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by roundsquare 15y ago
I'm going to suggest indoor* wall climbing as a hobby. Lots of nerds like it because its actually very analytic. Doing a particular climb often requires analyzing where the hand/foot holds are and figuring out the best way to use them. I
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by roundsquare 15y ago
I think its common for people to use a phrase like "lease valuable" incorrectly. What he's really saying is that "these other reasons are important but undervalued so you need to consciously emphasize them."
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by roundsquare 15y ago
I believe all regulations have to be published as well.
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by roundsquare 15y ago
I'm sure there is some bias in terms of picking the articles with predictions that, to some degree, panned out. But, if this author has a track record of accurate predictions, he is worth following.
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by roundsquare 15y ago
It's worse in law school. > Some of the books are enormous A lot of people I know get their books cut into smaller pieces and rebound because the books are so heavy. > Annotating the books is a necessity for many people because the
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by roundsquare 15y ago
It was for a while with me. I was a more "mathy" CS major which meant that languages that exposed what the computer was doing were more opaque to me... but I'm not sure that I ever considered it "scary and evil."
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by roundsquare 15y ago
I wonder if there is a good way to hook it up with this: http://www.ted.com/talks/tan_le_a_headset_that_reads_your_br...
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by roundsquare 15y ago
I agree. I would venture that a huge percentage of people don't use more than once calendar. However, if that is true, they re-design didn't solve the problem because its not as if they used the space more efficiently.
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by roundsquare 15y ago
"The same lesson is learned either way." Not at all. Learning how to find the solutions to a problem is very different from learning the solution to your specific issue. I'm not saying its always worth your time, but there is a different
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by roundsquare 15y ago
It sounds like you value "getting things done" over "improving your skills." That's not a bad thing, but its not what the article was about.
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by roundsquare 15y ago
Ah. Well, its not like your missing or unable to follow a fundamental concept, you just use different symbols. A bit of practice with reading things the "math way" and you'll be fine.
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by roundsquare 15y ago
Sorry, what exactly does that mean? Can you give some examples?
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by roundsquare 15y ago
"At 9 months, he had completed his goal, and a family member fell ill. He quite before the 1 year, but he had already completed his goals and was on his way to a good life." Unexpected costs, such as medical costs, are one of the biggest hu
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by roundsquare 15y ago
I disagree. These people are academics who want to help the poor. They go in and try to figure out what could help them and then write about it to help policy makers. It would be nice if policy makers could just figure out what works and
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by roundsquare 15y ago
This isn't really a condemnation of science as much as its a condemnation of scientific journals and the human process surrounding the scientific method, both of which are well known problems to anyone who follows science at all. This seem
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by roundsquare 15y ago
Interesting that the limited the law to highways (edit: the law limited the use of autonomous vehicles to highways) (section 2, paragraph 1). I suppose it makes sense since highway driving is more predictable but its also higher speed and
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by roundsquare 15y ago
I'm not so confident in that. I don't know anything about Dutch/European law, but in the U.S. there are a lot of times that obscure clauses in long contracts/ToS's are disregarded by courts.
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by roundsquare 15y ago
It might at some point, but not yet. This kind of thing would not be feasible enough to do except in extreme circumstances. In the future, as this gets easier to do, it might well become a problem.
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by roundsquare 15y ago
Fair enough. "Animosity" might have been the wrong word. I didn't mean to imply that there hadn't been any progress on this front.
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by roundsquare 15y ago
Is it really true that its not obvious to Americans? I think anyone even slightly tuned in to whats going on realizes that a lot of the problems now are based on a lack of proper information.
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by roundsquare 15y ago
Someone I talked to once said that its time to get rid of rating agencies and replace them with open source rating systems. If we did this, companies could post their own rating and it could be verified by anyone who was interested in them
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by roundsquare 15y ago
On top of that, there is still a fairly large amount of animosity between the regions (e.g. North Indians vs. South Indians).
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by roundsquare 15y ago
I suppose the most useful part about it is that it lists out the most common things to look out for. Having this list in front of you (or in the front of you mind) can be useful even if all the elements on the list are obvious. Also, it is
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by roundsquare 16y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but seems like the idea of "time being converted into space" is itself pretty meaningless because it implies conversion happening over time.
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by roundsquare 16y ago
I tend to expect that this sort of language is a bit of simplifying in the article, not necessarily an issue in the original study.
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by roundsquare 16y ago
Random thought comes to mind: Does anyone think that Dan Brown novels might help get more women into Math/CS? They have a tendency to have female techies. I know at least one woman who was inspired by one of the novels to learn a bit about
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by roundsquare 16y ago
The video seemed to start over when I watched it. Otherwise, I think you need to show some examples that make my mouth water.
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by roundsquare 16y ago
How do I apply this in my life? I want to get into shape... doesn't that already put me into the "I will" mode? How do I switch into the "Will I" mode?
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Rust in the bread basket(economist.com)
59 points by roundsquare 16y ago|17 comments
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by roundsquare 16y ago
Thanks for this. I went through @tptacek's comment, but I don't see any of the quotes in the article. Am I missing something?

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