thinkersilver

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by thinkersilver 13y ago
The author mentions that he spent a lot of time using English without ever listening to it. A big problem is the way English( or languages) are taught or learnt that causes these problems. One trick/method that I used while perfecting
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by thinkersilver 13y ago
It's a great idea but I think it is a long way from being useful. The one feature I would not expect to see using a tool like this is realistic rendition of the dialogue. I know that is not technologically feasible. What I would expect
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by thinkersilver 13y ago
I've been using this library and I really like it. If only it could do svg, then embedding D3 charts would be a cinch. Keep up the good work, though.
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by thinkersilver 13y ago
I disagree with Paul Graham's notion that we need to find a better way to entertain ourselves. The narratives of films are powerful and are not always fun and entertaining yet people will go watch them; even if they walk out a bit dist
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by thinkersilver 13y ago
Instant coffee will give you roughly 12mg of caffeine, an espresso will give you ~150mg , a regular size cup of brewed coffee from somewhere like Starbucks is around ~200mg of caffeine. The strength of your coffee is in the brewing method a
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by thinkersilver 13y ago
It would also be interesting to see research on coffee's effect on a wide range of personality types. I've quit and haven't used in ~19months. Back then I'd drink 3-4 espresso's a day. Quitting was one of the most u
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by thinkersilver 13y ago
Each time is different. You really should take this down or wait to change teams after a year and a bit or leave. It sounds like there is serious disconnect between your expectations and the company culture and what you have written does no
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by thinkersilver 13y ago
I won't talk about grades. Getting a 2:1 or better is a given when applying in the UK. My experience is mainly London, Finance/Tech. The hardest class was my algorithms class in my second year and it turned out to be the most useful. The re
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by thinkersilver 13y ago
I'm thinking of moving across from a financial IT consultancy to a hedge fund. What are the hours like? I'm not that interested in working in a large IB (e.g RBS,CS pr ,MS) I've done that before and the work in that space is a lot less inte
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by thinkersilver 13y ago
The signs aren't always very clear. King's Cross being the worst culprit. Arriving on the Northern Line then changing to the Circle line, will take a few minutes or almost 10 depending on which end of the train you get off. This happened t
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by thinkersilver 13y ago
I agree. It is easy to complain about how boostrappy or wordpress like the theme is, but it is immaterial the source of the design inspiration. The most import thing is, that it works and is functional. Try going to the birmingham.gov.uk or
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by thinkersilver 14y ago
Thanks for the write up. I've been working for a start-up in the Silicon Roundabout(London) for the last two years. I am not surprised by some of David's observations about the investment culture in Berlin. The German word for Venture Capit
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by thinkersilver 14y ago
Small bug - I'm reading in HN in bed right now and I have a mounted screen a few metres away from me. I clicked on Start/Play and wanted to cancel, so I cancelled the first alert box but then found myself in an endless loop of alert boxes