Thought(s) for the Day tftd@identi.ca

My random "Thought for the Day". I'm not so good at counting, so rarely will there be one.

2011-11-17T05:48:21+00:00 To: Public
Maybe markets need more principles and less regulation - http://ur1.ca/5vsgu .....from @EmanuelDerman
2011-11-03T04:05:04+00:00 To: Public
I think I'm a convert. Did a release upgrade on one of my #ubuntu installs and it #justworked. #Fedora has a lesson to learn.
2011-11-02T04:42:41+00:00 To: Public
@davidsirr I agree. *barf* Gimme back my old #google. #Reader now looks awful.
Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn shared by Thought(s) for the Day at 2011-09-26T07:33:53+00:00 via mustard To: Public
If I use a thing in the way that it was intended to be used, I feel like I'm missing some kind of opportunity.
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2011-09-08T04:57:04+00:00 To: Public
RT @cmastication @Choire: "It" actually doesn't "get better," because when you're an adult, you have to use Excel every day.
2011-09-02T09:27:40+00:00 To: Public
Woah... #Kernel.org compromise, Dutch CA issues fraudulent certs for #Google and #tor... what's next?
2011-08-26T06:46:09+00:00 To: Public
#git add -p allows you to choose which patches in each file you want to commit. How truly awesome is that?
2011-08-24T22:42:38+00:00 To: Public
More apps for #drobo would be nice. Droboports.com is a good start though. :)
2011-08-24T22:39:56+00:00 To: Public
Always though I'd roll my own #freeNAS, but loving my #drobo. It (mostly) Just Works. Thanks @davidsirr for suggestion.
2011-08-24T04:49:55+00:00 To: Public
Any one have a preferred way of integrating #git with #emacs? I want to manage my #rstats code... #egg, #magit, #dvc or something else?
Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn shared by Thought(s) for the Day at 2011-08-18T22:08:15+00:00 via mustard To: Public
“I don't know, so I'm an atheist libertarian”—Penn Jillette http://ur1.ca/4xnc8
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2011-08-11T07:35:10+00:00 To: Public
I'm sad. I've got more subscriptions (and subscribers) on twitter than identi.ca, but I ONLY post to identi.ca and forwarded on to twitter.
2011-08-11T07:06:40+00:00 To: Public
Scientific Process Rage http://ur1.ca/4w6bv The true mindset of a #scientist. Been there. Done that. (Thanks for the link @dsirr)
2011-08-10T23:51:56+00:00 To: Public
Yet another great post by @JohnDCook! ♻ @ProbFact Markov chains don't converge. A common misunderstanding of MCMC. http://bit.ly/nBb7jz
2011-08-10T06:59:59+00:00 To: Public
git svn show-ignore > .gitignore How could I have missed this #git command? Also comes in useful when the #bofh makes us have svn repos. ;)
2011-08-10T06:34:06+00:00 To: Public
♻ @ProbFact The single big jump principle http://bit.ly/pBGRl3 Hmm. Heavy-tails. Wonder where they might be useful... :P #trading
2011-08-10T06:34:00+00:00 To: Public
♻ @RLangTip Use colSums to quickly calculate totals from the columns of a large matrix or table: http://ow.ly/5WjmS #rstats
2011-08-06T11:17:56+00:00 To: Public
Sciences and nons(ci)ences | @EmanuelDerman - http://ur1.ca/4uxls How true.
2011-08-06T05:39:20+00:00 To: Public
At a wedding I sat next to the guy who signed off on pulling down part of Bletchly Park. I told him he was a bloody idiot.
2011-08-06T05:36:45+00:00 To: Public
Nice job #google: Restoring Bletchley Park, birthplace of modern computing - http://ur1.ca/4uwe6

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