noobhacker

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by noobhacker 9y ago
I come from a data analysis background, and I'm thinking about R / Python as the alternative to Excel, not Google Sheets. People used to use Excel to run regression, visualize data, etc. which I consider inferior to R / Pytho
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by noobhacker 9y ago
People are wedded to Excel because they've spent a lot of time learning it and don't want their skills to become obsolete. The resistance is rooted in psychological / political reasons, not technical ones.
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by noobhacker 9y ago
Vincent says that building a solo business requires you to work on a boring idea, i.e. something everyone already knows the value proposition of, e.g. punch card on computer. How does one learn about these "mundane" issues that sm
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by noobhacker 9y ago
You are right that this is a problem with personal responsibility. Your parent comment is also right that this lack of personal responsibility is cultivated or exacerbated by poverty. Personal responsibility is as much a skill as it is a tr
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by noobhacker 9y ago
Some hypotheses: 1. First floor space is the most expensive (a testable assumption), and only luxury brands like LV can afford it. 2. Brand name on the first floor attracts people walking by into the mall.
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by noobhacker 9y ago
Could you please link to the counterargument to Flash Boys?
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by noobhacker 9y ago
What grammatical or typographical errors prompt the advice to get someone to proofread the website? I'm asking because I see this advice quite often, and most of the times I can't find anything wrong. Could someone point out speci
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by noobhacker 9y ago
That part really irks me as well. It sounds like a move for the cool factor that will go into a Medium post or book later, rather than a move to optimize for the best chance of beating Magnus. Building a ML algorithm to beat Magnus is reall
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by noobhacker 9y ago
Could you elaborate on how the Vietnam War succeeded in "protecting US business interests around the world"? In my view, first, the Vietnam War has little to do with "business interest," more with containing the spread o
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by noobhacker 9y ago
It's not so different from your own example of "football where [you] don't want to exercise." Many video games require skills and can be stressful to play [1] [2]. It's a lot more fun to watch people more skilled th
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by noobhacker 9y ago
"Dreamers" referred to people who illegally came into the US when they were children (often due to their parents' decision), who are seeking protection from deportation. [1] [1]: http://www.cnn.com/2017/0
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by noobhacker 9y ago
The typical argument why traders don't make money is not that the stock market behaves as a coin flip. The argument is that, if you see "obvious momentum," many others in the market are likely to see that too, and the current
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by noobhacker 9y ago
"Check for anything that looks wrong or charged wrong." Could you clarify against which should I check? The original problem is that no price is published in the first place.
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by noobhacker 9y ago
Sorry for being obtuse, but doesn't Python do the same thing? I just tried in ipython y = 2 def mult(x): return x * y mult(6) # returns 12
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by noobhacker 9y ago
Do you write math or long notes, or just a few words? I have not found any stylus / tablet combination that allows me to write as freely as pen / paper, no matter how much I'd like to go digital for portability.
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by noobhacker 9y ago
The campaign doesn't call people outside of their base because it is extremely hard to convince people to change their mind. There are a lot of popular articles dedicated to this topic recently if you Google some variants of "diff
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by noobhacker 9y ago
How does one dispute a bill? On what basis can we say that this bill should have been $X instead of $Y? I'd love to start doing this but I don't know how.
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by noobhacker 9y ago
Could you clarify what's insane about the variable scoping in R? I'm a bit too close to R so I'm afraid I'm oblivious.
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by noobhacker 9y ago
Did you go straight from the state of chaos to learning engineering to Google, or there were incremental steps of employment in between? What are some key factors in the process? Stories like yours are very inspiring and I strive to think w
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by noobhacker 9y ago
What is strategic value to the manager that is not hard work and delivering result? I'm asking sincerely, since I do hear a lot about the lack of correlation between hard work and promotion. I want to understand.
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by noobhacker 9y ago
ESS is great, BUT its auto complete is non existent for the tidy verse, which is a deal breaker for those who work within it. It also takes setup to work with shiny and knitr, whereas Rstudio just works. On the other hand, I'm not sure
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by noobhacker 9y ago
I recognize that while typing out my comments. It seems like there are two archetypes of people: 1. Those who have a close circle of friends that don't change much over time. For these people, phone / email work great because they
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by noobhacker 9y ago
Advantage of Facebook over email / texting: - Facebook shows me updates about friends that I wouldn't otherwise know about. These updates provide an opportunity for a quick connect that is appropriately shallow, just enough to kee
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by noobhacker 9y ago
How do you keep learning without much serendipitous interactions with people in your field? This is the biggest reason that makes me hesitate to try out WFH.
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by noobhacker 9y ago
Could you clarify what you mean by "integration with other development environments"? I assume you're in data science -- could you describe how Emacs solve your need? Also, am I correct in thinking that ESS company-mode autoc
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by noobhacker 9y ago
I actually switched back to Rstudio, which has everything ESS has to offer (eg helm style autocomplete) plus much better autocomplete for tidy verse pipes. Perhaps I'm missing some killer ESS features?
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by noobhacker 9y ago
I'm just finished watching the 3blue 1brown series and am working through the Klein book now. Klein's books is very heavy on symbolic manipulation and not much (geometric) intuition. I still think it's worthwhile because of
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by noobhacker 9y ago
Have you done this before and do you have a sense what's the cost? If it costs $5,000 to have an attorney involved while I'm pretty sure that I'm just a witness, it may not be worth it.
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by noobhacker 9y ago
I feel the same way about current practice research, but find that industry standards are even more abysmal in terms of fishing. What field are you in now that you find an acceptable level of rigor?
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by noobhacker 9y ago
I have been using helm and projectile to easily find files. How do you use it to make edits too?

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