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Method of loci
Method of loci
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Weapons of Mass Distraction: Sock Puppetry for Fun and Profit [pdf]
Programming Language Network: A Graph of Programming Languages
Cryptanalysis of Vulcan [pdf]
Fix your PC with a crystal pendulum
How the CIA Stole a Soviet Satellite
Your high IQ might kill your startup (2010)
The SSL Co-operative: A Member-Controlled Certification Authority
African firm is selling pepper-spray bullet firing drones
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Brainfuck beware: JavaScript is after you (2012)
Re:Experiment HN: If you end up with anything interesting, post the link
on Friday May 16, 2014 @08:22PM (#7758730)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heptadecagon
check out the animation
Re:The trouble with Khan Academy (2012)
on Wednesday April 30, 2014 @02:02PM (#7675085)
what I've seen of khan academy is pretty cursory as far as the math goes (about enough to get through an introductory course, usually), and that seems intentional. There are definitely a few gaping holes in the curriculum, such as no wronskian in diff eqs. And nobody really learns a mathematical concept until they've been confronted with something significant they couldn't do with it immediately, yet conquered it.
Teaching advanced math, on the other hand, is really hard to do when you're interacting with a person because there are so many pitfalls and if you hit even a single one you can't usually continue until you've tracked it down. Khan Academy has material on all sorts of non-math stuff, like economics and other sciences, and they seem to be gearing the math stuff more towards a younger audience, not an older one, which is probably more important anyways to be honest. smart move, mr.Khan, smart move.
Michel Lotito: The Man Who Ate an Airplane
Re:4chan demands 4chan.com domain name
on Monday March 31, 2014 @08:49AM (#7501057)
I bet all the traffic to 4chan.com is from people mistaking it for 4chan.org as all it says is 'inquire about this domain'
Re:Big data: are we making a big mistake?
on Sunday March 30, 2014 @10:20AM (#7496197)
if i work for facebook and i want to figure out something about my users, isn't it safe to say N = All since the data im accessing is all user data from fb?
it's easy to go wrong with big data, and although the article glossed over some fairly important things (assuming the people who work on these datasets are much dumber than they are in reality), they're right on about idea that the scope and scale of what big data promises may be too grandiose for it's capabilities
Hack Added to Debian Benchmark Game
Re:Sam Altman for President
on Saturday February 22, 2014 @01:39AM (#7281193)
daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn
NASA DTN Challenge Series
Re:The Book of Graham
on Tuesday February 11, 2014 @09:14PM (#7222067)
YC didn't invent startups, and everyone should be able to do something they actually want to do all day at least once. And for their benefit it should be in their 20s.
Re:Ham on Nye: The high cost of “winning” an evolution/creation debate
on Saturday February 08, 2014 @12:37AM (#7200392)
The distinction between 'observational' and 'historical' is a matter of political and social convenience.
Consider carbon dating. Since it's been observed, we should assume it's observational. carbon dating indicates that dinosaurs existed hundreds of millions of years ago instead of mere thousands. but that's historical and therefore this is a contradiction, so we can't assume the distinction.
the only logical conclusion is that we have a false premise.
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Ask HN: Good Entry Level Employers
I am graduating in may and don't have a job yet. I did well at a fairly reputable department, completed an internship, and have some experience programming outside of school. I am interested in systems stuff and machine learning. So far I haven't found any jobs that I both want and am qualified for...any suggestions would be welcome