oldbuzzard

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by oldbuzzard 12y ago
At some point after I first saw this post, "Google" got prepended to the title. I find this misleading since "CodeWorld is an unofficial project. It is not an official Google project, and Google provides no support for it.&qu
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by oldbuzzard 12y ago
http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/09/programmings-dirties... I could figure out how to post this w/o it showing up as a dupe but I just don't care enough.
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by oldbuzzard 12y ago
I see this less as a joke and more of a sign of mutual respect... Feynmann's womanizing was legendary[1]. The fact his wife chose to sue for emotional estrangement instead of explicit acts is interesting. It suggests a residual level o
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by oldbuzzard 12y ago
Perhaps Steve Yegge's post is germane, http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/09/programmings-dirties... I'm not sold on typing per se, but mastering an appropriate output method for your domain seems key.
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by oldbuzzard 12y ago
37 subjects... serious science indeed...
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by oldbuzzard 12y ago
If this sort of thing interests you, then either the modern Moebius Noodles[1] material or the vintage Young Math[2] materials like "Maps, Tracks, and the Bridges of Konigsberg: A Book about Networks by Michael Holt" would also. [
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by oldbuzzard 12y ago
Fixed
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by oldbuzzard 12y ago
Hmmm... Sets, Groups, Topology, Algebraic Structures... Sounds alot like the Bourbaki "Mother Structure's". Sets and Algebra, I can teach as a homeschool dad. Group theory, topology, and abstract algebra are to difficult for
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by oldbuzzard 12y ago
or like math in the old days [1]. Israel Gelfand's stuff is model for enrichment at an upper level. Alexander Zvonkin's "Math from 3 to 7" book published by MSRI could be a model for younger kids. I think the "new
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by oldbuzzard 13y ago
That's a good metric... but often investors have more information on the start-up that potential employees. This is the purpose of asking your own questions about the company in interviews... but I think there will always be more infor
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by oldbuzzard 13y ago
How about James Gosling for Java(1994).
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by oldbuzzard 13y ago
I don't follow this area closely myself... but you sound like you are interested in the quantified self movement. Check out http://quantifiedself.com If that looks up your alley, they have meetups every couple of month. See
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by oldbuzzard 13y ago
If you are doing upper level college math as a 7th grader, you probably don't have a peer group in your school. If you are 5+ grades ahead in math, it is unlikely you are a socially typical kid. This is why CTY, math camps, magnet scho