sheeps

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by sheeps 14y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unreasonable_Effectiveness_...
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by sheeps 14y ago
Make sure you stand while smoking it, though. :-)
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by sheeps 15y ago
Maybe just a black rectangle in place of the name, with an appropriate link?
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by sheeps 15y ago
Another thought: most of us are not made of the same kind of stuff as Donald Knuth. Whatever origin you think world-changing inventions or intellectual work has, talent or the right mettle to push yourself extremely hard or whatever, most p
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by sheeps 15y ago
Exactly. Distance in time means greater uncertainty of reward, and greater uncertainty means lower motivation to go after it in the first place.
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by sheeps 15y ago
Nice post, very inspiring. I have been dabbling with Ruby and other languages for a year, but have never had this sort of discipline. For a couple years I have wanted a programming job but have always had serious doubts about whether I can
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Humanity is changing for the better because knowledge is spreading(reddit.com)
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by sheeps 15y ago
I like graph paper for making vaguely mathematical doodles in classes. I even happened to independently "invent" a few concepts while doing this, like triangular numbers and the polyomino sequence. :-)
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Welcome to the Cambridge Mathematical Tripos(gowers.wordpress.com)
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by sheeps 15y ago
Another relevant one is E.M. Forster's "The Machine Stops": http://archive.ncsa.illinois.edu/prajlich/forster.html
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by sheeps 15y ago
Got a print copy of the book two days ago. Worked through most of the first chapter, and really loving it so far. No CS background and a little (~1 year off and on) programming experience. Though having taken a symbolic logic course in coll