November 2009
yeah, maybe asymptotically
tristn: i'm watching math documentaries
marykgo: you're going to become socially retarded
October 2009
"Later she will probably talk about math while he... →
self-printing programs →
Print the following twice, the second time in quotes. "Print the following twice, the second time in quotes."
This idea was elaborated by von Neumann in the early 1950’s. Shortly afterward, two guys (I think their names were Crick and Watson) found a physical system that actually obeys these rules. You and I, along with all living things on Earth, are basically walking computer programs...
P vs. NP →
givemesomethingtoread:
Frequently called the most important outstanding question in theoretical computer science, the equivalency of P and NP is one of the seven problems that the Clay Mathematics Institute will give you a million dollars for proving — or disproving. Roughly speaking, P is a set of relatively easy problems, and NP is a set of what seem to be very, very hard problems, so P = NP...
wormzscareme:
William Labov can suck my dick.
Just sayin’
NO
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Sleigh Bells - Crown on the Ground
I’m...
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“All of humankind has one thing in common: the sandwich. I believe that all...”
– Liz Lemon
yourwoman.mid →
via the Internet Archaeology midi archive
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“Look how Greenzo’s testing! They love him in every demographic - colored...”
– Jack Donaghy. Wikiquote: 30 Rock
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“All real problems are word problems.”
– at least it’s an ethos… - how does higher education actually apply?
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“Most of the clamor,as you certainly know by now, revolves around the age-old...”
– William Satire - Person Paper on Purity in Language
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-25) →
TV on the Radio (51)
Interpol (35)
Fuck Buttons (17)
The Feelies (17)
Animal Collective (16)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Low Motion Disco - Things Are Gonna Get Easier
An...
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“Levitt now says that the chapter wasn’t meant to lend credibility to global...”
– Weitzman in context - Paul Krugman Blog - NYTimes.com
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“Lord, that was the best manure that ever twas.”
– Appalachian English / Zanuttini (2008) (via syntax examples)
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“Come on, get yourself wings, come on, become a bird.”
– Maori / Polinsky (2001) (via syntax examples)
is trying to talk about myself in the third-person...
I love things like this.
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LaTeX Bookmarks
Recently added links are asterisked. Last updated: Feb. 11, 2010.
Linguistics:
Penn’s TeX/LaTeX documentation
LaTeX For Linguists
LaTeX For Gradlings
LaTeX For Linguists (UCSC)
LaTeX For Linguists (Tromsø course)
Ling-TeX
LaTeX For Logicians
Packages and other files:
CTAN: tipa
CTAN: qtree
expex (robust glossing/example management package)
CTAN: linguex
CTAN: gb4e
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“The scandal is not what’s illegal, but what’s legal.”
– Anyone know who first said this?
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Tetris effect - Wikipedia →
Stickgold et al. (2000) have proposed that Tetris imagery is a separate form of memory, likely related to procedural memory. This is from their research in which they showed that people with anterograde amnesia, unable to form new declarative memories, reported dreaming of falling shapes after playing Tetris during the day, despite not being able to remember playing the game at all.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-18) →
They Might Be Giants (148)
Vampire Weekend (66)
Animal Collective (49)
Passion Pit (44)
Daft Punk (43)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“Bitch, my dick can be every bit as seminal as ‘Notes From The Underground.’”
– Synaptic Burble Baubles & Infinite Ammo
Tristan: Hey Roman, I'm writing a book about your life.
Roman Polanski: Oh yeah, what's it called?
Tristan: "Where The Child Things Are"!
Roman Polanski: LOL!!
