josephdviviano

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by josephdviviano 5y ago
^ this! your repo should have script(s) in it that re-generate, entirely, all of the binary results files that can be fed into some notebook to automatically generate the figures you put directly into your overleaf. Ditto for tables saved a
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by josephdviviano 5y ago
I have a theory that these q's legally favor recent grads without having any explicit requirement to do so. Helps them filter for young, freshly-trained students who they can mould into whatever they like inside of the FAANG-bubble.
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by josephdviviano 5y ago
A lot has already been said. I can add that I grew up in a very nice suburb and will do anything to avoid them for the rest of my days.
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by josephdviviano 7y ago
I just fact checked myself and found that the half-life is actually 3-5 hours. Sorry about that. But in any case, it's common for people to go to bed at night with some active caffeine in their system.
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by josephdviviano 7y ago
Well, there's half as much, I don't know enough to say there is a linear relationship between caffeine concentration and it's psychological effects.
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by josephdviviano 7y ago
How many coffees per day do you drink? And what is the time of your last coffee? The half life of caffeine is 8 hours, and can inhibit deep sleep even if you achieve unconsciousness.
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by josephdviviano 7y ago
https://www.economist.com/media/pdf/this-time-is-different-r...
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by josephdviviano 7y ago
I think the enlightenment of psychedelics is often oversold, but it isn't naught either. These experiences are one way of proving to yourself that your perceptions are not a clear window, they're more like stained glass. The majik
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by josephdviviano 7y ago
Well, there are always ways to make yourself more wealthy. You spend less on consumables and spend more on investments. People who typically become extraordinarily wealthy do so via high-risk, high-reward activities like business ownershi
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by josephdviviano 7y ago
Is it just me, or is the comment section all about hating on MBAs, when the article is about how these elite programs are losing out due to changes in US immigration policies?
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by josephdviviano 7y ago
When scientists disagree among themselves, it's hard to use this strategy.
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by josephdviviano 7y ago
If you want to avoid this, just read the paper. I don't understand why technical people waste their time complaining about this stuff. We all have the acumen to read, understand, and debate research.
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by josephdviviano 7y ago
For those looking for their motivations, here it is (recall PG&E filed chapter 11 to navigate liability payments): "Second, any catastrophic wildfires caused by PG&E this year could upend the bankruptcy proceedings. That is bec
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by josephdviviano 7y ago
No, it works because it (very likely) stimulates a very specific kind of brain activity that leads the body to break up the proteins. The article's explanation is incorrect. The experiment itself didn't verify what I just said bec
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by josephdviviano 7y ago
Yes, I do think that a gap in weapons technology is meaningful. I love numbers so let's talk about those using the Iraq war as an example. Here's an estimate of the number of casualties in the Iraq war: https://www.iraq
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by josephdviviano 7y ago
By this logic, do you think all of the other western democracies that do not have a right to bear arms are at risk of producing a Stalin?
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by josephdviviano 7y ago
The fact is that the dictator would still win. The rebellious citizenry would live a life of absolute misery, just as those in the middle east do. The 2nd amendment made a lot of sense when weaponry consisted of horses and rifles, not compu
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by josephdviviano 7y ago
This is why my local video store is still the better option.
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by josephdviviano 7y ago
I really disagree! The shift from film to digital allowed photographers to remove the price per photo aspect of photography from the equation, but only recently has the dynamic range, resolution, etc of digital matched properly developed fi
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by josephdviviano 7y ago
if you have more stops of light available you can get a picture closer to what the eye actually sees. You can see the difference between a crop camera and medium format camera right now if you take a landscape with the sun in the frame, and
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by josephdviviano 7y ago
I don't really believe this. One of the major advantages of real cameras is the sensor size. More sensor size gives you more SNR / dynamic range. All of the tricks used in a smartphone could be used in a real camera. If they were,
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by josephdviviano 7y ago
You can also see a massive jump leading up to 2012. Right now camera sales are still well above the basal rate established during the 70s, 80s, 90s. The camera isn't dead, it's just not being purchased by people who don't wan
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by josephdviviano 7y ago
You mean the Ricoh GR :)
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by josephdviviano 7y ago
The thing I find really confusing about this is that people are regularly blowing ~$1000 on smartphones with decent cameras. My phone cost $200 and has a laughable camera. If I spent $800 every 2 years (I suspect the mean replacement rate)
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by josephdviviano 7y ago
> Yes, the phone is adequate for Instagram but... Maybe true, but I pretty much only post photos on instagram (using a 5 year old mirrorless camera I found for less than a new good smartphone), and non-experts consistently ask me how
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by josephdviviano 7y ago
If you can convince a CS prof at your target school that has pull that you can handle a CS degree, they can pull strings to get you in. Actually this was done for me to get me into the Neuroscience MSc as well (my undergrad was that lacklus
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by josephdviviano 7y ago
Like the rest of my story I got super lucky and I don't think it's a repeatable path. I had done a small "research project" for course credit with a professor, but I don't think it counts for much and it didn't
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by josephdviviano 7y ago
I think often you can be fooled into thinking you aren't interested in something because it isn't presented to you in the right way. I still feel this way about math... I am not a "math person" and I find the way mathema
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by josephdviviano 7y ago
Thank you! I shouldn't have put a number on it... the real story is that all that happened over 10 years. I really don't think it has to do anything with age, just consistent effort over time. I was being constantly told that I di
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by josephdviviano 7y ago
I didn't do any of this intentionally. I studied psychology in undergrad and graduated the year of the great financial crisis. Also had a bad GPA, 3.0. I had lots of ideas but there was always a big skills gap between what I wanted to

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