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CERN Online introductory lectures on quantum computing from 6 November(home.cern)
277 points by limist 6y ago|36 comments
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by limist 7y ago
Back in the late 2000's I looked around for the right tool for my Ph.D. dissertation and quickly ruled out Word, Libre (or Open Office) Writer, or any wysiwyg tool, because they 1) lacked fast, easy ways to work at the structural (tree
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by limist 8y ago
James Randi has been caught outright lying and is not to be relied on: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/11270453/... http://zthoughtcriminal.blogspot.com/2013/04&#x
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by limist 8y ago
Character (integrity, drive to learn & improve) and skills that you respect or admire. Then shared values and life situation: the startup should be the #1 priority for everyone on the core (full-time) founding team. Missing any of thos
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Poor diet is a factor in one in five deaths, global disease study reveals(theguardian.com)
2 points by limist 9y ago|0 comments
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Dear Amazon, We Picked Your New Headquarters for You(nytimes.com)
15 points by limist 9y ago|4 comments
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by limist 10y ago
Shameless plug: more examples of literate Clojure in Emacs here, https://github.com/limist/literate-programming-examples
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Why science is failing to alter the future(newstatesman.com)
3 points by limist 11y ago|0 comments
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by limist 12y ago
It's not bad - I read this book a while ago to boost my Python-fu. But it left me feeling like most software/language books - unsatisfied, i.e. here are the pieces (syntax), here are a few (boring, trivial) ways to put the pieces
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by limist 12y ago
Short answer: There's a mix of people, and a few are students (college or graduate school). Some are remote coders. Some are doing startups. And some quit their jobs to come to Berlin. :)
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by limist 12y ago
Depends which page you're referring to. The article/link above makes the price clear, and also why we charge - we keep things simple and don't do the recruiting model. The homepage doesn't mention price nor mentors; we w
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by limist 12y ago
Thanks for the compliment. We certainly enjoy socializing, but effective learning and working take precedence, and we expect an atmosphere of "enthusiastic intensity" at HRet. The people at MSV have been cool with us. And while th
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by limist 12y ago
Yep, they target a different audience. They're more for beginners who want an apprenticeship in coding. Whereas Hacker Retreat is for intermediate and advanced coders who have their own projects, and want to learn and apply advanced te
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by limist 12y ago
No. There's no product showroom there, just a cafe on the ground floor. Hacker Retreat is happening in the space above, where MSV's incubated startups usually are. They agreed to let us use the space in between their startup round
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by limist 12y ago
Thanks! We think at least a few people from our last Fall batch would agree to that. We're intending more people to say that when this next session/batch is done.
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by limist 12y ago
Yup, we know...boy do we know. :) Rationally, and per our FAQ, we considered ditching it because the economics are marginal or worse. But neither Jose nor I could let the idea die. We hope the latest version hits the right combination of OK
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by limist 12y ago
Thanks! Short answer is, it depends. If we get really strong interest and commitment (like 20 people who will definitely be there), we'll do another batch in the Fall/Winter. Someway or somehow, space will be conjured up again an
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Why We Made a European Alternative to Hacker School(hackerretreat.com)
85 points by limist 12y ago|29 comments
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by limist 12y ago
I'd have to disagree - the math is important, and lays a foundation for functional/declarative programming. One major lesson of Chapter 1 (where the math is most evident) is conceptually tying math (and its notations) with functio
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by limist 12y ago
Much better to have a REPL handy - like order-of-magnitude better. :) The further in the book you go, the more you need to write, run, tinker and test to check your understanding(s).
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by limist 12y ago
Yep, it would be fun to do that for code - we're thinking of different models and timings for Hacker Retreat. Consider sub'ing to our email list to stay in touch, thanks.
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by limist 12y ago
As a coding-vacation? Or as something that blends well with remote work? We've adjusted the format of the current Hacker Retreat to accommodate people working (remotely, on their startup, etc) - 20% of your time is committed to learni
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by limist 12y ago
Good question - when I got to that part, I couldn't get the picture language to run either and just wrote code that I compared with other online solutions. I just took a look at the MIT Press website for their SICP code: http:/&#
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by limist 12y ago
I'd be curious to know the answer to this as well - I have not come across anything comparable w/ Haskell and the like, yet.
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by limist 12y ago
Cool idea, will be curious to see how it goes (don't own iStuff so can't directly participate). Live remote video-learning, I've found, tends to require a good friend of comparable skill level to work. If you discover that st
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by limist 12y ago
Sorry, wish I could help, I've always run MIT-Scheme on Linux. If you figure it out, please leave commentary here, on the article, and/or send me link to your blog post w/ instructions, thanks.
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by limist 12y ago
You'll need the equivalent of 1 semester of calculus, I'd guess, including working knowledge of pre-calculus material like sums of series (sigma notation). Try poking around Amazon.com for a highly-reviewed book, or use Khan Acade
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by limist 12y ago
TL;DR added. What else could be improved?
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by limist 12y ago
More that this method finds the edge of deliberate-practice more effectively than someone trying to figure it out on their own. The iterative process causes a rapid calibration between teacher and learner, until the just-hard-enough level
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by limist 12y ago
At least up to 1.3.3, if you've already done single-variable calculus, the math isn't bad - it's stuff you likely saw before (if a while ago). It seems heavier on math than it really is because (I believe) the authors want th

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