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Surprised any work can get done around there without a nearby Octane

Michael Nielsen has a good writeup: "If correlation doesn’t imply causation, then what does?|

[0]: http://www.michaelnielsen.org/ddi/if-correlation-doesnt-impl...

From the little I know about metaprogramming, it sounds analogous to doing string manipulations in a language, and then eval'ing it (which is heavily frowned upon, at least in python).

How is this understanding wrong?

I recommend using gistbox [0]. It allows tagging and other features that make gist convenient as a todo list.

[0]- http://www.gistboxapp.com/

That would probably be insightful, but at least we have commits.

I originally misread the source as 'wired.com'

> Callahan seems in no hurry to let his own death have its day, and I can’t blame him.

Reminds me of a (somewhat tongue-in-cheek) warning against the universal condemnation of suicide that those who have discovered the most compelling arguments for it aren't around to give it a proper defense.

From the article: "This doesn't have to mean providing public financing. One way is to offer regulatory flexibility, speeding up the process of acquiring permits."

Seems Ars is similarly citing unspecified regulations. It's often the case that regulations that vary by city aren't the most straightforward topic to describe.

2011 was ages ago

Can't find a link, but I believe I've seen at least one demo passing data back and forth between Julia and Python in a notebook that looks similar to what you're referring to.

Edit: here's an example [0]

[0] http://nbviewer.ipython.org/urls/raw.github.com/JuliaLang/IJ...

Julia - Like

This topic was also discussed on the most recent EconTalk episode [1] with Tyler Cowen.

[1] http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2013/09/tyler_cowen_on.html

Seems like something the FDA would protect Americans from, no?

Not sure if you know about IJulia [0]--they've been working a lot with the IPython folks. I haven't tried it, but it looks promising.

[0] https://github.com/JuliaLang/IJulia.jl

I've found Coursepad [1] is a really nice app for Coursera courses. It can automatically download the videos, keeps track of which ones you've watched, and even allows you to take notes while watching the video. Playback up to 1.8x as well.

[1] http://www.coursepad.org/

I believe their Discrete optimization course is at least somewhat self-paced. [1] Also, not sure if all of the Stanford/edX courses are, but Medical Stats is, and it's been really helpful for keeping my attention.

[1] https://www.coursera.org/course/optimization [2] medstats.class.stanford.edu

Seasteading?

> And that's not going to be solved by a book with a picture of sheep on the cover.

Attacking a book by its cover?

These companies don't have to compete with the bad guys, but smart companies would be competetive with each other for the finite amount of time that hackers have.