Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed.
─ Friedrich Nietzsche
truth = illusions destroyed
— Me@2012-02-19 10:25:27 AM
2012.02.19 Sunday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK
Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed.
─ Friedrich Nietzsche
truth = illusions destroyed
— Me@2012-02-19 10:25:27 AM
2012.02.19 Sunday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK
二項式係數 3.2 | Binomial coefficient 3.2
這段改編自 2010 年 5 月 25 日的對話。
假設要把 15 個蘋果分成 3 袋。第一袋有 3 個,第二袋有 2 個,而第三袋有 10 個。那樣,有多少個分配方法呢?
你可以用比「二項式係數」更先進的「多項式係數」(multinomial coefficient)去運算。「多項式係數」公式的結構,和「二項式係數」公式的結構一模一樣。即使你沒有刻意背誦,亦會很容易記得。
{15 \choose 3, 2, 10} =
(15!)
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(3!)(2!)(10!)
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分子的「15!」代表總共有 15 個蘋果。分母有三個因子,代表要分成三袋。第一個因子是(3!),代表第一袋要有 3 個蘋果。第二個因子是(2!),代表第二袋要有兩個。第三個因子是(10!),代表第三袋要有 10 個。
— Me@2012.02.19
2012.02.19 Sunday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK
I think one of the problems with Lisp is that it is too powerful. It has so much meta ability that it allows people to invent their own little worlds, and it takes a while to figure out each person’s little world (SoftwareGivesUsGodLikePowers).
— Lisp is Too Powerful
2012.02.19 Sunday ACHK
夢中多重自我
A human mind is a fractal.
— Me@2010.08.02
2012.02.18 Saturday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK
種子意念 2.1.4 | 網誌時代 14.3
這段改編自 2010 年 3 月 20 日的對話。
「閱讀」會遇到類似的問題。以前年輕時,我會煩惱有太多書要閱讀。值得看的書實在有很多,不「全部」也閱讀的話,又好像有很大遺憾。每看少一本書,我就會損失一本書的知識和機遇。
後來我發現,到了二十八歲左右,就開始沒有必要,去刻意閱讀一般的書籍。而我也再沒有那個動機。這個現象的原因是,閱讀越多,思考水平就會越高。相對於你來說,市面上書籍的水平就會降低。換句話說,閱讀越多,值得你看的書籍就會越少。
— Me@2012.02.18
2012.02.18 Saturday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK
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詞: Physics
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2009.01.16 Friday (c) ACHK
Don’t worry about the world ending today. It’s already tomorrow in Australia.
— Charles M. Schulz
2012.02.17 Friday ACHK
Binomial coefficient 3.1
這段改編自 2010 年 5 月 25 日的對話。
nCr 的數值代表,如果要從 n 件物件中選 r 件出來,有多少個可能性。例如,從 5 個蘋果中,選 3 個出來的話,有多少種選擇呢?答案是 5C3,即是「5 選 3」,等於 10。
nCr 的另一個詮釋是,如果要把 n 件物件分成兩組,一組有 r 件,而另一組有 (n – r) 件的話,有多少個可能性。例如,假設要把 5 個蘋果分成兩袋。一袋有 3 個,而另一袋有 2 個。那樣,有多少個分配方法呢?答案是 5C3,即是「5 選 3」,等於 10。
只要你把 5C3 的公式寫出來,「分成兩組」的意思會格外明顯。
5C3 =
(5!)
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(3!)(2!)
分子的「5!」代表總共有 5 個蘋果。分母有兩個因子,代表要分成兩袋。第一個因子是(3!),代表第一袋要有 3 個蘋果。第二個因子是(2!),代表第二袋要有兩個。
在這個 nCr 的詮釋下,「 nCr = nC(n-r) 」的原因一目了然。
— Me@2012.02.17
2012.02.17 Friday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK
Hacker News is a social news website about computer hacking and startup companies, run by Paul Graham’s funding firm Y Combinator. It is different from other social news websites in that there is no option to down vote submissions; submissions can either be voted up or not voted on at all. In contrast, comments can be down voted when a user accumulates sufficient “karma,” or points gained when submissions or comments are voted up. In general, content that can be submitted is defined as “anything that gratifies one’s intellectual curiosity”.
History
The site was created by Paul Graham in February 2007. Initially it was called Startup News or occasionally News.YC. On August 14, 2007 it became known by its current name. It developed as a project of his company Y Combinator, functioning as a real-world application of the Arc programming language which Graham co-developed.
The intention was to recreate a community similar to the early days of Reddit. Graham has stated he hopes to avoid the Eternal September that results in the general decline of intelligent discourse within a community.
— Wikipedia on Hacker News
2012.02.17 Friday ACHK
Curiosity is due to the fear of uncertainties.
— Me@2010.12.25
2012.02.16 Thursday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK
種子意念 2.1.3 | 網誌時代 14.2
這段改編自 2010 年 3 月 20 日的對話。
寫作時,我應有的心態是,即使企圖傳授個人的全部知識,我亦沒有必要,把全部東西也寫出來。其實,只要把核心的東西齊集,我就毋須再寫其他。讀者有了「知識完備集合」以後,就可以隨時隨地,透過當中的「知識基礎向量」,去建構新知識,解決自己的問題。
情形就好像學習英文字母。讀者一日未學懂全部二十六個英文字母,一日的英文都會一頭霧水。但是,只要掌握了全部字母,他就可以開始學習任何英文生字詞語,而毋須再花時間,去學習新的英文字母。
— Me@2012.02.16
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.
Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
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2012.02.16 Thursday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK
The term life hack refers to productivity tricks that computer programmers devise and employ to cut through information overload and organize their data. In more recent times, the same phrase has expanded to any sort of trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to increase productivity and efficiency, in all walks of life; in other words, anything that solves an everyday problem in a clever or non-obvious way might be called a life hack.
The original definition of the term hack is an inelegant but effective solution to a specific computing problem.
— Wikipedia on Life hack
2012.02.16 Thursday ACHK

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2012.02.15 Wednesday ACHK
2. If you get an exploding offer from a company that’s not your first choice, push back. Say, “I’m sorry, I’m not going to be able to give you an answer until January 14th. I hope that’s OK.” Almost any company, when pressed, will give you a chance to compare offers. Don’t worry about burning bridges or pissing anyone off. Trust me on this one: there’s not a single hiring manager in the world who wants to hire you but would get mad just because you’re considering other offers. It actually works the other way. When they realize you’re in demand, they’ll want you more.
— Joel Spolsky
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2012.02.15 Wednesday ACHK
Powered by, 3 | 原創論 4 | 天人天書 5
* Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.
* A great man quotes bravely, and will not draw on his invention when his memory serves him with a word just as good.
* Genius borrows nobly. When Shakespeare is charged with debts to his authors, Landor replies: “Yet he was more original than his originals. He breathed upon dead bodies and brought them into life.”
— Ralph W. Emerson
2012.02.14 Tuesday ACHK
網誌時代 14
這段改編自 2010 年 3 月 20 日的對話。
Every lecture should make only one main point.
The German philosopher G. W. F. Hegel wrote that any philosopher who uses the word “and” too often cannot be a good philosopher. I think he was right, at least insofar as lecturing goes. Every lecture should state one main point and repeat it over and over, like a theme with variations.
— Advice for the Young Scientist
— John Baez
與志同道合的人傾談時,我會在電光火石之間,同時爆發很多條思考線出來,令我「驚惶失措」,不知先講哪一樣比較好。
寫作時會有類似的問題。所以,我迫自己每日最多只寫一篇文章,而文章每篇最多只可以有一個(主要)新點子。那對我來說,有穩定思想、克制情緒的作用。
另外,寫作太多,其實沒有什麼大意思。一來,自己不會有那麼多的時間。二來,讀者亦不會全部閱讀。即使全部閱讀,他們也不會有足夠時間,去把學到的道理付諸實行。「道理」即是「方法」。方法,是用來解決問題的。不能實行,或者不實行的道理,是廢話廢字,不寫也罷。
寫一句讀者會確切執行的東西,勝過寫十篇看過就算的文章。真正重要的,不是我寫了什麼,而是讀者看到什麼、想到什麼 和 做到什麼。
— Me@2012.02.14
2012.02.14 Tuesday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK
Feynman has said that all the surprising wisdom of quantum mechanics is hiding in the double slit experiment. If you think about it carefully enough, you will ultimately figure out all the important and amazing new features of the world that quantum mechanics uncovers.
— Lubos Motl
2012.02.14 Tuesday ACHK
水平 7.2 | Onion self 5.2 | Inner and outer, 5.2
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One’s deepest self is the universe.
That’s why everyone’s deepest self is the same.
— Me@2012-01-26 4:30:09 PM
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Everyone is not a part of the universe, but the whole of the universe.
Everyone is a layer of the universe.
— Me@2012-02-06 11:31:17 PM
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A, B, C are three people.
They are just like three waves of the same underlying ocean (universe).
— Me@2012-02-08 12:55:31 PM
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2012.02.13 Monday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK
Binomial coefficient 2.1
這段改編自 2010 年 5 月 25 日的對話。
假設,有一個 3 乘 4 的長方形,由 9 個小正方形組成。
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如果你要沿著格線,由長方形的左上角(A) 走到去右下角(B),總共有多少條可能的路線?
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無論你走哪一條路線,你總共要走 7 步。而那 7 步當中,一定有 4 步是水平,3 步垂直的。所以,我們可以把原本的問題化成:7 步當中,要選擇 4 步走水平的話,總共有多少個可能性?
答案明顯是 7C4,即是「7 選 4」,等於 35。結論是,總共有 35 條可能的路線。
— Me@2012.02.13
2012.02.13 Monday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK
自由軟體 3
For a hardware, the more you use, the more broken it is.
For a software, the more you use, the more useful it is.
Also, the more people use the software, the better.
— Me@2011.12.06
2012.02.13 Monday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK
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