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by chuckcode 12y ago
Yes, I could take some time and write it myself. Take a look at hdf5[1] and the features they have around meta information, data chunking, page level compression for efficient reading of sub areas of data spaces. It is a non-trivial amount
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by chuckcode 12y ago
Does anyone know of a data serialization framework that will do the usual structs and arbitrary size matrices? I'd love to use something like thrift for serializing matrices or other larger data over a wire or onto disk but last time I
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by chuckcode 12y ago
Thanks for the additional info, be great to see those on the page as I had the exact same questions. Really like the movie - amazing photography, especially how the hot springs became like their own character through the sublime water shots
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by chuckcode 12y ago
Darn it, the internet just broke advertising again...
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by chuckcode 12y ago
Not sure he'll find many dates but I'm guessing there is a few million in angel investments already lined up.
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by chuckcode 12y ago
As zzleeper says in practice it can be quite difficult even if possible in theory. If there are other faculty that are in your field they may not want to offend a colleague who they'll be dealing with forever for a PhD student who will
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by chuckcode 12y ago
Certainly different but a couple years in the program you get to see it all up close and personal and much of the coursework is usually the same so not a total waste of time. Like any job or 5+ year commitment you also want to be sure that
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by chuckcode 12y ago
If you're really unsure, try out a masters. It can actually be helpful in the job market and you get a couple extra years of advanced coursework and projects. In my experience getting a PhD is more about doing something for yourself, c
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by chuckcode 12y ago
It'a actually a little complicated but if you're interested in the details check out this stack overflow thread [1]. High level summary is that lapply() and functions built on top of it do some work in native C and so are generall
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by chuckcode 12y ago
Python has better and better support for R with Rpy2 and R like data frames with Pandas, which is helping me take advantage of the incredibly useful analysis libraries in R. Also note that loops are slow enough that it is really worth learn
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by chuckcode 12y ago
I find R to be a great language for exploring a data set and doing some prototyping. There are a lot of wonderful statistical tools available through the core packages and even more through the various community extensions. It does have som
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by chuckcode 12y ago
Are there any studies that support productivity in an open office environment? The studies referenced in this article and others seem pretty negative overall. Certainly seems to be the trend at most companies these days that I've inter
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by chuckcode 12y ago
Certainly correct. I guess it is new for me that I'm requiring my users to give their data so they can be served personalized ads.
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by chuckcode 12y ago
Am I being paranoid when I think that offering this "free" service is a great way to track people over even more sites and usually the most important conversion pages that don't have the usual google display ads. I don't
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by chuckcode 12y ago
What a misleading headline. Google will now look at your mouse movement but really be scanning to see if they've been tracking you across the web. Anybody who is is concerned enough about privacy to block/clean cookies will be ass
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by chuckcode 12y ago
I think H1-B's should entitle someone to work in the US at any company. Personally as a US citizen I think we're really lucky to get the worlds best and brightest to move here. Even if you feel different giving workers the ability
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by chuckcode 12y ago
The current academic peer review system is an example of a process that worked fine when number of participants was small but fails at scale. I'd like to see something like hacker news or reddit's social version of vetting papers
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by chuckcode 12y ago
About 80% of folks I know with kids leave San Francisco before they turn 5. The big issues are high rent, variability of school quality and logistics getting kids+gear around. City has done some great work to upgrade the kid's parks bu
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by chuckcode 12y ago
Agreed, I think their data must be sparse for some areas but it would be nice to see them post at least the number, mean, median and standard deviation for each region. Also be interesting to grab data off craigslist to compare.
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by chuckcode 12y ago
Less distractions at night, so hard to get a few hours of uninterrupted coding time in the day to really dig into something.
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by chuckcode 12y ago
So they're turning captchas into a mechanical turk for free?
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by chuckcode 12y ago
From my standpoint the problem with H-1B and other visas in the US immigration system isn't that we're issuing too many but rather that they tie the workers to a particular company in a way that prevents them from changing jobs ea
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by chuckcode 12y ago
Actually they don't report their individual positions on trades or often their liability very well as illustrated in the Atlantic's article last year "What's Inside America's Banks?"[1]. Banks file the usual an
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by chuckcode 12y ago
I'd like to see all the banks and insurance companies have to report their holding and liabilities the same way that mutual funds do every so often (maybe 1 year after transaction). The only way to regulate these guys is to open up the
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by chuckcode 12y ago
Anybody know how much revenue gmail makes per user? I'm pretty sure I'd be happy to pay that to not have them scrape through my email. I think they have great services but am turned off by the idea of them owning all of my data as
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by chuckcode 12y ago
I really like the idea of "handoffs" that the article discusses It indirectly brings up what I see as a major problem for some of the most talented engineers I've worked with which is that some point they get too bogged down
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by chuckcode 12y ago
Seems like the article as actually quite sarcastic about the benefits of coconut oil. From the article: "So I stopped at a nearby children’s hospital and cured every child with a dropperful of coconut oil."
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by chuckcode 12y ago
Thanks! Just what I was looking for!
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by chuckcode 12y ago
LED on the headphones would be awesome... And possibly programmable through the cord, thanks!
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by chuckcode 12y ago
I wish I had a little LED at my desk that would sync with my IM status to show people when I was busy or available to chat online or in person. One of the earliest usability features in the online world but still not replicated in the real

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