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by rfeather 9y ago
Ditto.
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by rfeather 9y ago
Always glad for a new exposure to the subject. Many thanks to your professor!
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by rfeather 9y ago
I'm so glad to hear I'm not alone in avoiding Uber for being unethical. I hope this is more widespread than just the HN crowd, but generally I get the impression that most folks just aren't aware/don't care about co
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by rfeather 9y ago
Do you have a source on the audit thing? I'm genuinely curious about energy use attitudes in small businesses.
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by rfeather 9y ago
In an academic/learning environment I agree. But, for professional purposes I wouldn't hire even an entry level person who didn't have at least enough of a basis to know when those concepts apply. I also wouldn't hire a
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by rfeather 9y ago
Doing machine learning without math is like programming without knowing about unit testing or data structures. Sure, you can get by. Good luck to anyone who has to live with what you've made.
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by rfeather 9y ago
I've found 1-2 walks around the parking lot per day to be a great boost to my well-being. I usually do it solo (escape from open office overload), though at my last job one of the more senior people would usually round up a core group
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by rfeather 9y ago
I'd highly recommend reading the referenced Mars Trilogy. The debate has some more detail in the words of the characters (though the summary here gets the major points of the "Reds"). What's missing here but present in
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by rfeather 10y ago
I wonder why they decided to get rid of MaxoutDense. Is there something better or is it so trivial to implement they decided to drop it?
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by rfeather 10y ago
Thanks! When I see brutalism it conveys a sense of purpose and always looks futuristic. I guess I understand why people don't like it, but in my opinion, many of the buildings are much more interesting than seemingly cookie cutter mode
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by rfeather 10y ago
If we trust the USDA [1], then it's not really proven to be bad. [1] http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/food-safety-...
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by rfeather 10y ago
Not just America. Most of the manufacturers listed are European. Not to say US corporations are innocent of this. It's pretty upsetting to me since I own a car with glittery paint from one of the listed companies. It makes me curious
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by rfeather 10y ago
I'm referring to the PV panels the author mentioned putting on his window sill. Agreed that the hot water system isn't a fire concern.
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by rfeather 10y ago
It's great that the author wrote up their approach, but one thing I don't see is how this was managed with the landlord. There is some clue in that the landlord installed the solar water heater. My interest comes from my belief
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by rfeather 10y ago
I can attest to the other side of that. My 2000 Cavalier was totalled after I rear ended someone at < 20 MPH. Apparently all of the impact went straight into the radiator. However, in my subsequent two cars I was rear ended and in both c
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by rfeather 11y ago
I'm with you up until the software being inherently unsafe bit. I've seen a lot of code I wouldn't trust with anything, let alone my life, but in your own examples: trains are partly safe due to automation, warning systems, e
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by rfeather 11y ago
One of the great things about my boss is that he talks frankly about the fact that many of us will move on and actually gives advice on what to try in your career "someday". This isn't because we express, or have much reason
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by rfeather 11y ago
I've had decent results using a combination of bamboo, maven, conda, and pip. Granted, most of our ecosystem is Java. Tagging a python package along as a maven artifact probably isn't the most natural thing to do otherwise.
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by rfeather 12y ago
Has no site tried to apply the standard techniques used by email providers to deal with spam? Ex. Spam filter trained to recognize spammers and harrasers.