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by vlasev 11y ago
Well, I guess you are right. I doubt the speed would be consistent over 10 hours but I can easily imagine a bored teenager could sleep 7-8 hours and read most of the rest of the time. So the number drops from maybe about 500 words per minut
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by vlasev 11y ago
Well, no, I don't have MUCH else as a point. If you're reading that fast you probably not going to read as well. Obviously we're not going for perfect retention here but still. That's a ridiculous amount of text to go th
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by vlasev 12y ago
What if you read while standing? Do you have trouble doing other activities while lying down, like using a computer?
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by vlasev 12y ago
This is why it would be neat to have the book in an online format that can be updated from time to time. Something more than a blog, manual or wikipedia. That's in case one wants a book NOW and wouldn't want to wait until the lang
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by vlasev 12y ago
Umm, 500 books in one summer? Yeah right! What kind of books? Were they long? That's over 4 books per DAY! I don't think so.
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by vlasev 12y ago
Yeah, but the implementation of this is rather difficult to do in practice!
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by vlasev 12y ago
The biggest problem here is being accurate and truthful to yourself. These rules are great theoretically but they are rather difficult to apply in practice. I've been tracking my intake and expenditure as accurately as possible over th
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by vlasev 12y ago
What about it? Are there actually more jobs than graduates there?
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by vlasev 12y ago
> $14500 This seems rather steep and definitely not the norm at Canadian universities. Take a look for example at UBC [1]. It's about 2-3 more than the actual number for most programs for domestic students. And also rather low for i
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by vlasev 12y ago
For example, the name on the paper when you graduate has to be one of the more cynical compelling reasons. The connections you'll hopefully make there as a student will be invaluable later in life. Some of the most ambitious people mak
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by vlasev 12y ago
Canada is huge but the nice livable places are few and far between.
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by vlasev 12y ago
None of this violates the laws of thermodynamics. These are all quantities that one could measure/estimate/calculate. Once you know the rough quantities then you'll have a more accurate estimate. Perhaps "net calories&qu
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by vlasev 12y ago
Actually, thermodynamics is absolute and adhering to the laws of thermodynamics is a certainty. You can estimate your daily caloric needs on your basal metabolic rate combined with a multiplication factor based on your daily activities. The
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by vlasev 12y ago
To lose 3-5 pounds per week is crazy! That's 10800 - 18000 calories less than used per week. That's 1550 - 2570 calories less per day. A sedentary person needs somewhere between 2000 and 3000 calories per day. You were either eati
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by vlasev 12y ago
> Between white flour and glucose powder there is little difference except for the taste. That's not the only difference. Simpler carbs are processed faster than more complex ones. This plays a big role in the body's chemistry
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by vlasev 12y ago
That's especially true since our bodies essentially run on glucose. Supplying food closer to that state means faster utilization, which in turn helps a lot in situations of physical exertion. I would love to see the rat experiment repe
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by vlasev 12y ago
No no. They are talking about habits here. Twins are more likely to have the same kinds of diets and exercises and overall similar lives, which in turn lead to them being in similar shape. It was difficult for them to find divergent twins.
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by vlasev 12y ago
However 10-15% percent per generation is still exponential growth if the cycle length is roughly the same. Just slower.
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by vlasev 12y ago
I think it's because the academics start off as trusting students. At my school the professors kept telling us how wonderful it is to have a math degree and that you'll do this and that no problem. They push you to go to graduate
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by vlasev 12y ago
Another way to go about all this is to sort them by how many people solved them and go from easiest to most difficult. This way you maximize your learning/time!
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by vlasev 12y ago
It's 39 x^0 = 39 I
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by vlasev 12y ago
I'm thinking it has to do with the continuous day/night cycle. It'll be interesting to see if there are any changes with latitude, in particular, what happens in countries closer to the equator.
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by vlasev 12y ago
That's a very Kerbal way of dealing with things shudders
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by vlasev 12y ago
Let's see. The sabre engine has a closed cycle specific impulse of 450, which gives an effective exhaust velocity of 4.4 km/s. LEO requires about 7.8 km/s velocity while mach 5 is 1.7 km/s. In one case you accelerate fro
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by vlasev 12y ago
What irks me the most is that it almost never displays the names for the horizontal streets until you zoom in really really close. It drives me crazy sometimes. Turning the map 90 degree doesn't seem to fix this either which is really
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by vlasev 12y ago
Oops. That's what I meant! It doesn't change the calculation because the calculation used the correct figure.
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by vlasev 12y ago
Population of India: 1.252 billion people. 0.0001% o that: 1252 people. GDP of India: 1.877 trillion USD. Per capita: 1499. So if we just applied these figures to the above number of people, we get an increase in GDP of 1.876 million USD. W
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by vlasev 12y ago
That's the kind of thing that I'm talking about!
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by vlasev 12y ago
I think the schematic is not accurate. Look at the 6th set of two people in the top pulling row. One of them is clearly facing back. This is the same with the 8th such set of two. A lot of the heads in these 4 rows are difficult to make out
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by vlasev 12y ago
I used to be able to tell when there was CG in pretty much any movie but at some point it turned out that there were a lot more cases of CG in movies that I just didn't notice. I'm willing to bet that there are movies where you wo

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