jmilloy

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by jmilloy 16y ago
I would NEVER put calculus into required curriculum. Calculus is far less important than some simple number theory, logic, and the ability to think about abstract problems creatively. The tragedy is that we push towards calculus (which is r
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by jmilloy 16y ago
You can tell what song is playing?!
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by jmilloy 16y ago
What? Like Ctrl-S?
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by jmilloy 16y ago
Question - should I shoot straight for a framework, or develop some small sites "from scratch" first to get a feel for php before diving into a framework?
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by jmilloy 16y ago
I was skeptical when Google Instant was going to "change the way people search" -- but in early retrospect, I think it really has for me. I now click on one result maximum (and often zero), relying instead on rapid search-term tweaking. Eve
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by jmilloy 16y ago
Ha... so you need give people karma if they voted early (in the first 5) on an article that becomes popular, and penalize them for voting early on an article that goes nowhere once it's on the front page.
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by jmilloy 16y ago
In fact, I'd like to be able "attach" a terminal to another app for switching purposes. It's probably the same with finder and browser, (I'd add text editor). A "one task, one app" type of app should have it's functionally-related windows g
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by jmilloy 16y ago
Application level switching makes sense to me when you are working using "one app, one task." Switching from my IDE to chat...? sure bring up my both contacts list and chat window. But a power user is probably using more than one app per ta
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by jmilloy 16y ago
> In the example provided, is there a reason Google should return first in a search for PageRank? If so, what is it (described technically, not emotionally)? It may be (but probably isn't) that these other PR firms are actually honestly
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I will almost always research rather than click to the next page of results.
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by jmilloy 16y ago
Right. The argument is that we force ourselves into monophasic sleep, which is unnatural and inefficient. "Why We Nap" (ISBN 0817634622) is a great resource about polyphasic sleep. Most of us are in the habit of monophasic sleep, even if we