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   by nsrivast 10y ago

   Twine Labs | http://twinelabs.com | Philadelphia or REMOTE | INTERNS Twine builds software that matches employees with the right new roles inside their companies - we help Fortune 1000 firms retain top talent and save millions o
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   by nsrivast 10y ago

   A plug for my own! http://nikhilsrivastava.com/ Would love any comments/critiques!
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   by nsrivast 10y ago

   Think of it as acquiring technical debt. Can help you grow faster, but need to monitor it carefully to prevent eventual trouble.
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   by nsrivast 10y ago

   Twine Labs | http://twinelabs.com | Philadelphia or REMOTE | INTERNS Twine builds software that helps companies connect the right employees. We create internal mobility and mentorship programs to improve retention of top talent.
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   by nsrivast 10y ago

   Twine Labs | New York, NY | Part-time/Full-time | Remote | Full-stack developer (Python/Django) Twine is a software platform that intelligently connects the right employees - helping large companies boost employee engagement and i
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   by nsrivast 10y ago

   Intuitively it seems like you could approximate by weighting/combining 15min and 30min caches. But also seems like a very esoteric problem!
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   by nsrivast 10y ago

   I'd be happy to donate some time or money towards migration.
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   by nsrivast 11y ago

   http://www.boomeranggmail.com/
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   Why New York Subway Lines Are Missing Countdown Clocks(theatlantic.com)

   13 points by nsrivast 11y ago|0 comments
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    by nsrivast 11y ago

    At the moment, people are implicitly trading their personal data for services and convenience (communication, transportation, etc). Yet our data has value not just aggregated across millions of users and trained to sell ads; it has value to
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    by nsrivast 11y ago

    I've often thought recipes could benefit from a more structured representation. One idea I had was to recursively define a recipe as either: A) a raw ingredient B) a procedure (measurement [4 cups, 2 stalks, 3 pinches], reduction [slic
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    by nsrivast 11y ago

    Last night at midnight I rented a zipcar with some friends, drove 30 minutes outside Philadelphia to a state park, lay down on the grass and watched shooting stars. Even in a region with significant light pollution [1], we saw clear and bri
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    by nsrivast 11y ago

    I'm teaching a course on data visualization, which is something of a side project for me. Check it out here: http://nsrivast.github.io/data-viz-nairobi/ I'll be posting the student projects tomorrow after the
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    by nsrivast 11y ago

    I think you might enjoy the book Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies, by Douglas Hofstadter [1]. The first chapter is on (what Hofstadter argues is) the fundamental nature of recognizing patterns in number sequences. [1] http:/&#x2F
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    by nsrivast 11y ago

    I came here to post exactly the same thing! Teaching a data viz course shortly and have to decide which library to use.
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    by nsrivast 12y ago

    Pro tip: get in line sufficiently before closing time that you are guaranteed entry. Proceed through the first few rooms, then loiter . Move much slower than the horde of crowds flowing through the halls. Spend an hour looking through the
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    by nsrivast 13y ago

    Simon, did you adopt the idea from http://geoguessr.com/ ? I came across that game a few months ago and couldn't reach the developer, but I'll share with you my comments at the time: Love geoguessr! Thank you for
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    by nsrivast 14y ago

    Uses of money: 1) medium of exchange 2) store of value 3) unit of account 4) common ground for rumor and speculation!
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    by nsrivast 14y ago

    OP is a friend of mine, and when I first heard of his problem I wondered if there might be an analytical solution to quantify the difference between intelligent vs naive routing. I took this problem as an opportunity to teach myself a bit o
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    by nsrivast 15y ago

    http://www.amazon.com/QED-Strange-Princeton-Science-Library/... and also http://vega.org.uk/video/subseries/8
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    by nsrivast 16y ago

    What a great list! It contains 8 books I've read, all of which have been fantastic. So I think I'll make my way through the rest (maybe skipping the OED).
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    by nsrivast 16y ago

    Now all we need is a futures market on each of these, and we'll start to see progress.
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    by nsrivast 16y ago

    This is related and blew my mind. http://www.chiefog.com/drilling_process.html
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    by nsrivast 17y ago

    isc.ro by far the best
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    by nsrivast 17y ago

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window
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    by nsrivast 17y ago

    Is there a way to view vote history, or are people actually watching the number of votes their comments get?
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    by nsrivast 17y ago

    hold on to that one
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    by nsrivast 17y ago

    I'd like a site like crowdspring, except I upload pictures of my clothes and people tell me what tie/shirt/pants/suit go with each other.
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    by nsrivast 17y ago

    On the other hand, if the voting policies were known, people could more efficiently game the system. If the voting policy is unknown (and PG is committed to keeping it unknown), perhaps fewer people will worry about it's functional form,
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    by nsrivast 17y ago

    Reading comments can be addictive.