the 'how'
645.
by jgamman 19y ago
chances are reading the economist for 5-10 years has made you smarter...
646.
by jgamman 19y ago
maybe you have to be living in the uk to get the humour?
647.
by jgamman 19y ago
that's a nice progression. i like the text adventure/add your own bits angle.
648.
Flags. Rated.(pukeko.otago.ac.nz)
1 points by jgamman 19y ago|0 comments
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Advice for my nephews?
3 points by jgamman 19y ago|2 comments
650.
by jgamman 19y ago
hmm, good point, i really need to see one in the plastic
651.
by jgamman 19y ago
yeah but i'm thinking it might be perfect for my mum. her old imac is running 9.2 and she just wants to surf her email and bid on trademe - for this price, i can buy her one for xmas every other year and never need to update her software!
652.
by jgamman 19y ago
the corollary of this statement is why should i care to garner your respect? having spent 10 years in med school and pursuing a career that is fundamentally devoted to helping people during times of crisis - shouldn't the default position b
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The code giveth and the code taketh away [comic](phdcomics.com)
22 points by jgamman 19y ago|0 comments
654.
by jgamman 19y ago
i got a server error
655.
by jgamman 19y ago
i'm a scientist and i think that they/we should learn to program. the problem is diminishing returns and relevence. e.g. i can spend 100 hours learning how to say hello world and figure out if something is a prime number OR spend some time
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Informed comment on peer reviewed literature(bpr3.org)
2 points by jgamman 19y ago|0 comments
657.
by jgamman 19y ago
ahem i believe 'hacker' is an attitude - not a statement that the site/forum is only about programming and web start-ups (just a comment from your friendly neighbourhood energy R&D chemist)
658.
by jgamman 19y ago
anyone out there have experience in mathematica and the learning curve involved? i've gazed wistfully at it for years but never thought it applied to me but this v6 edition with it's buttons and web tie-ins is making me think it might worth
659.
by jgamman 19y ago
it's interesting that about half these were core infrastructure related - distributed energy, transport, climate and water. these systems were invented in the late 19th C (or not recognized as a problem in the case of climate), massively d
660.
by jgamman 19y ago
highlighter pens and a super special 'up to date' folder on my hard drive.

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