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I tried Modafinil (provigil). Its effect was mild at best, and it was hard to determine whether this was a placebo effect or not. Ritalin, on the other hand, was very effective, bu…

In Europe you get a salary for a PhD. It's not a lot but in most countries (especially western Europe) it's actually quite OK.

Pieper was not a comp sci professor. He was a professor of eCommerce. I followed some of his lectures during my CS master. The sloot story caused quite some giggles among us studen…

Lying awake worrying about whether or not you're adding value to the human race leads to shit like this. What I'm trying to say is: people should just do what they're good at. As l…

Do you have any idea what the average scientist or artist is actually doing? I'm not talking about Einstein or Picasso...

99% of people (if not more) do nothing of significant value for the human race. The wealth they create, the value of the product they produce, and the experience they gain all diss…

I find it a bit easier to understand if I imagine similar size and shape objects with a different weight. Say, a bunch of balls with equal radius but different weights. Does a near…

What do you mean with non-logic? I think that's hard to define. There are various approaches in logic-based AI that aim to somehow be more akin to how we handle multiple conflictin…

The excitement I feel every time HeathKit is mentioned dies away when I realize it's not about HeathKit but about HealthKit.

Dont forget that the first IBM PC (8086, 16 bit) also had rom basic, as well as a cassette port.

Evidence is not on the side of ID. ID is not a scientific theory. It cannot be confirmed or falsified. It does not explain anything. Its premise is flawed (I don't know how X happe…

I just don't understand it. What is it exactly that creationists argue against? What part of the theory of evolution do you disagree with? Is it the fact that there is a thing call…

The majority of English TV on French national tv is most definitely dubbed. As far as I know it's only the Dutch. Don't know about Scandinavia and Eastern Europe though.

Quality doesnt seem to be that much different from the first ever digital camera, the cromemco cyclops ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromemco_CYCLOPS ). Judged by the few examples…

Agreed, and it's a common error, I.e., that someone ascribes mysticism to an object that he himself is mystified by.

The lack of spacing between the two columns makes it look odd. I would say, the words India, LaTeX and MySQL should have wrapped around to the next line.

That's not a chip.

I'm a frequent flyer, mostly within Europe, and this is true. The exception is boarding a bigger plane like the 747. But iirc the ordering is then more coarse grained (based on ais…

I too started with Basic. First steps on the Acorn Electron, then got an MSX and finally switched to a PC and used Q(uick)Basic. My ambitions ran ahead of my capabilities. Being fa…

To me the matter looks similar to taking the conjunction of the empty set, which is defined to be TRUE. This, however, starts to make sense when you see that the taking the conjunc…

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I'm sure the iWatch will have a MacBook friendly strap.

Like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=li... and this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nae9L4EdRs

It's a nautical mile (about 1.8 km). A standard unit of distance in aviation.