Monthly Archives: May 2009

Is Twitter really good for anything?

By probabilityZero | May 28, 2009

Maybe, maybe not. Regardless, I still use it.
Everyone’s heard of Twitter. Senators use it, newscasters blabber about it, but what is it? This is as simple as I can state it: Twitter is a service where you (the user) post 140 character messages, which are meant to update people following you (subscribed to your updates, [...]

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Old statistics joke

By probabilityZero | May 27, 2009

A company dealing in statistical analysis is hiring. Three recent graduates are invited for an interview: one has a degree in mathematics, another one in computer science, and the third one obtained his B.Sc. in statistics.
All three are asked the same question: “What is one third plus two thirds?”
The mathematician: “It’s one.”
The computer scientist takes [...]

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Gay marriage remains banned in California

By probabilityZero | May 26, 2009

Today, the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8’s ban on gay marriage, but also ruled that same-sex couples already married will remain married under state law.
Proposition 8 passed with a 52% majority, overturning a previous ruling by the California Supreme Court last May to allow same-sex marriage. around 18,000 couples married before the ban were [...]

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Quotes from Charles Darwin

By probabilityZero | May 23, 2009

I can indeed hardly see how anyone ought to wish Christianity to be true; for if so the plain language of the text seems to show that the men who do not believe, and this would include my Father, Brother, and almost all my best friends, will be everlastingly punished. And this is a damnable [...]

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Finals.

By probabilityZero | May 13, 2009

Uhg.

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Python Code Completion in Vim

By probabilityZero | May 7, 2009

Using RopeVim you can achieve this very easily.

Install python-vim and mercurial with your package manager. In ubuntu, you would type this:
sudo apt-get install python-vim mercurial
Download Alexander Artemenko’s easy installer script. Save it from the web, or copy+paste the contents into a new file.
Navigate to the directory you saved the script to (in the command line… [...]

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