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by robertk 15y ago
What about Salman Khan's TED talk, where he shows that it is a frequent occurrence that kids stumble on a math concept, but then rapidly catch up or exceed their peers. If learning as a general phenomenon occurs in plateaus, but turns out l
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by robertk 15y ago
"And a manager who was a distinguished developer will be much better suited for leading a team of developers -- even if he doesn't program any longer. " I am not so sure about that. I would say a distinguished manager who was a developer mi
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by robertk 15y ago
What? Can you expand? I'm a graduate math student looking to go into academia. :/
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by robertk 15y ago
Scrolling down is kind of depressing.
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by robertk 15y ago
This is not Hacker News material.
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by robertk 15y ago
Ironically, when I started reading this I thought you were poking fun at the generated language, because your post sounded like it to me.
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by robertk 15y ago
All of those people have posted comments. That's how. If you have never posted a comment or submitted a link, yet have an account, Google won't find you/
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by robertk 15y ago
Wow. I didn't even know some of these could be considered "wrong." Well, it is what it is.
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by robertk 15y ago
I hope that was facetious.
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by robertk 15y ago
This is not Reddit. Kindly keep comments like this to a minimum.
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by robertk 15y ago
This is not Reddit. Kindly keep comments of this sort to a minimum.
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by robertk 15y ago
Why? They backed down.
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by robertk 15y ago
This puts "make something people want" on a whole new level.
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by robertk 15y ago
Now generalize. ;-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourier-Mukai_transform
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by robertk 15y ago
First statement is true. Second statement is false.
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by robertk 15y ago
Don't. http://deconstructinggenius.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/there-i...
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by robertk 15y ago
What makes me weary is the idea of kipple in my brain. If the Singularity comes, would uploading my consciousness be the equivalent of saving an old, cluttered hard drive? Won't a fresh install always be superior?
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by robertk 15y ago
This is interesting, but I am struggling to accept it as being a useful Hacker News post, because it provides trivia neither useful nor lasting.
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by robertk 15y ago
I agree so much I'm commenting.
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by robertk 15y ago
The human brain has much more bugs than any current piece of software. The actual program will be small. The brain is clearly a learning agent in a task environment. The sensors and actuators are implementable, the only real question is wha
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Scientists observe single gene transcription in living cells(kurzweilai.net)
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There Is No Magic(deconstructinggenius.wordpress.com)
107 points by robertk 15y ago|26 comments
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by robertk 15y ago
Right. The best thing you can do is say the numbers are an element of the set of tuples {(x, 6-x) : x \in R}. And that's only if you restrict to reals. Consider the fact that the "average" of i and 6-i is also 3. In general, you replace R b
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by robertk 15y ago
The obvious question: what is your list?
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by robertk 15y ago
Time marches without apology.
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by robertk 16y ago
Deservedly.
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by robertk 16y ago
Apparently both Earth and Mercury are the densest planets in the solar system...
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by robertk 16y ago
I've had to teach myself to touch everyone I meet (on the bottom of the elbow, or top of the shoulder), and start conversations with strangers in any situation. I've met a good number of friends this way, and if the touching is done properl
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by robertk 16y ago
I actually swelled up in tears when he showed the spreadsheet of student progress, and suggested having the students with red blocks (those who are stuck on a concept) being given help from the students with green blocks (those who mastered
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by robertk 16y ago
Are you a game designer? And do you have a mathematical background? I liked the way you phrased this.

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