datamatt

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by datamatt 11y ago
The Author clearly hasn't travelled much. In Japan, many restaurants are geared entirely towards solo diners and drinkers.
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by datamatt 11y ago
> "More important, it taught me that the most critical step isn’t to “make a difference,” but to understand." Understand what? That you should send out surveys? Pointless article.
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by datamatt 11y ago
> "No need to tip the staff at this hotel." In Japan it is rude to tip, so this opening sentence is completely invalid.
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by datamatt 12y ago
What do they do?
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by datamatt 12y ago
Not actually the same family, typically the new owners will "adopt" a son, who is just the highest ranking manager: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_adult_adoption
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by datamatt 12y ago
I haven't encountered problems with Hangouts. But the new Firefox Hello service for in browser webcam chats is pretty awesome: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-hello-make-rece... (disclaimer: I do
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by datamatt 12y ago
As nice as this tutorial is, I don't think git is ever really going to have widespread appeal outside of (semi-)professional SWEs who are forced to use it due to community size and ubiquity. The commands are simply too badly thought o
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by datamatt 12y ago
Beautifully written article. Is everything in Harper's generally this good? Considering subscribing if so.
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by datamatt 12y ago
Does this include bonuses? Many companies (mine included) pay 40%+ extra in bonuses to bring people to the market level. (site is also down so I can't see)
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Small Data NYC is tonight #1 is on Privacy-centric Personalization(meetup.com)
1 points by datamatt 12y ago|0 comments
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Small Data NYC: Panel discussion on User Personalization, sponsored by Mozilla(meetup.com)
1 points by datamatt 12y ago|0 comments
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by datamatt 12y ago
>The banks care less about their qualifications than their work ethic. Being a Rhodes Scholar doesn't make much of a difference when you're a young banker. More of it is being willing to stay at the office for 120 hours a week.
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Has anyone attended the ML course at Hakka Labs NYC? Is it worth the $2k?
1 points by datamatt 12y ago|0 comments
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by datamatt 13y ago
"without Nvidia’s graphics processing unit, your BuzzFeed GIF is not going to make anyone laugh." Err....
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by datamatt 13y ago
I'm getting: "Failed to load resource: net::ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT http://2048.stolarsky.com:3000/game/new" in the console.
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by datamatt 13y ago
But still no Age of Empires source code Q_Q
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Rakuten Opens Its First European R&D Center In Paris(techcrunch.com)
1 points by datamatt 13y ago|0 comments
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by datamatt 13y ago
It totally depends on the department and position you're applying for, and the people who'll be interviewing you. There's so many different things - I'll send you an email and we can chat over the weekend if you want?
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by datamatt 13y ago
Just emailed you :)
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by datamatt 13y ago
Fellow Rakuten Eng here - high five!