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by raister 3y ago
Now they'll think: "it's time to change the form"...
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by raister 3y ago
> Their most aggressively marketed prescription was scrum. I don't think Agile has prescribed this though. Scrum, in my view, is an intermediary 'solution' so non-technical 'bosses' can overlook and micromanage
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by raister 3y ago
> One professor strongly advocated for his own postdoc, even though his CV was not at all competitive. After considerable debate—and without consensus—he was invited for an interview anyway. This alone happens more frequent than not. Ide
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by raister 3y ago
In 1993, Vidal lamented that literature had lost its place at the center of American culture: "I said recently to a passing interviewer, 'You know, I used to be a famous novelist.' And the interviewer said, 'Oh, we
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by raister 3y ago
Using these math ideas as Python APIs first and then explaining the why behind it, seems like a good idea before delving into the concepts if needed.
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by raister 3y ago
Yes, that's my 'solution' as well - the router Sky (UK) gave me is utter crap, I put another one besides it and added QoS (so my kid has a poor game experience) and blocked useless websites (youtube, facebook, tiktok). Call m
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by raister 4y ago
"never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake"
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by raister 4y ago
When organisations were asked "Which languages and platforms in your application portfolio have been the greatest source of risk or exposure to your organization?" in the SANS Institute "A SANS Survey: Rethiking the Sec in
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by raister 4y ago
I knew y'all wouldn't have a simple answer...
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by raister 4y ago
Sometimes the peer review is the one asking for citing him/hers work, not anybody else's...
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by raister 4y ago
First of all, Knuth would never publish something "garbage" because his reputation would be on the line for everyone to read (forever).
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by raister 4y ago
And this is the point we arrived as 'humans': instead of promoting a new guy, we need the former guy because we remember him.
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by raister 4y ago
Oh boy, you're in for a wild ride. I had my kid at my forties. TL;DR: you're always exhausted, since getting up in the morning, which you shouldn't, until early in the night - something I lack the grasp to understand, despi
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by raister 4y ago
hit the paywall here...
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George Dantzig – A Modern Genius(en.wikipedia.org)
4 points by raister 4y ago|1 comments
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by raister 4y ago
Let's not forget the feat George Dantzig has achieved in statistics, never.
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by raister 4y ago
I can relate to this. I pick up woodworking a few years ago, before the pandemic, when wood was actually cheap. I chose to pursue a semi-'pure' manual hand tools only, and I'm feeling pretty satisfied. I embark on small proje
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by raister 4y ago
> Less PhD students PhD students are the backbone of any research project. They interact with postdocs and with undergrads in the research ecossystem. If anything, they will be required more in the years to come, not less .
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by raister 4y ago
Perhaps the research group and the culture plays a part on people taking out a good experience out of the PhD. The problem is to find the right place at the right time for you, matching your interests, and having people pursuing research wi
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by raister 4y ago
Blue Sky research is like that: you're venturing into new areas. I remember the advertisement posted by Shackleton: _"Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful.
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by raister 4y ago
This is so very true... Funny anecdote: whilst deciding where to pursue a PhD, the Univ. of Edinburgh website stated: "If you are deciding based on weather, don't come here."
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by raister 5y ago
The author has uploaded a version of the book in the libertinus font - I guess he heard your complaints!
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by raister 5y ago
Only the frontispiece uses a different font (can't say for sure whether it is Comic Sans though) - the rest is pure Times new Roman.
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by raister 5y ago
The solutions in proprietary formats are for demonstration only - you could refer to the C code at all times. And also, they could be easily ported to GNU/Octave and LibreOffice Calc without any issues.
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Markov Chains for programmers(czekster.github.io)
217 points by raister 5y ago|29 comments
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by raister 5y ago
Interesting find - really introductory examples. Good read, recommend it.
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by raister 5y ago
From Wikipedia: "News of Ritchie's death was largely overshadowed by the media coverage of the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, which occurred the week before." NOW I'm sad. RIP Richie, your place in computing heave
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by raister 5y ago
Since we are using the power abstraction, why not instead of load shedding, start up secondary machines servicing, which are slower, but could handle a bunch of simultaneous requests for some clients, or even tertiary ones? That could at le
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by raister 5y ago
Many 'external' actors are actually destroying the Amazon: Brazil's incompetence whilst voting (putting a crazy in charge); USA's inability to embargo Brazil if it keeps devastating the forest; Amazon is not located &#x2
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by raister 5y ago
I hit a paywall.

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