TriinT

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by TriinT 17y ago
Either you're deaf, or your standards are very low. Sorry to burst your bubble, but I personally know tens of musicians, and most aren't even that talented, who make Lady GaGa look like the proto-amateur she is. Her talent is to sell, not
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by TriinT 17y ago
Philosophy is mostly games of words that lead nowhere. Wittgenstein wrote all about it. History is interesting, but too ambiguous and too subjective. Literature is to be enjoyed, not to be analyzed. CS is rigorous Philosophy and, hence, i
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by TriinT 17y ago
That being fugly and having absolutely no talent whatsoever does not mean one can't be a commercial success?
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Creating Movies with PyPlot / PyLab(jkwiens.com)
16 points by TriinT 17y ago|0 comments
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by TriinT 17y ago
I don't have a problem with the Bourbakists doing very abstract and rigorous Math. After all, Math was an edifice built on quicksand until they came along. I think they contributed a lot. However, I also think the Bourbakists created a mons
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by TriinT 17y ago
It's sad to read the comments on the NYTimes article. Even people who claim to have years of experience in the "field" can't tell the difference between Computer Science and computers. Dijkstra said it all: "Computer Science is no more abo
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Counterfeit coins and rare diseases(johndcook.com)
3 points by TriinT 17y ago|0 comments
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A Theory of Goal-Oriented Communication(eccc.hpi-web.de)
2 points by TriinT 17y ago|0 comments
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by TriinT 17y ago
I never thought I would say this one day, but I believe that puritanical attitudes exist for a reason. Not that long ago, one could die of syphilis. Many other STD's would result in infertility. The sexual revolution is only a few decades o
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Why NYC is not ready for the iPhone(phorgyphynance.wordpress.com)
1 points by TriinT 17y ago|0 comments
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Physics of Wireless Broadband(phorgyphynance.wordpress.com)
1 points by TriinT 17y ago|0 comments
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Why we write: a modern Greek tragi-comedy(publishersweekly.com)
1 points by TriinT 17y ago|0 comments
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by TriinT 17y ago
When I studied Biology in high-school I found it beautiful but boring to study because it was too descriptive. Many years later, after having done various kinds of engineering, I must say I am amazed at living systems. Now I see connections
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USB Hourglass Random Number Generator(home.comcast.net)
4 points by TriinT 17y ago|0 comments
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by TriinT 17y ago
Let us agree that this discussion is pointless due to lack of reliable performance metrics. In general, biological systems are orders of magnitude better than systems engineered by humans and, hence, I mentioned that we have a lot to learn
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The Kruskal Count(arxiv.org)
1 points by TriinT 17y ago|0 comments
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by TriinT 17y ago
A massive hangover...
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by TriinT 17y ago
Have you watched the Tax me if you can documentary? You might enjoy it: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/tax/
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by TriinT 17y ago
I have stopped, and I am sorry that things became un-civil. However, do note that I did not throw the first stone. Cheers.
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by TriinT 17y ago
Where's the injustice? I doubt the Kamprad family has cost the Swedish welfare state what the state wants to tax them. He's merely doing what's best for him, instead of subsidizing the education and medical care of other parents' children.
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by TriinT 17y ago
You need to get laid, buddy. Chill. Chill...
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Salespeople and Programmers(baselinescenario.com)
12 points by TriinT 17y ago|3 comments
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by TriinT 17y ago
Quoting Wilbur Wright: "I confess that, in 1901, I said to my brother Orville that men would not fly for 50 years. Two years later, we ourselves were making flights. This demonstration of my inability as a prophet gave me such a shock that
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by TriinT 17y ago
Good find. But what is the efficiency of the nectar -> mechanical energy conversion? If you fly a F/A-18 at afterburner, you will be out of fuel pretty quickly, too. The issue is: how much of the chemical energy stored in the fuel is tr
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by TriinT 17y ago
I strongly disagree. This has very little to do with Excel Solver. This seems to be Microsoft's take at large-scale, real-world optimization problems, possibly with millions of variables and constraints. Can you do that with Excel? I doub
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by TriinT 17y ago
I, too, would love to hear from someone who has tried this software. By the way, I found an interview with Nathan Brixius, a senior developer working on the Microsoft Solver Foundation library: http://hanselminutes.com/default.aspx?showID=
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by TriinT 17y ago
Say that to da Vinci. His flying machines were inspired by birds. He studied Nature and tried to build machines based on the same principles as those that allowed birds to fly. Of course, that led his astray, because it's hard to design mac
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Leonardo da Vinci and his flying machines(angelfire.com)
1 points by TriinT 17y ago|0 comments
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by TriinT 17y ago
I did. I was unimpressed. I was used to working in fields where theories could be trusted. Finance is a lawless territory. It's fun because problems lack structure and are so hard. It's frustrating because 30 years ago my skills would have
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by TriinT 17y ago
"Those super-sonic eagles are extremely elegant. And, why do we bother with 747s when ostriches are so much more efficient." For starters, please do note that I wrote flying machines . As far as I know, ostriches do not fly. Besides, sup

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