montalbano

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   by montalbano 8y ago

   > The reason artists don't like Spotify is not because they pay poorly, it's because they pay fairly. This is not true IMHO. You need approximately 4 million plays per month to get the equivalent of Californian minimum wage! [1
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   by montalbano 8y ago

   Just tried this on my (much slower) Intel m3-6Y30 (microsoft surface) processor and it worked in just over a second. What Julia version are you running? Speed has been improving steadily with new releases. > Unfortunately, in most scenar
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   by montalbano 8y ago

   Also as no-one has mentioned it yet, TensorFlow wrapper for Julia: https://github.com/malmaud/TensorFlow.jl
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   by montalbano 8y ago

   IonIcons is another good resource for SVG icons. Used them last week in a Qt Frontend and they look great. Open-source and both material and iOS styles: https://ionicons.com/
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   by montalbano 8y ago

   Overclocking sometimes invalides warantee. Overclocking almost always shortens life expectancy of the CPU.
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   by montalbano 8y ago

   Without taking a side here (and declaring for the sake of openness that I use Julia regularly and it is very helpful for the scientific work I do), I think it is worth noting that this was from 2014 (the language has moved forward greatly
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   by montalbano 8y ago

   Regarding [0], startup time is a commonly acknowledged issue which affects the 'hello world' benchmark. (Can you even call it a benchmark? Maybe if startup time is what you're comparing then it makes sense, other wise I don
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   by montalbano 8y ago

   Reminds me of this slightly comical video I saw ages ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSA-1tZZTPM maybe was just ahead of her time!
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   by montalbano 8y ago

   A side note - in addition to using Project Euler (which is maths-centric) to help learn language, you might enjoy Project Rosalind ( http://rosalind.info/about/ ) which is bioinformatics focused.
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    by montalbano 8y ago

    Tyson was robbing houses with shotguns before he'd ever entered a boxing gym.
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    by montalbano 8y ago

    Without going to boxing I never would have developed the discipline and endurance necessary for my university degree. How's that for intellectual value?
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    by montalbano 9y ago

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_sequestration
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    by montalbano 9y ago

    What about tractors? See John Deere: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pamkqn/watch-trac...
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    by montalbano 9y ago

    Nope, John Deere (tractors) has been doing it for ages and the farmers are trying to fight it. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pamkqn/watch-trac...
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    by montalbano 9y ago

    or learn both and have the convenience+speed of Julia for scientific work? Speaking from my experience here as a bioengineering PhD student. The Julia learning curve is low enough for an experienced Python/scipy user to switch over fai
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    by montalbano 9y ago

    Though I'll still use Python for non-scientific programming, I've switched to Julia for all my scientific programming needs in my day job.
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    by montalbano 9y ago

    Reading Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks at the moment ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musicophilia ), it sometimes misses the mark but does provide a little bit of insight into your questions.
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    by montalbano 9y ago

    This one's a goodun though, the significance of the closeness of 196883 and 196884: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monstrous_moonshine https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments&#
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    by montalbano 9y ago

    Sounds like a great project. I notice that the pricing model currently only features a free option. Wondering if you might be able to tell us more about the business model long term? Many thanks
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    by montalbano 9y ago

    'Functional' exercise is often underrated (e.g. boxing, martial-arts, crossfit). I used to be very healthy when I went to my local boxing gym regularly. Unfortunately there's not a boxing gym near where I currently live. Inte
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    by montalbano 9y ago

    I just lift up the toilet seat and squat over the bowl. It's only tricky on taller toilets but normally works perfectly fine. In fact, using public toilets it feels a little more hygienic as you don't actually have to touch the to
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    by montalbano 9y ago

    I stopped sitting on toilets about 14 years ago after a camping trip when I realized how much I preferred squatting. I will never go back unless forced to due to injury.