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Jeremy Kun, who writes the "Math ∩ Programming" blog,[1] recently published a book, "A Programmer's Introduction to Mathematics,"[2] that seems to leverage the conceptual knowledge…

The study incorporated many more variables than whether marijuana was legal in each state, including demographic factors, so this amounts to a controlled experiment.

> the prosperous part of the Southeast For those of us who are unfamiliar or ignorant about this, which parts of the Southeast are most prosperous?

Yes, it's called SQL*Plus. Take the time to learn it!

> Users want websites to be fast and less annoying. Well, pulling some JSON via AJAX and updating a small part of the page is faster than reloading the entire thing.

I think this attitude is silly. Finance academics and banking executives (i.e. Jamie Dimon) who have spent their entire lives studying finance and working in banking are still grap…

Well, one theory is that the valuation of bitcoin is largely unrelated to the systematic overvaluation of companies that ostensibly would be the reason behind a crash. Thus when th…

Does anyone else find it surprising and remarkable that Paul Tudor Jones' monospaced letter is perfectly flush on the left and right margins with apparently no hyphenation nor addi…

> Why would gambling on a companies future ever help anyone Most transactions in the market are not gambling. Trades happen, yes, but that is because the prospects of companies are…

> despite the fact you can directly purchase their shares Actually, most people could not directly purchase their shares if we didn't have a stock market. Companies in general woul…

I guess I see these as 2 sides of the same coin; if the knowledge was properly spread via training and easy-to-use documentation, the junior developers would not need to interrupt …

> you should at least try and do some time in SV / Seattle etc. I'm curious to know what your current thoughts are behind this. As someone who intentionally has steered clear of bo…

While I'm not trying to be gratuitously harsh, I ask what have any of the adjunct lecturers in this article really contributed to the world? Not much in my opinion. You don't need …

> Almost any reasonable paying job other than programmer require actual training and education. Interesting; this contrasts with the claim of liberal arts graduates who maintain th…

> punishing the person who's worked to build up some knowledge. ... I disagree that the solution is to let everyone interrupt the one who is trying to get stuff done. In essence we…

> just because Justin Wolfers and Betsey Stevenson aren't married it doesn't mean they aren't committed to each other and their children. From the article: "The decline in marriage…

FYI, LinkedIn has somewhat fine-grained email/notification configuration so you can stop these at the source. Have a look at Me (menu) > Settings & Privacy > Communications (tab) >…

Agreed. Certainly nobody should be hiring based principally on a candidate's alma mater. A candidate should be interviewed to find out that they know what they need to know and hav…

The flaw is shown here: https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/questions/38803/is-norber...

It was known long before 19 days, actually within a week of publication: https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/questions/38803/is-norber...

He has two math degrees from decent (R1, AAU) schools, so I wouldn't say it's a huge leap; he probably has better training for modern AI than most people working in the area with C…

> All of this inevitably leads to a bunch of pissed off devs. The ones that are happy to eat it become the golden boys and get promotions. The question asks about behavior that man…

The funding implies a requirement that you will work on research, which for most people would preclude working a full-time software engineering job. Assuming a full-time job would …