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"Here's the class website for a course I took at Cornell called Computational Methods for Nonlinear Systems. It's completely based on coding in Python and offers exercises almost exactly like what you want. For each exercise there's a pdf file with..." [
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"The Kindle has changed the way I read to a huge extent. I find myself able to fit in a chapter of a book while doing otherwise boring activities like waiting for a bus or waiting at the doctor's office. Granted, I could have done this even with a..." [
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5 days ago
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"Well as an Indian, I can tell you that it would be pretty hard to give offence by what you wear to an Indian wedding, as long as you avoid mini-skirts and short-shorts. You basically have two routes both of which should work fine:
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2 weeks ago
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"Wow you sound so exactly like me it's uncanny. I'm still very forgetful and do a number of stupid things but I've reduced the frequency considerably from when I first moved out of my parents' house. One thing that's really worked for me is having a..." [
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2 weeks ago
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"My god. Are you kidding me? Down Syndrome IS NOT INHERITED! IT'S A CHROMOSOME DELETION!
It CAN'T be "eugenics."
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2 weeks ago
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"I think this is one of those areas where you can be very good-intentioned and still come off sounding insensitive. Health education is all very well, but most of these people will not have the resources to carry out the suggestions you are educating..." [
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"Oh, please. What I've noticed is that the US commentators attitude has been: if a US gymnast does well, it's obviously because of how awesome and perfect their routine was, but if gymnasts from other countries do well (in particular, China) it's..." [
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"While I have sympathy for street dogs themselves and love the mongrel dogs of friends and neighbours, the street dog situation in India is pretty bad. I only have personal experience of the situation in the Southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu however...." [
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"My boyfriend implemented PHP/MYSQL-based Talkback for his lab's internal pages (which is why I can't link to them) and is very happy with its performance and simplicity. He said that this was the best commenting system he found. He used it for static..." [
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"Screw the PHD, that whole system is whack and elitist, ooooh look at me, I studied college for way too long so I'm super smart now. I've taken enough classes with future doctors (MD and PHD) to have lost all respect for the University degree.
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"Super Conducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs) are used in MRI machines to measure extremely small magnetic fields. The first SQUID was invented in 1964 after Josephson Junctions were discovered in 1962. Josephson junctions consist of two..." [
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2 months ago
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"AFAIK, no e-book reader currently does this. I own the Amazon Kindle, but while it does great for other purposes, it's really not great for PDFs. The whole basis of PDFs -- which is that it's basically an image that stays the same on different..." [
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2 months ago
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"My favorite cooking blogs:
The Amateur Gourmet
101 Cookbooks
Delicious Days
Chocolate and Zucchini
One Hot Stove
The Kitchn
Kalyn's Kitchen
None of these is especially for beginners but I found them a great source of inspiration when I..." [
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3 months ago
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"I think this something that a lot of people go through as they get older. I can sympathize because I used to be that kid with a lot of potential too. But the truth is as you grow older and make certain choices in life, other choices become closed to..." [
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4 months ago
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"I've found the blog One Hot Stove to be a great source for (vegetarian) Indian recipes.
In terms of tips for making Indian food, I think the best thing to do would be to get familiar with the spices that are used. In the same way that you know for..." [
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4 months ago
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"Fried cauliflower is very common in India -- both batter-fried and fried as in stir-fried. Not sure which one you mean. It's also common to dunk it in spicy-sweet sauce to make Gobi (cauliflower) Manchurian. Mmmmm...." [
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4 months ago
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"I just recently started working with the Getting Things Done book. It's already impacted my life for the better in the couple weeks that I've been using it. I've found that the author's claim that you feel much calmer and less anxious about things..." [
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4 months ago
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"Vegetarian Indian food offers a lot of variety and can be very filling. A great source of vegetarian Indian recipes is this blog: One Hot Stove. She's vegetarian so all the recipes are vegetarian and since she lives in the US you should be able to..." [
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4 months ago
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"Are "parent-chaperoned tea-sessions" really all that torturous? As someone who has never felt comfortable (or been successful) in the modern American rituals of courtship I've occasionally wondered whether I might not have preferred the..." [
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4 months ago
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"If you'd like to try something different that will also use up a large quantity of dill at once try it in an Indian curry. The Indian name for dill is suva bhaji and it's used quite commonly in India in this form. Here is a recipe for it that I found..." [
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4 months ago
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"I think that you should set up a Wiki for this sort of information and let college students access it and edit it themselves. My graduate program set up such a Wiki for incoming students and it has been an invaluable source of information for good..." [
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4 months ago
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"Practicality aside, it is possible to create energy from water...the problem is it still takes more energy/resources to get the job done than its worth. For example, it's possible to "burn" water, but the amount of energy needed to sustain..." [
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4 months ago
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"Chinese officials blame that "monster with a human face" Mother Nature and her "splittist clique" for trying to divide China.
General Tsu Head Geologist for the Ruling Communist Party declared, "We do not recognize this..." [
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4 months ago
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4 months ago
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"Stick to the outer aisles of the grocery store -- the produce, meat and dairy sections and avoid the vast deserts of processed foods in the middle." [
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4 months ago
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"I've been in a similar situation to you so I can sympathize. I grew up in an upper middle class family in India and had chauffeurs and maids and all those perks you describe (though having maids and chauffeurs isn't all that uncommon for the Indian..." [
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4 months ago
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"I think you're right when you say that this feeling that you have to be altruistic and put helping others over being ambitious is something that you have internalized as a female in this society. To give you an example of how pervasive this attitude..." [
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4 months ago
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"Maybe you could try doing the Suryanamaskar (sun salutation) exercise. It has several asanas built into it. If done properly that takes about 20 minutes and really sets you up for a good day. It isn't terribly strenuous but will ensure that your..." [
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5 months ago
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"Seriously, go to Amazon.com right now and buy a copy of Good Calories, Bad Calories and read it cover to cover. Don't listen to people who tell you need to cut all meat from your diet or all fat. The key for a lot of people, and especially diabetic..." [
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5 months ago
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"Orange curd! Here's a recipe. Or just take your favorite lemon curd recipe and substitute oranges. Made lemon curd yesterday after a long while and wondered what took me so long. So good on vanilla ice cream. Just remember to cook it over a pot of..." [
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5 months ago
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"I had it once and am convinced it either contains, or creates once ingested, some sort of drug-like effect similar to an opiate. Certainly one doesn't eat it for the taste (it had none) and the one-time novelty of eating a poisonous fish doesn't..." [
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5 months ago
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5 months ago
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"@Jpfed, honestly I think there's room for both kinds of teaching. While being given examples of groups, rings and fields is unlikely to be enough to get you to understand what they are, showing those examples to you and then clearly explaining what..." [
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5 months ago
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"Interesting article but I take issue with this line:
as if writing were a hobby, like golf, rather than a calling or a craft.
I think writing is a hobby, like golf, for a lot of people, and that this isn't a new thing. The difference is that today..." [
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5 months ago
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"I heard a really wonderful lecture by a favorite teacher of mine which all this reminds me of. He drew a big square on the blackboard and divided it up into 100 little squares. Then he said: imagine that there are 100 people. Now each person needs..." [
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5 months ago
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"Don't think this is exactly what you're looking for, but I read this guide on the same topic quite interesting." [
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5 months ago
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"@koolkat
I have heard people from India whom have said that they were native English speakers and spoke English at home. They even went on to say how they were taught in English in their classes and at university, but what came out of their mouth..." [
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5 months ago
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"It can definitely be construed as somewhat insulting. I grew up in India but English is my first language. It's the language we spoke around the house and the one I spoke most often with my friends. There's no other language that I speak better. I'm..." [
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5 months ago
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"One example would be complaints about an article about Hillary Clinton in TNR about turmoil in her campaign, and the headline was "The voices in her head". Supposedly, this was sexist, even though the article was written by a woman..." [
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5 months ago
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"I get so frustrated every time I have this discussion with someone too. How is it ethical to expect one group of people to suddenly stop having children just to make the world a better place when other groups of people could make a bigger impact by..." [
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5 months ago
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"bravelittletoaster: Because these two thoughts can be true at the same time!
1). People have a tendancy to hoard all the good for themselves at the expense of others.
2). The world can only support X number of people.
I completely agree that..." [
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5 months ago
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"You know, I get that it's really sad that rainforests are being destroyed to get more farmland, but if it comes to a choice between people being fed and preserving rainforests I'd have to go for the first option every time...." [
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5 months ago
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"I would highly recommend Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel for a wonderful look at what made colonisation possible in the past." [
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5 months ago
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"I could take a stab at it. There are many different variations of this sauce and most people just improvise it but the basic ingredients are onions and tomatoes. So here's a recipe that I haven't really tested but should give you a reasonable..." [
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5 months ago
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"Masala Coke (or Pepsi): Mix together a tsp of cumin, some black pepper, a little lemon juice, salt to taste in a big glass. Top with Coke or Pepsi." [
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