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by thearn4 10y ago
I keep hitting the WSJ paywall, but found an article on the subject at Business Insider: http://www.businessinsider.com/google-recalls-staff-to-us-tr...
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by thearn4 10y ago
I also have had really bad experiences with Makerbots after a few months of moderate daily use. But Makergear and a few others around the same price point have been pretty great so far. That said, my organization moved on from the consumer
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by thearn4 10y ago
In general, any opinions about where we are on the hype curve for machine learning (as a stand-alone concept separate from traditional statistical inference)? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hype_cycle
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> IMHO the goal of "simplify" an algebraic expression is especially flawed I teach calculus occasionally at a local university, and always make a point to highlight this fact to my class. In their previous algebra courses, the
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by thearn4 10y ago
This is still pretty true for me today. I use Pandora for discovery, and Spotify for maintaining fixed playlists. Google play music actually works great for both of these functions, but the app is extremely unstable on my phone (Moto X runn
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by thearn4 10y ago
For what it's worth, GA Tech is an amazing school, but I do think they are far more known for their traditional graduate engineering programs (aero, mechanical, electrical, etc.) than CS.
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by thearn4 10y ago
I have a few hundred hours in E:D, but haven't played in the last few months. It's an amazing flight sim (I do have a full HOTAS setup) and runs like an absolute dream in VR, but the missions system and MMO aspects are very lackin
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by thearn4 10y ago
On a side note, do does it feel to anyone else like this area is a bit of a moving target? Granted this isn't uncommon for topics experiencing a lot of growth, but it's a bit troubling to me that there seems to be a lack of refere
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by thearn4 10y ago
That was a great read, thank you!
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by thearn4 10y ago
I know Marc Millis, let me know if anyone has any questions and I can try to get his feedback here.
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by thearn4 10y ago
> data scientist who can figure out what data you need, and the questions that need to be answered. Isn't that describing a statistician?
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by thearn4 10y ago
For what it's worth: I've been doing gaming on my 2012 MBA using Steam's in-home streaming from my Desktop. It works really well for gaming casually on the couch, though it only works on my home LAN.
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by thearn4 10y ago
Splitter hairs, but wasn't he a contractor with Booz Allen Hamilton, and not a civil servant? I don't think support service contractors swear an oath.
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That's quite an investment, hopefully the decision was made with some input from the engineering teams that, I would imagine, be making use of the seats. I've seen procurements of this scale go both ways in that regard.
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by thearn4 10y ago
I have been looking at making the switch to another kind of laptop too (I'm still running a 2012 MBA as a personal machine, 2013 MBP at work, and a Win10 desktop for gaming). I've test driven a few, but still haven't committe
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by thearn4 10y ago
I've always thought that Mendel discovered genetics, but from a practical and experimental side. Darwin's work focused on longer timescales. But I don't know how accurate that summary would be.
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by thearn4 10y ago
Ha, I should have read down a few comments, I didn't even see yours!
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The bag of microwavable popcorn that I get from Advanced Circuits in CO did get me to mention them to other people. It's a good strategy.
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by thearn4 10y ago
I'm saddened to hear this, but it's also not exactly out of the blue given his age. Godspeed, Sen. (Col.) Glenn. It's an honor to work at your namesake NASA facility.
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by thearn4 10y ago
The endless spigot of cash from Steam is something that does enable Valve to take some very experimental leaps (VR, Steam machines, SteamOS, etc.) In my opinion, Valve also has the same shortcomings as google: practically zero customer supp
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by thearn4 10y ago
Very informative, thanks! I had no idea the naming conventions were that wonky.
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I think we'd need an RF engineer to answer this more thoroughly, but it's my understanding that there are a lot of materials capable of absorbing the low-energy microwaves that it uses as its transmission medium. Water is a big on
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by thearn4 10y ago
I use a mix of a semi up-to-date LaTeX CV and Github/Linkedin profile. Though I haven't switched full-time jobs in about 10 years, it's served reasonably well for securing some side work (mostly academic, but some other consu
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by thearn4 10y ago
I have a black and white Brother brand laser printer that has been great going on 5 years.
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by thearn4 10y ago
Eh, I don't expect this to be as heated as the "R or SAS" debates that many statisticians have...
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by thearn4 10y ago
It's a good question, FWIW I would expect a reasonably sharp "L" shaped curve in the focus. The assumption there I guess being that this metric of 'focus' is something well characterized by low-frequency type basis
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by thearn4 10y ago
I've heard a lot of similar experiences using both FB and Google. I feel like the entire ad-tech industry is a house of cards that is bound to topple over at some point.
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by thearn4 10y ago
> they'll start losing customers my understanding is that at their core, they are an ad tech company. Their actual customers are on Madison avenue, and I imagine, get excellent support.
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by thearn4 10y ago
I feel like google would rather accept losing marketshare on services than actually make an effort to hire even a limited but empowered support staff.
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by thearn4 10y ago
Some criticism on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/5dqy9b/em_drive_is...

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