Snafu - It Ain’t Easy (by BBC4sounds)
My reality tunnel
Watch this space for a collection of amusing things found on the Web.
See also superadditive.com. Any questions?
January 22, 2012
January 17, 2012
“ Do not imagine that you have to know everything before you can do anything. My own best work was done when I was most ignorant. Grab every opportunity to take responsibility and do things for which you are unqualified. ”
Freeman Dyson giving advice to people at the beginning of their careers.
January 8, 2012
January 5, 2012
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I guess giving advice is easy compared to taking it. Know your fundamentals (algorithms, data structures, machine architecture, systems) and know several programming languages to the point where you can use them idiomatically.
Know some non-computer field of study well — math, biology, history, optics, whatever. Learn to communicate effectively in speech and in writing. Spend an unreasonable amount of time on some difficult topic to really master it. Try to do something that might make a difference in the world.
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December 29, 2011
From the Wednesday 29 July 1903 edition of The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA).
Was Neville Maskelyne the first ever hacker? By the way, I must say that I love the term “scientific hooliganism.” :-)
December 28, 2011
“A long exposure view of a Sikorsky S-51 helicopter on the ground at Anacostia Naval Air Station in Washington, DC in 1949. The striking “Slinky shape” is produced by light reflecting on the rotor blades and leaving a trail in the night sky.” From LIFE’s 37 Best-Ever Science Photos
December 27, 2011
Robot Wars – fascinating and thought-provoking Al Jazeera Faultlines segment on robot ethics and war (via)
December 11, 2011
“The Swallow’s Tail — Series on Catastrophes (French: La queue d’aronde — Série des catastrophes) was Salvador Dalí’s last painting. It was completed in May 1983, as the final part of a series based on René Thom’s catastrophe theory.” Link to the Wikipedia entry.
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