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by robertk 16y ago
ESR's insight is almost trivial on the surface, but reveals a deep understanding in the same sort of way Eliezer Yudkowsky demystifies most nonsense philosophical questions. http://lesswrong.com/lw/no/how_an_algorithm_feels_from_insid...
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Who is she?
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I just had a nerdgasm. This is gold. I can be reading one book in one place, instead of having Dummit and Foote, Atiyah and MacDonald, and the more example-laden Geometry of Schemes lying next to me. Thank you.
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The study results were interesting, but I find them hard to apply in a directed effort towards achievement. I just finished reading The Power of Full Engagement , and I find Loehr and Schwartz provide a more practical, workable model. Thei
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Dr. Lee D Carlson, a man that reads everything
14 points by robertk 16y ago|5 comments
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Story of my life.
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She did not get a PhD by age 21. She "completed the coursework," which is meaningless. I completed the coursework necessary for a math PhD by age 18 (two years ago), but I am still writing my thesis, which is the important and intellectuall
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How to Be Successful(youtube.com)
2 points by robertk 16y ago|2 comments
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From Axel Boldt's idea diary, 1/24/2007 10:13 PM Defeat any copy protection on video/audio: play the content on a certified software player in a virtual machine, copy material from the virtual screen/loudspeaker. http://math-www.uni-
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Memorize an awesome passage. It will make you eloquent. Just last morning, I memorized the Carl Sagan story on our pale blue dot, and already I have subconsciously borrowed phrases from it twice in writing and conversation. “Look again at
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Intuition in Research(whatisresearch.wordpress.com)
1 points by robertk 16y ago|0 comments
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That is the number of likes for the Facebook Platform, nothing to do with him.
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How to be a Successful Public Speaker(therobert.org)
1 points by robertk 16y ago|0 comments
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South Korea gets robot English teachers(news.yahoo.com)
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It took me a minute. Apparently, I have a dirty mind...
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Some more: Shogun by James Clavell Diaspora by Greg Egan Influence: Science and Practice by Robert Cialdini
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by robertk 16y ago
So?
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This is actually a really cool example for those who want to learn dynamic libraries in C.
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Medical researcher discovers integration, gets 75 citations(fliptomato.wordpress.com)
319 points by robertk 16y ago|120 comments
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I did want to have some luck with women. Instead, women now have luck with me.
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It was one of the hardest things I've ever learned, surprisingly. My path took about two years and was reading up as much as I could, then doing "field work" for a few weeks, then alternating back to theory. After a while it all starts clic
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A child that learns ideas young might not understand them as deeply as a similarly-intelligent adult that learns them when he is 20. Although the vast majority of such adults will not understand the ideas as well as the child, the simple fa
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by robertk 16y ago
I went to a private liberal arts college at 11 and completed a BS in math, physics, and computer science at 16. However, I also wrote for the student newspaper, competed on speech team, and went to the local high school's prom with my high
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Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, by Eliezer Yudkowsky(fanfiction.net)
223 points by robertk 16y ago|87 comments
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I have also thought this way when reprimanding myself for staying up late. If I go to sleep at 2 instead of midnight, I lose 4 hours of sleep--the two that I missed, and the extra two hours of being awake.
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by robertk 16y ago
Not working for me. Did you use a numerals character set?
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The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway Chess Openings for Black, Explained
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Clever marketing campaign by Subaru(autoblog.com)
1 points by robertk 16y ago|0 comments
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by robertk 16y ago
I still manage to marvel every time it seems Hacker News is community to the creators of pretty much everything.
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by robertk 16y ago
It's more accurate and less misleading to say "bandwidth" rather than "traffic."

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