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   by laughfactory 10y ago

   The scary implication of stories like this is that censorship in the 21st century may not come in the form of government imposed limits on free speech, but instead from powerful corporate entities which are biased one way or another. I can
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   by laughfactory 10y ago

   I concur. The silencing of opposing viewpoints, even if they are utterly distasteful is getting out of hand. Sure, we are entitled to disagree, and the law may prosecute when appropriate, but this mob mentality is very dangerous for democra
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   by laughfactory 10y ago

   I personally have only had a single phone screen with Google, and for only a data analyst position. It was one of the worst phone screens I've ever endured: antagonistic, unfriendly, and all around miserable. In contrast, phone screens
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   by laughfactory 10y ago

   I agree in part, but think it'll go further than you expect. I suspect manual driving will, in the next twenty years, require lots of additional training, licensing, insurance, and certifications. And you'll have to prove special
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   by laughfactory 10y ago

   Except that having been addicted to Facebook once and quitting cold turkey about a decade ago, I'll never do Facebook again. To me things like TV (particularly streaming services) is close to a drug in terms of addictiveness. Facebook
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   by laughfactory 10y ago

   Excellent--except all your examples of the "oppositional critiques" have happened, and aren't abating. So the concern is well founded. Every day I see people texting, reading, watching videos, and gaming on their smartphones
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   by laughfactory 10y ago

   Location: San Diego, CA Remote: YES Willing to relocate: YES Technologies: R, Python, Tableau, SQL (MSSQL, MySQL, Postgres), R Studio, pandas, logistic regression, machine learning Abstract: I am a data scientist looking for new challenges
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   by laughfactory 10y ago

   Yeah, pretty much however you interpret it, it's not a good thing. We live in San Diego, and prices here have been going through the roof...far beyond the intrinsic value of a property. I don't have any data on the topic, but it s
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   by laughfactory 10y ago

   This is a big reason I like remote working (and can't wait to find another job which is remote). I find office life really political and very inefficient. Our team (and others who stop by our area) is very chatty, and there's a to
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    by laughfactory 10y ago

    Same here. All my employers have been totally inflexible on hours and location. It's all ass-in-seat, 8-5 or 9-6, kind of work. I dream of being able to do what others describe here: when I get tired, take a nap, have lunch with my kid
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    by laughfactory 10y ago

    I've definitely observed this here in SD. When I used to go to meetups as an aspiring developer we'd get lots of recruiters looking for "rockstars" or senior developers, and none (?) just looking for talent they could cu
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    by laughfactory 10y ago

    I agree. I've been to many meetups myself and while there are some really smart people doing cool things there's also just not a lot going on overall. A lot of attendees are curious, or beginners, or whatever... Which is all good
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    by laughfactory 10y ago

    Your and my definitions of affordable housing are way different. Housing here is anything but affordable.
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    by laughfactory 10y ago

    Other than the fact that there's no cheap talent to build the start-ups with because you can't live here and work for cheap...
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    by laughfactory 10y ago

    Absolutely. We're looking to move as well. Can't handle the cost of living here in SD.
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    by laughfactory 10y ago

    Yeah but it's well known the housing market in Toronto is crazy too...
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    by laughfactory 10y ago

    Yeah, unless you wanna live in a box under a bridge (but even that's becoming more challenging), you'll find those prices you quote to be very accurate. And at $1500 you're not living in a nice area. That's about the che
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    by laughfactory 10y ago

    This. I'm from Montana, and while I love the weather here in SD, the glamour has worn off. The cost of living is astronomical, pay insufficient to compensate, and there are surprisingly few opportunities for what I do (Data Science). O
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    by laughfactory 10y ago

    I would hope it would become immeasurably harder to prosecute anyone for these kinds of crimes in the future--after all, if we let Hillary Clinton get away with blatant criminal conduct, how can we in good conscience hold anyone else accoun
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    by laughfactory 10y ago

    I agree. These days I don't believe it when I hear something so opportune... oh, surprise surprise, we lost all our data on criminal investigations. How convenient for some people!
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    by laughfactory 10y ago

    It is strange for me to read in the comments all the advice to--as I understand it--be a relatively "whole" person before beginning meditation. In my limited experience and perspective, I was under the impression that meditation c
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    by laughfactory 10y ago

    Although I fall on the conservative side of the spectrum, my greatest concern with UBI is that it might not work AND cost a lot of money. Would we just get the same effect we've observed with all the access to student loans and grants
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    by laughfactory 11y ago

    I hate taxes, plain and simple. This is in part for the same reasons I hated cable TV (and cancelled it): I don't like paying a lot of money for things I don't want, need, or support. But then there's the issue of fairness. W
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    by laughfactory 11y ago

    I'd pay a lot of money for a medium-smart phone: one which has only the essentials like calling, Google maps, email, camera, and maybe Uber. I'm not on Facebook but I have a horrid news reading addiction. I only keep a smartphone
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    by laughfactory 11y ago

    This. As a consumer and professional I've become progressively more resistant to putting anything in the cloud for fear that any service I use and value will be 1) acquired and closed, or 2) go out of business. Any platform we use in t
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    by laughfactory 11y ago

    That's awesome that Matlab is such a good expensive product. Personally I'm an open source guy all the way so I support R and Python (and Julia, I suppose) at every opportunity. Yeah, maybe there are some rough edges, but my think
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    by laughfactory 12y ago

    I am the data modeler for an organization which lends to small businesses. In my experience "big data" is all in the eye of the beholder, and it's not all about how many gigabytes of data you work with, how wide, or how long
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    by laughfactory 12y ago

    The main downside, in a nutshell, is inflation. There's simply no way to distribute the same amount to everyone in an economy and not have proportional inflation occur--because basically what you've done is dilute the value of eve
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    by laughfactory 12y ago

    Location: San Diego, CA Remote: Yes (or local, I'm flexible) Willing to relocate: Yes (with relocation assistance) Technologies: SQL, SAS, R, SAP BusinessObjects, Microsoft Office: Excel (pivot tables, formulas, filters, macros, charts
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    by laughfactory 12y ago

    This article needs a good proofreading. Missing words in quotes, and incorrect words in quotes. Makes it difficult to read.