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by sinc 12y ago
Udacity, Bay Area, CA https://udacity.com/jobs We're hiring for pretty much every type of engineer (Front-end, Back-end, Data, DevOps, iOS, Android) to help us rethink education. We produce our own content, so we'
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by sinc 16y ago
See also: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=700043 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=713743 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1607964
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by sinc 16y ago
Math problems? Call 1-800-[(10x)(13i)2]-[sin(xy)/2.362x]. (From http://www.math.ualberta.ca/~runde/jokes.html )
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by sinc 16y ago
See also: http://content.undp.org/go/newsroom/2010/november/people-tod... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Deve...
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by sinc 16y ago
Arthur C Clarke recorded an inspiring video in 2007 (shortly before his death). And he predicted the future again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qLdeEjdbWE&feature=relat...
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by sinc 16y ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqQ6Z-HmAqY
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The Secret Lives of Professors (What Being a Professor is Really Like)(matt-welsh.blogspot.com)
168 points by sinc 16y ago|56 comments
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by sinc 16y ago
You are right, I should not have put the "why" there (and can't change it anymore). If someone with editing abilities sees this, could you please change the title to "The Dunning–Kruger effect", or what you think is more appropriate. Thanks
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Why less competent may rate their own ability higher than more competent(en.wikipedia.org)
44 points by sinc 16y ago|18 comments
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by sinc 16y ago
yup, doesn't work for me yet either. But thanks for the fast response and showing that you care.
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Tweetie Developer Loren Brichter blogs on its acquisition by Twitter (news.atebits.com)
29 points by sinc 17y ago|2 comments
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Douglas Adams Talk - Parrots the Universe and Everything(youtube.com)
47 points by sinc 17y ago|3 comments
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by sinc 17y ago
Wanted to use the opportunity to give acmescience some publicity. He has done some great interviews on Strongly Connected Components: http://acmescience.com/category/shows/scc-shows His twitter is @acmescience, show him some love! :)
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Audio Interview with founder of OkCupid and trained mathematician Sam Yagan(acmescience.com)
3 points by sinc 17y ago|1 comments