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Properly sharpening a chisel blade on a stone is an art.

I agree with the above, but exact number of hours aside, do you think there could be some validity to the article, akin to a Pareto principle?

Professor Bart Kosko at USC is an active publisher in this area. Example: sipi.usc.edu/~kosko/TSP_May2009.pdf

Now available for pre-order on Amazon. Hopefully this time it's for real. http://www.amazon.com/Art-Electronics-Paul-Horowitz/dp/0521809266/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1301802821&sr=8-1…

Rumor aside, I'm surprised in general that ARM's stock has risen so much in the last year. I suppose the increase in price is due to the current, and anticipated, use of ARM design…

This topic seems to come up quite often. I personally don't know whether an investment banker contributes more to society than a motor engineer. However the expected income for the…

"It is based on trying to integrate several comments by others that I do not fully understand at every level, and so may be somewhat inaccurate; please help in pointing out any def…

Ask HN: What publications (online or paper) do you pay for?

Great advice. Books these days, especially technical books, are expensive. However I've rarely ever regretted buying a book, even the (very) few I bought but never read. Probably d…