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by robertk 18y ago
Is....is this girl's middle initial..."8"!?
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by robertk 18y ago
Wait, why? (the part in parentheses)
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by robertk 18y ago
For anyone who forgot, we have a flag feature. Try it out. :)
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by robertk 18y ago
Well, ping me if you ever need another. :)
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by robertk 18y ago
Here it is! http://therobert.org/stuff/tinbergen_article.pdf (20MB)
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by robertk 18y ago
This looks promising! http://www.molecularassembler.com/Nanofactory/DMS.htm
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by robertk 18y ago
Does anyone know how to get into diamond mechanosynthesis as a hobby (computational chemistry methods of course, not lab work)? I'm a pure math student, but the applications of that field are so vast (molecular nanotech?).
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by robertk 18y ago
Just because it's Steve Yegge does not mean a review of a mediocre game deserves to be on Hacker News.
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by robertk 18y ago
Stop throwing sheep. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10045321-36.html
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by robertk 18y ago
This quote in particular reaffirms something I noticed since I was 12. I was once giving some lectures on longevity and immortality. I noticed that people didn't like the idea much, so I actually took a poll of a couple of audiences. I ask
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by robertk 18y ago
TAOCP? Isn't that thing like 2,000 pages long now?
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by robertk 18y ago
Please upvote this suggestion if you are in favor. To overcome the quarrel of choosing a new book each time, how about the highest-upvoted commenter from the previous book club meeting (i.e., someone we all agree is insightful) pick the nex
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by robertk 18y ago
I agree, great example of overcoming throwing sheep. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10045321-36.html
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by robertk 18y ago
I have freelanced a little, and now my best offers come from previous clients, or people who have found me by reputation. For example, on eLance, I was recently invited to a job which took me four hours but paid $1000. It was invite-only (t
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by robertk 18y ago
That was my initial question as well, and this thread exists to find out! :) I say we mix it up. Something that is readable by and interesting to nearly all of us, but unread by most of us. The former requirement means technical books (even
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Ask YC: Let's start a Hacker News book club
126 points by robertk 18y ago|79 comments
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by robertk 18y ago
"turned YouTube PG." Too much YC...I was scratching my head; what does Paul Graham have to do with YouTube?
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by robertk 18y ago
Even #5?
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by robertk 18y ago
Most of us don't visit those sites. :)
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LilyPond architecture (music notation software in Lisp)(lilypond.org)
14 points by robertk 18y ago|2 comments
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by robertk 18y ago
Yep! Only my second example was doing that recursively...oh the horror...
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by robertk 18y ago
You have fifteen seconds. Using standard math notation, English words, or both, name a single whole number--not an infinity--on a blank index card. Be precise enough for any reasonable modern mathematician to determine exactly what number
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Online Rumor Websites: How to Fight Internet Abuse(rd.com)
1 points by robertk 18y ago|0 comments
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by robertk 18y ago
I didn't realize the goal was to talk about physics. Consider the first sentence: He shattered mathematics with a single number. And that was just for starters, says Marcus Chown. Certainly reading about uncomputable numbers like Chaitin'
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by robertk 18y ago
So a Theory of Everything would be a set of axioms from which we can deduce all mathematical truths and derive all mathematical objects. A Theory of Everything was meant in the physical sense . One that fully describes the nature of spac
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by robertk 18y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaitin%27s_constant But seriously, don't upvote this story, it is written by a fifth grader (or at least makes that its audience). EDIT: In response to the comment below ("just because it's simplification doe
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by robertk 18y ago
The computationally enormous brain contained in a compact space is proof enough that technology won't graze any limits for a long time.
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by robertk 18y ago
Here is a snippet from my Windows hosts file... # DONT DO IT!!! DONT DO IT!!! DONT DO IT!!! [times 30] # DONT DO IT!!! DONT DO IT!!! DONT DO IT!!! [times 30] # DONT DO IT!!! DONT DO IT!!! DONT DO IT!!! [times 30] 127.0.0