krutulis

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Closing The Collapse Gap: The USSR was better prepared than the US (2006)(resilience.org)
71 points by krutulis 6y ago|83 comments
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by krutulis 7y ago
One of my own favorite explanations of meter in English is Timothy Steele's All the Fun's in How you Say a Thing: An Explanation of Meter and Versification [0]. I'd be interested if anyone has other recommendations? [0]: h
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Meet the ‘Change Agents’ Who Are Enabling Inequality(nytimes.com)
36 points by krutulis 8y ago|3 comments
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by krutulis 8y ago
I agree. It is one of my favorite poems. There are also very good audio book recordings avaialable.
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by krutulis 8y ago
I've been programming for a long time and had to learn R a few years back for a series of projects. The documentation and community seemed to me, as a newcomer, to be very focused on how to solve particular statistical and modeling pro
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Damsels of Design: The Women Who Changed Automotive History(wnyc.org)
1 points by krutulis 10y ago|0 comments
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by krutulis 10y ago
In case you are a casual observer or are new to Scheme and are wondering why this might be particularly important to the language, wikipedia explains: "The R6RS standard has caused controversy because it is seen to have departed from
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by krutulis 10y ago
"The reason why ... [SQLite] needed to exist ... The genesis story?" Richard summarizes the development history. 20:39 to 27:20 "Why is SQLite so ubiquitous?" "Its goal is that it just works .... Apparently we win c
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by krutulis 10y ago
1:10:20
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by krutulis 10y ago
I have had the same experience after deleting my account several years ago (for different reasons). I do keep wondering if it will pop up as an issue, so I'm very curious about other people's experiences when not participating in
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by krutulis 10y ago
Yes, I agree. The history of philosophy is an important part of philosophy, not all of philosophy. I studied the subject nearly 30 years ago and can only recall the history courses as having a decisive Western bias (though not a monopoly).
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by krutulis 10y ago
And also why do some people enjoy things that other people don't approve of?
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by krutulis 13y ago
Agreed, andr, that the number of new good talks can continue to increase. This is an interesting story and relates to a variety of other organizations seeking to scale quickly, whether from necessity or ambition. Is there an ongoing discuss
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by krutulis 13y ago
As the number of conferences and speakers grows, are you concerned that the Law of Large Numbers will exact its toll and make the sample of speakers more typical of the population as a whole? Inviting the flashiest of SF and NYC to speak is
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How the Innovation Economy is Turning Makers Into Manufacturers(popularmechanics.com)
1 points by krutulis 13y ago|0 comments
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Government Is Magic(sultanknish.blogspot.com)
2 points by krutulis 13y ago|0 comments
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by krutulis 13y ago
I do share your sentiment! The shorter "MyMail" makes the same point without needing the profanity, and your more emphatic name would then be available for the most desirable MyMail client...
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by krutulis 14y ago
Answering "In the context of an interview, [I get] frustrated because my default response to not knowing the answer to a question ... is to go out and research the problem [and I cannot do that in an interview]" is a nice response to not
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by krutulis 14y ago
If the motive is laziness or the objective is to trick or intimidate a candidate, then I agree that the method deserves scorn. But I disagree with your position the technique is never reasonable. I like to hire people who know more than I d
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by krutulis 14y ago
That's a more detailed video about the project. The shorter video from PopularMechanics is here: http://bcove.me/pbzl94cm
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by krutulis 14y ago
Don't miss the impressive video.
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900-MPH Supersonic Ping-Pong Bazooka(popularmechanics.com)
25 points by krutulis 14y ago|8 comments
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by krutulis 14y ago
One might charitably speculate that these are organizational challenges related to growing and being part of Salesforce.com. Things that were simple for a small, dynamic company can become shockingly complicated as the number of interests
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by krutulis 14y ago
I can't help but wonder if this kind of surreptitious change to the platform might in any way be connected to Byron Sebastian's sudden resignation last September from Salesforce. Is that nutty of me? http://gigaom.com/2012/09/05/heroku-los
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by krutulis 14y ago
I have had similar periods of time in my own life, but even these have begun to fade over many years. Luckily, there are plenty of techniques to avoid this and many are not new. E.g., Diarists have used writing to remember day-by-day for ce
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by krutulis 14y ago
I don't think that Bill Gates claims decent measurement is sufficient for the kind of progress he seeks but rather claims that (in most cases) it is necessary. I suspect one answer to Mathbabe's question "what can a non-academic mathematic
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by krutulis 14y ago
This looks like a wonderful resuorce! I checked the database for The Number Devil [1], one of my favorite math books for middle school age (and anyone who is delighted by imaginative presentations of math!). Sure enough, it's there, highl
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by krutulis 14y ago
"U.S. Attorney Ortiz said through a spokeswoman last week that the government wanted to send a message by going after the motel .... up the street Walmart and Home Depot have all experienced a similar rate of drug crimes .... attorney Salz
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by krutulis 14y ago
That is a fascinating account of some events related to the "investigation" of Aaron. I'm not sure whether they amount to attempted revenge and harassment or are the result of incompetence on the part of those leading the attack. Either way
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by krutulis 14y ago
The idea that appraisal of academic work must be made in secret does not ring true. Perhaps universities have degenerated into political posturing over pursuit of knowledge, but even this seems like an argument for opening the process in or

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