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by freeradical13 7y ago
I'm in a similar boat. I have a bachelors in computer science, 13 years in industry, and I'm fascinated by biology. The other comments are very good, so I'll add things I didn't see mentioned: * In my opinion, you have t
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by freeradical13 7y ago
There are some periodic auctions of equipment (usually from busted companies): http://www.biosurplus.com/
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by freeradical13 7y ago
I've become bored with software. I just started a masters degree in Biology and have a vague and naive plan of becoming a cardiologist and running a lab with the primary goal of reducing human suffering, rather than money (been there,
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by freeradical13 7y ago
I see, so basically instead of intuiting a simple threshold (e.g. >X% change), they apply an SVM which is able to discover more accurate thresholds (and error ranges). Do you have any suggested resources on learning more about SVM? I gue
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by freeradical13 7y ago
Why did they need machine learning? It seems from Figures 2B-G that there's a clear cut off. "Moreover, to create a classifier for ME/CFS patients capable of identifying new patients, required for a robust diagnostic tool, we
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Value-Based Prioritization: A method for choosing meaningful work [pdf](github.com)
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by freeradical13 7y ago
I've integrated your feedback here: https://github.com/freeradical13/ValueBasedPrioritization/ra... I tried to let the figures and tables float but I disliked the strange spacing that resulted. I also tried p
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by freeradical13 8y ago
Sorry for the delay; a few unexpected things came up. Thanks again for the thoughtful comments. > Most important: Nothing goes into the main body unless it makes a tangible, useful & clear contribution. > Some of the best papers a
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by freeradical13 8y ago
Thanks so much! I'll review this in depth after work.
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by freeradical13 8y ago
That's not harsh, it's realistic; thanks. The conversation is probably mostly a part of the field of Positive Psychology and Meaning in Work literature, a summary of which I cite (Martela and Steger); however, when researching the
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by freeradical13 8y ago
That's a very helpful summary, thanks. From another comment, it seems arXiv requires academic affiliation or endorsement: https://arxiv.org/help/endorsement Are there any others?
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by freeradical13 8y ago
Here's my draft article: https://github.com/freeradical13/ValueBasedPrioritization/ra... I'm not really sure what field I'm targeting, so I was hoping people would note their favorite open access jo
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Ask HN: What are the best open-access journals for non-academics to submit to?
73 points by freeradical13 8y ago|47 comments
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by freeradical13 8y ago
Most of the pandas code is in the abstract base classes here: https://github.com/freeradical13/ValueBasedPrioritization/bl... That's combined with statsmodels code to run things like exponential smoothing and
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Show HN: Choosing meaningful work with Python Pandas data analysis(github.com)
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by freeradical13 8y ago
For those looking for a straightforward introduction to forecasting, see the free e-book, Forecasting: Principles and Practice by Hyndman and Athanasopoulos: https://otexts.com/fpp2/