I have an area of interest which largely coincides with these, I believe, except I am looking to work in ML. I will look at this thread closely myself.
Thank you. I have some of the books listed in there but I had a problem with serializing the process of studying them, I tried sort of doing everything in parallel such as studying probability and Tom Mitchel's book together; needless to say that was not going too well.
That link provides a nice sequence in which I should study the books by bringing them all together in an order.
Formal (math) notation has been around forever and it will probably stay that way. Using it to specify software is a recent application, but the meanings of symbols and their relationships are well established. Programming language syntax rules change, math does not. Also, math is more concise, more precise, and easier to analyze (prove that something is possible/impossible) than a programming language.
P.S. Check out Using Z (usingz.com). It is fantastic.
take the button of my boxers and flip it as a coin to produce a random binary string. break it down into even chunks of the appropriate length and convert to decimal.
OR
inspect the threads of the undergarment cloth like they did in "Wanted", except encode each type of thread as a number instead of a character
This would need to be implemented as a $30 membership that gives a $1 discount for every check-in over a 30 day period for the next month's payment, or better yet, $60 with a $2 daily discount because memberships below $30 aren't really enough to run a gym.
It would be better to give credit that can be exchanged for things. Better yet, become the company that sets up turnkey reward programs for active gym members.
The problem is at $50/month+ the service expectations become much more expensive to provide -- even though a dedicated member could get it back into the 30s.
Edit: what I mean is that if price ranges from $30-60 the average cost will be a lot nearer that range that's perceived as upscale gym. Whereas ranging from $0-60 would at least appear to be nearer the ordinary $30/month average. It would entirely depend on usage, obviously.
The project is basically building a HN clone. So it should not be overly complex, although I'm not underestimating the work it'll take to build a polished product either.
As for the schedule, I'd like to start as soon as possible but I can be flexible. And the platform is up to you, although I have a strong preference for Ruby/Rails as I'm already somewhat familiar with it myself. And I'm also looking to use a JS framework on the client side, like Knockout or Ember for example.
I am well aware of this, but Arc doesn't seem like a very popular language.. I could adapt Lamernews I suppose, I'll have to look into it. But in any case, the customisations I have in mind will probably require some outside coding help.
I'm using that public video just as an example. As someone pointed out above, at its current state it's pretty easy to find out the url and watch the video. 1) It's a convenience thing, many of us download music on iTunes even though we can pirate the mp3s. 2) we can't assume the behavior of the average web user based on our own behaviors.
