quantumhobbit

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by quantumhobbit 18y ago
It's not a genetic disposition to corruption but a tolerance developed through overexposure. When most cops are corrupt there is less outrage over one corrupt cop because that is normal. People learn to accept what is all around them. Pa
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by quantumhobbit 18y ago
The author here comes across as too biased and passionate to be taken seriously. I understand that he wants to hype up his story to draw in readers but his "The sky is falling" attitude obscures any of the real issues and considerations in
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by quantumhobbit 18y ago
Combining Pages with LaTeXiT ( http://ktd.club.fr/programmation/latexit_en.php ) is my current favorite setup. Pages takes some getting used to but after prolonged use I find it easier to use than Word or Writer. Word is a pain under OS X
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by quantumhobbit 18y ago
Not only that, but it seems like he was penalized for very common quick to fix errors. I'm not the best programmer ever but I always forget to initialize a data structure or forget a semicolon. I always catch the error when compiling or t
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by quantumhobbit 18y ago
I miss TechTV. Patrick Norton in a kilt destroying a PC with a sledgehammer was classier than a pistol.
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by quantumhobbit 18y ago
It is far easier to put garbage cans on streetcorners than change how people behave or ban common packaging.
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by quantumhobbit 18y ago
Exactly. Would anyone who posts here willingly visit 4chan? Slashdot may be one exception though. Trolling increased there until Digg and Reddit became popular. I think many of the slashdot trolls left for Digg and Reddit, and the amount
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by quantumhobbit 18y ago
Actually stocks might not be the way to go. I'd hand myself a sports almanac and start betting. As long as Biff doesn't get his hands on it.
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by quantumhobbit 18y ago
The "Beta Culture" in the article may be derived from or justified by the release early and often mindset of open source software. This makes sense for open source and web 2.0 products which are easily updated. The product testing is crow
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by quantumhobbit 18y ago
Dostoevsky said, "All happy families are alike; all unhappy families are unhappy in their own way." The same can be applied to the economy. We aren't likely to repeat the mistakes that led to the Great Depression. Instead we find new and i
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by quantumhobbit 18y ago
Buy Google stock. Sell everything before Oct 2008. Profit. In college I would tell myself not to worry as much about grades, but to focus on a few projects of my own. Take more internships in different fields.
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by quantumhobbit 18y ago
Since timezones are a problem, try 10 minutes chosen randomly each hour. 5/6 of the time we could procrastinate at will, but a new.yc binge of ~30 min or more would be interrupted. This could be an interesting experiment.
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by quantumhobbit 18y ago
I'm starting to think that this is a universal truth that the best classes never count towards your major. If the only people in there want to be there, including the prof, everyone learns more.
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by quantumhobbit 18y ago
projecteuler.net If there was ever any doubt about what programming can offer mathematics, ProjectEuler would dispel that. I say give the students an intro book on Python and point them at ProjectEuler.net. If they enjoy math, curiosity w
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by quantumhobbit 18y ago
Old joke: Q:What will the scientific computing language of the 1980's but like? A:I don't know but it will be called Fortran. My undergrad physics department taught a course in Fortran because the Comp Sci department refused to teach it. I
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by quantumhobbit 18y ago
The problem is that without the huge income from sports there would be no money for the scholarships in the first place. In fact I attended LSU on an academic scholarship that was partly funded by the athletic department. Yes, it's not fai
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by quantumhobbit 18y ago
As an academic in training(phd student), I would never want to be a football coach at a top school. The hours they have to work to remain competitive are insane. One bad season or embarrassing loss to a rival and you will be fired. I'll t
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by quantumhobbit 18y ago
Technically the athletes are being compensated. Not monetarily but with an education. This may not appeal to the superstar with pro ambitions, but for a majority of athletes an education(with a full scholarship) that might not have been av
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by quantumhobbit 18y ago
"If a child is so clever, he can read books himself and he can skip grades. But if a child is lagging behind, he requires help from others." Part of the problem is that clever children are not allowed to skip grades at most schools. Readin