nicko

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by nicko 16y ago
No probs, I just updated my profile with my email.
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by nicko 16y ago
I worked in the Pilbara for one of the big miners in an 'automated' laboratory for a couple of years after graduating. AMA. Couple of quick points for anyone tempted to make the move: As an employee you get to interact with some pretty amaz
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by nicko 16y ago
I'll second the need to rank Universities based upon a course. As a non UK resident I have only heard of a handful of the universities. I'm sure there are some lesser known Universities with great departments, try not to make me click on ev
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by nicko 16y ago
http://pindancing.blogspot.com/2009/09/sudoku-in-coders-at-w... http://norvig.com/sudoku.html
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by nicko 17y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1121269
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by nicko 18y ago
Have you tried orienteering? You get the running around in the woods like an 8 year old plus the mental challenge of navigating and route selection. The community is also generally intelligent and you get to see some awesome places too.
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by nicko 18y ago
I’m currently reading ‘The 4 hour work week’ and I just purchased ‘God created the integers’. I tend to read most of my non-fiction in bits and pieces when i have spare chunks of time. I tend to do most of my light reading on holiday and go
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by nicko 18y ago
> I tend to look down upon people who look down upon people. nice quip, until followed to its logical conclusion ;-)
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by nicko 18y ago
No, not me I'm afraid, but a good question that I couldn't get google to answer (in 30 seconds). I did however find this one credited to Mark Twain - 'Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the diference'
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by nicko 18y ago
Never argue with an idiot. They will only drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.