Learning by doing the wrong thing

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Nice list of Mac technical software

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A very good candidate for evolutionary design with genetic programming.

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Excellent

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“There is no other land; there is no other life but this, or the like of this.”

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Absolutely stunning.

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Counterintuitive, no?

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Clarification of oft-abused terminology

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Invaluable advice on how to use all those analytics

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“To do work in which one does not believe is a great affliction.”

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Not sure why the web page is out of date, but the 2007 Humies have been announced for GECCO 2007, in London. Deadline 28 May 2007.

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Interesting comments thread, displaying disparate understandings of the phrase “walled garden”.

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