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5611.
by mathattack 13y ago
I remember it being a big problem in public parks too. (Perhaps more dogs than people)
5612.
by mathattack 13y ago
For better or worse, mental illness and/or long term substance abuse are behind many of these problems.
5613.
by mathattack 13y ago
This just leaves me scratching my head for the other side of the story. When things are so irrational, there has to be something, but I just can't think of it. It's one thing to be wealthy and hire an expensive attorney, but to
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Techies Are the New Puritans(newrepublic.com)
91 points by mathattack 13y ago|147 comments
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by mathattack 13y ago
I agree with you. I think this is a good statistics exercise too. What's more likely? That life emerges spontaneously in multiple spots of space, or that life survives inter-planetary (and perhaps inter-solar system) journeys?
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by mathattack 13y ago
The challenge is that it's very hard to understand 1 versus 2. It is very easy to measure energy level and hours. Just look around, and listen. In software, it is very hard to measure productivity. Lines of code doesn't work.
5617.
by mathattack 13y ago
Is 4 choices not enough? The answer is more competitors and more technologies.
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by mathattack 13y ago
It's frequently referred to as "Talking your book" :-) I still don't know if this is tulips [1] or turtles all the way down [2]. Perhaps both? [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulipmania [2] htt
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by mathattack 13y ago
I wish I had this in grad school when I had forgotten all my undergrad Linear Algebra. It's not a very hard or deep aspect of math if you understand the fundamentals, so this is very useful.
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by mathattack 13y ago
Very heavy statements. "They are working together to screw you." Actually, they're only going to screw the very narrows subset of rural users who don't have access to competitive wireless or internet options. If your on
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by mathattack 13y ago
I agree with you in spirit, but it's getting harder and harder to follow academic papers, even in areas where I have a degree. In areas like Physics (which fascinates me, though I've only had one year in undergrad) it is VERY har
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by mathattack 13y ago
I think they've at least seen them survive in space. I recall reading stories of microbes surviving near absolute zero. Bacteria and spores could survive a lot, but I would think they would have to be inside a mighty big rock to surv
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by mathattack 13y ago
Thanks for sharing. It's interesting when people walk through their though process.
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by mathattack 13y ago
This is consistent with what I see about supposed corporate secrets, and source code. What's on paper matters less than the people behind it, their interest and motivation, and how creating the "secrets" changed them.
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by mathattack 13y ago
Exactly. It's very rare that they take all the money off the table, but it's enough to easily pay the bills, while still leaving them with enough of a stake to shoot for the moon.
5626.
by mathattack 13y ago
Interesting. I thought it was the opposite direction. Since the nature of a snap is short term, people are more likely to pay attention because it will be gone. Thoughts?
5627.
by mathattack 13y ago
Given the right similar starting conditions in the DNA... It could be interesting. What surprises me is that life can survive these trips. A rock ejected from the Earth would have to have tremendous heat during the escape velocity. Scien
5628.
by mathattack 13y ago
And I doubt the math would allow them to span galaxies.
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by mathattack 13y ago
Does Mars have an atmosphere to insert the gas into? How much mass does a planet need to support an atmosphere? A quick check on Wolfram suggests that Earth has 10 times the mass of Mars. Does a planet need to be Earth or Venus sized to
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Of Baboons and Bosses (2009)(bobsutton.typepad.com)
1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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Bitcoin Proves The Libertarian Idea Of Paradise Would Be Hell On Earth(businessinsider.com)
3 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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by mathattack 13y ago
I've known online poker players who can play up to 8 at a time, just flipping around on individual windows in 1 screen. I think a lot depends on the stakes of the table, and the style of play. Someone playing aggressive with small st
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Why the University of Waterloo churns out poker stars(cbc.ca)
1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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by mathattack 13y ago
ahh - got it. My dept was very heavy on Scheme. Reasonable to have a LISP-variant for AI.
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by mathattack 13y ago
Forcing folks to learn his own language is a pretty big conceit. You think he'll be able to get away with that at Fbook?
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by mathattack 13y ago
Yes - people like to win. If the product succeeds, and the start-up is racing upwards, people will forgive a lot of other things. I think on work/life balance, there are populations who care about this, and populations who don't.
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by mathattack 13y ago
I deal with a lot of people external to my company, so LinkedIn is a gold mine for me. Since it also takes a reminder for folks to remember me, I do like typing in some text. I also appreciate it when others return the favor.
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by mathattack 13y ago
Could the anger be that companies aren't paying as much taxes as they used to, and hence there's not enough money for BART to be fixed? I'm not saying this is or isn't the case, just trying to get inside the mind of the
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by mathattack 13y ago
Having dual modes of transportation does drive people nuts. In NYC it's the black SUV motorcades that sometimes double park on streets. I would love to see the solution being Google using Big Data to improve SF traffic.
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by mathattack 13y ago
He is amongst the best at converting the craziness of Wall Street and Finance into plain English.

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