twelfthnight

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by twelfthnight 12y ago
This is great. The simple model to estimate minimum hourly rate is useful and I believe would create a convincing argument in negotiations of rates. (Of course, one wouldn't have to be so conservative in the estimates in that case).
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by twelfthnight 12y ago
That's a good point. I always associate the astronauts in the ISS with having very severe health effects from the zero-g, but if they never came back, perhaps they would be okay!
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by twelfthnight 12y ago
It seems to me the reason hipsters all look the same is because we tend to lump things together that resemble each other 'close enough'. If a person has thick glasses but is wearing a backward cap, are they a 'bro' or a
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by twelfthnight 12y ago
"Gravity on Mars is only 38% that of Earth’s. What this would mean for the long-term health of colonists on Mars is not known" I think this fact is often overlooked. The problem of gravity (and radiation) are probably harder to ov
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by twelfthnight 12y ago
Not sure I feel about this. It reminds me of Enthought or Anaconda python or RStudio or RedHat for linux. Should companies be able to 'own' an open source software by funneling a majority of users through their distributions and
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by twelfthnight 12y ago
Oh, I can see their point. I'm glad you were able to have some useful analysis done on the data anyhow!
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by twelfthnight 12y ago
Pardon me for my ignorance, but how exactly does a hackathon like this work? An how is it judged? Couldn't someone have already done all the work and then just pretend to complete it in the 24 hour period?
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by twelfthnight 12y ago
Have you thought about putting the (anonymous) data in a Kaggle competition?
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by twelfthnight 12y ago
Very cool article. For those who didn't read and might wonder why someone is arguing that Shakespeare isn't a genius, the title is a play on words. The article argues that Shakespeare's unusual use of language ("nonsens
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by twelfthnight 12y ago
Is this similar to GPU programming? If not, how is it different?
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by twelfthnight 12y ago
I look at retention in a similar way (for an online university). As for the growth model related here, I would suggest using a traditional survival analysis instead, which is conceptually simpler and accounts for whether or not some users