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by navbaker 11y ago
I'll second the recommendation for Norvig and Russell's text. It's the first textbook I've ever actually wanted to sit down and read outside of assignments. -edit for spelling
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Virtual feats, but a real sense of accomplishment(kotaku.com)
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by navbaker 11y ago
Your comments about having lots of visitors and it being more interesting than working alone make it sound like your lab would be a nightmare for getting work done that requires actual concentration.
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by navbaker 11y ago
This article seems to be aimed at the Astrophysics PhD-holding crowd. Should be called "Science-fictional shibboleths for the overly pedantic".
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by navbaker 11y ago
I was fortunate enough to grow up with the Smithsonian museums on the National Mall within easy driving distance. Some of my best childhood memories are seeing the t-Rex skull at the Natural History museum and the various space vessels at t
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by navbaker 11y ago
I'm stationed on Oahu and was extremely surprised to find Oceanic Time Warner's Internet-only packages were one of the few affordable things on the island. Not looking forward to moving back to the mainland and dealing with anothe
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My uncle is a 65 year old COBOL programmer who has never been out of work.
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by navbaker 11y ago
Thanks, I didn't click through the enroll button.
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by navbaker 11y ago
While the Coursera course by Hinton looks amazing, it also appears the last offering was in 2012. I haven't used Coursera before, is there a way to access the class material after a class has finished?
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by navbaker 11y ago
The professor that taught my compilers course used to tell us crazy stories about working in the Soviet Union before he immigrated as a reverse engineer, essentially copying western operating systems. He gave us by far the best explanations
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by navbaker 11y ago
Anybody fascinated by these would probably enjoy reading The Golden Age by Michael Ajvaz. The first half is a (fictional) account of a researcher's stay on an island with a tribe of people who seemingly have no cultural or artistic exp
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by navbaker 11y ago
I don't understand the mentality that says "the person I'm trying to reach has blocked me, so I will subvert the method they are using to force them to view my ad." Isn't the whole point of an ad to persuade someone
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by navbaker 11y ago
The cost of Diablo 3 convinced me and my brother to get Torchlight 2 instead. Best $40 we ever spent!
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by navbaker 11y ago
It sounds like the situation my dad was in. He had to switch careers in his early 50s, going from project engineering for a defense contractor to right-of-way acquisition and management in the oil and natural gas industry. He lost his job a
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by navbaker 11y ago
What about science makes it a "hobby field"?
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by navbaker 11y ago
Has anyone here had experience going the other way: management to technical?
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I can't even imagine what my friend is going through now trying to keep his instrument sounding decent. He plays bassoon in one of the U.S. navy bands that is deployed with a hospital ship doing community relations type work in Southea
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by navbaker 11y ago
Why did you automatically assume the OP is a "brogrammer" because they suggested exercise?
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by navbaker 11y ago
Wow, I knew this phrase from the Metasploit encoder, but never knew that it had such deep cultural meaning!
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by navbaker 11y ago
Tangentially related, but this recent article is one of my favorites about WoW and nostalgia: http://kotaku.com/the-people-who-still-play-world-of-warcraf...
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by navbaker 11y ago
Shouldn't this have the title of the linked blog post?
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by navbaker 12y ago
Neuromancer by William Gibson. The Forever War by Joe Haldeman. Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C Clarke. A Fire Upon the Deep and A Deepness in the Sky, both by Vernor Vinge. Also, the Culture series by Iain M. Banks, but I would recommend
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by navbaker 12y ago
You would probably really enjoy Brandon Sanderson's and Patrick Rothfuss's novels, based on your fiction list.
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by navbaker 12y ago
It looks like you have pretty similar taste to mine, what did you think of Malazon #1? Would you continue the series? I've seen lots of conflicting reviews...
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by navbaker 12y ago
My brother and I gave this game a chance based on the positive Penny Arcade write-up mentioned in the article and ended up playing it for the next several years.
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by navbaker 12y ago
I lived in Monterey for a few years and, as my first few impressions of SF were essentially just the Wharf with the rest of my time spent driving, I had a very negative view of the city. It wasn't until I started walking those dreaded
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by navbaker 12y ago
+1 for the Computer History Museum! When I went a little over a year ago, they had a full size working replica of Babbage's computing engine.
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by navbaker 12y ago
Just curious, why specifically AdBlock and not ABP?
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Got it, thanks!
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by navbaker 12y ago
I'm a relative newcomer to the command line and have been Googling around for what exactly the () {:;} is doing with no luck. Does anyone have a good link or explanation?

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