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Funny cat videos? Bah. Have a funny machine video.
Sunday, August 28th, 2011 09:21Source: What is it? set 403 (a weekly "Identify these objects" puzzle).
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Wednesday, July 14th, 2010 08:33It appears that everyone From The Internet lives in California.
How to tell a programmer from a mathematician
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 19:43Ask them what the length of a vector is.
Things I had not done before entering college
Saturday, February 27th, 2010 21:31Normal People Things:
- Gone to a party unrelated to my family.
Never thought I'd do:
- Worn a t-shirt with text on it.
- Written an essay structured using a gratuitous extended metaphor.
Extra nerd points:
- Programmed a number type which carries units and error values, to reduce the tedium of lab reports.
- Learned to write all my assignments in LATEX.
Java programming class (yes, I know Java already) today, introducing loops. Task: write a factorial program. I wrote mine to use int arithmetic if possible, floating-point if not. Test the edge cases, of course. It says:
500! ≈ Infinity
I'm glad I used the “approximately equals” sign.
The overstuffed ballot box
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 13:44I get the feeling the textbook writers had a list of everyday objects which they randomly picked from to avoid saying “an object” in each exercise. The results are mostly just distracting or mildly amusing, but sometimes they're a bit too much:
— Halliday, Resnick, Walker, Fundamentals of Physics, 8th ed., page 215
Confused yet?
Saturday, March 21st, 2009 11:40While setting up my new laptop, I found this situation:
