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by tomwphillips 8y ago
Agreed. pipenv is wonderful.
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by tomwphillips 9y ago
You might be interested in this feature about adults with ADHD: https://www.buzzfeed.com/kellyoakes/these-adults-have-adhd-b...
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by tomwphillips 9y ago
>To become a chemical engineer, you first have to complete the course work for a degree in chemistry. That is incorrect. Look at the programme of study for a chemical engineering undergraduate degree [1]. It doesn't cover anywhere n
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Data Scientists: You Are Software Engineers First(nadbordrozd.github.io)
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by tomwphillips 9y ago
Those rates are for employees of the college. PhD students aren't employees. PhD students in the UK typically receive a stipend from their research council. For 2017/18 it's £14,553 [1]. You don't pay national insurance
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by tomwphillips 9y ago
DueDil | Python Developer | London, UK | ONSITE | https://www.duedil.com/careers DueDil’s mission is to be the largest source of private company data in the world. We want to be the fuel for a more informed and connected ec
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by tomwphillips 10y ago
Implementing: never. Evaluating: occasionally. In my opinion, an understanding of data structures is _much_ more useful for a data scientist than algorithms. Why should data scientists know about algorithms? Because data scientists are typi
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by tomwphillips 10y ago
I'm not making a claim about Python being "best" for algorithms. The course uses JavaScript. I recommend re-implementing the algorithms covered in the course in another language that you know well. It helped me really underst
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by tomwphillips 10y ago
This is an excellent course and helped me get my current job. My background is chemistry/chemical engineering. I had applied for a data scientist position. Phone interview included a problem where I was asked about my solution's c
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by tomwphillips 10y ago
I tried The Mythical Man Month but gave up. Found it extremely slow. I don't understand why it gets so many positive reviews.
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by tomwphillips 10y ago
Junior Data Scientist/Engineer | DueDil, London, UK | Full-time, Permanent, Onsite DueDil is looking for a Junior Data Scientist to join its bespoke projects team and help us to solve customer problems while adding vital data and featu
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by tomwphillips 11y ago
I came to say the same thing. My lab uses an industrial laser cutter a lot, and perspex fumes stink. We have a large extraction unit to capture the fumes. Filters only capture a limited range of compounds too. Important to always check whet
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by tomwphillips 11y ago
>The rest of the article is just "I did a stupid degree and didn't get a job!" I agree that the examples in the article aren't great. I think "I did a stupid degree and didn't get a job!" is a bit unfai
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by tomwphillips 11y ago
Ferrofluids are magnetic nanoparticles, usually iron oxide, with small molecules called surfactants stuck to their surface. These stop the nanoparticles aggregating. Eventually the surfactants themselves will come off, causing aggregation.