manicbovine

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by manicbovine 15y ago
No, it's not reasonable. His savings barely covers the cost of a new car (bought on an emergency). IPOs are volatile and impossible to time. On his budget, I could see him investing a few hundred into Facebook with the intention to stay a
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by manicbovine 15y ago
Yes, keep it in a decent bank, and don't bother with bonds or equity. If you find some project that you're passionate about, then don't be afraid to burn through a little bit of your savings in order to learn and explore.
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by manicbovine 15y ago
Have you identified any books for the "starting a business", "online marketing", and "personal branding books"? From my experience, it seems unlikely that there are enough quality books about those things to read one book per week and get a
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by manicbovine 15y ago
I finished a PhD in pure mathematics three years ago and then abandoned academia because it's stale. My degree opens a lot of doors, enables me to attack problems that nobody else can fathom, and generally allows me to do whatever the hell
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by manicbovine 15y ago
I think the main issue is that it's locked down to the iPad. Hardly any school districts have iPads and there are a slew of "educational tablets" in the pipeline from manufacturers like Intel. I'd only build something with Apple's platform
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300,000 user records compromised at ASU(downtowndevil.com)
1 points by manicbovine 15y ago|0 comments
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by manicbovine 15y ago
I'm not really answering your question.. but Khan Academy is not a serious contender in education. So maybe some teachers use it, but Khan Academy is not going to disrupt anything in K12 a serious way. They might do something to consumer ed
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by manicbovine 15y ago
I found "Man's Search for Meaning" at exactly the right time in my life. It changed my life, but this might have more to do with the timing.
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by manicbovine 15y ago
Well, I'm biased... but my company offers a SasS math/science platform for middle and high school schools. We offer both instructor-led and individualized solutions. Our students confront ambiguity, engage in real life problem-solving, over
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by manicbovine 15y ago
Are you enjoying Gleick? I've been considering it, but other books keep jumping the queue.
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by manicbovine 16y ago
Should "everywhere" be "anywhere"? To me, "Click everywhere to go ahead" means that, in order to proceed, I must click everywhere.
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by manicbovine 16y ago
In my field of mathematics, there is a massive effort to unify/classify/generalize some of the mathematical structures discovered over the last 30-40 years. (for example, non-commutative geometry as presented by Alain Connes: http://www.al
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by manicbovine 16y ago
I have a suggestion: Start with all of the text at full darkness and lighten non-focused columns on mouseover. (Instead of starting lightened and darkening on mouseover.) This achieves the same thing, but without the many of the usability i
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by manicbovine 16y ago
I think you forgot to add the words 'is eliminated'. "... and any variant of it (...) is eliminated." Just helping to clarify your interesting post.
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by manicbovine 16y ago
There are already some great answers to this question. Math begins with intuition. We don't memorize facts in order to build intuition -- we explore, discover, and synthesize. Formalism is an impediment to the early stages of this process.
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by manicbovine 16y ago
Just some guesses with whois: speakly.it readthisaloud.com speakrss.com listenfeed.com listeningfeed.com speakingfeed.com
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by manicbovine 16y ago
I find it most efficient to simply ask questions in these situations. (e.g. "Why do we ...?", "Have we discussed...?", "Is it a concern that....?)
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by manicbovine 16y ago
As a mathematician, I see this as a sign that my field needs an evangelist.
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Hiding Behind the Screen(thenewatlantis.com)
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by manicbovine 16y ago
I've been doing this for the last eight years with pencil, paper, filing cabinets, and archive-boxes. It's reliable, flexible, and easy. However, it's not sustainable in the long run. I currently have five filing cabinets of notes and aroun
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by manicbovine 16y ago
You could call it the "large enterprise plan". Edit: Unless it's not just for large enterprise, of course. Also, the mouseover text on "Business plan" is "medium plan". Is this intentional?
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by manicbovine 16y ago
I think it is dangerous to differentiate yourselves with this pricing model alone. You plant an immediate doubt as to whether or not the service is even going to work. Financial advisors, for example, would be very afraid of advertising "pa
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by manicbovine 16y ago
"We are the world's first website builders where you only pay, when you get visitors." The comma should be removed. I'd consider rewording the entire sentence. Perhaps you could relate your pricing model to the business owner's other fixed
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by manicbovine 16y ago
I used a similar paper-based system in Norway to access the state services portal online (health care, etc.).
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by manicbovine 16y ago
I just started at a very young company. There was already a clear expectation that I work 40-50 hours per week (since it is written on the contract). On the first day, one of the founders asked me: "what are your hours going to be? I come i
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by manicbovine 16y ago
It's much different from assuming a flat earth. There has always been good and readily available data supporting the hypothesis of a non-flat earth. Various cultures have used this data to realize that the earth is not flat. Our dataset abo
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by manicbovine 16y ago
I really dislike this example because the underlying metric is so poor. It's not the least bit surprising for 2% to make such a large difference. We deal with this sort of thing on a highly regular basis -- ordering food at a restaurant, wr
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by manicbovine 16y ago
I find it helpful to work out some very specific test cases, trivial examples, or counter-examples.
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by manicbovine 16y ago
Have you tried a question mark at the start of your query? (i.e. ?google maps api)
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by manicbovine 16y ago
I recently finished my PhD in pure mathematics. I'm not currently using it because I made an abrupt and idiotic career switch into something I didn't completely understand, but that's another story. Your level of focus and motivation is goi

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