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by randcraw 5y ago
No I would not. Home electrical wiring is becoming increasingly complex today, with the rise of whole-house surge suppressors, backup generators, solar panels, and sensitive expensive electronics everywhere. Assuming that half of the US ho
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It's probably lucky you were rejected. Almost certainly, that's not the same company you left. Large corporations attract cost-cutting groupthinking bureaucrats and heavyweight processes governed by straightjacket apps like SAP
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Cool. Another book you'll want to check out is Richard Szeliski's free draft of "Computer Vision: Algorithms and Applications", second edition, https://szeliski.org/Book/
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And at night? Or is that another certification? It seems like an IFR cert would be really good to have if you were up longer than intended and had to land at night.
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I would very much like to know the confusion matrix for all these component tests: the false positive rate, false negative rate, i.e., the sensitivity and specificity of each. For example, the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test is famous
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Given that reproduction in mammals is inescapably binary, and a really big fraction of social interaction in humans is shaped by courtship, both overt and covert, it's hardly surprising that our historical perspective on gender roles h
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Earning a MS in CS after my BS in zoology. My software development career would have continued to struggle in uncompetitive ways if I hadn't added mainstream computing credentials.
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If you want to move into a more senior position, it's faster to change employers than to stay where you are. Yes, you can advance with the same employer, if you're willing to change projects, skill domains, or sites. But statis
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by randcraw 5y ago
My circumstance exactly. My Aeron was used when I first started using it 15 years ago. I’ve always liked it a lot, and just bought another (used) that I could return to my employer so I could keep mine (which I took home a year ago). I fou
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I think most ISPs are looking for a rate of return on their investment that's hard to get, given the cost per mile of stringing high-speed cable. When I first moved to suburban Philly (2006), Verizon FIOS had promised to grow into the
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Since many other countries fund their universities differently, I imagine weeder courses would be less unnecessary there. As such, is calculus taught differently there? If intuition were valued more in math instruction, I think many US st
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I have the sense that many people with emotional problems often focus their attention too much on only themselves -- are they happy, why are they not, shouldn't they be happier? It makes sense that spirituality could help many by takin
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by randcraw 5y ago
There were several chapters in the history of US IT outsourcing. After Perot Systems in the 1980s and Tata/Infosys/etc around 2000, a third era has been underway for the past 5 years or so: extending IT operations to parts of the
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by randcraw 5y ago
Predictions like these always overlook where 90% of the software lifecycle really takes place: legacy code. Code-generators-for-the-masses my be able to create new code but it can't modify, extend, repair, or maintain old code. To cha
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by randcraw 5y ago
Adding labor saving devices always increases the price you pay for a product. I LIKE labor saving features, just so long as they don't get in my way or tell me what to do. I just want a car to ENABLE me in intuitive ways and that don&
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I understand why buyers like digital novelties in cars: they're flashy and sexy, and they make your 4 year old car look old by comparison. I also understand why car makers like digital flash: your 4 year old car doesn't support yo
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by randcraw 5y ago
My 2019 pickup has a backup camera and it's dumb as a post, even though the rest of the truck fairly bristles with sensors. The camera's view appears when I shift into reverse and goes away when I exit reverse. I think nobody who
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by randcraw 5y ago
The features you mention aren't any more "smart" than an intermittent wiper is, which was invented long before electronics appeared in cars, much less digital logic. US luxury cars in 1965 had all the features you mention. T
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by randcraw 5y ago
> "why does robotic manipulation in unstructured situations still suck after 50 years" Great point. Until the promoters of RL can build us a robot that can 1) walk gracefully through a typical home that has stairs and closed d
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In fact, "if we had a good enough function" == "if we had sufficient funding". This refrain will resonate mightily in the willing ears of US congressfolk who want re-election and would rather talk about something other
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Yeah, I think the point of China's term "Informationized Warfare" is to manipulate information flow and content to serve your interests more than your enemy's. If you can distort the perspective of an opponent country&#
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Like the notion that all of natural language can be modeled fully if you just use enough finite state machines — surely true; just a wee bit inefficient.
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by randcraw 5y ago
I've used an Expert Mouse wired for over a decade. I recently bought a SlimBlade for its lower profile. But the Expert works so well, I'll probably just stick with it 'til it dies. I do a lot of image processing where stabi
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by randcraw 5y ago
1) Macbook Pro 2) An excellent office chair (Herman Miller Aeron) 3) Two external 27" 4K monitors (Viewsonic) 4) Good external keyboard (Logitech MX Keys) 5) Kensington trackball (precise, no more mousing around) 6) Plugable 7-port USB
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FYI, in three different browsers on two different platforms, this link never renders.
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And the Dark Reader extension that makes the body of websites dark with white text fails in 89. If you're using DR, do NOT disable it because you can't enable it again.
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Being wrong is not at issue, especially when the source reverses their position as better info arises. What's at issue is malevolent intent — knowingly spreading falsehoods. I'm aware of no credible basis for believing the latte
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Right. You can't ban the technology, but you can out the nations who employ merciless weapons as uncivilized pariahs who deserve coordinated disrespect, isolation, and punitive measures until the practice ends.
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I can see an extended two stage sleep rhythm making more sense at times of year when daylight is short (9 hours of daylight at my latitude) than when it's long (15 hours). It's much harder to extend your night downtime to last 10
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I buy the OP's advice when the writer hopes to engage their audience in a light conversational medium like a podcast. But is talk the only style of communication to aspire to? Yes, much great writing is musical. But surely no compose

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