cicatriz

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by cicatriz 12y ago
Yes, coding in your very broad sense is necessary to modeling in Granger's sense. The bigger problem is that coding isn't sufficient for modeling. We can and do get lost in the details of programming languages and tools. We de
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by cicatriz 12y ago
Coding at work is certainly not optimized for practice. NFL players do an exceptional amount of highly optimized training in addition to their "work" of playing the game: http://www.si.com/nfl/2014/12&#x2
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by cicatriz 12y ago
See also Rich Hickey's Hammock Driven Development: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f84n5oFoZBc
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by cicatriz 13y ago
Yep, I don't get why Wolfram language would replace APIs we already have in place. Because it's in natural language? WolframAlpha demonstrates (unsurprisingly) that it's still finicky. You still have to do just as much work t
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by cicatriz 13y ago
Many efforts underway already. To add to the list http://fluxtream.org http://lockerproject.org/
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by cicatriz 13y ago
Here's a writeup about a recent study that showed interviewers couldn't predict GPA any better when the interviewees answers were accurate versus random: http://www.danielwillingham.com/1/post/2013/1
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by cicatriz 13y ago
The headline is misleading, but the article itself is more solid in this regard. In fact, if you want children to be able to think, you shouldn't "teach them to think". You should teach deep knowledge and skills in a particul
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by cicatriz 13y ago
Not sure how deep down the rabbit hole you want to go, but here's what I know: The field of intelligent tutoring systems is essentially how to break up a problem and estimate your knowledge on each piece (called a "knowledge compo
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by cicatriz 13y ago
I've been thinking about this for a while--I created a spaced repetition system to digitize and learn material in college (alas, I don't use it anymore). I have a philosophical approach to the question here (also cited in Gwern&#x
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by cicatriz 15y ago
Sounds a lot like Kaizen. I liked this -- appropriately short -- book for more real-life examples and background: http://www.amazon.com/Small-Step-Change-Your-Life/dp/0761129...
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by cicatriz 15y ago
Not that passion can't reinforce grit, but I tend to think that it's actually grit that causes passion, as Cal Newport often argues: http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/01/23/beyond-passion-the-sci... So, indeed, what increases grit? Sayemm's
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by cicatriz 15y ago
Not only that, but his countering suggestion is a single word, "value", that he doesn't define or substantiate. Beyond any simple idea of what people want, you almost always need to build a product that they can use and like to use, and
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by cicatriz 15y ago
Nocera is a pretty good (funny) speaker too. Talk from Jan 11 http://youtu.be/D3HNrAGWoAI
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by cicatriz 15y ago
The book Rails AntiPatterns addresses many: http://www.amazon.com/Rails-AntiPatterns-Refactoring-Addison...