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How it feels to learn JavaScript in 2016(hackernoon.com)
2 points by gavman 10y ago|0 comments
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by gavman 10y ago
I had an intern for the first time last summer! I tried my best to focus on being as encouraging as I could and helping him whenever he ran into trouble. He clearly was working very hard and doing his best, so I focused on being as supporti
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by gavman 10y ago
This was so nice to read. I think back to my very first coding internship after my freshman year of college when I messed up big time. I made a bad mistake that ended up forcing my supervisor to put down everything he was working on for a f
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by gavman 10y ago
Recent CMU alum here ('15). 10-701/702 are the intense higher level courses meant for ML PhD students. If you want something a little less mathematically rigorous and a little more application focused, consider the masters version
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by gavman 10y ago
>>"As of today’s launch, companies like Apple, Twitter, Intel and Baidu are missing from the group. Though Apple is said to be enthusiastic about the project, their absence is still notable because the company has fallen behind i
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How Yahoo Blew It (2007)(wired.com)
7 points by gavman 10y ago|0 comments
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A Thought Experiment on US Public School Education (2014)(dianeravitch.net)
1 points by gavman 10y ago|0 comments
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Interview with Elizabeth Rhodes about YC's Basic Income Project(theringer.com)
1 points by gavman 10y ago|0 comments
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Why Don't More Girls Compete In International Math Competitions?(theatlantic.com)
1 points by gavman 11y ago|0 comments
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Website Seeks to Make Government Data Easier to View and Understand(nytimes.com)
5 points by gavman 11y ago|0 comments
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Inside Silicon Valley's Big Pitch Day(theatlantic.com)
3 points by gavman 11y ago|0 comments
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Is a Different Kind of Silicon Valley Possible?(theatlantic.com)
1 points by gavman 11y ago|0 comments
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by gavman 11y ago
The UN has a lot of problems beyond just its bureaucracy. I'm suspicious of it's ability to solve the problems it claims it exists to solve even if its bureaucracy was extremely efficient. It seems I read UN scandals on a monthly
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Even virtual assistants are sexually harassed(money.cnn.com)
3 points by gavman 11y ago|0 comments
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by gavman 11y ago
Harper Lee was a "one hit wonder", but the "one hit" was more than enough in terms of contribution to American literature. Very sad news indeed.
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Microsoft's Radical Bet on a New Type of Design Thinking(fastcodesign.com)
2 points by gavman 11y ago|0 comments
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Remembers Antonin Scalia(huffingtonpost.com)
1 points by gavman 11y ago|0 comments
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by gavman 11y ago
> Plus, you are (were) one of the dorks and your sister is one of the cool kids. The two groups have noticeably different modes of socialising. Very true. And like some of the other commentors are pointing out, it's somewhat sad t
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by gavman 11y ago
It's amazing that at age 22 I've already seemingly "aged-out" of being an early adopter/power user of new social media (not that Snapchat is new, but I use it maybe once or twice a day and I've never even heard
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by gavman 11y ago
Thanks!!
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by gavman 11y ago
As I said in a comment below, he's at a top tier program (CMU), so it's likely I didn't understand his adverse reaction. You mention below his/his advisor's adverse reaction may be about "a movement to move to
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by gavman 11y ago
It's clear at this point I must have mis-understood his response. He's at a top tier school (CMU) so my guess is he knows what he's talking about. Apologies.
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by gavman 11y ago
I talked to my apartment mate about it. He said that when he showed the article to his advisor, she had the reaction of "they're pay to publish". I can't speak to the reputability of the journal, just providing his respo
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by gavman 11y ago
My apartment mate (currently a PhD student in Chemistry) noted that the research is cool, but article this is based on in Nature Communications is pay to publish, so err on the side of skepticism. A quick Google search found this: http:&#x
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by gavman 11y ago
While I agree with the premise that it is important to know C, I also agree with many of the comments here suggesting that there are other better first languages out there. As a recent college grad ('15), my intro course was in Python
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Techiest Super Bowl ever: Silicon Valley's stadium girds for the big game(cnet.com)
1 points by gavman 11y ago|1 comments
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I studied the world's $42B in venture capital – here's where it's going(businessinsider.com)
3 points by gavman 11y ago|0 comments
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Why are so many middle-aged white americans dying?(theatlantic.com)
3 points by gavman 11y ago|0 comments