turnip1979

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by turnip1979 11y ago
Prices increased around 50-100% since 2008. In 2008, the market was considered by many to be overvalued.
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by turnip1979 11y ago
Not true. Think about it.
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by turnip1979 11y ago
People who are over 45 own most of the houses. Bought years ago for a fraction of the current price.
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by turnip1979 11y ago
Sorry ... have you seen the quality of continuing ed classes for doctors? Clinic decor 101, computer billing systems 101, sign in your hours at the exit, etc.
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by turnip1979 11y ago
Depends on the country. In many developed counties with social assistance, you will see hordes of unemployed people at the malls and at parks. Doing .. nothing. I'm all for social assistance but we are destroying the middle class.
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by turnip1979 11y ago
No. I am sick of politicians vilyfing the 1% ... in Canada, that means a family income of around 180K. Taxes get raised, benefits get cut etc. on people who have to pay 8-12 times their income to afford houses in major cities and have massi
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by turnip1979 11y ago
You are quite right. I never had an idea how immobile I would be as a tech worker. The best tech jobs are concentrated in a few, high cost of living cities. While we can work remote, the quality of the career opportunities are not the sam
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by turnip1979 11y ago
I think SW engineers have to go through a lot of of specialized training that is short term in nature. Friends in the med field studied a lot to get the job but they hardly have to spend as much time as I do to keep up. I'm only in my
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by turnip1979 11y ago
Go to tech meet ups .. You could easily do one a day at least. Meetup.com Also, check out hacker dojo in Mountain View. If you have a car, do some fun sightseeing .. check out Muir woods, Carmel, point Lobos, etc. Rents, hotels are crazy ex
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by turnip1979 11y ago
I had many a thermal issue on my similar laptop. I too stayed clear of Toshiba after that experience.
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by turnip1979 11y ago
Just checked Adafruit .. they seem to be out of stock at the moment :(
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by turnip1979 11y ago
I like the particle accelerator litmus test :p Also .. totally agree with the top 5-10 school. Universities do not typically "hire down". I heard an "unofficial list" during a faculty meeting my last year .. I was horrif
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by turnip1979 11y ago
Does Kaldi need Windows? I only saw installation instructions for Windows. Also .. I just tried Pocket Sphinx ... says it works on Windows and Linux. So .. no non-apple or cross platform speech rec for us mac devs?
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by turnip1979 11y ago
Are there any decent opensource projects out there (preferably with Python APIs) that do speaker or "voice recognition" reasonably well? I know this is an area of active research in academia.
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by turnip1979 11y ago
MSFT did it .. sure .. but my first half-decade of software engineering jobs seem like coffee chats compared to the crap we have today. I think I got my first job after a 45 minute chat (was supposed to be 30 mins but we were having a fun,
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by turnip1979 11y ago
Could you say a few words about your post-PhD career? I see from your profile that you are an independent consultant. How easy/difficult was it to get gigs? Did the PhD help/hurt in your opinion? Also, curious if you have worked a
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by turnip1979 11y ago
Bay area home prices being what they are, I would do this in a heartbeat if I wasn't worried about safety.
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by turnip1979 11y ago
Dumb question .. how does one go about getting started as a freelancer? Are there agencies or some other mechanism to get you started? Specifically, interested in how to get started in North America.
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by turnip1979 11y ago
My data is from before Shopify's success ... I think you are right that Shopify might be helping to raise salaries (to be fair, their post says 70K to 150K). I'm curious .. the 120K offer, how experienced was the individual (in te
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by turnip1979 11y ago
Agreed on the brain drain. Toronto is a major (and expensive) world city. From talking with friends, 100K (Canadian, that's 70K US) is the ceiling for intermediate to senior developers. Junior devs make a lot less ... 50-60K (that&#x27
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by turnip1979 11y ago
Wow ... Great move on the part of the company. This is the way it is done. I'm looking at you Google.
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by turnip1979 11y ago
Good article. I could think of reasons why people kept leaving in their first year at the company where they had freedom. The author says the company had the beat parts of Netflix and valve. What is the author referring to?
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by turnip1979 11y ago
Can you use the Canbus to actuate?
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by turnip1979 11y ago
I'm a fan of DDR and there are many others on the Internet. It seems like Konami doesn't want to take our money (no new products for home consoles in a few years). I'm very confused why that is. My guess was that they make mo
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by turnip1979 11y ago
Have u had success coding for this? I bought one and it is on my shelf .. Didn't find any high level language bindings. The docs didn't seem friendly. Would love it to hear cases of success.
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by turnip1979 11y ago
Is there a coursea or other MOOC that uses Xv6?
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by turnip1979 11y ago
It showed up in the context of a grad school seminar. I was shocked no one mentioned such a fundamental concept during my undergrad or regular classes. I've used the "law" to make arguments professionally several times.
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by turnip1979 11y ago
Last time I encountered a 4x surge pricing, I downloaded Lyft ... the minute I ordered it, surge pricing ended (really annoyed me and I went with Lyft anyways). If it wasn't for surge pricing, I'd be cheerleading for Uber. Surge p
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by turnip1979 11y ago
No .. You'd think this was worked out before ipv6 was finalized. Nat64 and other related tech is a mess.
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by turnip1979 12y ago
Bit of a stupid title. The iPad has changed my my mom's life and those of her siblings (all retired). My father clings to his PC and constantly asks for tech support. My mom went from having to be taught how to use a mouse (double clic

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