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by roundsquare 16y ago
It doesn't really make many (any?) specific predictions Certainly thats not true is it? I agree that it doesn't make predictions that we can test like we do in physics (if I drop a ball from this height it will take this long to hit the g
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by roundsquare 16y ago
Averages are easily skewed by a small number of large values... I suspect if median were used instead this would vanish... you might even be able to prove this (assuming you could eliminate the social misconceptions).
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by roundsquare 16y ago
I certainly hope not. Although there is, there really shouldn't be a stigma against people using dating websites.
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by roundsquare 17y ago
Do you have a link or anything? I would be really interested in reading about that.
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by roundsquare 17y ago
No, thats not what he is saying at all. Micro-finance only helps people if its done carefully. The MFIs need to have pretty stringent requirements for giving out loans, otherwise they just put people in more debt. The fear is that the IPO w
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Microfinance pioneer Prof Yunus raises concerns over SKS IPO(microfinancefocus.com)
6 points by roundsquare 17y ago|5 comments
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by roundsquare 17y ago
Exactly as often as the buy a new computer.
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by roundsquare 17y ago
In elementary school (at least where I grew up) every day we'd have "recess" where we got to go outside for 30 minutes and play sports or play on the monkey bars or whatever.
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by roundsquare 17y ago
Wow... taking @dantheman's statements a bit too literally maybe? There are very, very few free market proponents who would be in favor a pure free market. Just about everyone agrees that some degree of regulation is necessary (or else payin
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by roundsquare 17y ago
Its fairly common for programmers to dislike excel (at least in my experience). However, it provides a lot of benefits: 1) Its actually pretty powerful. Since the cells update in real time it provides a nice way to do "what if" analysis pre
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by roundsquare 17y ago
This is hardly a paradox anymore. It only appears to be one if you accept "maximize accepted utility" as the decision metric. Maximizing expected utility is a pretty good decision metric, but it has problems. Specifically, it has huge probl
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by roundsquare 17y ago
There might be some good research behind this article, but the way the author says things destroys the point. He takes things to extremes (maybe to get a laugh?) which makes the whole article silly.
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by roundsquare 17y ago
Exactly. If its "I'm trying to find a new job but I don't get past the resume point" your friends can help. If its "I have bone cancer and I'm doing to die in a few years" there's nothing your friends can do to solve the problem.
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by roundsquare 17y ago
Wow... full of logical errors... Among the countless counterexamples one could cite against any claim to an “innate conscience” is the fact that the 9/11 hijackers regarded their murderous actions not as abhorrent, but as sublime. Poor lo
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by roundsquare 17y ago
Well, I don't think any book/teaching method would entirely dismiss linearity, it would just make things less linear (as compared to the current way of teaching). As a start, I suppose you could have a topic in algebra... then use that to d
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by roundsquare 17y ago
Thanks. Good point. I tend to read something and only understand it a bit. Later on, when my mind wanders, I'll run through it again and really get it. Problem is, I'm going to law school soon so I need to improve my ability to read quickly
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by roundsquare 17y ago
Alison Blank (the author) should write a math book instead of making this presentation. I think that would be a great way to prove her point (which I agree with).
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by roundsquare 17y ago
Thanks for the answer. I didn't realize it was only GR that caused the problem. Do you know any good places I can get a fairly simple description of the long answer? (I.e. a good place to learn about why the interface between GR and QM is p
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by roundsquare 17y ago
IANAP but I thought that applying relativity to objects that quantum mechanics traditionally studies crates some contradictions. This, as I understand it, is why there is a search for the "Grand Theory of Physics" or whatever the cool name
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by roundsquare 17y ago
Very cool. Its great that you are doing this. One question about Triple Your Reading Speed: Did you find you can increase your speed and still retain the information? I've heard that a lot of speed reading techniques end up decreasing rete
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by roundsquare 17y ago
Such as pulling a result set out of a database. Generally, I'd disagree, as does the article. If you can specify what kind of data it is, thats useful. customer_data, sample_data, etc... The only time I'd say you might be right is if you
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by roundsquare 17y ago
I think I once used stuff as a variable name before.
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by roundsquare 17y ago
One "dish" I used to eat was was canned mixed vegetables mixed with salsa. Eat with chips or tortillas, whatever. Enough vegetables to make it fairly healthy, if you get salsa you like it tastes good (you can even add a little cheese) and i
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by roundsquare 17y ago
Sorry, good point. My main point is that you should make some effort to understand the customs of wherever you are. In that light, I'll update my advice: At the end, if you think "they didn't mean to, but I'm still offended" then you should
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by roundsquare 17y ago
An interesting view, but I don't think it will last (it might with you, but not in general). Our online identity is becoming more important and people will increasingly rely on it for a part of their personal identity in the coming years. H
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by roundsquare 17y ago
You don't think that when you decide to live in another country, it might be wise to make some effort to adjust to the culture of that country? Here's a tip: Before you let anything offend you, try to see if the other person might not hav
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by roundsquare 17y ago
Am I missing something? Who said anything about google maps?
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by roundsquare 17y ago
I believe fuzzy logic, or something similar, is used in some handwriting recognition software. E.g. as you are looking at a letter, you start with "This letter is an A" as having value 1/26, etc... and start to change them as you look at it
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by roundsquare 17y ago
Interesting... makes some sense. another view might be that an exponential distribution on distances would lend (a lot of) support to zero distance Well, I think that would be a case of sticking a bit too closely to the model. Its likely
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by roundsquare 17y ago
This is neat. I'd only recommend that you add a few more genres. In non-fiction, your list could be longer (e.g. no "History" in there).

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