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by optimal 19y ago
Did anybody read _King of Infinite Space_, the biography of Donald Coxeter? I noticed the article used lots of drawings, and I believe this and the general discussion fits into Coxeter's thinking on mathematics, versus the Bourbaki school's
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by optimal 19y ago
That's where I'm at, too--just keep it simple. vim, svn, FoxBug, and I'm all set. I believe simplicity correlates with productivity.
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by optimal 19y ago
I don't have much to add, but how do you like your MBP so far? I've had mine for almost a year and like it very much. I liked my Dell laptop running Ubuntu, but I do prefer the (more expensive) Mac hardware. The fan runs almost silently whe
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by optimal 19y ago
Or you might end up with people who just play games all day. [Unlike us serious-minded folks who read message boards. Because we don't, um, waste time at all.]
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BBQ-smoker-turned-'Robocop' chases off bums(cnn.com)
10 points by optimal 19y ago|0 comments
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by optimal 19y ago
Is this specific to math, or is all standardized (bastardized?) education this way? I can't remember doing any creative writing in elementary school, but I do remember diagramming sentences, much like the musician's nightmare in the article
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by optimal 19y ago
There was a good segment on earmarks recently on Bill Moyers Journal. I found it online here: EXPOSÉ on the JOURNAL: Mr. Heath Goes to Washington http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/02222008/watch.html "The broadcast profiles SEATTLE TIMES
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by optimal 19y ago
Ideas are dead--it's all been thought before. Man is vain.
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by optimal 19y ago
Cherish your privacy. The cost of fame (to any degree) is too high. To the OP: be careful, you'll worry your peeps.
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by optimal 19y ago
I think she should cross her eyes when you put the cursor on her nose.
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by optimal 19y ago
This article reminds me that if I really, truly want to "help people" in this world, I have to put my hands in the gutter and not on a nice, clean computer keyboard. Anything else is just trying to put a shiny halo on a moneymaking scheme.
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Obituary: Baba Amte(economist.com)
2 points by optimal 19y ago|1 comments
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by optimal 19y ago
I agree--at minimum make the bio the width of the name header, and put the navigation links above the bio. The "Feedback" link could be made the same color as the backing oak leaf/acorn cluster, or green for more contrast and consistency wi
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by optimal 19y ago
Wishing axod would elaborate . . .
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by optimal 19y ago
The money always comes from somewhere, even it's now twice- or thrice-removed. Follow the money.
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by optimal 19y ago
Give them bones--they especially like to crush bones to get at the tasty marrow inside. Oh wait, that's hyenas. How much value do the lawyers bring to your business, and are the services they're offering specialized, or of the commoditized,
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by optimal 19y ago
Developers continuously push the envelope, so building state-of-the-art applications will always be difficult and time consuming. It's the last 10-20% of development--the truly hard finishing part--that takes an application from "good enoug
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by optimal 19y ago
Verizon just sent me a flyer advertising an LG that looks much like an iPhone. I don't have either, but am extra proud of my four-year-old LG with a liquid crystal display.
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by optimal 19y ago
When I first saw the headline, I thought it read "How to prevent social news sites from developing." 'Cuz that might work, too.
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by optimal 19y ago
Franchise? ;)
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by optimal 19y ago
Er, catsup? Timely post, because that's what I'm doing today. Or I was doing it, until I started procrastinating here. I should really go now.
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by optimal 19y ago
Good point. It seems there's no "free lunch"--the body will maintain equilibrium (for example, see caffeine or alcohol consumption).
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by optimal 19y ago
You said it. I couldn't understand all the vitriol from the manufacturers when this project was announced, other than in the context of a perceived threat. Surely it would succeed.
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by optimal 19y ago
No clue on the chart, but you might try Investopedia: http://www.investopedia.com/search/results.aspx?q=gearing
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by optimal 19y ago
I think the Web may be less like the kitchen, and more like television. Shows come and go every year, so there will always be a need for new ones. In an attention economy you're fighting for eyeballs. And there's a smaller group that's alwa
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by optimal 19y ago
I just ordered an industrial-size vat of Crisco. See your future, be your future. Traditionally it was "the fat kid" who played goal, since anybody who could skate would rather put the puck in the net than get whaled in the nords. I believe
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by optimal 19y ago
The tide goes out, then comes back in. Those not on the margins should be fine. Carpe, are you sure you don't want to keep your govjob while working on the startup?
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by optimal 19y ago
I hope this article isn't too off-topic/political. I just thought it was damned interesting.
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How America Lost the War on Drugs(rollingstone.com)
2 points by optimal 19y ago|2 comments
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by optimal 19y ago
"Verily I say unto thee: three rights do indeed make a left." - Lord Turnington

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