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by shaddi 17y ago
Very interesting... "In a world where fortunes are sought through data-mining vast information repositories, the computer is our indispensable but far from infallible assistant. Personas demonstrates the computer's uncanny insights and its
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by shaddi 17y ago
With all due respect that's an awful idea. Who gets to decide what tier a student is in? A test? How does a student who's in the "slow" tier get into the "bright" tier if they feel they've been miscategorized? You might be surprised, but th
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by shaddi 17y ago
Exactly. Also, why should a layperson's back of the envelope calculations be more accurate than, say, a recent peer reviewed study that actually models the effects of a nuclear war? http://www.envsci.rutgers.edu/%7Egera/nwinter/nw6accepted
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Delightful puzzles for computer scientists and mathematicians(gurmeetsingh.wordpress.com)
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by shaddi 17y ago
Right on. I go to a large state school that a huge number liberal arts students. I've never met any students in the sciences (esp. not computer science) who have held unpaid internships (unless you count research for credit), but I know sev
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by shaddi 17y ago
Man I remember doing this stuff /years/ ago. Can't remember where I learned about it... Maybe 2600? Lots of sweet cameras to look at in Japan. Of course back then I was using a dial-up connection so to be able to see more than a frame every
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by shaddi 17y ago
Builder here, not the most useful thing, no, but definitely fun to build/play with. I got surprisingly fast typing with it actually.
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by shaddi 18y ago
I think the problem is most pronounced in the Gulf states (KSA, Kuwait, and south of there). I spent a couple days in Dubai on my way back from visiting family in Jordan, and it felt like a whole different world; supposedly it's all "Arabs"