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by thearn4 13y ago
This really wouldn't help at places where the national rankings are highly unlikely to be factored into decision making (such as most community colleges). But it's at these places where adjuncts make up the majority of faculty.
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by thearn4 13y ago
On a related note, has there been any recent word on LaTeX3?
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by thearn4 13y ago
"There's nothing funny about IBM or FORTRAN. It is a syntax error to write FORTRAN while not wearing a blue tie." Love it.
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by thearn4 13y ago
Hate to be that guy when it comes to being pedantic about headlines, but wouldn't a `quantum leap` in accuracy be rather un-noteworthy?
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by thearn4 13y ago
Could be great for note taking. Once upon a time, I used to be able to think about math in terms of LaTeX expressions pretty fluidly. It's been awhile since I've really had to use TeX heavily though.
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by thearn4 13y ago
I was almost certain that this would be about QWOP.
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by thearn4 13y ago
The replies are interesting indeed: >Actually, Jobs was not fired. He could have been well funded to develop any product, even something like the NeXT, right at Apple. He was removed from running Macintosh because he had no good construc
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by thearn4 13y ago
Simple, to-the-point, and very useful. Thanks!
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by thearn4 13y ago
Interesting idea, and maybe one worth investigating further. I've always liked the internal ramp theory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws4O5LOCI68 In the end, lets all at least agree that it was human innovation and
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by thearn4 13y ago
> OS X is evolving into a slightly more capable version of iOS, and we’re all dreading the day when the only way we can compile and install our own software is by using Apple’s proprietary tools and going through the App Store. There d
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by thearn4 13y ago
Wow, that's pretty impressive! I've always liked geography, but definitely lack the photographic memory for something like this.
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by thearn4 13y ago
I'm not sure I agree with this, after skimming the paper. For instance, the author does not seem to be using terms like quantum factorization in the usual way (In the sense of a problem tackled by Shor's algorithm).
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by thearn4 13y ago
arXiv's "General Physics" and "General Math" categories are great for finding these kinds of papers.
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by thearn4 13y ago
Great slideshow, it looks like 2013 was a great year for KS. Oculus Rift and the Aerovelo Atlas are personal favorites among the ones listed.
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by thearn4 13y ago
> I must say I in general don't understand the hate a lot of people have for Wolfram I can only speak for myself here, but hate is definitely the wrong word. In fact, I actually greatly admire his work and value the insight offere
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by thearn4 13y ago
In short, Stephen Wolfram is basically the Kanye West of science.
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by thearn4 13y ago
What is your background? Do you have a particular development area or industry that you are interested in (web development, scientific computing, etc)? Government agencies (NASA, DOE, etc) and related industries (aerospace, defense, health
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by thearn4 13y ago
> You know, I remember a time—it must have been the summer of 1985—when I'd just discovered a thing called rule 30. That's probably my own all-time favorite scientific discovery. And that's what launched a lot of the whol
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by thearn4 13y ago
I've had the dev kit for a few months now. My experience has been that it depends highly on the type of demo played. Most people seem to have a lot of difficulty with first person shooters, but fare much better with flight sims. Lunar
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by thearn4 13y ago
Robust classification of EEG data from humans in real time in controlled environments (no motion, perfect contact quality, on subjects you can communicate with, etc) is difficult enough. It's part of the R&D that I do now. But on p
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by thearn4 13y ago
That's true, the rules really do have to be laid out in plain language to be a fair question.
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by thearn4 13y ago
For this list, I'm basically assuming that I'm interviewing a candidate for a Ph.D. level (or equivalent) numerical analyst R&D type position. If they don't feel comfortable discussing the basics of these items, then the
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by thearn4 13y ago
These are rough guidelines based on current best-practices that I know of, and shouldn't be treated as doctrine obviously. Numerical analysis/linear algebra is actually a pretty fast evolving field as far as applied math goes. Tho
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by thearn4 13y ago
The Monty Hall problem (or a subtle variant) is also great one to watch people work through. It's a chance to see if people can thing about probability in a sort of asymptotic way. Basically (if they get stuck), ask them how they would
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by thearn4 13y ago
Applied math/scientific computing: If hiring someone, I would describe some practical scenarios problems involving the solution of finite-dimensional linear systems, and ask to see how they would suggest solving them in each circumstan
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by thearn4 13y ago
Just read the link to Stallman's opinion - side question: he signs his name with a Dr. prefix. But did he finish graduate school at MIT?
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by thearn4 13y ago
Is there any tangible, real-world value to points on Stack Overflow (maybe some form of recognition when applying for jobs), or are they really just imaginary internet points (like reddit karma)?
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by thearn4 13y ago
Do a lot of folks here generally like Mac desktops? I've grown to like Macbooks because I do like working on a portable UNIX-y platform, and have had generally bad luck with Linux laptops in the past. On desktops though, I'm willi
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by thearn4 13y ago
I hate that practice as well, yet have still been directed to do it by editors.
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by thearn4 13y ago
Very cool - thanks for sharing!

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