specproc

40 ms·

811.
by specproc 5y ago
Not a normal route. I took a masters degree in public policy at a quant heavy school. I'd coded a lot as a kid, but hadn't done anything beyond VBA since then. Picked up python, and an understanding of stats, network analysis and
812.
by specproc 5y ago
I'm a non profit guy and love it. I don't get so worked up about the mission, I've been doing this sort of thing in various roles for years and am pretty jaded, but the work is magnificent. I'm a pretty junior, inexperie
813.
by specproc 5y ago
People in Russia, with savings in dollars, that need to buy things.
814.
by specproc 5y ago
Check out some before and after pictures of drinkers who've quit. I've never had an issue with weight, but alcohol clearly a major factor with many other people's. Stopping drinking was the one change that worked for me in mo
815.
by specproc 5y ago
If you drink, cut back or stop. You'll lose the bloat, and find yourself eating more healthily.
816.
by specproc 5y ago
Seeing as this post is getting on HN, as a long term Caucasus resident, I'll take a moment to give some love for the publisher. OC Media are a fantastic outlet, that provide a home for top-notch journalists in a region where the wrong
817.
by specproc 5y ago
Kapital.
818.
by specproc 5y ago
Every hannover hangover is withdrawal, there's just a scale of severity. I was drinking daily. Two to three on a quiet day, regularly scaling up to the point its it's difficult to count. I wasn't he heaviest drinker I knew.
819.
by specproc 5y ago
With alcohol, its not so much about the urge to drink when you stop, but how bad your withdrawal symptoms are. I pretty much gave up in my mid thirties when I stopped for two weeks to deal with some life admin and found myself in withdrawal
820.
by specproc 5y ago
Painting miniatures for tabletop gaming, and almost no tabletop gaming.
821.
by specproc 5y ago
I used Google Squared constantly for about six months before its death.
822.
by specproc 5y ago
I can't even handle my projector for gaming, let alone work.
823.
by specproc 5y ago
I was living in a country when a war broke out. Ended up with a ten-year humanitarian career after getting involved in the response.
824.
by specproc 5y ago
I got a little shrine with little nick nacks that mean stuff to me. Stuff that represents members of my family, money to bring money, a compass and a few books. I light a candle there every now and again. I'm no longer Christian, but t
825.
by specproc 5y ago
I would like to know how you know.
826.
by specproc 5y ago
As someone else who'd like to have a better understanding of formal notation, I think that's a great answer. Thanks for taking the time.
827.
by specproc 5y ago
R is definitely a good language for quant work. In some ways it could have been the natural choice, and there are still places where it's a better choice than Python. It's just far to fragmented, only really good for numeric work
828.
by specproc 5y ago
Agreed. I found my job by just searching for 'python' on a board for my sector. The only reason I've been able to move into a coding job is because I have very deep domain knowledge in a pretty niche area and a bunch of other
829.
by specproc 5y ago
I'm in my late thirties and starting my first 'proper' engineering job next week. The career change process took me about four years all told, but life gets in the way and naturally YMMV. I was working in administrative and f
830.
by specproc 5y ago
Yeah, I'm a non-profit boy. Similar sort of setup. I'm never going to get crazy money, but the work's super interesting and I'm treated like a wizard. Plenty of downsides. You're often project-funded and subject to
831.
by specproc 5y ago
Yeah, disappointing from Rayfield, he's generally pretty well respected. The big depopulation of the 20th century came in the 90s, when a big chunk of the minorities and a lot of Georgians got out away from the civil war. It lost about
832.
by specproc 5y ago
I went back to university at 36 after achieving a very, very modest degree of stability in my life. It was one of the best decisions I've ever made. Gave me a completely different perspective on who I am, what I'm interested in. I
833.
by specproc 5y ago
They've got a tiny little branch in Vienna too. Great selection and incredibly well structured for browsing. I came out with a stack of books I'd have never found otherwise.
834.
by specproc 5y ago
If you search for the author on well-known sites for the free downloading of copyrighted books, you'll find "The Annals of the Caliph's Kitchen", which I'm flicking through in PDF right now. It's a great read.
835.
by specproc 5y ago
I believe the main library for reader mode is called readability. I played around with a python implementation a while back. Just pipe in your raw html as part of the process. It's good, but not flawless. If I remember correctly, it in
836.
by specproc 5y ago
Also a neat way to scrape some sites, big love for readability.
837.
by specproc 5y ago
An oldie but a goodie. Love this piece.
838.
by specproc 5y ago
Yeah, I live somewhere that's very cheap indeed by the standards of most people reading this thread. I spend about USD 150 a month on a small office and it's brilliant. Get all the benefits of office space (i.e., time out of the h
839.
by specproc 5y ago
A little hokey, maybe, but I've found great strength in the Tao te ching, specifically the Ron Hogan translation. I'd describe my burnout as 50 percent PTSD, 50 percent taking everything too seriously. Every time I'm feeling
840.
by specproc 5y ago
R is such a horrible language to learn. I gave up entirely and now just use rpy2 for the few things it can do that Python can't.

More ›