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by jgg 16y ago
Thanks for the answers. For all the flak US education receives, the option of taking AP classes sounds good (and it gives college credits, which is even better!). This is utterly derailing the main topic of conversation, but... I know tha
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by jgg 16y ago
Ah, I've been reading up on this, and indeed they've redacted some information. According to Assange, this is to prevent anyone operating in the region from being attacked by insurgents. I'm guessing that it would be bad for Wikileak's publ
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by jgg 16y ago
They never edit anything out. If they release a summarized or abridged version of something with a political spin to it, you can always find the full, unaltered sources if you bother to look on wikileaks.org.
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by jgg 16y ago
That thread is incredibly scary. I get tired of this "for the children" mantra that's used to justify every last pissy tirade of every self-righteous parent on the face of the Earth. If the mother actually cared, she'd have not turned her k
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by jgg 16y ago
It's not compiled languages, it's languages that are too verbose and too complex that are the problem. If you want to use a compiled language that doesn't suck, try Common Lisp or Haskell. I don't understand how he made the jump from "Rob P
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by jgg 16y ago
Hmm... I just ordered a Happy Hacking Lite 2 keyboard, which uses a membrane switch. The HH Professional uses a mechanical switch, but the ~$250 price scared me away. I also looked at the Das Keyboard and the Unicomp Customizer, which are b
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by jgg 16y ago
This article reminds me of one of my "favorite" fallacies that people fall for: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Just-world_ph...
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by jgg 16y ago
Start with a facebook clon for hackers, then, like reddit, expand to all possible interests. Let people create their groups of interest and then grow, grow like weed. People like (and find it convenient) to split into tribes they identify
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by jgg 16y ago
Bach is almost exclusively my favorite classical composer. If you want some of his music, check out classiccat.net. It makes great programming music, but some of it is worth listening to when you're not distracted. (-: I also enjoy Aphex Tw
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by jgg 16y ago
Huh. A brooding genius that does not make, but at least they didn't throw random math in there for no good reason.
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by jgg 16y ago
I'm not the most cultured coffee drinker, but it's amazing to me what passes as "good" in the US. All the self-proclaimed coffee addicts I know drink either McDonald's or Starbuck's, which taste like lukewarm piss water and burnt coffee bea
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by jgg 16y ago
Self-analysis - is there any rationale behind your thoughts? If you can pull yourself out of the bowels of misery long enough to think (it's hard, trust me), why do you feel the way you feel? There's always a good chance that there's a more
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by jgg 16y ago
Better yet, what mathematics did he specifically use when developing Facebook? It's my understanding that most of the "innovation" that went on involved stealing someone's code and marketing the end result to a niche community (Ivy Leaguers
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by jgg 16y ago
to what I do in my development. What I pointed out above is that there are people who do this stuff in their development. (-: It seems like we're caught in this cycle where every 2 or 3 years, a new framework comes out that everybody rush
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by jgg 16y ago
This is stuff that's usually taught in a course called "Discrete Mathematics". As far as textbooks go for this type of material, which do you all like? I own Rosen's famous book ( https://www.amazon.com/Discrete-Mathematics-Applications-Ke
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by jgg 16y ago
Who are you to say that this doesn't matter for someone's development? This thread reads like you're trying to convince yourself that you don't need to understand this stuff.
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by jgg 16y ago
that makes me wonder whether your comment is made to look you smarter or dumber than you are The Dunning-Kruger effect specifically talks about honest self-assessment, not artificial posturing to skew other's views of your intelligence.
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by jgg 16y ago
Assange explains his reasoning behind the "spin" they put on material here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBENlJfZ-f8 I'm not sure how I feel about it. On the one hand, I happen to think what Wikileaks is doing is important, and calling
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by jgg 16y ago
Heh, I thought it seemed off. For what it's worth, I didn't downvote you (the comment didn't bother me either way). I just couldn't help being a smartass.
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by jgg 16y ago
I hope you're saying that misinterpretation of the research is stupid, not the research itself. More like the discussion about the research in general, but yes.
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by jgg 16y ago
It could be that as one learns more about a topic, one learns more about what one doesn't know about a topic. For example, if you know while, for, if/then and case statements you could think that's all you need to know about programming. B
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by jgg 16y ago
My favorite part of the Dunning-Kruger effect are the people who used to talk about how smart they are, but upon learning of the study run around saying they're dumb because they think that puts them on par with the intelligent.
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by jgg 16y ago
If you like this sort of thing, definitely check out this book: http://www.amazon.com/Proofs-without-Words-Exercises-Classro...
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by jgg 16y ago
It's a god damn miracle. Calculus is pretty fucking important and it's also easy if you're not a moron. So I'll teach you some of that shit. Oh dear god.
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The Overworked American(users.ipfw.edu)
2 points by jgg 16y ago|0 comments
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Radically Modern Introductory Physics (has anyone gone through this?)(physics.nmt.edu)
5 points by jgg 16y ago|2 comments
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by jgg 16y ago
my dev! No, you're a prick.
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by jgg 16y ago
What will this site do that Grooveshark or Last.fm doesn't, besides market to a different demographic?
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by jgg 16y ago
No, http://culturedcode.com looks more OSX-ish. Looks like an Apple produce != fantastic design. If you want my honest opinion, both seem to be hawking products that really don't do anything new, wrapped in a Web 2.0 facade of drop shadow
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by jgg 16y ago
You seem to really dislike Wikileaks. What is it about them that bothers you so much?

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