A few months ago, The Guardian published an interviewer with Peter Higgs, namesake of the Higgs Boson, or “God Particle.” In the interview, Higgs talks about how he wouldn’t be considered productive, or prolific enough to survive in today’s academic system, and wouldn’t have been granted tenure. The upshot of his... [Read More]

In case you needed to have your sense of perspective completely blown this morning, here are a couple of amazing facts: [Read More]

Below is my answer to the question on Quora, How well does the age someone starts to learn programming correlate with their long-term technical ability and professional success? [Read More]

WARNING: This post will probably only be of interest to 0.0001% of you. [Read More]

Have you ever been handed a rough draft of a paper by a friend, who says, “I haven’t edited it yet, could you take a look at it?” Translation: “My time is more valuable than your time, so could you complete a task I’ve deemed myself too important to complete?”... [Read More]