mjdn

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by mjdn 2y ago
Irving Finkel wrote a fascinating book called The Ark Before Noah, which explained how the process worked. Hes also given some great talks about it which are available on YouTube. There were many breakthrough steps in understanding Sumerian
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by mjdn 4y ago
These are interesting books on decision making under uncertainty. The author is very aggressive, but the books are interesting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassim_Nicholas_Taleb#Incerto
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by mjdn 13y ago
You might be right, and cheap is relative. I spent time there in 2007, which is a while ago. My money was in euro and I came from Ireland where cost of living was quite high. Both dollar and euro are now weaker against the shekel than in 20
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by mjdn 13y ago
Jerusalem. Reasons: [1] your screen name translates to "good/OK" in local Arabic so you can answer both "Who are you?" and "How are you?" with the same sentence. Think of the efficiency gains! [2] very m
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by mjdn 13y ago
I was quite active on CS and also joined bewelcome. Bewelcome never seemed to gain the critical mass necessary though - this would be a difficult problem for any new platform. OP why not approach CS HQ.now that it's been funded maybe y
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by mjdn 13y ago
incorrect [1] tuition in UK&Ireland is nowhere near US levels. Plus in Ireland at least the fees can be paid for by the state if you meet income criteria [2] many continental unis have courses instructed in english without any language
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by mjdn 13y ago
"World History" is a term of art within history. Braudel, Wallerstein and Toynbee are good names to start with. For podcasts see Conversations with History. 1hr interviews with notable historians and academics. http://c
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by mjdn 13y ago
I've had a Quechua 70L for six years and a Berghaus 60L for four years. Both have stood up well to heavy use over the years. If it's going to be on your back for long periods of time, get something with good back support, but bear in mind t
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by mjdn 13y ago
Toulouse is quite a nice city with reasonable rents. I stayed in a lovely two bed apt there for €500/m in 2009. Quite a contrast to London. Airbus is a very big employer there, and presumably needs a few developers on the payroll. I ran int
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by mjdn 13y ago
given that this is a meta thread, could somebody explain why all my posts end up on the News page rather than the Ask page. Is my karma too low to post the Ask page? I'm new see this for example https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5534167
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Ask HN: Cloudera Data Science qualification?
1 points by mjdn 13y ago|0 comments
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by mjdn 14y ago
There is a correlation between testosterone levels and competitiveness. Exercise will increase your testosterone levels and this may increase your competitiveness
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by mjdn 14y ago
My organisation in london is hiring. I'll pop you an email with details tomorrow when I get into the office. Would be happy to meet up in london to talk about it. I don't work in that department and have no pull with HR but the organisatio
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by mjdn 14y ago
Finding a host on couchsurfing can be difficult in big cities at peak times. I was getting five requests per day at times. Try to bring something to the table where you surf rather than giving a potential host the impression that you're onl
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Ask HN: why so many code schools/bootcamps?
1 points by mjdn 14y ago|0 comments
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by mjdn 14y ago
Thanks, I'll repost this in Ask HN. apologies for the double post
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by mjdn 14y ago
sure, but i'm wondering how it ties in with supply and demand in the IT labour market. PS how do i get this post to show ib Ask HN rather than on the news page?
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Why so many coding schools/bootcamps recently?
1 points by mjdn 14y ago|4 comments
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by mjdn 14y ago
There is a .texi version of Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs available here [1] All of the diagrams have been drawn in ASCII, which is quite cool. It displays well in wordpad and word. Formatting problems in notepad [1] ht