NebuPookins.net - NP-Complete

It just occurred to me that the number one reason why movie theaters are pushing 3D is probably to stop pirates from cam-ing.

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:31:08 -0600

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Questions 3

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:00:00 -0600

In terms of animal rights, do you believe that all species should be equally protected by law?

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Questions 2

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:00:00 -0600

Do you believe that scientific investigation is the only effective method to gain meaningful knowledge about the universe?

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A linguistic analysis of the "fuck" in "fuck you", an English sentence without overt grammatical subject http://lonniechu.com/QUANG.html

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:22:16 -0600

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Questions

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:52:46 -0600

Imagine that scientists create a new drug. When swallowed as a pill, it will completely and permanently eliminate feelings of guilt for prior events. Testing reveals that there are no harmful medical side effects. How should this pill be distributed?

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Albums I like

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 10:06:16 -0600

Here’s a short list of my current favorite albums, in case you’re looking for new music suggestion.

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Why the hell did Oracle have to wait until AFTER I got an Android phone, before they announced that Androids are a patent violation?

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:18:38 -0600

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Gotta do overtime this weekend again.

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 05:44:28 -0600

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@ZachWeiner you could take the hardrive out of the old computer and put it into the new one.

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:55:57 -0600

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@helloxkimmi what!!! You get TWO chairs!?

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:39:00 -0600

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@msanford crap I completely forgot about the free breakfast from subway.

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:31:42 -0600

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Unintentionally sinful thought of the day:"why the heck are 'religious' books in the non-fictions section?"

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:28:57 -0600

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I dream of waking up on time.

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:52:14 -0600

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A simple explanation of the P vs NP problem

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 08:17:28 -0600

You may have seen a lot of buzz about “P vs NP” floating around on the Internet, and possibly the media. If you have no idea what that’s all about, and you want to find out, this blog post is for you. As one redditor put it: “Polynomial time? fast algorithm? Huh? Let’s start off simply: What is a P, what is an NP, and why are they fighting?”

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Consoles have had a hold over me for too long. The last time I was a PC gamer, the Nvidia drivers were at vers. 197.45. Now they're 258.96.

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:34:21 -0600

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"How The Mind Works" Interlude

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 05:56:42 -0600

It’s no secret to those who know me that my memory is (abnormally?) terrible. It’s one of the more remarkable aspects of my personality. But just now, I had a dream which seems to confirm that my subconscious has an much better memory than my conscious mind (I might even dare say it is better than the average conscious memory), but that I don’t have easy access to this memory.

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"She's a very attractive lady, in the Newtonian physics sense of the word."

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 10:34:58 -0600

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Been speaking French for 25+ years. TIL that there are no French words that use the letter W ('cept borrowed words like Wagon or Weekend).

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 10:41:32 -0600

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Chinese: 一, 二, 三 and 十, top to bottom. Roman: I, II, III and X, left to right. Plagiarist didn't realize he was holding the paper sideways.

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 06:30:15 -0600

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Needed a name for my new Exchange server. Got a random English word: Cloudcapt. Blown away by how apt the name was. Destiny?

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 01:04:55 -0600

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Kane&Lynch2 made to look like video: (intentionally!) introducing MPEG compression artifacts; using "Buffering..." instead of "Loading..."

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 17:46:59 -0600

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Aspie Advice

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:01:47 -0600

Someone wrote to me, asking for advice. I didn’t really ask permission before posting this, so I’m stripping out the identifying information:

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Most important in CS:formal thinking.Topics,can learn from anywhere.Rare:someone who can teach to think,so having it innate=great headstart.

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:01:16 -0600

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We suck at RPGs part 1

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:39:00 -0600

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TIL that Harper apologized for the Asian-racism in Canada was in the 1900s, and will pay victims $20'000 compensation. http://bit.ly/caFgkm

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:48:14 -0600

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TIL that there was (is?) an "Asiatic Exclusion League", which was formed as recently as the 1920s.

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:45:44 -0600

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Steven Pinker's "How the Mind Works" Quotes 4

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:21:45 -0600

On the inevitability of the evolution of intelligence:

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Steven Pinker's "How the Mind Works" Quotes 3

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:36:33 -0600

This time, I can offer some substance. Pinker argues that the “Computational Theory of Mind” (CToM) is the “correct” theory, and that opposing theories are incorrect. Coincidentally, the two alternative theories that he contrasts against are two theories that I am already familiar with.

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I'm the boss, so I choose what time I leave work

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:19:18 -0600

There’s no contradiction in “I’m the boss, so I choose what time I leave work” and “I have to do overtime nonstop for the next month or so”. If you’re an employee, the reason you can’t leave work is ‘cause your boss said so. If you’re the boss, the reason you can’t leave work is that your whole business is gonna fall apart and you’ll be out of a job if you do.

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So tired, instead of masturbating and dreaming of girls, I'm sleeping and dreaming I'm masturbating. Wonder what girls my dream-me saw.

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:14:01 -0600

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Blindspot freakiness: There was a fly on my 22 inch LCD, and I didn't notice it while reading blogs until 5 minutes later when it flew away.

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:25:50 -0600

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Steven Pinker's "How the Mind Works" Quotes 2

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 06:39:10 -0600

Pinker magnificently reconciles determinism with morality.

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Steven Pinker's "How the Mind Works" Quotes

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 06:17:53 -0600

After a discussion (almost a year ago?) on Reddit, one of the commentators recommended that I read Steven Pinker’s “How the Mind Works”. I ordered the book, and it arrived shortly afterwards, but I only started going through it recently. It’s a pretty hefty book, at just under 570 pages excluding the index and bibliography and all that stuff, but the rate at which I’m seeing new (to me, at least) insights is pretty impressive. I’m only 10% of the way through it, and I’ve already had my mind blown twice.

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Answer: 'Cause everybody thinks I'm a bastard. Badum; tish!

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 05:28:18 -0600

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Oh shit, tomorrow is father's day? Why didn't anyone tell me!

nebu@gta.igs.net (Nebu Pookins) — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 05:27:37 -0600

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