Hacker News
- Gambler’s Ruin Problem [pdf] http://www.columbia.edu/~ks20/FE-Notes/4700-07-Notes-GR.pdf 27 comments
- Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00ambedkar/txt_ambedkar_castes.html 79 comments
- Consider the Lobster (2004) [pdf] http://www.columbia.edu/~col8/lobsterarticle.pdf 35 comments
- Programming with Punched Cards (2005) [pdf] http://www.columbia.edu/cu/computinghistory/fisk.pdf 22 comments
- Computer: Bit Slices From a Life (1991) http://www.columbia.edu/cu/computinghistory/computer.html 2 comments
- A Chronology of Computing at Columbia University http://www.columbia.edu/cu/computinghistory/index.html#intro 15 comments
Lobsters
- New Hansen Paper: Global Warming Acceleration; Hope vs Hopium https://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2024/Hopium.MarchEmail.2024.03.29.pdf 9 comments climate
- Global temperature in the GISS analysis increased 0.28°C in 2023, from 1.16°C to 1.44°C. the largest annual increase in the 144-year record. | James Hansen, Makiko Sato, Reto Ruedy https://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2024/AnnualT2023.2024.01.12.pdf 2 comments climate
- 'A Miracle Will Occur' Is Not Sensible Climate Policy: "Why am I optimistic about the possibility of a happy ending to the climate crisis? Mainly because of all the bright young people...." – Dr. James Hansen #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition https://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2023/Miracle.2023.12.07.pdf 20 comments climate
- If you never read Shogun by James Clavell, you're missing a masterpiece http://www.columbia.edu/~hds2/learning/index.html 1127 comments books
- Vaccine will not make SARS-CoV-2 disappear like everyone thinks it will http://www.columbia.edu/~jls106/galanti_shaman_ms_supp.pdf 4 comments wallstreetbets
- Far-UVC Light - this could help prevent medical staff from becoming infected http://www.columbia.edu/~djb3/far%20uvc.html 3 comments worldnews
- Does anyone trust Analysts? http://www.columbia.edu/~hh2679/analysts-Jf.pdf 92 comments wallstreetbets
- "You are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your mosques or to any other place or worship in this State of Pakistan." - Jinnah, August 1947 http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00islamlinks/txt_jinnah_assembly_1947.html 19 comments pakistan
- [NP] On the 61st Death anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, his Presidential Address to the Fifty-Third Session of the Indian National Congress 1940 http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00litlinks/txt_azad_congress_1940.html 4 comments india
- Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis, and Development, by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar | Indian Antiquary, May 1917 [Old] http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00ambedkar/txt_ambedkar_castes.html 9 comments india
- 'Morality and Mathematics: The Evolutionary Challenge' -- Justin Clarke-Doane http://www.columbia.edu/~jc4345/evolution%20ethics%20math%20penultimate%20for%20ethics.pdf 13 comments philosophy
- TIL Zorastrianism was hated in India in the past. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/digital/collections/cul/texts/ldpd_5949073_001/pages/ldpd_5949073_001_00000077.html?toggle=image&menu=maximize&top=&left= 8 comments india
- Justin Clark-Doane - "Objectivity in Ethics and Mathematics" http://www.columbia.edu/~jc4345/otpde12.pdf 7 comments philosophy
- Data Scientists at Work [ebook] http://www.columbia.edu/itc/applied/wiggins/DSatW-wiggins.pdf 6 comments datascience
- Justin Clark-Doane - "Moral Epistemology: The Mathematics Analogy". Chosen as one of 'The Philosopher's Annual' 10 best papers from 2014. http://www.columbia.edu/~jc4345/moral%20and%20mathematical%20epistemology.pdf 26 comments philosophy
- A 1947 Rand McNally map of India and Pakistan. http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/modern/maps1947/randmcnallynorthmax.jpg 5 comments india
- Early proposal for the partition of British India by Choudhry Rahmat Ali http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/modern/maps1947/rahmanalimapmax.jpg 4 comments india
- Fascinating Study - Learning from James Clavell's Shōgun: Japanese History and Western Fantasy http://www.columbia.edu/~hds2/learning/Learning_from_shogun_txt.pdf 46 comments books
- On evils in Muslim society in India - Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar. It is a fascinating read especially in the light that the issues and concerns raised are as pertinent today as they were 70 years ago. Highly recommended. http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00ambedkar/ambedkar_partition/410.html#m01 5 comments india
- What Is Enlightenment? -Immanuel Kant http://www.columbia.edu/acis/ets/ccread/etscc/kant.html 10 comments philosophy
- A linguistic map of South Asia (xpost from r/linguistics) http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/overview/languages/himal1992max.jpg 67 comments india
- Not sure if it's the right place - but here's an awesome linguistic map of South Asia. http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/overview/languages/himal1992max.jpg 48 comments linguistics
- Can anyone help explicate this bit of Walter Benjamin on labor strikes: "The moment of violence, however, is necessarily introduced, in the form of extortion, into such an omission, if it takes place in the context of a conscious readiness to resume the suspended action . . . " (281-282)? http://www.columbia.edu/cu/english/critique_of_violence.pdf 4 comments culturalstudies
- The summer heat waves in Texas in 2011 and Moscow in 2010 would not have occurred in the absence of global warming. If global warming is not slowed from its current pace, extreme events will be the new norm and even more extreme events will be common. [PDF] http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2011/20111110_newclimatedice.pdf 295 comments science
- Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis, and Development, by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar (Paper presented at Columbia University 9th May 1916) http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00ambedkar/txt_ambedkar_castes.html 18 comments india
- Nihilism has become, in our time, so widespread and pervasive, has entered so deeply into the minds and hearts of all men living today, that there is no longer any 'front' on which it may be fought. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/arch/nihilism.html 58 comments philosophy
- Paleoclimate Implications for Human-Made Climate Change. "BAU scenarios result in global warming of the order of 3-6°C. It is this scenario for which we assert that multi-meter sea level rise on the century time scale are not only possible, but almost dead certain." [PDF] http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2011/20110118_milankovicpaper.pdf 3 comments science
- Columbia Engineers Prove Graphene is Strongest Material http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/08/07/graphene.html 11 comments technology
- Evocative drawings of women from different regions and groups in India, by Rao Bahadur M. V. Dhurandhar, 1928 http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1900_1999/drawings/dhurandhar/dhurandhar.html 8 comments india
- Why God doesn't have a PhD http://www.columbia.edu/~sss31/rainbow/god.phd.html 6 comments reddit.com
- Don't try to educate me to type "www" -- Heartfelt snobbish welcome by Ivy League http://columbia.edu/ 11 comments reddit.com
- UTF-8 sampler page, just lovely for debugging http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/utf8.html 2 comments programming
- Complete Anatomy of a Geek http://www.columbia.edu/~ip71/w116/2006/01/complete-anatomy-of-geek.html 4 comments reddit.com
Linking pages
- The 50 Most Popular MOOCs of All Time (Updated For 2021) - Online Course Report http://www.onlinecoursereport.com/the-50-most-popular-moocs-of-all-time/ 85 comments
- Don't Blame Putin for Trump's Presidency. Blame American Voters http://www.newsweek.com/dont-blame-putin-trumps-presidency-blame-american-voters-646406?amp=1 68 comments
- Feelings of fatigue predict death in older ad | EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/940879 30 comments
- Survival in academia, the tenure track not taken | Ars Technica http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2012/02/survival-in-academia-the-tenure-track-not-taken.ars?amp%3Butm_campaign=rss&%3Butm_medium=rss 14 comments
- Tau Epsilon Phi Members Take Leader to Court - The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/22/nyregion/22frat.html?_r=3&%3Bpagewanted=1 8 comments
- Brain's taste secrets uncovered - BBC News http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29912877 8 comments
- The Grad School Admissions Statistics We Never Had http://debarghyadas.com/writes/the-grad-school-statistics-we-never-had/ 7 comments
- With Climate, Fertilizing Oceans Could Be Zero-Sum Game - Geology Page http://www.geologypage.com/2016/03/with-climate-fertilizing-oceans-could.html 7 comments
- First 'exomoon' may have been found - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45707309 7 comments
- Mers: Deadly coronavirus found in tomb bat - BBC News http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23793649 6 comments
- Eucharistic Miracles: God Under the Microscope — Saint Beluga https://www.saintbeluga.org/eucharistic-miracles-god-under-the-microscope 6 comments
- Columbia Unearths Its Ties to Slavery - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/23/arts/columbia-unearths-its-ties-to-slavery.html?amp%3Bnl=todaysheadlines&%3Bnlid=59924205&emc=edit_th_20170124 3 comments
- Hotter temperatures will accelerate migration of asylum-seekers to Europe, says study https://phys.org/news/2017-12-hotter-temperatures-migration-asylum-seekers-europe.amp?__twitter_impression=true 3 comments
- Himalayan Glaciers Will Continue Shrinking Regardless Of Temperature - Redorbit http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112733470/himalayan-glaciers-shrinking-111612/ 3 comments
- Columbia student unleashed racial attack on black students https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/columbia-university-investigating-students-deeply-disturbing-racial-diatribe-love-white-people-002527596.html 3 comments
- Steve Blank's One Question for Elon Musk - impactmania http://www.impactmania.com/im/steve-blanks-one-question-for-elon-musk/ 0 comments
- Advancing Instance-Level Recognition Research – Google AI Blog https://ai.googleblog.com/2020/09/advancing-instance-level-recognition.html 0 comments
- Are High Rents Inevitable? | The Regulatory Review https://www.theregreview.org/2017/06/19/ko-high-rents-inevitable/ 0 comments
- Nonprofits need more scrutiny. Enter the Slate 90. https://slate.com/business/2018/05/nonprofits-need-more-scrutiny-enter-the-slate-90.html 0 comments
- More E-Scooters, More E-Bikes and More Safety Concerns - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/12/nyregion/ebikes-escooters-eskateboards-nyc.html 0 comments