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For me it's less intuitive than a tree, but you can use a matrix to express all possible strategies of a two-player sequential game. This can help you visualize credible vs. noncre…

Great explanation, thanks for posting that!

Technically, yes, but HN has an 80 char limit in the title. ;)

A vacuum sucks a lot more than Microsoft.

Google vs. Wolfram Alpha is something I'm ok with.

I'd rather type 2\pi than \frac{\tau}{2}.

Having implemented AKS in Python and Sage, it can get pretty slow - obviously, nowhere near a good probabilistic test even to a staggering degree of certainty. That said, most of t…

Don't forget AKS, which is deterministic and faster than trial division. Can be a bit of a pain to implement though.

Since Corporations are People, how would UMG be charged with a felony?

@cmdrtaco: not so sure about that one... ;)

As a fairly amateur programmer, I end up making making frequent use of Python docs to remind me what is and isn't possible. I appreciate that Python 2.7.x is still pretty standard,…

Not that I don't want to support you guys for doing something awesome like this, but I wish the "Like" button showed appropriate meta-content on my facebook wall, instead of just a…

I just started using SymPy for some undergrad math research. Handy!

The scale should go from 1 to Robert Scoble

I'd be scared of the Tolkien estate.

Sounds like a Cracked "article" to me

This is from March 2011, from their last(?) newsletter: Who Reads Quantly? Based on our web server logs, here are the top firms accessing Quantly over the past six weeks. The firms…

This has been what I've experienced for more than just the latest versions. In personal usage the crossover between Chrome and Firefox has always been in the neighborhood of 20-30 …

Wait, what? Why would environmentalists build oil wells? That's precisely the opposite of caring about the environment. Unchecked human development is recklessly irresponsible. But…

Does this include Gmail labs? If so, fuck.

Seeing this guy give a talk next week.

Great stuff when I worked through it a few weeks ago. That bundled deal looks very tempting!