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by larrydag 9y ago
Instead of a coffee shop I would spend all my time on a building the best coffee vending machine. At least you control costs and test your margins.
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by larrydag 9y ago
I've worked for a large national food service retailer. I tell people all the time DO NOT start a restaurant. Margins are super low, hours are lousy and there is so much competition. If you want some suggestions on how to do it right
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by larrydag 9y ago
Coming up with new an innovative ways of doing things is reward in and of itself. Examples are Wozniak with Apple I, Berners-Lee with HTTP server. Breakthroughs lead to big things. I think we are on the precipice of a decentralized netwo
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by larrydag 9y ago
Not necessarily in my world. My theory... Programmers grok pandas Statisticians grok R
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by larrydag 9y ago
I wasn't speaking of titles. I was speaking of submitting technical work on engineering related ideas. Typically this is highly regulated under U.S. state laws.
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by larrydag 9y ago
Exacltly. I thought this was an article about John Chambers, Ross Ihaka, and Robert Gentleman. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_(programming_language)
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by larrydag 9y ago
This might actually be a bigger deal than people realize. This sets a precedence of being able to submit engineering publications and work without being licensed. Sure you can't still perform commercial or public engineering works un
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by larrydag 9y ago
What is the biggest barrier or challenge for these network systems to succeed? Hardware? Infrastructure? Users?
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by larrydag 9y ago
I don't like it when people sell renewable sources of energy as "the cheapest source of energy available". If it were actually cheap then why do you need a community funded project? The problem with solar is storage but har
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by larrydag 9y ago
Here is a great application of using Survival Analysis in p2p lending. http://blog.lendingrobot.com/research/predicting-the-number-... I built a model in R using this method.
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by larrydag 9y ago
After reading his autobiography, iWoz, Wozniak has a real passion for education. He especially has a passion for K-12. I believe he is genuine in his desire to improve tech and STEM education.
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by larrydag 9y ago
Confused why they thought a Cessna 172 was a biplane. Its even in the title of the article. One thing for sure it shows the durability of the Cessna planes. Testament to that design and construction.
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by larrydag 9y ago
A conversational bot. One where you can not determine if you are talking to a human or not. This could disrupt the huge call center business.
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by larrydag 9y ago
Is it? It takes 5-10 minutes to refuel a diesel. What is the equivalent downtime between types of trucks?
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by larrydag 9y ago
I'm curious how this will affect trucking productivity. Drivers need to be in their vehicle to be making money. Most trucks, I imagine, have a range of about 300 miles. A 60 mile range is very short. Since recharging could take hou
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by larrydag 9y ago
My understanding is that labeling it a vacuum tube is a bit of a misnomer. It should be called a low-pressure environment or near-vacuum. Achieving that much reduction in air pressure will greatly reduce drag and allow for increased speed
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by larrydag 9y ago
I thought the same thing. My biggest factor is cost of travel and whether its in season or out of season. Then I guess the site would turn into a travelocity or expedia.
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by larrydag 9y ago
Two good ebooks. Go well with R. Introduction to Statistical Learning http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~gareth/ISL/ Elements of Statistical Learning https://web.stanford.edu/~hastie/ElemStatLearn/
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by larrydag 9y ago
Boardgames are a great way to teach. There are so many to choose from now. Also there is nothing better than spending time with your kids. https://boardgamegeek.com/
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by larrydag 9y ago
Agreed. I'm not sure how Hyperloop scales to population changes especially if it is below ground. Sounds like a very expensive infrastructure investment.
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by larrydag 9y ago
There are plenty of startups in TX but not in the traditional Silicon Valley definition. There are a lot of startups in oil & gas, transportation, banking, retail to name a few.
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by larrydag 9y ago
I wouldn't call it an ideal model. It was used before for similar purposes of transporting data between long distances. You could argue whether it served its purpose or not. For its time the USPS did a good job of delivering on its i
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by larrydag 9y ago
I'm for free markets and competition but I have to agree with you here. Like the US interstate road system the fixed line broadband, especially the big fiber pipes, probably needs to be taken over by a quasi-federal program similar to
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by larrydag 9y ago
This person needs a better understanding of the US Constitution. There are clear checks and balances in place. This is one of the main differences between parliamentary and the US form of branch government.
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by larrydag 9y ago
He's been really good in The Flash. He makes a good villain.
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by larrydag 9y ago
I have to agree that metal was never mainstream. I always looked at metal as an evolution of punk.
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by larrydag 9y ago
It reminds me a lot of the 80's when synths and keyboards took center stage for a little while. Yet guitar never really died during that time. Guitar is still around its just not center stage.
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by larrydag 9y ago
Couch Potato investor. 50 percent Vanguard Total Market Index, 50 percent Vanguard Inflation Protected Securities. Rebalance yearly. https://assetbuilder.com/lazy-portfolios
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by larrydag 9y ago
I still play Minecraft with my kids
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by larrydag 9y ago
Frank Harrell demonstrates a way to use PCA to reduce dimensionality with regression modeling strategies. His Course Notes (pdf) is a good reference point for multiple strategies on regression. http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu&#

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