bonadrag

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by bonadrag 2y ago
Yes, Polars does extremely well in popular data manipulation benchmarks.
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by bonadrag 2y ago
There is nothing like data.table in Julia, Python or JavaScript (if you want to stick to high level programming languages). It's the best combo you can get for speed + syntax.
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by bonadrag 2y ago
Perhaps in the past, not that statisticians left, but I am referring to "users", not developers.
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by bonadrag 2y ago
> I am seeing a downfall in industry Exactly, it is an industry-driven change IMO. In fact, R has gained a lot of popularity in academia, especially in the Social Sciences --though perhaps Python has gained even more. But in industry, R&
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by bonadrag 2y ago
It's sad to see the downfall of R. I still use R a lot interactively, but Python takes at least 50% of the share. R had a good run, and IMO they still have some packages that are just too good to see it languishing into the future, not
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by bonadrag 3y ago
DEI is not a scapegoat but the culmination of the corporate culture that infested Boeing. It is usually a symptom rather than the pathogen.
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by bonadrag 3y ago
> which includes the unjustly neglected data.table So so true. I was working on an adhoc project that needed a quick result by the end of the day. I had to pull this series of parquet files and do some quick and dirty analysis. My first
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by bonadrag 3y ago
Looks like a hit piece on him and the politicians he is associated with.
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by bonadrag 3y ago
What is next? Old people suing young people if they fail to work enough to keep their pensions afloat? Absolutely banana republic level decision. Courts going beyond their customary boundaries is a bad idea for a democratic system stability
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by bonadrag 3y ago
While your response is clever, I am not writing a communication piece for a large bank. > I'm not sure how you can determine the background of someone by how fluently they can write a language - particularly when the piece in questi
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by bonadrag 3y ago
How do we evade the captchas with this method? Asking for a friend...
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by bonadrag 3y ago
Still surprising to see a poorly written piece of text. You'd think Nubank's comm leadership would have an extensive language background in English.
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by bonadrag 3y ago
Having money is necessary but not sufficient to achieve the things he did. There are other millionaires and billionaires who tried to do what he did but couldn't. Regardless of your personal animus towards Elon, give the man credit whe
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by bonadrag 3y ago
Certainly in North America it is very hard to develop your company into a big business without engaging in some cronyism. Obviously this is true. You could argue this has always been true across history though.
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by bonadrag 3y ago
"good at capitalism"? What are you trying to say? Are you conflating "good at capitalism" with "good at running a business"? Not trying to endorse or defend capitalism, but this article depicts a good example o
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by bonadrag 3y ago
That is an excellent question. As usual, there are many factors that contribute to the current housing situation. On the supply side, I feel a major issue is lack of qualified workers. And I am not sure immigration can solve this problem ea
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by bonadrag 3y ago
> It's almost as if making it expensive (development charges) and largely illegal to build housing could result in an increase in prices. I don't live in a major city, land is not a problem here, building permits is not an issu
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by bonadrag 3y ago
> Well then you know which party to vote for if that's one of the most important issues for you. Or at least, which one not to vote for. No major party that I know of have a coherent strategy to solve the housing crisis and the TFR
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by bonadrag 3y ago
I don't know how this does not exacerbate the housing problem in Canada. It's terrible here. I own a rowhouse in a decent neighborhood of a middle-sized city in Canada. Prices have doubled since 2017. People moving to the same uni
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by bonadrag 3y ago
> I just don't buy the international conspiracy to block ivermectin. I agree, there is no conspiracy. It is just that when scientists, journalists and public servants are usually on the same side of the political spectrum, there is
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by bonadrag 3y ago
Look at the stock market and fixed income investments around you. There is nothing there, very modest growth. That explains in part why so many people shifted part of their pile of cash to VC investments. The pile is not growing fast enough
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by bonadrag 3y ago
> But social media also means support groups on reddit and places like HN. As a father of 3 young children, my view is that social media like reddit, tumblr, discord, facebook, instagram, twitter should be out of bounds for anybody young
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by bonadrag 3y ago
I live in North America and I have no desire to move back to Brazil. I've toyed with the idea of going there once a year and spend 3 months working remotely but the reality is that, at least in my hometown, the quality of life is much
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by bonadrag 3y ago
Good luck. No doubt you will be employed quickly.
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by bonadrag 4y ago
Amazing that you were able to bring class divide that inflation fosters without mentioning the major responsible for it: the government and central banks. In fact, inflation is, in its current form, a tax levied by the government on all cit
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by bonadrag 4y ago
I wouldn't call it Skynet but I can envision a scenario where individuals wanting to "bring the system down" may let GPT4 to control their machines as an attempt to inflict some damage in the real world. It could range from b
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by bonadrag 4y ago
> It's not that I don't think diversity in corporate environments is extremely valuable The fact that you pre-emptively accept the idea that maximizing diversity to its limits is beneficial to corporations shows that people jus
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by bonadrag 4y ago
No. My point is whether these people were interested in doing their jobs. You'd think the CRO of an important bank in the US would be more interested in discussing or showing interest for the subject in which they are experts.
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Pandora’s vox: on community in cyberspace (1994)(gist.github.com)
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