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This article, while interesting, unfortunately describes the Equal Transit-Time Fallacy [1]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lift_(force)#False_explanation_...

This post warrants a little public shaming: http://xkcd.com/1138/

If you download the latest build this problem was fixed for me. http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/macosx-intel/?C=M;O=D

Math is not simply following instructions like a recipe. Maybe if you put your cookbook through a paper shredder then what the author says may apply... I get the author's Maddox li…

I disagree with this post. There are professors out there who do in fact teach code style in a very hands on and personal manner. Chris Riesbeck [1] at Northwestern University has …

The first line says it all: "That's how The Associated Press describes the way scientists are describing..." That's a lot of description without much proof.

Too bad what he suggests requires skills that most people don't have, at least not yet. To achieve this utopic vision we need to drastically change our education from being job-dri…

how do you know that the person your talking to is indeed the person you sent the link to?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2011/09/02/amazon-off... is the correct link

Many of my friends doing phds in math are terrible at mental arithmetic. Higher level Mathematics does not have much to do with how fast you can calculate tip in your head.

your post is wrong in its claim that all civilizations have used gold as currency. In fact most civilizations until recently didnt really have an official currency. Furthermore, ra…

I like to think about money this way: when the world ends and we are left in some of post-apocalyptic zombie epic society do you think that gold will still be valuable? Gold cannot…

This guys has a major stick up his ass. His comment that Google fails in the tablet market because they have silly beta names is ridiculous. Google does not even manufacture the ha…

The legal problem is that most software patents are plans for instructions for how to construct something tangible (albeit that is an abstract view). Which basically means that the…

Now if they only integrate it into hangout. Virtual LAN Parties. Not to be confused with VLAN parties...

His main idea is that the way software patents are classified now does not make sense. He then suggests that a new class of patents be created just for software with special rules …

Thanks to Apple I will never have to re-derive first order finite difference formulas!