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by jrp 17y ago
For others: scroll to the lower part of the page.
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by jrp 17y ago
also http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=844770 Can someone who knows explain what is going on? Things like G20 usually get protested, but I would like to know if the dept was honestly protesting but using funny signs, or just having fun
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by jrp 17y ago
I think the journal system did an excellent job for its time. At some point, though, we will have to switch to a better reputation-assigning system.
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by jrp 17y ago
Seconded. It all adds up to normality. I wish someone had been there to remind me of that when I was going through some of this.
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by jrp 17y ago
Why are freeways crowded?
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by jrp 17y ago
Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guess_2/3_of_the_average "How Real People Think in Strategic Games" (discusses game): http://www.msri.org/people/members/sara/articles/expecon.pdf
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by jrp 17y ago
This is probably the most interesting site I've found here in a while. At first it seems very strange and crank-ish but there's definitely a lot of stuff for me to come back to. FWIW, I just finished a math bachelor's at UC Davis and I wou
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by jrp 17y ago
Fansy! http://www.notacult.com/fansythefamous.htm Seriously, what did the professor expect by griefing?
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by jrp 17y ago
This is a great article. I haven't had a chance to play some of these yet, and now I'd like to. =)
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by jrp 17y ago
In general, I think blogs should omit introductions to such basic material. It makes more sense to collect the introductions in one place (usually textbooks, but certainly I would welcome someone blogging about intro to something -- see h
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by jrp 17y ago
Does anyone know if you can make a local copy (or imported PDF) have all the nice features the article describes, such as page syncing?
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by jrp 17y ago
I'm sure that losing $X, where X is large compared to your wealth, is generally a bigger event than gaining $X in terms of utility. But can't we always repeat the argument so that the game is fair when measured in utility?
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by jrp 17y ago
>>Justin fed the man pomegranates until he fell victim to an overstuffed slumber. He created some lemonade , which the man then poured down his gullet -- level complete! Randy created a coffee shop . It appeared, the man ordered
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by jrp 17y ago
I have experienced these 'spin driers' built into washers. They spin my clothes for two hours but don't contain a heating element, so nothing happens. Possibly everywhere I have lived has happened to have a broken one.
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by jrp 17y ago
I'm skeptical about there actually being a decrease in attention. I hear this kind of stuff about "the good old days" in quality X all the time and I suspect people are just forgetting that they were also distracted back then.
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by jrp 17y ago
From that quote, I would assume the author's argument is "Math contains many unapplied topics, whereas CS contains many applied topics. Therefore CS is more useful for outside-domain work." I would suggest looking for applications of say,
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by jrp 17y ago
My dad and I were on a backpacking trip and while hiking we calculated how thin the atmosphere was compared to sea level. It feels more elegant sometimes to solve a problem simply (in paper, in your head) without bringing out the computers.
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by jrp 18y ago
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_there_any_text_file_containing_... http://www.apsaulters.net/downloads.html
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by jrp 18y ago
Thank you. I picked up Python from assorted online tutorials; maybe it's time for me to look at the book mentioned elsewhere in this thread to improve my style.
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by jrp 18y ago
Some very cool ideas there. The article struck a chord on "people don't want to learn to use their computers": especially, they put a high premium on interchangeability. Examples: people asking to borrow my computer but recoiling from "a
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by jrp 18y ago
Ironically, map and filter are still available, when they seem easily duplicatible with comprehensions: map(f,lst) = [f(x) for x in lst] filter(f,lst) = [x for x in lst if f(x)] But I don't see a way to translate reduce, except for
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by jrp 18y ago
From the comments: "Haven't they ever heard of a CD key?"
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by jrp 18y ago
It's not straightforward but the idea is understood, so it can be done by a large organization.
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by jrp 18y ago
This reminded me of 'Soul of a New Machine'. I would recommend that book if you enjoyed this post.
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by jrp 18y ago
From the article, Vosburgh was found guilty of clicking the link.
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by jrp 18y ago
"Fast Times at Fairmont High" is an entertaining short read about this issue.
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by jrp 18y ago
The main point of "eating out" is not nourishment.
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Keep Me Out, interesting anti-procrastination device(keepmeout.com)
7 points by jrp 18y ago|16 comments
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Literature Map -- author recommendations a la netflix(literature-map.com)
1 points by jrp 18y ago|0 comments
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by jrp 18y ago
The controls should support holding down L/R instead of tapping only.

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