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by randomnumber53 11y ago
Ah, but it's only a thoughtcrime if you don't say it, and people call you an idiot for just thinking that.
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by randomnumber53 11y ago
> Before we move to CS for all, can we at least solve the problem of Computer Literacy for all!? I see no reason that they can't be tackled concurrently!
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by randomnumber53 11y ago
I remember reading a review/summary/explanation of Primer that was written up--by necessity--in LaTeX.
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by randomnumber53 11y ago
Usually the grading scale is the same as is used in the iteration of the college class that the MOOC is based off of.
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by randomnumber53 11y ago
I'm a current HS senior who took a Theory of Computation class the year prior, and I got a few chapters into QCSD before realizing that I needed to learn some more about complexity theory before I read that book. I'm planning on
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by randomnumber53 11y ago
Silicon Valley , on the other hand, is great.
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by randomnumber53 11y ago
I am a mildly dyslexic. I have excellent reading comprehension, but I read about a standard deviation slower than the average reader. Thus, I don't think I've ever read a book "only once," since in order to understand mu
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by randomnumber53 12y ago
Those dominate much of the thinking of a player in the 1200-1800 range, but become second nature after that point.
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by randomnumber53 12y ago
The first-move-advantage becomes increasingly relevant the higher the level of play, of course.
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by randomnumber53 12y ago
Yeah, but who shares URLs with their friends by speech these days? In fact, who really speaks?
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by randomnumber53 12y ago
I am also an expert player, and agree with most of what was said, but I do think I should point out that this player's style is not the only strategy ("My strategy is usually to throw lots of pieces at their king and hope they d
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by randomnumber53 12y ago
I play chess "seriously" (expert level) and am about a gold/platinum league Starcraft II player, and the games do show a surprising amount of similarity. Both show the most variance in the midgame, begin in identical formatio
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by randomnumber53 12y ago
This type of training game is more often used to practice a certain structure that arises from a specific opening, and thus is a type of practice used more towards the higher levels of play (International Master+). The thing is, if two amat
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by randomnumber53 12y ago
My favorite thing about the MITx MOOCs are that they have really well-designed, carefully-devised problem sets, which I think might be the most important factor of a great class.
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by randomnumber53 12y ago
That is still an issue, but it is better than purposefully weighting admissions toward applicants who can afford full tuition.
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by randomnumber53 12y ago
That's true. I actually read a study recently that talked about how every non-Ivy League university admits exactly one high-achieving person: YOU!
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by randomnumber53 12y ago
It is interesting that people are talking about the Ivies, not "elite colleges" in general. The article defines a high achiever as "anyone who gets a 29 or better on the ACT or a combined 1,300 on the SAT." At most elite
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by randomnumber53 12y ago
Most colleges are moving towards need-blind admissions too, debunking the common complaint that they don't admit low-income students because they'd rather admit students who can pay. It is also important to note that these types o
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by randomnumber53 12y ago
Okay, but you could use that logic to claim (possibly validly, though I don't think so) that nobody should care about the Ivies because they only make up a fraction of schools (.08% times 5 = .4% of admissions, according to your data
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by randomnumber53 12y ago
It disappoints me that so many commentators on the NPR site infer from the title--"Why Many Smart, Low-Income Students Don't Apply To Elite Schools"--that the article is essentially bashing "big fancy private college[s]&
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by randomnumber53 12y ago
If you don't actually believe the poster has that problem, why respond the way that you did? Doesn't that make your comment at least as terrible?
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by randomnumber53 12y ago
Just a heads up: The HN community tends to dislike jokes, especially jokes meant to do nothing more than make another laugh. In fact, I have found the HN community weighted towards discouraging humor even when it is used not only in a one-n
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by randomnumber53 12y ago
I am a high school senior taking two college math courses, but to discourage this practice (which costs the school money) the school counts my grade as a 4.0 max in my GPA (AP classes are 5.0, regular are 4.0).
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by randomnumber53 12y ago
That summarizes the author's conclusion, not what he is trying to say.
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by randomnumber53 12y ago
"Better to read a poor book with alert resistance, than devour a good one in mindless adoration." I have felt similarly. The mediocre, when analyzed deeply, can become more interesting than the interesting.
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by randomnumber53 12y ago
This comment is as far from true as the decision is far from trivial. That is to say, very far. By far the second most common piece to promote to is a knight, simply because a knight moves in a way a queen cannot. In my 10 years of playing
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by randomnumber53 12y ago
One thing I have noticed from reading reviews and comments about the show is that there is little consensus about which episodes are the best. Many people (I being one of them), actually think episode 2, "Fifteen Million Merits" i
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by randomnumber53 12y ago
Also, the reason it is 50 moves <em>without a pawn move or capture</em> is because both pawn moves and captures are irreversible. In fact, the only irreversible move that doesn't reset the 50 move rule is castling (or
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by randomnumber53 12y ago
I only watched one game, but it seems that: 1) Yes, most games will end in stalemate. 2) Most wins would occur when one side has enough passed paws such that they chance upon promoting to a few queens. 3) The random-promotion significantly
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by randomnumber53 12y ago
How is this different from an opening tree?

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