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trochee ([personal profile] trochee) wrote2010-01-13 09:02 pm

Here come the twits

In brief:
  • 13:46 "linguist : polyglot :: doctor : pentathlete", to rephrase @hober (via @kirinqueen) as SAT analogy #
  • 13:51 www.flatlandthemovie.com/ looks like mathy fun and has among others Martin Sheen & Kristen Bell as voices. and Tom Banchoff advising! #
  • 15:30 recognizing when your own coding plan is risking the Sunk-Cost Fallacy is bittersweet. www.skepdic.com/sunkcost.html #
  • 15:51 Come see me talk at the #freebase meetup tonight! meetup.com/sf-freebase/ #

I often use twitter to mention what's happening or linkdump. I LT here for posterity.

[identity profile] chachachana.livejournal.com 2010-01-14 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
sunkcost = heh. so common!

thanks for the link to Flatland! i passed it on to the math teachers in our district.

"freebasing" used to mean something entirely different than what your meetup group represents! ?

[identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com 2010-01-14 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
regarding freebase -- yes, it still means that to me, too. I think that deciding to call that project 'freebase' was maybe a little too flippant.

[identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com 2010-01-14 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
erm, not that it was my idea -- or even really my project. I talked there to make friends and brag about my new job.

[identity profile] chachachana.livejournal.com 2010-01-14 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I talked there to make friends and brag about my new job.

yay! how did it go?