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Re:Teaching Square Roots to a Five Year Old
on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @03:40AM (#5330115)
I've been thinking how to explain to my 8 and 6 year olds that the square root of a prime number is irrational.
I've been over primes lots of times. I've talked about decimal fractions, repeating decimals, and the possibility of there being numbers which are non-repeating. I know the proof for the square root of 2 being irrational. It's just tying it all together.
Re:The Biggest Thing Since the Light Bulb
on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @03:26AM (#5330062)
I'm amazed when this kind of usability is rolled out.
If they'd just asked 5 people for feedback.
Re:The Target Value for Bitcoin is $100K to $1M
on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @03:20AM (#5330040)
bitcoin has a global appeal, which usgovcoin wouldn't have.
Re:Hello. I'm a compiler
on Tuesday February 19, 2013 @07:05AM (#5243849)
NO!
Re:Student Suspended for Refusing to Wear RFID Tracker Loses Lawsuit
on Wednesday January 09, 2013 @04:06AM (#5030789)
You can use cell phones to estimate vehicle journey times.
Re:Ask HN: What are your daily must-read sites?
on Sunday December 30, 2012 @04:28PM (#4987180)
James Gurney's blog Gurney Journey http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.co.uk/.Reddit
StackOverflow newest C++/Python questions
Seth Godin
Google Reader
xkcd
Re:10 Great Blogs for a Developer's RSS Feed
on Friday December 14, 2012 @08:37AM (#4920832)
Why 10 though?
If there's one more that is as good as the other 10 then I'm happy with 11.
If there're one or two to make it a round number, I don't want to know about them.
The poster is taking the role of curator. Having 10 makes me think they haven't been disciplined, an important activity in curation.
Re:UK Movie Pirates Spend (Way) More at The Box Office
on Tuesday November 27, 2012 @06:06PM (#4839834)
> (Far) More
FTFY
Re:Ask HN: How do you write great sentences, paragraphs, or articles?
on Sunday November 25, 2012 @04:16PM (#4829312)
Just to note: John Merrick was eloquent and gentle.
Re:"Your criticisms are completely wrong": Stallman on software patents
on Thursday November 22, 2012 @02:55AM (#4817955)
You have those the wrong way around.
Re:World's tallest skyscraper to be built in just 90 days
on Tuesday November 20, 2012 @03:38AM (#4808221)
> using 95 percent prefabricated modular pieces that are sort of similar to a giant Lego set
What terrible writing.
Re:Be Careful not to Become a Conference Ho (2010)
on Monday November 19, 2012 @04:04AM (#4803568)
This is two years old.
I don't know why people feel the need to use language like this either. I think it shows weakness and lack of confidence.
Re:I would pay Google but they don't care about me as a customer
on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @03:32AM (#4777040)
I don't think that was Google responding, and I don't think he should have given them the information he did.
Re:Was Nate Silver the Most Accurate 2012 Election Pundit?
on Friday November 09, 2012 @03:30AM (#4761906)
Are you related?
Re:Why we buy into ideas: how to convince others of our thoughts
on Wednesday October 24, 2012 @03:29AM (#4691982)
I don't buy it.
Re:Lenticular.js - tilt-controlled images
on Thursday October 11, 2012 @05:36AM (#4640133)
If you have to ask how much it costs, you can't afford it.
Re:After a spectacular crash, Bitcoin makes a surprising comeback
on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @04:37AM (#4606446)
I'm old enough to have thought at the time of the Macarena that it was a fad.
Re:Why Dan Shipper is Wrong about Goals
on Tuesday September 11, 2012 @02:54AM (#4504144)
Maintaining the system is the one goal. But that distance, and that trust, that the system is yours alone, is what works.
Re:4Chan Outs Burger King Employee Who Put His Feet in Lettuce
on Thursday July 19, 2012 @06:30PM (#4268395)
This doesn't solve the problem.
If food safety is their top priority, why did this happen?
Re:Tablet Wars
on Thursday July 12, 2012 @05:39AM (#4233761)
| Microsoft has got their first
Re:You Cannot Correctly Represent Change Without Immutability
on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @04:10PM (#4200713)
And then you have SourceSafe
Re:Single Dad Building Sequel To “Jetpack” Video Game He Built As A Te...
on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @12:24PM (#4199938)
The other Jetpac was updated by Rare a few years ago. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jetpac_Refuelled)
Re:I’d like to share my LinkedIn password with you – here’s why
on Thursday June 07, 2012 @08:20AM (#4078598)
That sounds similar to a Bruce Schneier quote: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/06/write_down_you...
Re:Ask HN: What are your thoughts on wikis?
on Monday May 14, 2012 @06:00PM (#3973579)
http://wardcunningham.github.com/
I think Ward's Smallest Federated Wiki is an interesting direction to go, and should really be taken seriously.
Re:The word "bit" is a portmanteau word for Binary digIT
on Sunday May 13, 2012 @05:14PM (#3968346)
It's a contraction. Yes, I've read the wikipedia definition of portmanteau, and I still think bit isn't a portmanteau.
Obligatory http://xkcd.com/739/
Re:Good Samaritan Uses Exec To Return Lost Immigration Documents
on Thursday May 10, 2012 @02:49AM (#3952189)
It's an ill wind...
Re:Poll: What is Your Favorite Programming Language?
on Friday March 23, 2012 @10:06AM (#3745197)
In 1982, when I was 10, I was in a personal computer club, run by a guy called Alan Pearman, who had his own company, APL. He ran the club from the back of his office, games, programming, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Dragon 32, BBC Micro, Oric. He had his own machines that he programmed using APL. It just looked like line noise. I was in awe.
Re:Send Them Your Money: A Campaign to Send The RIAA/MPAA Billions
on Monday March 12, 2012 @06:03PM (#3695862)
It felt more like 3 hours.
Re:Help us find our million $ mascot - pig, crow, snake, bear or somet...
on Monday March 05, 2012 @10:13AM (#3666738)
Don't use the pig. I want to use the pig.
Re:Time to end the myth that devs don't like sport
on Wednesday February 22, 2012 @08:47AM (#3620821)
I used to play a lot of QuakeWorld, does that count?