tigerthink

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by tigerthink 18y ago
This could be quite awesome. Only thing is, I have a hunch the comments will be of Youtube quality.
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by tigerthink 18y ago
>I actually unsubscribed from all the default subreddits (politics, pics, etc.) and subscribed to some 20 - 30 programming subreddits (like python, erlang, compsci and many others). Damn you! You're not meeting your time-wasting quotas
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by tigerthink 18y ago
This might have something to do with [cached thoughts]( http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/10/cached-thoughts.html ). I'm wondering how exactly the cache works. Is it like a-b-c, where the brain remembers that a is 443, b is 297, and c is
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by tigerthink 18y ago
>Feynman was known to have an IQ of 125 That's still more than 1.5 standard deviations above average. If Feynman's IQ was exactly 125, he would be ahead of "only" 95% of the population.
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by tigerthink 18y ago
Intelligence hits closer to home because intelligence is more fundamental to who you are. Children who want to insult each other rarely say "You're weak!" They're more likely to say "You're stupid!" Would you rather be a brain without a b
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by tigerthink 18y ago
xPad is free and awesome for Mac OS X. http://getxpad.com/
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by tigerthink 18y ago
This is sort of off topic, but... I'm a teenager and I'm trying to figure out what to do for a living. Programming seems good, but I've read two independent sources that say it's lonely. Does it have to be this way, or is it a question of
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by tigerthink 18y ago
IMO this site is better for diagnosis. With the yes or no one, I find myself second-guessing the questions. http://www.personalitypathways.com/type_inventory.html#Inven...
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by tigerthink 18y ago
What was the most frequent mistake the company made? http://ben.casnocha.com/2007/08/what-was-your-m.html
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by tigerthink 18y ago
You made the right decision. The big point everyone here seems to be missing is the diminishing value of money. If you sold for even $1 million, that's enought to live off interest for the rest of your life.
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by tigerthink 19y ago
Your comment gave me a crazy idea. What if one was to respond to a flamebait with a counterargument or refutation, and then create another username and add another intelligent comment that contradicted the first one you posted? So then
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by tigerthink 19y ago
>- Probably, about 50% of the fault lies with Billy. He will never get out of this hell if he doesn't accept a big part of responsibility. There's a reason he's the only one that gets beat so much and so hard. I agree with you on all bu
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by tigerthink 19y ago
>People are very sensitive about their own choices (stubborn), especially ones that are hard to defend rationally (religion, major, job, etc). I agree, but I don't think it's because they're hard to defend rationally. Instead, I think
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by tigerthink 19y ago
>I find that I tend to want to write things that cannot be disputed, but to do so I usually have to include all the phatic cruft that you take out. I'll have to work on that. Keep in mind that different situations demand different writi
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by tigerthink 19y ago
>There's not a whole lot of point to memorizing multiplication tables I disagree. Knowing the answer to a simple multiplication problem instantly will help when solving a more complex, multi-step algebra problem -- your concentration f
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by tigerthink 19y ago
How does self-improvement (ala lifehack.org) fit it? I personally think it fits very well. The trouble is that these sorts of personal development blogs are still mainly in it for the money and they aren't scientific enough (e.g. they'll
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by tigerthink 19y ago
>Maybe revise something old and unfinished to get warm. Are you kidding? Everything I've written is old and unfinished.