msaharia

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   by msaharia 8y ago

   Huh. Don't think I have seen NCAR here before!
2. 62.▲
   by msaharia 8y ago

   These are nice. Thanks!
3. 63.▲
   by msaharia 8y ago

   Actually a good idea. I have always found them to be precise.
4. 64.▲
   by msaharia 8y ago

   Thanks!
5. 65.▲
   by msaharia 8y ago

   I'm more interested in exposition style, rather than topics. Is there anything particular you liked about that book? I'll try to find a PDF for a looksie.
6. 66.▲
   by msaharia 8y ago

   All the links I clicked led to other websites. Is it an aggregator?
7. 67.▲
   by msaharia 8y ago

   Thank you. Could you link to some of his online pieces you like?
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   Ask HN: Which are the best written tutorials you have seen till now?

   38 points by msaharia 8y ago|24 comments
9. 69.▲
   by msaharia 8y ago

   Assuming OP is related to brain.fm. Are you planning to do a Black Friday sale on lifetime subscription?
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    by msaharia 8y ago

    Python visualization needs a visionary like Hadley Wickham. Once you get used to the clarity of "Grammar of Graphics", every other plotting library feels like a clumsy tool. Also, people pointing out the diversity of needs behind
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    by msaharia 8y ago

    So I guess Gab is a Twitter clone like Voat was supposed to be for Reddit. As an aside, how does Mastodon deals/will deal with the issue? Because it is almost guaranteed that the most extremist elements will flock to it (I'm sold
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    by msaharia 8y ago

    What social and moral constraints exactly? They invest money through SoftBank, reap the dividends, and then spend it on wars and oppression just like before. It's fine to just admit that the tech world has shaky morals. But utterly del
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    by msaharia 8y ago

    A perfect reflection of why Linux is a failure on desktop. If org-mode and latex are sane replacements for office for average users, may the kernel gods save us all.And this is from someone who knows how to use both.
14. 74.▲
    by msaharia 8y ago

    Neither latex nor LyX is a replacement for Office.
15. 75.▲
    by msaharia 8y ago

    Libre office is simply not good enough, tbh. The first thing I tried.
16. 76.▲
    by msaharia 8y ago

    I am totally fine with non-free software. I'll check this out.
17. 77.▲
    by msaharia 8y ago

    Interesting. I have a Windows partitioned. Can I use that license for a virtual installation?
18. 78.▲
    by msaharia 8y ago

    The killer features missing for me 1. Word - track changes 2. PowerPoint - equation editor
19. 79.▲
    by msaharia 8y ago

    Libre office is not even 10% MS Office. Don't know why people recommend it. It messes up my word formatting.
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    by msaharia 8y ago

    “This app is only for rich people,” Spiegel said, according to Pompliano. “I don’t want to expand into poor countries like India and Spain.” Delicious irony. https://variety.com/2017/biz/news/snapchat-evan-spi
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    by msaharia 8y ago

    I shifted to Linux full time this year from MacOS. The only thing I desperately need is a replacement for is MS Office. Any ideas? I'm a power user, which Google word is simply not good for.
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    by msaharia 8y ago

    Have you considered opening a cooperative Bank? You could out-innovate a lot of slow moving small banks. And I think the initial capital requirements are lower.
23. 83.▲
    by msaharia 8y ago

    Exactly what I meant. Why would foreign policy majors need to know how to program an Arduino. I can't think of a single reason to.
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    by msaharia 8y ago

    Agreed. Amazon has a large operation in India. And FANG has had development centers there forever. Espionage is unheard of.
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    by msaharia 8y ago

    I think the Professor is vastly overestimating how much his students benefited from this exercise. What they need are data analysis and modeling skills. R + Rstudio would be the perfect tooling for them. Laudable goal nontheless.
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    by msaharia 8y ago

    That simply won't happen. 1. US isn't the only country which publishes in English. The entire Western hemisphere does. Not to mention India, already the most populous English-speaking country in the world, and has barely scratched
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    by msaharia 8y ago

    How are the Xiaomi clones compared to Roombas? Any recommendations?
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    by msaharia 8y ago

    For me it is having a complete view of what I have done previously and rerunning past codeblocks by making changes.
29. 89.▲
    by msaharia 8y ago

    People existed in the American landmass before 1776 too. ;)
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    by msaharia 8y ago

    There is an xkcd comic for this one on JavaScript Frameworks.