msaharia

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by msaharia 8y ago
A language is made popular by its ecosystem. R has not only the latest statistical tools implemented through packages but also domain-specific ones. I use both R and Python, but for data analysis, modeling, and plotting - R is much ahead of
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by msaharia 8y ago
WhatsApp has giant user bases in India, South America, and Africa.
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by msaharia 8y ago
Thanks for posting this!
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by msaharia 8y ago
Also, Mendeley was bought by Elsevier. Zotero is open source.
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At this moment, I would love to have something remotely comparable and intuitive to ggplot2 in Python. I know there is a fork, but it's not as powerful. Matplotlib is about as unintuitive as a plotting library could be.
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by msaharia 8y ago
Is this book available as a printed book? Would love to buy a copy. I have read disparate parts over the years, but this one is concise and covers a gamut of topics. It might even help in running a research group!
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My exact reaction. I have tried using Mastodon, but that thing is designed by engineers with no common design sense. Just sticking to browser defaults would be a huge improvement. It looks like something I should use to impress 15 year olds
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by msaharia 8y ago
How different is the YC non-profit application from the usual route? Do they look for an existing established product or bet on new ones like the company route?
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by msaharia 8y ago
Not just non-third world countries. I think US stands rather uniquely when it comes to holidays and maternity leave. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/parliament-passes-...
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by msaharia 9y ago
So, people should give up their culture to become easier preys to global consumerism? Diversity is not a problem - it's fundamental to the survival of a species.
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by msaharia 9y ago
On a sidenote, can someone talk about what kind of tools are being used to integrate the subtitles and scrolling behavior over a youtube video in this course? Is there an OS implementation?
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by msaharia 9y ago
Thank you.
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by msaharia 9y ago
Do you get the snapshots from the companies themselves or your employees collect them? What's the incentive?
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by msaharia 9y ago
I think you mean Idea of Justice. Theory of Justice is by John Rawls.
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by msaharia 9y ago
How can I set the "default_hour" to present time in jrnl.sh when I don't mention tomorrow, yesterday etc.? Looks cumbersome to write the present time everytime.
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by msaharia 9y ago
I don't game. So I am looking for answers from a programmer's perspective. :-)
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I do work that can be termed as data science. Mostly R/Python etc. I also like tinkering with things like RPi. Also bash scripts to do mundane work.
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Nope. I am referring to Bash for Windows subsystem, not a full Linux distribution. [ https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/about ]
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Ask HN: Is Bash for Windows good enough to replace a Linux/Mac terminal?
3 points by msaharia 9y ago|8 comments
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Who will win the match? Sure. But I think the prognostic value (monetary?) will be in ball-by-ball prediction/over prediction/no. of runs scored by a particular batsman, in which we will need a model that can be updated and the ab
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by msaharia 9y ago
I have been playing with some cricket datasets in my spare time. You should document your process. Also, make some comparisons with the simplest regression model. Are you publishing the scraped datasets?
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Q: How would one go about creating such animations? What's the best workflow? Found the figures were slow to load. Great resource, though!
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Ask HN: What are the best pieces of EdTech software you have seen?
3 points by msaharia 10y ago|1 comments
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Do you know any competitors?