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by hagy 7y ago
What about the importance of handling high-level architecture and design before writing code? This can be done in design docs, discussion on tickets, slack discussions or in person with a whiteboard. I think it's more productive to han
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How to Program Yourself in Python(medium.com)
2 points by hagy 7y ago|0 comments
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by hagy 7y ago
Why don't you use stuff more powerful than can be owned by individuals? I.e., stuff that's regulated. Then they'd have to come by your place.
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by hagy 7y ago
Could you explain why? Is it because people will only share information worth sharing if they have to pay to do so? If so, then you deserve a [redacted].
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Scalaps: Scala-inspired data structures for Python(medium.com)
2 points by hagy 8y ago|0 comments
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by hagy 8y ago
Author here. I'd appreciate your feedback on this article that builds off a series of articles teaching basic Scala. I'm particularly trying to create materials to teach basic Scala to non-engineers (chiefly data scientists) becau
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Interactively exploring Reddit posts using basic Scala in the browser(medium.com)
2 points by hagy 8y ago|1 comments
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Don’t Give Me Another Domain Specific Language. Give Me a Library(medium.com)
3 points by hagy 8y ago|0 comments
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Initial Impressions of Scala from a Java and Python Data Engineer(medium.com)
5 points by hagy 8y ago|0 comments
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by hagy 12y ago
50k is the norm at Berkley due to the high cost of living (minimum wage is $10/hour)
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by hagy 13y ago
If an aspiring musician were only motivated by the chance of making it big, I would definitely tell them to stop trying. Not because they’re pursuing an irrational goal, but because that’s not sufficient motivation to get through all the sh
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by hagy 14y ago
Cool. I'm a grad student in another chemistry theory group. Dr. Sherrill definitely has the best notes on electronic structure calculations.
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by hagy 14y ago
You bring up an excellent point, papaf. The accuracy of the empirical force fields used in molecular dynamics simulation engines (such as Gromacs) is a hotly debated topic. Even without quantum computing the issue can be addressed with conv
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by hagy 14y ago
I’d strongly recommend matplotlib. It has a matlab like procedural interface that makes it very easy to pickup if you’re coming from matlab. Additionally, it’s wonderful to be able to “dive under the hood” if you need to create a special ty
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by hagy 14y ago
I wouldn’t say it’s a terrible visualization, although in general I do believe conditional 2D plots are the best way to show trends in higher dimensions. For example, here are some conditional plots for similar data (Kaggle Titanic competit
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by hagy 15y ago
What about negative anecdotes? Has anyone here regretted his or her decision to leave academia? Particularly, have you found the work less rewarding or interesting? I ask as a grad student with a background in chemical engineering. I’ve kn
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by hagy 15y ago
Change hurts. It hurts doubly so when uncertainty is mixed in. The majority of the western population has a fairly rigid definition of job: trade your time for money. Its one thing to change how you trade your time for money: e.g. going fr
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by hagy 15y ago
If not for noise, list() should always outperform copy() as copy() just calls list() internally (specifically type(l)(l)), and also incurs the cost of several interrupted function calls. Also, the minor difference in slice vs. list() for la
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by hagy 15y ago
That’s a bit of an over-generalization. While there are individuals that can use the party-sex-drugs track as a networking opportunity into future lucrative careers, such individual are an exception, not the rule. Most students on the party
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by hagy 15y ago
I’ve been told that this comment of mine was overly naïve and idealistic and that such deals aren’t unheard of. My cynical side still views such deals as corporate politics that primarily benefit the individuals involved.
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by hagy 15y ago
Could the individual(s) who’ve downvoted this comment please explain to me its serious flaws? (Feel free to email me at the address in my profile if the points wouldn’t be of interest to other users.) I’d seriously be interested in improvin
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by hagy 15y ago
The point is that Google already has $37B in liquid assets, which are unlikely to yield more than 3.7% returns. As a point of reference 10yr US treasury bonds only return 3.3% and are definitely illiquid; 1 Tbonds return only 0.22%. I haven
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by hagy 15y ago
If they are sure they can make at least 3.7% with 3 billion, why not use their own money? After all, they still have to pay back the 3 billion when the bonds mature; possibly using their rainy day money if they’ve squandered the borrowed fu
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by hagy 15y ago
That desperation example should’ve been downplayed. The main point is that bond rating is largely independent of a company’s reputation in handling past debts; investors are primarily concerned with the company’s future ability to honor the
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by hagy 15y ago
That makes no sense. If in the future Google’s fate should change such that the company becomes desperate for cash, no one will care about Google’s past good credit score. Bonds are always rated on future expectations.
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by hagy 15y ago
coffee-mode.el provides the same functionality for emacs. Automatic compilation of any *.coffee file on save can be enabled by (add-hook 'after-save-hook (lambda () (when (string-m
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by hagy 15y ago
As a counterpoint, I’ve heard of individuals building entire careers by making obvious and incremental improvements to current methods; each increment is at least one paper and they add up fast. Then the methods and all its improvements are
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by hagy 15y ago
While I wouldn’t say I agree with it, I’ve heard the argument that high specialization strongly selects for a student’s technical proficiency. As a PhD student myself, I’ve seen examples of this phenomena with highly intelligent individual
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by hagy 16y ago
Exactly! This high level model doesn’t draw on any quantum specific phenomena and is in many ways comparable to other stochastic dynamical models that have been developed to explain the non-Arrhenius behavior of protein folding using classi
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by hagy 16y ago
Saying the coating lasts a year may imply that within a year the coating sustains enough damage to render it less effective. For instance 99% of the coating may be intact while a small portion has fragmented off due to imperfections in the

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