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by grigjd3 8y ago
I have a four year old. I research a company, try to determine what tools they use and architecture they might be employing. I research what people are paid there. If requiring a move, I do research on the location. This takes lots of time.
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by grigjd3 8y ago
I wouldn't worry at this stage. History isn't destiny and if you try something you don't enjoy, you've learned from the experience.
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by grigjd3 8y ago
Several things: stars get much cooler than the sun, a factor of five in radius is a factor of 25 in surface area, the heat may be focused on the side pointing at the star (meaning the star masks the light), and light from the star could be
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by grigjd3 8y ago
Size matters. To be clear, it very much likely gives off BB radiation, but it may not be big enough to be detectable here.
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by grigjd3 8y ago
What version of Fortran were you using that you needed gotos?
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by grigjd3 8y ago
Course work tends to focus on the latest fads in languages. While the language chosen for a project definitely matters, in terms of engineers, I've found the languages known doesn't matter nearly so much as the ability to learn an
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by grigjd3 8y ago
I suspect the biggest obstacle here is overcoming bureaucratic obstacles like vendor approval. Also, PIs and universities don't have a strong incentive to bring down costs. Their (both institutions and PIs) pay is tied to grant money b
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by grigjd3 8y ago
I think it fair to say that there are both problems and benefits. Our steel and aluminum tariffs are resulting in more jobs in steel and aluminum. On the other hand, it is resulting in fewer jobs that treat steel and aluminum as the raw pro
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by grigjd3 8y ago
I think this is fairly unique to CS. In physics, I had much the other experience.
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by grigjd3 8y ago
Maybe better to call it misguided.
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by grigjd3 8y ago
The convention is consistent. I don't find it useful, but it is consistent.
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by grigjd3 8y ago
Not saying the solution is valid or the problem is pressing, but they're trying to fix counting issues like "hanging chad".
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by grigjd3 8y ago
They seek to change or undermine regulations in order to provide for their middleman positions.
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by grigjd3 8y ago
Well, again, it depends on the particular field, but both reasons can apply. My study of black holes was hard and didn't exactly make for a ton of usable skills other than knowing how to learn.
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by grigjd3 8y ago
Nobody calls me doctor anything and I've only twice gone out of my way to point it out - both times with someone who was pissing me off.
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by grigjd3 8y ago
Depends on the particular stem field but in general, if the goal is a well paying job, STEM PhDs are one of the harder ways to get there.
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by grigjd3 8y ago
It's pretty rare that PhD programs let you truly explore what you want to do. PIs (generally profs) get the vast majority of outside funding so you pretty much have to find a way to align yourself with a prof from day one.
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by grigjd3 8y ago
That's a disingenuous comment. Trains don't deliver to stores directly. In the US, there is a severe infrastructure imbalance. Trains don't make sense for smaller (less than train-sized) loads.
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by grigjd3 8y ago
While I'd agree that driverless cars are not here today, that the hype is over-doing it, and that Tesla has tried to push too fast, there is a huge economic incentive to have driverless cars. If a system can be built to replace long ha
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by grigjd3 8y ago
Well, it is companies listed on the S&P 500 so privately held companies aren't included.
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by grigjd3 8y ago
I don't get it. I'm paying a monthly fee to have streaming access to videos. If the service becomes unvaluable to me, I will drop it. For videos I want lasting access to, I buy the disk. These are choices I make knowing how these
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by grigjd3 8y ago
This happens in the US as well and I expect all countries.
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by grigjd3 8y ago
I would guess this was automated somehow.
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by grigjd3 8y ago
In a lot of cases, a job opening listed for months or years reflects a company continuously hiring. I certainly know our office does that.
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by grigjd3 8y ago
Would not be a new strategy.
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by grigjd3 8y ago
Much easier and faster to repair. The key to keep in mind is not if a break happens but average downtime over the year.
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by grigjd3 8y ago
Let's keep our concepts where they belong. Moralizing work and productivity are not only different things, but come from different fields.
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by grigjd3 8y ago
There is something kind of meta there, isn't there? ;)
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by grigjd3 8y ago
The Drake equation gets too much attention in the popular press . First, the selection of factors is an arbitrary choice of basis that may not relate to what we can measure and second, we don't have good ideas of the values of most of
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by grigjd3 8y ago
The article points to (if only by implication) x86 not being a great design for low power processing.

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