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This sounds like a load of bullshit to me. But is there any merit to this ?

Something similar happens in my company too. In a particular place, we use the hash of a string as the key in a hashmap instead of the string itself, because the hash is smaller an…

Like the other reply said, a monthly link blog would be too much. I find myself ignoring a lot of those links of the month posts because it covers too many topics and I end up not …

There is a book called "Talking to your daughter about Economics", where the author explains one of the problems with bitcoin is, you cant print more of it in a crisis. Maybe thats…

I hated SAS with a passion when I was forced to work with it for 2 years. One of the biggest problems I faced was, it would take me a long time to find out if something was doable …

The thing about the notifications though, is you can turn off every single one of them in the settings. When I tried to turn it off though, I was hit with 100s of different types o…

Could it be due to the fact that, college level mathematics are meant to prepare extraordinary students to graduate into research. I imagine research often involves not-so sexy par…

I love how the guy is getting punished for misusing a math term.

Thats an excellent point. Insects dont need to be hardened for their pathogens if they dont necessarily have to survive for the species to stay alive. Also loved the computer progr…

Wasn't it clear enough that I meant for it to be silly ?

You can deliver the package to a amazon approved distribution center ( I dont know what they call them. Basically a shop where they hold your stuff until you come around and pick i…

At one time, I learnt to live with boredom. I felt it was refreshing to not keep doing something to get rid of that boredom. It got me somewhat creative also, which i loved. But wh…

Does active atheism help in this ? Sometimes when i listen to talks by people who advocate atheism and rationalism, I feel good for a while. But I am not sure if that is what you a…

I often feel this. Generally I come up with content worth spending writing, only so often. But then don't end up doing it because the idea loses its sexiness after a few days. But …

Thou shalt not cite Quantum theory for everything.