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by alexgmcm 8y ago
They are doing similar protests here in BCN too. The taxis offer an inferior service at a higher price - adapt or die.
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The article states that a lot of the audience came from HN - can anyone here recommend it? Are the stories decent quality? It seems like a pretty cool magazine and I guess I'll try it out given it's only 3 dollars but it'd be
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
Data Science/ML/AI courses that have little or no recognition in industry.
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
Code Geass and Death Note were the best for me.
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I often wonder how many of those who purport to follow the ideas of Smith actually read his works.
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I had some idea of what CS was as my dad was a programmer. I chose Physics though in the end - I think the subject that really gets let down is Engineering, I had no idea what that meant. The UK (and the rest of the world) really needs much
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
I haven't yet. I'm considering it because of the popularity of LinkedIn but in the Anglo-American culture and thus most multinational companies - it is frowned upon to attach a photo to your CV.
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I think in CS that isn't such a concern. I mean they will want good grades in maths (and decision maths covers some parts of the CS curriculum) but little else, perhaps Physics - but other than that just good grades. The thing is that
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
It seems Brexit will do horrific damage to the NHS though. I mean turning back the clock on half a century of economic integration to become some Juche state probably isn't going to work out so well.
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An acquaintance at University went on to work in the City - I was amazed as he had studied History rather than Physics or Maths or something. It turns out the firm he went to work at was run by a family friend. At least Tech has always seem
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
Where I live it's definitely the engines. Cars aren't so bad, but buses and motorcycles (which have removed the muffler) are horrendous. I don't have much faith that laws can solve the problem, so the spread of electric techn
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
Whilst no-one disputes the importance of ethics, I'm not convinced that taking an ethics class will make someone behave more ethically. Whereas taking a STEM class (especially computer science) is much more likely to enable them to con
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
As a Netflix subscriber I'm far more concerned about Disney etc. launching their own services and pulling their content than I am by Fortnite. I think the Balkanisation of streaming is what will be the challenge.
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
It isn't just CO2 though. As a city dweller I look forward to a future with less air and noise pollution.
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
How does Peekmap work? Their website contains no details. I just can't imagine how you can reliably track a users eye gaze without a webcam - is it just some snake oil pretending to solve everything with AI?
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
Ah yes, that magnificent majority of 52%..
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Yeah, obviously the only way we can defeat the far right fanatics is by doing everything they want...
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
Azul and Patchwork seem really good. Thanks for the suggestions! :)
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
The first place I remember seeing it is Slashdot - so perhaps start there. It's weird how now it seems such a normal feature now despite the fact that in the past even major forums like SomethingAwful and TOTSE (hell, that goes back to
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
What would you recommend for 2 players? (often I can only play with my SO)
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Yeah - access to education needs to improve. Especially as technology means a lot of lectures could be given online with just needing to sit exams, do labs (for certain subjects) etc. Honestly Corbyn's idea of the National Education Se
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>I kinda thought that the software+real-estate process had a whole lot of established players, but I could easily just be ignorant of some of the growth areas. In my city in Spain letting agents still charge 10% of the annual rent as a f
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
Indeed - look at the case in Law where in the UK at least the pupillage requirement (essentially an internship/apprenticeship post university IIRC) ensures it remains the preserve of the privileged - especially the upper echelons of th
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
It's not like pharmaceutical companies are strapped for cash. If they don't invest in R+D it's a choice.
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I have also done many MOOCs and I largely agree with you. Concretely, I found Udacity was simply too expensive so I preferred Coursera as it had great quality at a good price. Udemy is full of low-quality trash so I don't bother with i
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Where I work atm (it's a big corporation) we use about 50% R, 50% Python - it's up to the data scientist. It might be 40% R, 60% Python these days. Honestly, you could use Julia or FORTRAN or whatever you want so long as you get t
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It's weird that people seem incapable of being optimistic about scientific and technological progress unlike say in the 50's where it seemed many genuinely believed we would explore space and have robots etc. Now people just try t
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From my classes some years ago IIRC the main benefit of the Stellarator was the lack of a plasma current which is no longer needed for plasma heating due to advances in neutral beam injection technologies. The plasma current seems to create
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
Maybe people could register desks or rooms in advance? I mean I'd be pretty pissed if I commuted into the office just to be told there's not enough deskspace today...
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Using a crack has both legal and security implications for the company and therefore at least in my place of work can result in serious consequences for the employee including termination of employment. So I'd imagine most people would

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