Yeah - to put it another way, ordered, general criteria like these will rarely be fit for the purpose of selecting the best coder for a given job. They place a huge premium on showing the widest possible diversity of…
Let me try to crack that nutshell... 1. ...and several other factors, like requiring all students in a class to move at the same pace. 2. We all, including Khan, recognize there is a problem. 3. You gravely…
R as a language is highly multi-paradigmatic, while remaining essentially a specialized tool for statistical analysis whose users, often scientists, are not first and foremost programmers. Also, the usefulness of R…
> Why not make the problems harder and let students use every possible tool or resource to solve them? In science, we call this a thesis or research project. I don't see the need for all exams to take the same…
van Gogh chose paints for their immediacy of color, sometimes without understanding the problems of hue shifting and degradation displayed by certain pigments. This causes a huge headache for curators and in many cases…
For anyone who hasn't seen it, the documentary he talks about is mesmerizing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS7a-OJ7IVw Two standout scenes for me. First, gazing out from the London Eye over a skyline filled with…
You have broadened my thinking on this issue, but I'm not convinced that being "attached" to the result of an intervention is necessarily harmful (let alone something that makes me a dictator!). There are many ways to…
I would like to toss the author of this paean to passivity into the ocean. Yes, sure, clinging on to certain kinds of unrealistic expectations, in certain contexts (particularly personal relationships), can be fatal.…
Many of the comments here debate materialism vs. minimalism, in terms of which provides a truer path to happiness. But the author of the post wasn't trying to be happy - his goal is to become "uncomfortable", in order…
Yeah - to put it another way, ordered, general criteria like these will rarely be fit for the purpose of selecting the best coder for a given job. They place a huge premium on showing the widest possible diversity of…
Let me try to crack that nutshell... 1. ...and several other factors, like requiring all students in a class to move at the same pace. 2. We all, including Khan, recognize there is a problem. 3. You gravely…
R as a language is highly multi-paradigmatic, while remaining essentially a specialized tool for statistical analysis whose users, often scientists, are not first and foremost programmers. Also, the usefulness of R…
> Why not make the problems harder and let students use every possible tool or resource to solve them? In science, we call this a thesis or research project. I don't see the need for all exams to take the same…
van Gogh chose paints for their immediacy of color, sometimes without understanding the problems of hue shifting and degradation displayed by certain pigments. This causes a huge headache for curators and in many cases…
For anyone who hasn't seen it, the documentary he talks about is mesmerizing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS7a-OJ7IVw Two standout scenes for me. First, gazing out from the London Eye over a skyline filled with…
You have broadened my thinking on this issue, but I'm not convinced that being "attached" to the result of an intervention is necessarily harmful (let alone something that makes me a dictator!). There are many ways to…
I would like to toss the author of this paean to passivity into the ocean. Yes, sure, clinging on to certain kinds of unrealistic expectations, in certain contexts (particularly personal relationships), can be fatal.…
Many of the comments here debate materialism vs. minimalism, in terms of which provides a truer path to happiness. But the author of the post wasn't trying to be happy - his goal is to become "uncomfortable", in order…