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by mechnik 15y ago
A short opinion piece that touches on the Baumeister's study: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/02/opinion/02aamodt.html
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by mechnik 15y ago
There is a belief that willpower is finite and exhaustible and nothing will change how much willpower one has, that one cannot increase one's willpower. For example, you only have 25 cents worth of willpower at a certain time and if you sp
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by mechnik 15y ago
According to the OP (Pinker's book review) "He enrolled students in regimens that required them to keep track of their eating, exercise regularly, use a mouse with their weaker hand or (one that really gave them a workout) speak in complete
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by mechnik 15y ago
I imagine the findings might be statistically significant but the proverb will generally hold. Incidentally, I googled the proverb and it does sound better (funnier) in Yiddish: Ven der putz shteht, ligt der sechel in drerd
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by mechnik 15y ago
Of course one needs breaks. One interesting point is that people who view their willpower as limitless can be more productive with fewer breaks. Here is an article with comments from the researchers clarifying their findings: http://ww
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by mechnik 15y ago
1/3 of the original price after 30 years inflation.
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by mechnik 15y ago
Did Scheme/Lisp make new home at Northeastern? Olin Shivers is also there. Some of his prose may not appeal to all but I find these legendary: http://www.scsh.net/docu/html/man.html http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/shivers/autoweapons.html
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by mechnik 15y ago
Has this book received major updates lately? It has been available in draft form for a while. Many chapters are still empty.
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by mechnik 15y ago
Recent findings by Carol Dweck and others challenge the prevalent notion that willpower is an exhaustible AND finite resource. She found that the subjects who believed that exercising one's willpower strengthens it rather than depletes it
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by mechnik 15y ago
"There are units slated for Europe." according to http://www.hpmuseum.org/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/hpmuseum/forum.cgi?r...
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by mechnik 15y ago
"User's Handbook was recreated from scratch. Printed and in box. Searchable copy on CD. Manual took forever to get it nearly perfect." according to http://www.hpmuseum.org/cgi- sys/cgiwrap/hpmuseum/forum.cgi?read=192618#192618
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by mechnik 15y ago
True, www.hp.shopping.com lists 15c at the same price as the TouchPad. Even so, I am thrilled.
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HP 15c Scientific Calculator to be Re-issued(shopping.hp.com)
62 points by mechnik 15y ago|59 comments
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by mechnik 15y ago
WGU consists of 4 colleges: Teachers', Business, IT, and Health Professions. All well and good but I wish quality online programs were also offered in Math, Natural Sciences, Biological Sciences, Computer Science, Writing, Humanities, etc.
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by mechnik 15y ago
How do etalons and optics apply here? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etalon
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by mechnik 15y ago
The Netherlands is the Dutch uncle of Europe so naturally they are taken seriously throughout the continent. Kidding aside, I believe since the NL is part of the European Union the judicial rulings passed there apply to the other countries-
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by mechnik 15y ago
Look into Albert Ellis' ideas and derivative CBT treatments. Here is the story about Ellis' efforts to overcome his own social anxiety http://approachanxiety.com/2008/05/i-gave-myself-a-brilliant...
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by mechnik 15y ago
Are these "negative comments" "way out of line" compared with stealing $600? Are they somehow less "real" outcomes of Jonathan's experiment?
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by mechnik 15y ago
I like. It appears Google released a command line tool that integrates with its services: http://code.google.com/p/googlecl/
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by mechnik 15y ago
Erez Lieberman who inspired Cal Newport latest 'stop procrastination' method is a hero.
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by mechnik 15y ago
Any recommendations for a probability course materials comparable in quality to Strang's?
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by mechnik 15y ago
Like so: http://www.gadgetsdna.com/how-to-install-android-2-2-froyo-o...
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by mechnik 15y ago
I recall a section in Halliday and Resnick freshman Physics text where the authors advise to 'do exercises until you convince yourself that the solution method is correct'.
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by mechnik 15y ago
Thank you for explaining this.
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Ask HN: What is the meaning of "Python’s broken notion of lambda"*?
1 points by mechnik 15y ago|3 comments
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by mechnik 15y ago
Minor surgery - any surgical procedure that does not involve anesthesia or respiratory assistance during the surgical procedure, - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a
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by mechnik 15y ago
I am in a similar situation to the author of this article: learning to program after having having tried and given up ages ago. I believe the problem lies in trying to learn a complex language from the bottom up. In the OP's words: "Recent
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by mechnik 15y ago
This article lists 10% brain volume decrease in 20,000 years among the modern humans.