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by jonsen 5y ago
A space after * ( 3 3 * 4 2 = vs. 3 3 ^ 4 2 * ) or make it code 3 3 * 4 2 = 3 3 ^ 4 2 *
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by jonsen 5y ago
I’m again reminded of “Flow-Based Programming”: http://www.jpaulmorrison.com/fbp/fbp2.htm
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by jonsen 5y ago
We have 500‰ for 500 unitless milli. And there are more: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parts-per_notation
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by jonsen 5y ago
As another commenter said, a square is a unit of the plane; a square figure; all sides equal. Likewise a radian is a unit of the plane; a pie-slice figure with all sides equal.
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by jonsen 5y ago
The I in ISO stands for international mein lieber freund.
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by jonsen 5y ago
I think ‘ohms per square’ is fine. Just like e.g. ‘seconds per radian’ is much better than ‘seconds per uno’. Uno is generic and tells nothing about the context.
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by jonsen 5y ago
If unit calculations can reduce e.g. m^3/m -> m^2, why shouldn’t it reduce U^2 -> U ?
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by jonsen 5y ago
Your first example is a clash, 500 meter.
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How to Breathe(psyche.co)
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by jonsen 5y ago
The Alpha died, not NT. Maybe: The Death of Alpha below NT
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by jonsen 5y ago
There’s a bunch of wh... words. Wouldn’t you know them by class? In my language they spell hv... Hvem, hvad, hvor = who, what, where etc.
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by jonsen 5y ago
We don’t have self walking shoes yet, do we?
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by jonsen 5y ago
Would be nice if tail call optimization solved the halting problem.
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by jonsen 5y ago
You might find this interesting: https://www.amazon.com/Mind-Over-Machine-Hubert-Dreyfus/dp/0... It’s a critique of AI but gives a thorough take on the progress from novice to expert.
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by jonsen 5y ago
Read it again using another technique, and you may have a different feeling.
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by jonsen 5y ago
Found it: https://mathenchant.wordpress.com/2017/08/16/prof-engels-mar...
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by jonsen 5y ago
I aggree that statistics is important, but graphs are of some use in statistics: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_model Can’t find the link now, but I’ve seen a pedagogical framework for learning basic proba
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by jonsen 5y ago
MeToo
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by jonsen 5y ago
Relevant for the discussion here. ”Reinforced aerostat technology for safe hydrogen use in airships”: https://safeairship.com/
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by jonsen 5y ago
ma-cos?
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by jonsen 5y ago
Hz, rpm, no radius nor pi involved.
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by jonsen 5y ago
It reminded me of an earthly vehicle usage: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wankel_engine
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by jonsen 5y ago
The basics of good teaching is a mindset. “You’ve got to love your students. It’s as simple as that”, a colleague of mine once said. You could look into some of Kieran Egan’s writings: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ki
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by jonsen 5y ago
And where does a branch go? It leaves the stem of consecutive memory numbers into nowhere and mysteriously comes back to the stem at an arbitrary number.
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by jonsen 5y ago
There’s also no fundamental reason that all this bioengineering will not result in a new ‘species’ with say an average IQ of 200 and a consciousness five times as large as humans’. How long would they want to live?
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by jonsen 5y ago
Did you see the Research page? The menu icon didn’t show up until I turned my iPad to portrait. The Research page takes a long time to load.
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by jonsen 5y ago
I think they are trying to explain the connection between the past and the future. Classical models only describes the effect of the past into the future.
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by jonsen 5y ago
I didn’t know it was there. The menu didn’t show in landscape on my iPad. ‘Research’ takes some time to fill the page.
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by jonsen 5y ago
“One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this skill, you'll achieve extraordinary results.” Deep Work by Cal Newport
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by jonsen 5y ago
“Trial and error is the way to go.” I hate it. And that’s why I never made it far into unix land.

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