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Irving Finkel wrote a fascinating book called The Ark Before Noah, which explained how the process worked. Hes also given some great talks about it which are available on YouTube. …

These are interesting books on decision making under uncertainty. The author is very aggressive, but the books are interesting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassim_Nicholas_Taleb#…

You might be right, and cheap is relative. I spent time there in 2007, which is a while ago. My money was in euro and I came from Ireland where cost of living was quite high. Both …

Jerusalem. Reasons: [1] your screen name translates to "good/OK" in local Arabic so you can answer both "Who are you?" and "How are you?" with the same sentence. Think of the effic…

I was quite active on CS and also joined bewelcome. Bewelcome never seemed to gain the critical mass necessary though - this would be a difficult problem for any new platform. OP w…

incorrect [1] tuition in UK&Ireland is nowhere near US levels. Plus in Ireland at least the fees can be paid for by the state if you meet income criteria [2] many continental unis …

"World History" is a term of art within history. Braudel, Wallerstein and Toynbee are good names to start with. For podcasts see Conversations with History. 1hr interviews with not…

I've had a Quechua 70L for six years and a Berghaus 60L for four years. Both have stood up well to heavy use over the years. If it's going to be on your back for long periods of ti…

Toulouse is quite a nice city with reasonable rents. I stayed in a lovely two bed apt there for €500/m in 2009. Quite a contrast to London. Airbus is a very big employer there, and…

given that this is a meta thread, could somebody explain why all my posts end up on the News page rather than the Ask page. Is my karma too low to post the Ask page? I'm new see th…

I'm considering studying independently for the entry level Cloudera data science qualification.[1] Is this well regarded among people working in data science? For me, the exam woul…

There is a correlation between testosterone levels and competitiveness. Exercise will increase your testosterone levels and this may increase your competitiveness

My organisation in london is hiring. I'll pop you an email with details tomorrow when I get into the office. Would be happy to meet up in london to talk about it. I don't work in t…

Finding a host on couchsurfing can be difficult in big cities at peak times. I was getting five requests per day at times. Try to bring something to the table where you surf rather…

why have coding schools proliferated recently? Does it signify higher industry demand for entry level trainees or higher worker demand for training? I wonder because they don't see…

Thanks, I'll repost this in Ask HN. apologies for the double post

sure, but i'm wondering how it ties in with supply and demand in the IT labour market. PS how do i get this post to show ib Ask HN rather than on the news page?

why have coding schools proliferated recently? Does it signify higher industry demand for entry level trainees or higher worker demand for training?

There is a .texi version of Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs available here [1] All of the diagrams have been drawn in ASCII, which is quite cool. It displays well…