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Jach - Meh
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Largely containing a mind-dump to myselves: past, present, and future). Current favorite quote: "Supposedly smart people are weirdly ignorant of Bayes' Rule." William B Vogt, 2010. In first grade, my teacher taught the class some French songs. Here are two I still remember that were meant to teach colors and days of the week. Http:/ learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/songs/i-can-sing-rainbow. And pink and green. Purple and orange and blue. I can sing a rainbow. Sing a rainbow too. I can sing a rainbow.
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The Jach's Website
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Largely containing a mind-dump to myselves: past, present, and future). Current favorite quote: "Supposedly smart people are weirdly ignorant of Bayes' Rule." William B Vogt, 2010. Basic Income and borrowing from the future. See Full Post and Comments. User testing ought to include extra dimensions on the User attribute. As the response. This user testing can take many forms: from hallway usability testing with an actual web mockup, or paper and sticky notes, or a whiteboard, to live A/B testing, and...
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Jach - Orwell on Object Oriented Programming
http://www.thejach.com/view/2014/10/orwell_on_object_oriented_programming
Largely containing a mind-dump to myselves: past, present, and future). Current favorite quote: "Supposedly smart people are weirdly ignorant of Bayes' Rule." William B Vogt, 2010. Orwell on Object Oriented Programming. I was re-reading Orwell's Politics and the English Language. Tonight, it's been many years. One new insight I got from it came from this subsection of a paragraph:. Than to say I think. Or a conclusion to which all of us would readily assent. And be satisfied by completing your story with...
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Jach - An hour fighting with play-clj
http://www.thejach.com/view/2015/5/an_hour_fighting_with_play-clj
Largely containing a mind-dump to myselves: past, present, and future). Current favorite quote: "Supposedly smart people are weirdly ignorant of Bayes' Rule." William B Vogt, 2010. An hour fighting with play-clj. I spent an hour tonight playing with play-clj, with the end goal being a Pong clone. Unfortunately I distracted myself with how play-clj works in a way I don't like, and got nowhere. I read through the getting started tutorial a few nights ago. My most important thoughts after completing it:.
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Jach - Does altruism need justification? Really?
http://www.thejach.com/view/2009/12/does_altruism_need_justification_really
Largely containing a mind-dump to myselves: past, present, and future). Current favorite quote: "Supposedly smart people are weirdly ignorant of Bayes' Rule." William B Vogt, 2010. Does altruism need justification? I'm quite certain it doesn't. Ah well. At the very least, I think I'll clarify what I mean by altruism- what most. People mean by altruism. Actually sacrificing themselves for the good of the hive! Of course, sometimes sacrifices have to be made. Self-sacrificing one's life. Is just a special ...
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The Jach's Website
http://www.thejach.com/view/2014
Largely containing a mind-dump to myselves: past, present, and future). Current favorite quote: "Supposedly smart people are weirdly ignorant of Bayes' Rule." William B Vogt, 2010. In first grade, my teacher taught the class some French songs. Here are two I still remember that were meant to teach colors and days of the week. Http:/ learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/songs/i-can-sing-rainbow. And pink and green. Purple and orange and blue. I can sing a rainbow. Sing a rainbow too. I can sing a rainbow.
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All Posts, Ever
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Largely containing a mind-dump to myselves: past, present, and future). Current favorite quote: "Supposedly smart people are weirdly ignorant of Bayes' Rule." William B Vogt, 2010. Programming is the closest thing to magic - 2009-06-12 00:56:21. On OAuth - 2009-06-12 01:03:35. Why Should I Care? Dropping Out of School - 2009-06-12 01:39:11. Use of the gender-neutral singular pronoun "they" - 2009-06-12 01:42:44. Learning (and Teaching) - 2009-06-12 01:54:53. Wisdom Teeth Gone - 2009-06-12 17:33:35. Philo...
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Jach - Solving word problems with models vs. direct translation
http://www.thejach.com/view/2015/4/solving_word_problems_with_models_vs_direct_translation
Largely containing a mind-dump to myselves: past, present, and future). Current favorite quote: "Supposedly smart people are weirdly ignorant of Bayes' Rule." William B Vogt, 2010. Solving word problems with models vs. direct translation. The way a problem is phrased (consistent vs. inconsistent) is key to getting evidence for this idea. An example problem, phrased consistently, is this:. At Lucky, butter costs 65 cents per stick. Butter at Vons costs 2 cents more per stick than butter at Lucky. Testing ...
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http://www.thejach.com/view/2009
Largely containing a mind-dump to myselves: past, present, and future). Current favorite quote: "Supposedly smart people are weirdly ignorant of Bayes' Rule." William B Vogt, 2010. If you're a programmer of any quality, I think you also need to have a firm grasp of mathematics. For at least 95% of the cases (I submit that there are some great programmers who really aren't good at math-in-general), there's just no escaping it. I answered a question. A while back on Yahoo Answers. The person asked:. Altrui...
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Jach - Why write?
http://www.thejach.com/view/2015/4/why_write
Largely containing a mind-dump to myselves: past, present, and future). Current favorite quote: "Supposedly smart people are weirdly ignorant of Bayes' Rule." William B Vogt, 2010. Or "trivially derived from some framework but I'll never show you a proof". you have to do work to explore), and in the end sometimes you'll have something you can reduce back to a less abstract belief or suggestion. Because I say something some stranger wants to punish me for (whether serious or not, it doesn't matter the cha...