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Alzheimer's Brain Scan(telegraph.co.uk)
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by epalmer 11y ago
I was able to read the article with uBlock Origin enabled without a problem. But I agree with you: >The anti-adblocking movement is going too far.
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by epalmer 11y ago
Disclosure: I don't work for a "startup" but have started my own businesses before in the 80's and 90's. I work at a University now in tech. I may get downvoted for this comment. Oh well. I think I get PG's la
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Ask HN: Coding club for college business majors
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by epalmer 11y ago
There is also grep and awk which I use for small log files as well. I've written python scripts for very specific time order dependency analysis. Basically throw away python.
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by epalmer 11y ago
It depends on what you want to do and how structured your log files are. My web servers write json records for each log event and that makes analysis sweet and easy. I have other log files that are just text seached through the records. S
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by epalmer 11y ago
I'm lucky that I develop Java CLI apps that only I need to maintain and one other person. But damn there are days in which I scratch my head and wonder why I have to write so much code to do simple things. But on the other hand my be
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by epalmer 11y ago
> Indeed, we spend so much time arguing about programming languages, when in reality the presence or absence of libraries is much more important. +1,+1
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High School Kid Develops a Wearable Device for Parkinson's Patients(fastcodesign.com)
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by epalmer 11y ago
I found learning Fusion 360 was painful. I'm dyslexic and need the big picture to understand how to put the individual pieces together. Fusion 360 uses terminology that is not defined anywhere. I worked with some of the support staff
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by epalmer 11y ago
I still diagram flowcharts. Usually to convey to one of my internal customers how we envision interfacing with a 3rd party system or solving some complex business logic. I diagram a lot of things. Mostly for my benefit. I have struggled ov
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by epalmer 11y ago
This does not sound healthy.
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Te college experience and social life aspect is one of her driving forces for deciding. So far she is getting in the schools she has applied for (1 left to hear from and one that is two step process and step 1 is done). We will be making
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by epalmer 11y ago
That is a big risk. If she does she is likely to stay with STEM. Computer Science or Math + Statistics. That lowers the risks some. We have and will continue to have conversations about them risks.
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by epalmer 11y ago
Having been through this once and now doing it a second time as a parent the information is available. It is not hidden. The undereducated parents are the ones that need help. But I see well educated parents not pay attention. My comments a
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by epalmer 11y ago
Yes bout not with an unblanced amount of debt. My oldest got a sociology degree and is working part timne and living at home. All with our good graces. She wants to be a librarian and has to pretty much get a MLS. She will incur some stud
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by epalmer 11y ago
Parents are not as involved in the decisions as much as they should be and they have bought into the notion that private liberal art universities are much better than public. But that is not uniformly true and outcome data shows earning pow
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by epalmer 11y ago
We are getting ready to send our youngest off to college next fall. The three of us (wife, myself, kid) talk about it, work the math and calculate repayment amounts and length in years together. It is the only way to do this. My daughter wa
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Ask HN: Advice for Soon to Be College Freshman
1 points by epalmer 11y ago|0 comments
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We have a hybrid space. Cubes surrounded by white boards. Probably 20feet of whiteboard / associate and a few associates with offices with doors and 10 feet of whiteboard. Doors are seldom closed. We use chat for both my team and with
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by epalmer 11y ago
While I don't have the ability to work remotely I do have some time to spend with my kids. Nine years ago I left a bank compliance job that sucked every last bit of energy and time out of me to go work at a University in IT. At the t
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by epalmer 11y ago
I've been amazed most of my life at how well some people can estimate time, distance, weight, quantity with precision and accuracy. My grandmother was able to estimate tablespoons, teaspoons, cups etc for baking and never measured any
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by epalmer 11y ago
I think that works some but for me it has been messier than that. I think self reflection and friendly peer feedback helps. Also some personality assessments help. I have found that "Strengths Finder" has helped me in my career
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by epalmer 11y ago
But how do we know if it is in our blood? That is probably the hardest part.
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by epalmer 11y ago
From the very end of the "article" >or essentially 95% of the population to be vaccinated to get herd immunity. This has profound policy implications. To be provocative: If you, as a health official, know that this number is un
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by epalmer 11y ago
I don't do UI code but backend systems. Basically ETL and Middleware adapters and the like. I have the tendency to want to keep working the code to make it better. I have however found that my code usually works well long before the
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by epalmer 11y ago
I posted this article. Recently I decided that I would retire at 67 or 68. Currently I an 62. I have several reasons for that decision listed in highest priority order first: 1) My youngest will start college next year and will take 5 year
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Retirement age now increasing to 67(money.usnews.com)
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>I think that was my peak. Have you tried to recreate that peak? I'm wondering if it worked so well why you might not have continued working in that mode?
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by epalmer 11y ago
>Even if you don’t create the final product with all it’s amazing features and sparkly buttons; if you have at least something out there that works, then there’s always room for improvement. Over the period of 6 months, I’ve revised the

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