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by pseut 13y ago
>Gender dynamics are hard, for EVERYBODY. I know. But they're probably harder when you're also making less money and having your credentials questioned.
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by pseut 13y ago
Yes, ESPN's the corporate parent of 538 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/20/business/media/nate-silver...
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by pseut 13y ago
Yes, I'd like it more if it were better. Is that really a question?
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by pseut 13y ago
I learned about relational databases just from playing with Access at one of my first (boring, nontechnical) jobs. Just the fact that the GUI gives you a valid query for multi-table joins, even if it's not the one you want, is extraord
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by pseut 13y ago
The GUI - it looks like and works like souped up excel. If this is something you're working on, buy a copy of Access and play with it for a few hours.
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by pseut 13y ago
Access is the frontend
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by pseut 13y ago
I assume it's referring to the gratuitous insult that you ended your first comment with.
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by pseut 13y ago
It was announced here: http://blogs.adobe.com/typblography/2012/09/source-code-pro.... the last paragraph of that post has links for the source, web fonts, etc. DL link (from sourceforge): http://s
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by pseut 13y ago
I may not know what I'm talking about, but Adobe's source sans and source code pro look a lot like dejavu but have some nice refinements IMO: eg the "-" is a little higher so "->" is better aligned. You may
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by pseut 13y ago
Especially http://practicaltypography.com/charter.html and http://practicaltypography.com/georgia-alternatives.html
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by pseut 13y ago
So you stopped because of a rhetorical question?
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by pseut 13y ago
Yes :)
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by pseut 13y ago
Kids are expensive. They become more expensive as they age.
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by pseut 13y ago
I don't know anything about ripple, but that's true of everything ever made. He'll, I've made my own currency and have all the coins. Trading them for real stuff is kind of hard, though.
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by pseut 13y ago
Re: 2, whether or not this is true, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the protocol on its own.
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by pseut 13y ago
As someone who upvoted but didn't comment: I'd like the site to get exposure so it will be more useful, but I don't have anything specific to say about it.
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by pseut 13y ago
I like handouts for the diagrams
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by pseut 13y ago
But if you'd seen hundreds of people use screwdrivers, and had only heard one anecdote about a correctly aligned screw in an online forum...
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by pseut 13y ago
>In fact, ideally, do this before the lecture. That way, many of the students will have already read through it once, and will be able to ask more thoughtful questions. "many" is an overestimate.
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by pseut 13y ago
I hope you enjoyed the irony of invoking the FDIC to justify why people "own" money that they've deposited in checking accounts as much as I enjoyed reading it. Banks used to shut down all the mfing time without making their
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by pseut 13y ago
But then don't bitch about it.
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by pseut 13y ago
Without that pressure, you won't learn it. :)
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by pseut 13y ago
Even better is when, to everyone's surprise, those seven turn out to be relevant for describing real world phenomena.
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by pseut 13y ago
The process of peer review also optimizes papers to be shorter than intended.
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by pseut 13y ago
Did you look at the typeface? Sure, regarding serif vs sans serif in general, but the "I" and "l" in this case are pretty damn different.
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by pseut 13y ago
Was that anywhere on the website? I had to download the font to figure out its license.
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by pseut 13y ago
If you graduated in 2009, you got screwed. I'm sorry.
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by pseut 13y ago
>Could these guys make more money in private sector? Yes, maybe 5-7 times as much. The people you're talking about are exceptional. (How is UNC mid-range?)
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by pseut 13y ago
Pay raises after tenure are nowhere near what you see in the private sector. And people who get tenure at Cal or UT are exceptional. Do you think the smartest 30-40yos in Austin outside UT are only making 500k?
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by pseut 13y ago
>Underlying your comment is the assumption that every one wants the hedge fund (or other) job. One of the allures of academia is the prospect of doing fundamental research. You ignore that many people derive satisfaction from doing funda

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