s_p_lee

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   by s_p_lee 10y ago

   It's the cover art to an edition of The Martian Chronicles. See: http://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/descent/
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   by s_p_lee 10y ago

   Mentioned elsewhere in these comments is Daniel Kahneman's book "Thinking, Fast and Slow." It's a great read and full of concrete examples.
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   by s_p_lee 10y ago

   Are you using OS X / mac OS? If so, have you tried Mitsuharu Yamamoto's Emacs Mac Port? Available as Homebrew tap: https://github.com/railwaycat/homebrew-emacsmacport
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   by s_p_lee 10y ago

   About ten years ago, there was the R63 AMG: http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/first-drives/reviews/a1... Although it was a total slouch and did 0-60 in 5.0s, not 2.5s.
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   by s_p_lee 10y ago

   Here's an introductory lecture on some aspects of spintronics from 2013 by Stuart Parkin of IBM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cID4fKraWkE One application that he discusses is IBM's use of spintronics in the rea
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   by s_p_lee 10y ago

   Did you take the class in Los Angeles in 1997?
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   by s_p_lee 10y ago

   Wow, I had completely forgotten about writing that interpreter for the PURPLE language [1] in that class. Thanks for the memories! [1] http://www.mattababy.org/~belmonte/Teaching/CS1/PURPLE_proje...
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   by s_p_lee 10y ago

   I felt that Manaugh's repeating the some concept in consecutive paragraphs had a nice parallel to Roofman's repeating the same crime in consecutive burglaries. That said, I was turned off by the low information density and ended u