rob_austin

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by rob_austin 4y ago
> that their internet connection isn't good enough a person who wants to work remotely but doesn't figure out how to have a good internet connection, then they are not a good fit for remote work. If a person decides to travel t
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by rob_austin 4y ago
I'd love to read your essay! My grandpa passed away recently and stuff he had spent over a million dollars over the years to accumulate over the years sold only for $30k. I realized that most of the value in selling a product in keepin
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by rob_austin 6y ago
I wholeheartedly agree with your comment about never being part of them. That experience is real and difficult and one that I experience as well with people from my own culture. Having tried to make friends with people from many cultures I
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by rob_austin 6y ago
The worst part is consumers have also lost because of uber. The promise of convenient, affordable transportation will not be delivered. Uber/Lyft rides will be more expensive than cab rides were because users have to support Uber'
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by rob_austin 6y ago
I don't feel bad if Uber takes a bigger hit. Earlier, I loved the potential of Uber to make transportation better but it hasn't materialized (for me at least). I had an "animal farm" feeling about Uber when I was trying
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by rob_austin 6y ago
I find that there is a lot of noise out there. You know the content with a lot of words but no message. Somebody has to create the "signal". You can create content with signal by working with people doing real work and stepping in
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by rob_austin 6y ago
very astutely stated. I think many of us make fundamental attribution mistake - what can be attributed to ignorance/stupidity should not be attributed to malice.
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by rob_austin 7y ago
I agree with you about the tools being in a data science course. What I'm pointing out is a lot of people have spent energy creating intro to programming courses but similar amount of effort has not been spent in creating intermediate
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by rob_austin 7y ago
Some example topics that took me a lot of reading from different sources to understand. - how to write a python library that you can host for public/private use - adding test coverage to data science python projects - learning librarie
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by rob_austin 7y ago
At this point, I feel like there are too many "Intro to Python" courses floating around. It will take a newbie, multiple hours of reading reviews and recommendations to find a course. There are many good ones out there. I wish the
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by rob_austin 7y ago
Airbnb needs to balance the pain between all three parties: host, guests, and Airbnb. Right now it is passing down all the pain to the hosts as Airbnb probably feels that there are more guests than hosts and the bad publicity from screwing
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by rob_austin 7y ago
Would you mind sharing the name of the psychiatrist? I'm looking for one.
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by rob_austin 8y ago
Agreed. I have been using Airbnb since 2010. I've had more bad experiences when using Airbnb compared to hotels. Earlier it used to be cheaper to stay in Airbnb, but not anymore. Their fees are outrageous and the quality of the accommo