Wednesday, March 29, 2017

RT @weird_hist: 'Freelance' comes from mercenary knights who supplied their own weapons (i.e., lances). https://t.co/PGXMq49J56


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March 28, 2017 at 09:44PM
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RT @sorayadarabi: Internet, you take way too much credit. https://t.co/yIl6vFpkQ1


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Tuesday, March 28, 2017

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The Purpose of a Political Party

Really thoughtful article by Mike Bates (HH'81)
http://www.batesline.com/archives/2017/03/purpose-political-party.html

Mo Gawdat: "Solve for Happy: Engineer Your Path to Joy" | Talks at Google

Monday, March 27, 2017

RT @kate_m_C: 'Born in a Siberian prison. Orphaned at age 2. Adopted by Americans at age 4 and raised in New York.' https://t.co/yM0qm6g1vY


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Sunday, March 26, 2017

Pouting vs. Producing https://t.co/X0Ny1LsYdq


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Saturday, March 25, 2017

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Friday, March 24, 2017

Romanticism has been unhelpful to us; it is a harsh philosophy. https://t.co/CynplH0QUI


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Thursday, March 23, 2017

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March 23, 2017 at 03:07PM
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Reminder: All demographic groups desire a more equal distribution of wealth than the status quo. https://t.co/ds7hFZAUnF


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March 22, 2017 at 08:13PM
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Families making $160K+ can afford 90% of colleges, with half of those essentially reserved for them. HT @cegriff3 https://t.co/32uenp7K7h


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Monday, March 20, 2017

RT @PadraigBelton: #ChuckBerry https://t.co/cHzr3S8nnW


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May 1, 1969: Fred Rogers defends public television budget before Senate Subcommittee https://t.co/Q6PdsEpnGi


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There once was an X from place B, That satisfied predicate P, He or she did thing A, In an adjective way, Resulting in circumstance C.


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Saturday, March 18, 2017

Some Thoughts on Fixing Obamacare. Interesting run at the problem by Mark Cuban. https://t.co/P9roKCAklw


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Friday, March 17, 2017

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March 17, 2017 at 09:15AM
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He recognises that a lack of financial independence could prove stifling in future. https://t.co/1sSllg3eUw


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Thursday, March 16, 2017

Oxford Comma, part 428876

https://qz.com/932004/the-oxford-comma-a-maine-court-settled-the-grammar-debate-over-serial-commas-with-a-ruling-on-overtime-pay-for-dairy-truck-drivers/

RT @pesa_africa: Here is why most mobile micro credit loans in Kenya are taken out before 3am and 5am https://t.co/12dhWiEJFD


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Wednesday, March 15, 2017

“Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you.” ― Roger Ebert


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New Yorker Cartoon

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Tuesday, March 14, 2017

RT @andyschult: Yup https://t.co/8VSnQPtSny


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March 14, 2017 at 08:45PM
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5 down, 284 to go

Finding the least common multiple of the first n integers, did two approaches. First was to just increment a target lcm by 2 and check to see if 2 - n all go into the target lcm evenly. That one is only 9 lines and works fast up to n = 10. The second approach was to use a matrix to keep track of all the prime factors I found* for each integer (the value in the matrix is the number of occurrences of that prime factor, while the index is the factor), then compare each prime factor index value in a temporary matrix to see if the new one is larger.

My big revelation in this problem was one that gave me a much more elegant solution to another.

I'm starting over, by the way, when I start learning Swift.  More on that soon, I hope.

Flight of the Starlings -- National Geographic

The Wisdom of the crowd?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/13/boaty-mcboatface-to-go-on-first-antarctic-mission

"It’s less easy to forgive the confidence with which the bad answer is presented." True just about everywhere. https://t.co/vwWpa6qeQL


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The Met in Transition https://t.co/3mndGTck73 via @the_female_gaze


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Monday, March 13, 2017

"Both companies are selling stuff in part by looking like they’re not trying too hard to sell stuff . . ." https://t.co/QV1e4LqTFw


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Sunday, March 12, 2017

A history of global living conditions in 5 charts - Our World In Data https://t.co/hoPPsL7vqu


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March 12, 2017 at 10:21AM
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Dan Pink on Persuasion https://t.co/c18wWaK2F5 via @YouTube


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March 12, 2017 at 05:59AM
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"I want you to be offended every single day on this campus." Van Jones at the University of Chicago https://t.co/ae5gx7zZUU


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Saturday, March 11, 2017

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RT @griffithd50: "Leadership is hard, and it is rewarding. It is about doing the right thing, not the popular thing. It is about... https://t.co/IS3P4N3p5d


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Thursday, March 9, 2017

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March 09, 2017 at 01:03AM
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When Casals, in his 90's and still practicing 2-3 hours/day, was asked why he still practiced: "I'm beginning to notice some improvement."


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Wednesday, March 8, 2017

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IU Graduate Center Gets 'Limited-Time' Name. TBD if this will become a trend in schools. https://t.co/0PXlONyOOd


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H.R.1275 - World's Greatest Healthcare Plan of 2017 https://t.co/NNT6RurXR4


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Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Plan To Start Little Stationery Store Too Sad For Bank To Deny Loan https://t.co/YbRFPGInus


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How Baby Boomers Destroyed Everything

https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2017/02/26/how-baby-boomers-destroyed-everything/lVB9eG5mATw3wxo6XmDZFL/story.html

Jack Welch's Five Traits of Leaders

From our experience, the first essential trait of leadership is positive energy — the capacity to go-go-go with healthy vigor and an upbeat attitude through good times and bad.
The second is the ability to energize others, releasing their positive energy, to take any hill.
The third trait is edge — the ability to make tough calls, to say yes or no, not maybe.
The fourth trait is the talent to execute — very simply, get things done.
Fifth and finally, leaders have passion. They care deeply. They sweat; they believe.

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