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by pathdependent 13y ago
I haven't downloaded this yet, but I certainly will. If it is accurate and reasonably precise (yea, what does that mean?), I'd like to have it running in the background, gathering data as I work, while also gathering statistics about my wor
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by pathdependent 13y ago
I'm not sure I'd end by signing "the people who designed the hardware, software and network infrastructure you're reading this on," but I do know the feeling. It's especially poignant in relationships. I feel compelled to provide a justific
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by pathdependent 14y ago
Yes. Which seems like a better investment: dedication to a platform that certainly will attract speculators and is underserved in general or dedication to a trading algorithm in an arena overpopulated by very smart people competing in a zer
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by pathdependent 14y ago
Thank you! Most of my colleagues do data analysis in Python given Numpy+SciPy. I like Python, but if possible, I'd rather do as much of my development in a single language, and I prefer Scala. This library certainly does not replicate the e
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by pathdependent 14y ago
The third or forth slide causes my IPad's instance of Safari to crash. (IOS 6.1.3)
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Botting with Poker Academy Pro(neverendingwhy.com)
2 points by pathdependent 14y ago|0 comments
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Amtrak Wi-Fi: or, Negative Value-Added(neverendingwhy.com)
2 points by pathdependent 14y ago|0 comments
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by pathdependent 14y ago
Consider seeing a therapist. Seriously. Most people have exposure to death when they are young, but for some people -- for whatever reason -- it's more traumatic. It can become corrosive, subtly or not so subtly, affecting the decisions you
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by pathdependent 14y ago
Check out the call options yesterday. Either Buffet's traders were implementing some hedge strategy, or someone made a fat insider trade. Zero hedge covered it: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-02-14/so-who-leaked-heinz...
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Self-Improvement and Narcissist's Mirror(neverendingwhy.com)
1 points by pathdependent 14y ago|0 comments
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by pathdependent 14y ago
Re: #2, from http://www.zensorium.com/tinke/specs.html : WARNING Tinké is NOT a medical device. Tinké and its associated applications should not be used to diagnose, treat, or prevent any disease or medical condition. Always
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by pathdependent 14y ago
I like Taleb's books. His ideas are far from novel -- especially to people who work with complex systems -- but his books are engaging. When I read them, I rarely find that I'm impressed by anything he said, yet I'm _always_ inspired to exp
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by pathdependent 14y ago
Agreed. Also, some of the recent treatment modalities are genuinely revolutionary. For example, Gleevec (subsequently exposed problems aside) is pretty damn amazing. Obviously, new things are becoming possible because of a long-growing body
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by pathdependent 14y ago
Would you happen to have a link? I've been interested in toying around with this idea (just for fun) for a while, but I haven't started doing the actual research. My instinct would be that (biological) immortality is (mostly) non-existant n
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by pathdependent 14y ago
This is a very good point. Although the data (at this link) are not isolated, using a GUI window as a ruler, you can see a clear decrease, just not a visually compelling one. And yes, I agree that as you reduce the mortality associated with
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by pathdependent 14y ago
It was a "well done visual," and does put some things into perspective. For example, the "War on Cancer" began in about 1971. While I'm optimistic about the near-term future in cancer treatment, the chart doesn't reflect much historic clini
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by pathdependent 14y ago
The hops were on communities connected by water supplies, not social graphs. In the graph of communities connected by water supplies, 4 hops is relatively short. (See Figure 3b in http://arxiv.org/pdf/1208.2534v1.pdf ) Unfortunately, I agr
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by pathdependent 14y ago
Social network analysis (SNA) is increasingly a method of analysis for many fields. Epidemiology is fascinating, but before deciding to jump into a new field, think about how it may apply to your own sphere of interests. Since you said you'
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by pathdependent 14y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4383001
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by pathdependent 14y ago
Although the solution produces too many problems, I agree that named parameters are highly desirable for readability and the prevention of bugs. Have there been any proposals for Java 8 to included named parameters? Edit: * http://openjdk.
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by pathdependent 14y ago
It's a cat and mouse game. Google gets good at it; scammers get more sophisticated; google catches up again; ad infinitum. Also, in addition to the scam mentioned above -- in Google's case, targeting AdWords -- they have to deal with scamm
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by pathdependent 14y ago
Yes. This used to happen a lot on ad networks, although I personally don't know how pervasive it is now. The game is as jiggy said. Force competing ad buyers to pay for what appears to be non-productive traffic by forcing ad clicks. Since t
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by pathdependent 14y ago
I thought it was interesting that it was down in a way that I was receiving raw ERB. (At least, I think it's erb; twitter still uses rails for the front-end, I think.)
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by pathdependent 14y ago
The drop came after the results were reported.
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by pathdependent 14y ago
I've only gone to two. I'm in grad school and classes are usually 4:30-7:30 and an hour metro ride, so I rarely make it in time. Of the two I have been to, I've had some pretty interesting (and wild) conversations.
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by pathdependent 14y ago
See you there. (Although it would typically be cause for a downvote, I'm going to point out that they have good buffalo wings.)
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by pathdependent 14y ago
I agree. When I start feeling stressed out about some code, I usually like to print it out and walk away from my computer to review it. Sitting outside with a copy of code that I cannot edit is very helpful sometimes. Right now, I often wil
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by pathdependent 14y ago
Ignoring what other users have said (bloat, speed, noise, etc), I find that my code in an editor like ST2/TextMate/VIM ends up being substantially better and more maintainable than code written in a full-blow IDE. The full-blow IDE may mask
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by pathdependent 14y ago
Thank you for doing so! Overwhelmingly, it is my experience that researchers in computational disciplines publish papers with half-finished code "available on request" -- and requests are often ignored. It's refreshing to hear someone say,
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Update on LinkedIn's Global Women’s HackDay(engineering.linkedin.com)
1 points by pathdependent 14y ago|0 comments

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