If you use background music only for noise cancellation (crying babies, reconstruction works etc.), I recommend http://www.simplynoise.com/. It's not as distracting as even the most minimalistic trance.
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While the linked http://wikirota.org/en/Main_Page site claims that he was "a pioneer in the development of the radar", the Wikipedia article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_radar) doesn't even mention the name.
He does seem to be a crackpot worthy of obscurity.
Bill Gates sold open source software! Incredible!
Look we either talk about the exact pi, or not pi at all. In my computer there's no pi.
As for the alternative, at least he tried something:
"Fuller also claimed that the natural analytic geometry of the universe was based on arrays of tetrahedra. He developed this in several ways, from the close-packing of spheres and the number of compressive or tensile members required to stabilize an object in space. One confirming result was that the strongest possible homogeneous truss is cyclically tetrahedral."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller#Philosophy_a...
I wouldn't dare to say that about Dr Fuller...
"Mathematics is a way of describing nature, not the other way around."
He doesn't say otherwise, he says that our description of nature (that we are using pi) is flawed.
That's what the trial is about.
"...how would the FBI establish that the files were non-infringing...?"
Exactly like Megaupolad.
In many cases a quick glance is not enough to tell what's a picture about, do you select by overall color, or what?
I, personally, wouldn't mind the sponsored links if only they were relevant. Of course, if they were relevant, sponsoring wouldn't be necessary.
They may not have degrees but this doesn't mean they are not engineers. I basically agree with the post but this "be fluent in one programming language" thing is just stupid. Languages come and go, the principles and the math stay.
Anyway, Bootstrap is a nice project in this field, based on Racket (Scheme).
This is not true, the maternity is paid by the state. He mentions the high taxes as another problem, but in fact that's why they are that high, it's the same problem looked from the other side.
Also, there is a lot of productivity lost during the transitions.
It's common here, that women on maternity take a correspondence course or learn languages, etc. Often they are more skilled at the time of their return.
The law is like that because companies are much more powerful than the individuals. They have to take you back, that's fine, but still they can (and often do) offer you a position 300 km from your home, or exclusively in night shifts, effectively force you to quit.
In my experience it works.