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Asheera
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posted December 31, 2008 03:17 PM |
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Dream job? None, so that I won't be under pressure at times (even if I like the job). I'll just do whatever I like and whenever I like. 
(and no I'm not lazy I like to 'work' and do lots of stuff)
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TheDeath
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posted December 31, 2008 03:42 PM |
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Dream job for me would be... to become some kind of super dictator of some sort... or some super villain with super powers
@william: Work at Microsoft? You're kidding, you'll be just another one of their pawns
Nevertheless, programmer <<<<<<<<< haxxor
And MS hates haxxors, so...
(not talking about craxxors!)
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World dictator. I wouldn't be a typical oppressive dictator, though. In fact, I would prevent people from oppressing each other.
There's this nation in NS2 called "Libertaria" made by some guy who thinks like you... and he is more true to his word than you, because if someone in his nation complains about someone polluting, the one who pollutes goes to jail. It's as simple as that, it's the same as aggression
Also it would be hard to implement the "who owns the land" thing, because someone must claim it (usually, the government gives 'access' so it's unfair, it's based on how it sees fit). At least if you want that 100% non-oppressive regime
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I'd be a...
SCIENTIST! 
(crowbar + shotgun = science)
Nah while science may be good, nothing compares to the computer programmer/hacker:
 (Neo Mr. Anderson is a computer programmer )
but yeah not as cool as a super dictator  
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posted December 31, 2008 04:24 PM |
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just had to... :P
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but yeah not as cool as a super dictator
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posted December 31, 2008 04:26 PM |
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Real dream? Writer...
But I suck, so it'll never pass amateuristic levels 
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posted December 31, 2008 04:33 PM |
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TheDeath:
I've stopped playing NS2. However, I am familiar with that kind of philosophy. It's typical libertarian thought, following the Coase Theorem - and I'm also aware of its flaws.
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posted December 31, 2008 04:37 PM |
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Of course it has flaws, I didn't say it is perfect. I said that's a kind of 'attitude' that a 100% non-oppressive government (which also prevents people to be oppressed of course) would look like 
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posted December 31, 2008 04:47 PM |
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A 100% non-oppressive government may result in more oppression than a 99% non-oppressive government.
But we're really getting off-topic.
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posted December 31, 2008 05:48 PM |
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If I have made it clear enough - here it is again:
A musician - I would love to play metal music for the rest of my life - If I can support a living with it, I Would get a job on the side and still try to do my passion. 
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posted December 31, 2008 09:48 PM |
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Either:
*Writer
*Politican
*Musican (violinist)
But thats for now, no real idea on a dream job. If it involved not starting working before 10 it would be good.
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posted January 02, 2009 05:03 AM |
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@Dagoth: That's actually pretty cool. Just write as much as possible and seek feedback from your friends or post stories here in the tavern. Who cares if it sucks?
@Del_diablo: but the downside of starting work later means you have to work until later in the day also.
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posted January 02, 2009 06:21 AM |
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I would like to be a painter.
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posted January 02, 2009 06:26 AM |
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I don't know if I really have a "dream job". When I was younger and still dreamed, one thing I wanted to be was an archeologist. Of course I was young and didn't want to be a REAL archeologist, I wanted to be an Indiana Jones type.
Another one I thought was a dream job and I really did start out going that direction. I started college as a forestry major. I was a bit naive and didn't realize that most forestry majors end up working for the lumber companies, which is NOT what I wanted to do. Only the lucky ones got to run around hugging tress and stuff.
Another thing I was always fascinated by and wanted to do as a kid is carpentry, especially framing houses. I ended up doing that for a lot of years and became a journeyman carpenter. Surprisingly, I liked it even better than I thought I would. The last framing job I had was the best one. If the weather was good we would usually work 6 days a week, and a lot of times work 7 days with a half day on Sunday. I loved doing that work. On the days we "only" worked 6 days I was disappointed because I wanted to work more. I really looked forward to Monday so I could go back to work.
And I really enjoy designing circuit boards also. It's not the kind of thing most people would call "fun" but I like it. The only drawback is that it can be very stressful just because of the nature of the work.
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posted January 02, 2009 11:29 AM |
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@Del_diablo: but the downside of starting work later means you have to work until later in the day also.
And whats the problem about that?
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posted January 02, 2009 04:19 PM |
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@Binabik: sounds cool. That's exactly what I'm looking for, a job where you can say "I love my work" and you want to go back.
@Del Diablo: The trouble is when your friend calls and says "let's go watch an evening movie" and you say "I can't, I'm working".
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posted January 03, 2009 05:19 PM |
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Well my dream job would probably be something like working in Games Workshop HQ designing games in such. I love tabletop games and the chance to work on Warhammer would be awesome (although knowing me I'd mess it all up and then suffer e-hate on Warseer.)
Or a terminator. Being a nigh-invincible super-robot has its perks, I imagine.
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posted January 03, 2009 05:22 PM |
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Edited by TheDeath at 17:24, 03 Jan 2009.
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@Binabik:Quote:
And I really enjoy designing circuit boards also. It's not the kind of thing most people would call "fun" but I like it. The only drawback is that it can be very stressful just because of the nature of the work.
Designing circuit boards, entire circuits or just putting them from a diagram (and obviously, 'redesigned' to fit)? I mean, do you like designing diagrams or just the boards?
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Either:
*Writer
*Musican (violinist)
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I would like to be a painter.
Art's always cool
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posted January 03, 2009 05:23 PM |
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I'd be a professional slacker paid to make you look better.
on a more realistic tone i'm pretty good at math so i'd probably want a job in the math related field.
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posted January 03, 2009 05:26 PM |
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Edited by TheDeath at 17:28, 03 Jan 2009.
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Quick test:Quote:
i'm pretty good at math
How do you calculate the least-squares difference with a polynomial of degree 6 for the integral of the function f(x) = e^(-(x^2)) between [-1,1)
^ means power, e is the base of the natural logarithm
EDIT: not saying I'm good, I just use some software to calculate it (even though you have to know what the least squares is, of course...), but I'm mostly using it to approximate functions practically (for my programs). In math fields, you need a lot of theory though.
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posted January 03, 2009 05:28 PM |
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Quote:
Quick test:Quote:
i'm pretty good at math
How do you calculate the least-squares difference with a 6 degree polynomial for the integral of the function f(x) = e^(-(x^2))
^ means power, e is the base of the natural logarithm
i'm only 15
By taking the e and tuning it upside down?
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posted January 03, 2009 05:31 PM |
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Edited by TheDeath at 17:33, 03 Jan 2009.
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Oh, I forgot. Sorry.
No it's more complicated but makes sense if you know it.
Least squares difference is a method (which involves integrals too) to approximate a function with a polynomial -- to find out the polynomial's coefficients, and it makes the least squares difference -- i.e the difference between the approximated polynomial and the function (which also can be called, the "error"), squared, is MINIMUM (i.e no matter how you tweak those coefficients, you won't find out a polynomial with the same degree, over the same range ([-1,1) in my example) to have a lower 'average' squared difference). For the given polynomial of course. You simply find out those coefficients (obviously, usually higher degree polynomials result in better approximations but more computations which is important in software, to make it faster).
You don't learn this stuff in school. I don't even know if you learn it in college. I just learned it because I needed it to approximate functions for integrals. Heck all I learned about programming and most math for it, I learned by myself
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