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Re:How to get Paul Graham to take you to lunch and review your start-u...
on Wednesday November 03, 2010 @01:32PM (#1865611)
Thanks for the information about this American business phrase. The implication on an invitation is that who invites is trying to sell you something (there is no free lunch in business).
Re:The First Baltimore Hackathon
on Wednesday November 03, 2010 @10:59AM (#1864991)
I would find interesting something related. Creating a platform for defining the next stage of an idea and how to code it in software. A collaborative remote project.
Re:Why Python rocks for research
on Wednesday November 03, 2010 @10:49AM (#1864948)
Python is good, you could also consider Maxima.
A single example:
f(x):= x^2+3x+7;
Maxima provides: Symbolic computation, blas and laplack integration for numeric algebra, 500 pages manual in several languages, a complete library for statistics, differential equation, calculus, series. Graphics with matplotllib. Also maxima language is not much complicate that python:
for i in range(10):print ii versus for i:0 thru 9 do print ii;
[i2 for i in range(10)] versus makelist(i*2,i,0,9)
But Matlab libraries are greater than python and maxima.
Re:How to get Paul Graham to take you to lunch and review your start-u...
on Wednesday November 03, 2010 @10:36AM (#1864896)
I find a little childish the phrase: Take you to lunch, it sound very passive, like taking a dog for a walk.
It would be better something like: How to meet P.G. for discussing about your startup. Simple and effective.
Re:Ask HN: What should I read next?
on Wednesday November 03, 2010 @10:34AM (#1864888)
Heinlein is one of the masters of scify. I think Asimov is like a child, Heinlein imagination is overwhelming.