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by vymague 5y ago
It's just my overactive imagination. But how do you protect yourself? Like from robbers and other people with ill-intent.
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by vymague 5y ago
The renaming of the title is uncalled for. This response by Edward Nelson was the highlight: > You are quite right, and my original response was wrong. Thank you for spotting my error. > I withdraw my claim.
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by vymague 5y ago
Could you give us an example of the type of cards you used? I'm always interested in how to use anki for math and physics. The usual advice to do well in those courses is to do a lot of problems.
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by vymague 6y ago
Too bad there is no free ebook version.
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by vymague 6y ago
Which linux api book?
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by vymague 7y ago
>It doesn't generally help with big systems design What do you think helps specifically with that?
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by vymague 7y ago
Just curious, in what way? Does your job require you solving problems like leetcode every some time?
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by vymague 7y ago
That's amazing. I wouldn't expect an intro architecture class would let someone to understand cutting edge stuffs like Spectre and Meltdown.
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by vymague 7y ago
Probably not true. But it's fun to imagine that even Brian Kernighan were not able to find a publisher, and needed to resort to self-publishing.
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by vymague 7y ago
Isn't that true for any physics or math texts? You need to do problems. That's why there were exercise books to accompany Feynman's lecture.
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by vymague 7y ago
I don’t know how it is in the US. But Kuka is at least owned by China, iirc.
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by vymague 7y ago
Just tried to delete my account. Same experience, needs to verify with a photo ID. Kinda shady. I wonder if it violates any EU rules. edit: Just to be clear. Like the link said, there were other authentication methods, like SMS. Blizzard di
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by vymague 7y ago
> I choose to graduate soon, I will likely surrender my chance for a PhD. Why? There must be a prof somewhere who is willing to accept you.
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by vymague 7y ago
It seems they are just motivating the smart people to leave the country.
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by vymague 7y ago
Is this something we can report? Or is it allowed in Android?
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by vymague 7y ago
Interesting article. Is there a reason why there isn't a book/article that has a more comprehensive list?
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GNU/Linux Decapitated Leadership(techrights.org)
2 points by vymague 7y ago|1 comments
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by vymague 7y ago
Link for the code examples on http://modernc.gforge.inria.fr/ is broken. Should be .../5298/code.zip instead of 5297, I think.
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by vymague 7y ago
I really wish we have a compiler analog of "Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces".
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by vymague 7y ago
The wikipedia article says he qualified for the 2006 International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) at the age of 11 and got a silver medal. His 2006 starting point was already beyond most mortals.
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by vymague 7y ago
Yeah, people need to learn that just because it's published doesn't mean it correct. The problem worsens when people just link papers they don't understand when arguing online.
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by vymague 7y ago
> I feel like this will be less so with a structured course and teacher. There is no royal road to geometry. Try this: https://aimath.org/textbooks/approved-textbooks/
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Smears and fury in big telescope lobbying(newsroom.co.nz)
1 points by vymague 7y ago|0 comments
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by vymague 8y ago
You can check the author's website for his other writings/books here: https://sites.google.com/site/winitzki/index
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Teach yourself touch-typing in two hours(academia.edu)
1 points by vymague 8y ago|2 comments
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by vymague 8y ago
As long as he has a CS degree, it's probably not a problem in terms of admission. About the exams, it says otherwise on their website. https://www.fernuni-hagen.de/english/international/abroad/ex...
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Writing Mathematics in Pencil, and Why Analogue Is Not Dead (2017)(nickhigham.wordpress.com)
2 points by vymague 8y ago|0 comments
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by vymague 8y ago
You can consider learning German and enrolling at Hagen. https://www.fernuni-hagen.de/mi/studium/bsc_mathematik/
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Plans for world’s next major particle collider (ILC) dealt big blow(nature.com)
2 points by vymague 8y ago|0 comments
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by vymague 8y ago
Reminds me of the SUSY bets.

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