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by jonsen 13y ago
And why the most effective lectures are those where the lecturer weaves a coherent and supportive story around what has to be learned.
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by jonsen 13y ago
Also using ++ only: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1383978
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by jonsen 13y ago
Maybe it was coded on board the ISS.
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by jonsen 13y ago
Yes, and the triangular infinihedron forms a dual pair with the hexagonal infinihedron. The quadratic infinihedron is its own dual, as the tetrahedron is. (Polyhedronal duality: Surface midpoints are vertices of the dual. Ex: The six surfac
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by jonsen 13y ago
You could say the sixth is an infinitely large one made of regular hexagons.
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Did You Know? Edison Coined the Term “Bug”(theinstitute.ieee.org)
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by jonsen 13y ago
Additional water in the oceans will not distribute evenly. Sea level will rise at some places and actually lower at other places. The net effect will probably be an increased sea surface, but it's not so easy to estimate by how much.
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by jonsen 13y ago
Ice caps melting -> more ocean depth more ocean surface -> more plankton
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by jonsen 13y ago
We need hierarchy to manage complexity. Complex functions must be decomposed into component functions. Complex data structures must be decomposed into component data objects. And event streams must be decomposed into manageable chunks. Recu
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by jonsen 13y ago
The next really big thing will be a language that does not mix things up. I.e. a language that keeps a clean orthogonality between the three dimensions of a program --state, functionality, and event handling-- not favoring one over the
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by jonsen 13y ago
...worms.
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by jonsen 13y ago
Nosy
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by jonsen 13y ago
a single device can be both AND and XOR. that's weird stuff. I'd say it depends on how you would define "single device". Imagine the possible complexity of such water devices build with a 3D printer and still it's
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by jonsen 13y ago
The air version, Pneumatic logic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumatics#Pneumatic_logic
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by jonsen 13y ago
NAVIGATION - upper left
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by jonsen 13y ago
Of course it grows. Accelerated growth even. How else would you explain that when walking out a window the earth grows to meet you?
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by jonsen 14y ago
(3,0) ... (6,2) ... (9,4) So comprehensive testing is what you are missing :-)
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by jonsen 14y ago
Yes, it's wrong. It means at least one integer point more than the two integer end points (which of course have to be on the line).
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by jonsen 14y ago
Well, you have five integer points on the same line.
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by jonsen 14y ago
(5,2) - (1,0) = (4,2) (4,2)/2 = (2,1) (2,1) + (1,0) = (3,1)
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by jonsen 14y ago
There are four possible coordinate parities (even, even), (even, odd), (odd, even), (odd, odd) Among five points two must have the same parity. Between two points of same parity the difference has the parity (even, even). As (even
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by jonsen 14y ago
My first set lasted longer. Still on second set.
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by jonsen 14y ago
It would be interesting to know if people born with more than ten fingers are better typists.
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by jonsen 14y ago
Could this be used to prove to the Bible blind the existence of God?
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by jonsen 14y ago
Book: http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/street-fighting-mathematics Free PDF edition available there.
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by jonsen 14y ago
I'm unable to find a reference, but I'm pretty sure you could do that in PL/I.
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by jonsen 14y ago
I want an i day! Well, I'll just imagine one.
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by jonsen 14y ago
Calling the language assembler might be considered potentially confusing and ambiguous, since this is also the name of the utility program that translates assembly language statements into machine code. However, this usage has been common
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by jonsen 14y ago
You can't throw a thing into orbit. Its trajectory will include the point where thrown.
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by jonsen 14y ago
50 kilometers ... hmm ... how big must a stray celestial body bee to severely disturb the longterm stability of the solar system?

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