davidxc

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by davidxc 3y ago
This is really amazing, thanks for building and sharing this!
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by davidxc 3y ago
I don't think "most appeals" is accurate. It's the aesthetic that results in the most profit, which just means that it's optimal in terms of making tradeoffs between level of appeal to various consumer segments, pri
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by davidxc 4y ago
Best of luck! Your attitude is really inspiring.
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by davidxc 6y ago
I never said that P/E ratios in the US are "too high". I said that they've been higher in recent years than in past history. This is, as you said, because the amount of money chasing investment opportunities is increasin
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by davidxc 6y ago
The statement about the lack of inflation from QE and other stimulus programs from 2008 is pretty questionable. There's been little inflation as measured using usual consumer price indices, but the construction of those indices is typi
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by davidxc 7y ago
I believe my real analysis class made me a significantly better programmer and thinker in general, but I don't use anything specific from it (not yet, anyway).
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by davidxc 7y ago
Look up tax incidence and elasticity of supply / demand curves. Yes, it could definitely be reasonable to assume, from a modeling perspective, that companies currently charge the optimal price for maximizing profit. However, once you i
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by davidxc 7y ago
As someone else said below, treating STEM as one category is absurb and lumps together way too many different majors and careers (that have drastically varying levels of attractiveness and compensation growth). Majors like biology and chemi
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by davidxc 8y ago
Consider the defense industry / government contractors. I'm not sure what kind of salary you're looking for, but the defense industry / gov contractors pay fairly well (I'd guess ~150k ish for someone with your back
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by davidxc 8y ago
Here's a more simple thought experiment that gets across the point of why p(null | significant effect) /= p(significant effect | null), and why p-values are flawed as stated in the post. Imagine a society where scientists are real
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by davidxc 9y ago
Make sure you apply to more schools than the three you listed (MIT, Penn State, Stanford). Based on the information you provided in your post, you're definitely not guaranteed to be accepted to MIT or Stanford (there's a very sign
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by davidxc 11y ago
In my opinion, there are plenty of useful things to do as a programmer. There are many non-profit organizations doing important work that would love to have a volunteer programmer. You could also teach math or programming to high school kid
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by davidxc 12y ago
That website looks good. Thanks!
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Hacker News for Applied Mathematicians
4 points by davidxc 12y ago|2 comments
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by davidxc 12y ago
Common Lisp has macros. Paul Graham's book On Lisp is usually pointed to as the best treatment of macros in Lisp. CL also has many more features than Scheme, as mentioned in the other comments here.
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by davidxc 12y ago
I'm a full stack developer who's looking for remote, contract work. California, Remote, Full Time | Contract | Part Time Stack: Python, Django, Ruby, Rails, C, Javascript, jQuery, HTML, CSS, MySQL, MongoDB Resume: http:/&#x2
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by davidxc 12y ago
Thanks for the reply. The "outsource your job search" link looks interesting and helpful. I did not know about that option before and might try using it now.
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How do I find short-term, contract work?
9 points by davidxc 12y ago|3 comments
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by davidxc 13y ago
I was primarily thinking of software jobs that involved lots of math, but that's partly because I'm not really aware of what math jobs are out there (and most math jobs seem to require a graduate degree, which I'm not interes
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by davidxc 13y ago
Thanks for the great response. I'll also look into computational finance.
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by davidxc 13y ago
Thanks for the comment. High performance and scientific computing jobs seem a lot rarer than AI / machine learning jobs, which is why I think the latter is a better choice for me (I have no preferences between those areas right now). I
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by davidxc 13y ago
Thanks for the reply. Based on the answers so far, machine learning does seem to be a good choice.
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by davidxc 13y ago
Thanks for the advice. I actually didn't know that graphics changed very fast. I'm only partly making this decision based on what's in demand. As long as the area is math heavy and broadly applicable, I'll probably enjoy
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What are the math heavy CS areas with high demand?
36 points by davidxc 13y ago|51 comments
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by davidxc 13y ago
I can relate to this comment. I had some really close friends in high school (who I'm still close friends with), but after two years out of high school we've mostly lost touch. We talk to each other once every couple of months, an
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by davidxc 13y ago
I think almost everyone struggles with this type of depression at some point in life. I'm not sure how much being gifted has to do with it. Strangely, one of the things that has helped develop my framework for life is a fanfiction (Har
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by davidxc 13y ago
That seems likely, but I'm very disappointed that we haven't heard anything at all. I remember that Hal Abelson was in charge of preparing the report, and he has taught ethics classes at MIT. I'm hoping that he makes some sta
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by davidxc 13y ago
I'm wondering why MIT still hasn't released its report on how Aaron Swartz's situation was handled. I think the report was supposed to have been released months ago.
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by davidxc 13y ago
I strongly believe that you should do whatever makes you happy. I think people tend to underestimate the practical value of being happy. I tend to be much more creative and energetic when I'm happy. I also feel that being happy makes m
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by davidxc 13y ago
I looked at Common Crawl, but it doesn't seem to archive the content of most pages. Am I misunderstanding how it works?

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