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1) What makes a language like Fortran so intimidating? I'm not sure, I would like to know the answer to this. At least for modern Fortran. 2) What makes Fortran so much 'faster' at…

As others have mentioned this is indeed not true and is referred to as the Martingale betting system [0]. In the case of casino games Martingale still has negative EV. Your EV for …

I understand this for products that have product-market fit. But what about products that aren't generating any revenue yet? Wouldn't the fact that someone is willing to pay to dev…

Paul Graham wrote an essay on this topic which might help you. http://paulgraham.com/startupideas.html

Michael has also talked about how to pitch investors in a similar, clear way. [0] It's part of the "how to start a startup" series. [0] https://youtu.be/SHAh6WKBgiE?t=1227

I experience the exact same thing. I get an idea for a side project, get really excited about it, think about all the great things it could do, work on it like crazy for a weekend,…

Thanks for the feedback! The ErgoDox is indeed one that's on my todo list =), along with the unicomp, ultimate hacking keyboard and a few others.

Earlier this year I finally bought a decent keyboard (Kinesis Advantage). While I was searching for what I wanted, I put together a list of keyboards with some features and have ju…

If you are interested in learning the basics of Machine Learning I really recommend Andrew Ng's course on Coursera[0]. It starts off very basic and requires almost no prior knowled…

I saw my dad looking at charts one day and asked him what he was doing. He explained some stuff and the idea of owning part of a business really appealed to me. I could sit behind …

NPV = SUM_t Rt/(1+i)^t (wikipedia). This is similar to your formula. If Rt=constant for all t and t is infinite (hence in perpetuity), the formula simplifies to what I have. More i…

Warren Buffett has also talked about this in numerous interviews. He says that it really depends on what interest rates will do in the future that will determine whether stock pric…

I'm actually surprised how small and how few donations there are from big companies. Especially since donations to openssh (and libressl) also seem to go through the openbsd founda…

I agree that would be cool! I actually worked on the earlier version of that as my master's thesis[1]. I think it would be cool to do this in a less controlled environment where th…

I lived in Zürich for a year and remember seeing an ad on the train for work at a grocery store that paid 4k CHF ($3910) per month. The college I was attending paid 35CHF ($34) an …

Though I haven't used it in the last few months, Fortran (2003) is my language of choice for math related stuff. I used it for the first time about 5 years ago and haven't found a …

I'm also confused about this. I don't understand what is wrong with Fortran. In school we learned Fortran 2003 for numeric simulations etc. For my master thesis I programmed in C a…

Here are some books Buffett has recommended, I'm sure there are tons of other books, these are just the ones that have stuck with me. Investing: 1) The Intelligent Investor - Benja…

Well I can't help you on what's financially the best choice (I'm not in the US). But I might be able to give some suggestions on how to live based on my experience. First off, don'…