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by mathetic 12y ago
> One being "Calculating" where students do the boring calculations and all the stuff, calculus, algebra, etc. and another one where the interesting and challening part of math is taught in an accessible and fun way. Wow. That
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by mathetic 12y ago
That is simply because the top of the stack in our field is full of application developers and not computer architects. I fail to see how quantity becomes more important than quality.
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by mathetic 12y ago
This is a terrible PR article but we might actually need more of these. That's basically how one changes social stigmas in a society/industry. Just make sure all cool places are doing the exact opposite of unwanted behaviour. If t
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by mathetic 12y ago
Timing of this tournament cannot be worse for University of Cambridge computer science undergraduates given the examinations start on the 2nd of June.
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by mathetic 12y ago
I don't think you are getting the point of the article or the comment above. This is a p2p system meaning that by definition you cannot take the market down by arresting a single person. It doesn't say it is secure against everyth
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by mathetic 12y ago
That is like saying Socrates is screwed because he never read Kant.
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by mathetic 13y ago
Fair enough. I was making a general point rather than this specific product. I agree that this desk does not live up to its price tag.
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by mathetic 13y ago
Well, may be you should think of the difference in production of a Aston Martin vs a Ford.
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by mathetic 13y ago
You are correct from an historian's point of view. If one side is asymmetrically stronger than the other one, the powerful side simple destroys the other side and declare them terrorists (or extremists). When you are in hell rather tha
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by mathetic 13y ago
I cannot account for what's happening in Ukraine but last time a video like this one released in Istanbul during protests, it was undercover police throwing molotov cocktails to armoured police vehicles. It was the only video shown by
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by mathetic 13y ago
I agree. In Cambridge, UK, there are some phd students from Computer Laboratory in University of Cambridge, who go and teach first grade kids concepts in computer science. This does not necessarily involve coding. I heard they were teaching
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by mathetic 13y ago
I made the switch about two months ago. IMO, Google still beats Duck Duck Go in terms of relevant results and I am curious whether Duck Duck Go can do anything about it as they are not gathering as much data as Google. I try to find my answ
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by mathetic 13y ago
Yes it is not comparable because Wikileaks documents showed people died without any apparent reason but the States being the States is immune to crimes against humanity. If you get bombed/terrorised that's policy changing, nation
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by mathetic 13y ago
So you consider UK as a third world country?
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by mathetic 13y ago
Cambridge CompSci here, Dr. Anderson, apart from his academic work, is known to be a very powerful and influential scholar in Cambridge. He also orchestrated a campaign against university so that the scholars can own their intellectual prop
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by mathetic 13y ago
Boston Tea Party?
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by mathetic 14y ago
That depends on who you are hiring. If you're hiring Computer Science graduates than "getting shit done" is not a priority at all (at least in the meaning you imply). Computer Science graduates gets the discipline to be scientists not to
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by mathetic 14y ago
That is a noble yet unfortunate decision. The reason some firms hire only top school kids is (apart from ego) they know that whatever test/puzzle/interview they give their decision in hiring candidates will still be fairly inaccurate. Howev
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by mathetic 14y ago
I'm taking a wild guess and claiming that you have no idea about spending about a quarter of your life time (that's if you're lucky) in prison. End of story. You cannot possibly understand what it means to be in prison for such a long time
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by mathetic 14y ago
Computer science is not exactly about applicability. It is as mentioned in the name of the course is about science. Software engineering is although extremely complex is not exactly a science. Science is not about getting cool products
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by mathetic 14y ago
It depresses me that people are commenting on the issue without actually knowing what the investigation in Sweden is about. I might be wrong but there is a slight difference between not wearing a condom and rape. I don't care if Sweden is c
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by mathetic 14y ago
One billion dollar? I don't think so.
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by mathetic 14y ago
They explicitly say "You’re using a web browser we don’t support." Even though this does not mean "we can't help you", I think it is close enough.
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by mathetic 14y ago
Let alone the problem with the implementation of the system, Almost half of the public schools in Turkey does not have proper funding for decent education. Quarter of public schools have classes with more than 50 students (that holds true f
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by mathetic 14y ago
When you say it like that it sounds it is bad to be biased in this particular situation. First of all it sounds much better than "I read it, he is correct. This is why I wrote mine." considering that he is refuting the idea presented. Being
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by mathetic 14y ago
Last time I checked engineering was about producing solid and creative results in smart ways. If using Ruby for a developer to produce the same result is more productive, then not using Ruby Motion would be a crime against "true" engineerin
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by mathetic 14y ago
If this becomes popular, at some point results would disappear since unpopular sites will be pushed into the first million.
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by mathetic 15y ago
Exactly! (for the second part) I mean why aren't they qualified? Cambridge is getting more applications than each of the top schools in US every year. They interview almost all of them (80% to be precise) and still announce the results in J
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by mathetic 15y ago
tl;dr: My recent observation is that for US universities it is better to be jack of all trades but master of nothing than having some degree of (relative) expertise. You do not declare it officially and yes you have the flexibility to chang
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by mathetic 15y ago
The article summarizes the difference between British and American college entrance system as well. When you apply for CS in Britain (and I'm talking about Oxbridge), they care only about your experience with computers and mathematics. Howe

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