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Monthly Archives: October 2008

Shut Up and Geek

Saturday, October 25, 2008

When I listen to Rihanna’s “Shut Up and Drive”, instead of hearing “I’m a fine-tuned supersonic speed machine,” I hear:
I’m a fine-tuned super finite state machine
Does this mean I’m a nerd?

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Academented Programming

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

I work professionally as a programmer at an atmospheric science department at a major university. One of the biggest things about atmospheric research is our reliance on computers for everything. While we’re nowhere near the limit of what we can do with observational data (and indeed in many areas, observational data is woefully [...]

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From The Economist:

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

On a

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