mimhoff

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by mimhoff 6y ago
The error mentioned is that Feynman (as PhD supervisor) supplied an important thesis topic to Mano. Mano didn't get the experience of how to evaluate a problem and find motivation within it: "I accepted [someone else] as a student
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by mimhoff 8y ago
For undergraduate studies, the federal government also subsidises classes at standardised rates depending on subject. So no matter which university you go to you'll be paying the same "Commonwealth supported place" rate for y
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by mimhoff 8y ago
Biggest advantage by far: no extra paperwork. As a student you give your tax number to the university, and then the loan repayments are handled by the tax system when you do your regular annual tax return.
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by mimhoff 8y ago
Sadly they don't work like income tax. If you go into the next bracket, you owe the new rate on your entire income.
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by mimhoff 8y ago
> Is it stepped at all? Do you owe nothing before 50k and then once you cross that threshold you now owe money? That would seem to incentivise staying below that threshold for a percentage of borrowers. Once you earn over the threshold y
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by mimhoff 8y ago
For me the interrobang just looks too busy and small, it needs some thought put into its appearance by font designers. Maybe back in the days of typewriters you could overlay ? and ! but I don't think it looks good today‽
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by mimhoff 9y ago
It's an interesting comparison, but people do die because of bad medical interventions.
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by mimhoff 9y ago
A spiral scan circuit would just be something like: x = r cos (theta) y = r sin (theta) when you vary r so it gives you a spiral instead of a circle. So it shouldn't be too hard to generate the signals required. Or there could be a dif