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jrp | 14 years ago | on: Math reading list

Scroll down to find the (IMO) more interesting papers. As mentioned in a few comments on the linked page, people tended to submit and upvote very meta articles.

jrp | 14 years ago | on: Try to digest the Groupon story

If the article is correct (future really bad, tricked public going to invest on day 1), wouldn't it make sense to invest and sell very soon?

Is something special about an IPO where you have to hold it for some time?

jrp | 15 years ago | on: The answer to "Will you mentor me?" is...No.

This is an interesting counterpoint to the OP (from your link):

  When I was starting to learn Linux after getting frustrated
  and formatting Windows ME off my HDD, I quickly learned how
  to ask questions the smart way: go to a Linux-promoter's 
  forum and say, "Windows does <insert task> better than Linux"
  or "Linux is bad because it can't do <insert task>". Every 
  time I did this, I was flooded with solutions... unless I 
  was right. Either way, I had my answer. Meanwhile, if I 
  asked questions the smart way as recommended by Raymond, 
  I'd be lucky if I received any answers -- I'd have already 
  done a bunch of research, and this would be clear, so 
  nobody else would feel the need to do experimenting or 
  research on their own to figure it out.

jrp | 15 years ago | on: Tell us your naughty stories

If I only need to get one question right it doesn't take many questions before (3/4)^n is smaller than the chance the professor, for whatever reason, avoided C.

jrp | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: Best Philosophical Books?

I don't know if it counts as a serious philosophy book, but I really enjoyed Godel, Escher, Bach. Math, computers, consciousness, etc.

I'm currently reading Reasons and Persons. Thought experiments and discussion about how personal identity works under, eg, transporter copies.

jrp | 15 years ago | on: Hold off on proposing solutions

My solution was to read the whole thing (up to some point in 2009). There is an obvious downside to this solution.

jrp | 15 years ago | on: Hold off on proposing solutions

I wonder whether it really would help with just one person. I suspect part of the problem with groups is that the one who proposed a solution will take a social hit if it is rejected. So, with just you, that shouldn't come up.

jrp | 15 years ago | on: The 7 Habits Of Highly Ineffective People

Having my ipod beep when I get an email has been a life-changer. Now I can work without ever having to "check" my email.

Of course I only get around 5-10 a day...

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