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This lady represents British military violence to millions of black and brown people around the world. I don't understand why people, especially the British, aren't ashamed of this…

I did this throughout India for 9 months. Reliable wifi access is a must and more difficult to secure than you'd think, perhaps. But by moving only every 2 or 3 months, I find ther…

This. Is an amazing story.

You're wrong on several accounts, but the easiest to pick out is: The DSM is psychiatry's bible, not psychology. They are two separate fields. Here's the psychology English wikiped…

unchecked capitalism without a social safety net is a savage and brutish failure

I honestly couldn't tell if this was a troll or not

AFAIK this is primarily for the purposes of avoiding the court system. Things that are classified seem to be dealt with by the rubber-stamp FISA courts instead of the actual judici…

It's shown a bunch of interesting cognitive effects in scientific studies, and it's pretty easy to build. Contact me with your skillset (looking for everything from hardware hacker…

"worthless thug" has some pretty racist overtones. I'll make to watch more of The Wire to get real info on the causes of crime in America.

"Most, if not all, GUI systems and toolkits are designed to be event driven, meaning that the main flow of your program is not sequential from beginning to end. If you've never don…

The author first points out that science and engineering Ph.D.'s are disproportionately Asian, and that many return to their mother nations after education. That's true. He then po…

This is largely true. Bitcoin is a brilliant idea combining a several innovations that in and of themselves would be laudable. Still, it is most likely true that expecting Mr. Sato…

about the last point- hiding personal opinions about world politics, economics, etc to avoid negative career consequences... can you give any examples of how these opinions, especi…

This is hilarious. "My roomates are a little weirded out",since I, you know, grow viruses in the attic... With sewer water. Having worked in a virus lab in the past, I CAN reassure…

Scipy+numpy+matplotlib, get enthought's distribution for one stop shop and an interactive shell via Ipython. my 2 cents. Although short-term, matlab legacy code is definitely a big…

My 2 cents: Numpy+Scipy+Matplotlib and other packages, which u can download together in a convenient package at Enthought. That enthought distribution also comes with Ipython, whic…

My 2 cents: Numpy+Scipy+Matplotlib and other packages, which u can download together in a convenient package at Enthought. That enthought distribution also comes with Ipython, whic…

Paul says, "There's an even better way to block the transmission of power between generations: to encourage the trend toward an economy made of more, smaller units" this very aptly…

Open-source educational resources, e.g. video lectures, semantically organized testing materials, etc. will definitely be ubiquitous in the future. The real sticking point will be …