hcho3

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by hcho3 11mo ago
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26221690
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WelsonJS: Build a Windows app on the Windows built-in JavaScript engine(github.com)
48 points by hcho3 2y ago|52 comments
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Cities Lost Population in 2021, Leading to Slowest Year of Growth in US History(nytimes.com)
2 points by hcho3 4y ago|1 comments
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by hcho3 6y ago
I switched to Kitty as it was one of the few terminal emulators that supported font ligatures. So far I'm quite satisfied. It's smooth and fast.
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by hcho3 6y ago
+1. I feel the same way. If one out of 20 drive-by contributors stick around and become regular, that would be a real win for me. (I'm currently maintaining a project with 20k GitHub stars and we have four regular contributors.)
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by hcho3 6y ago
From https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/faq : > Do pull requests made on my own repositories count? > Yes, but we strongly encourage you to make quality contributions to other repositories.
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by hcho3 6y ago
Same here in US west
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Thriving in a crowded and changing world: C++ 2006–2020(dl.acm.org)
4 points by hcho3 6y ago|0 comments
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Predicting Covid-19 Outcomes with Machine Learning(medrxiv.org)
1 points by hcho3 6y ago|0 comments
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by hcho3 7y ago
Given that many data people run across is tabular, I appreciate your advice about the importance of statistics. Also kudos for mentioning hypothesis testing (no one in this thread mentioned it). Lastly, I’d add that ML practitioners will ga
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by hcho3 7y ago
Many business data is tabular (possibly with time component), and if you are working with tabular data, the OP’s advice is sound.
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by hcho3 7y ago
I manage a continuous integration server for an open source project that contains CUDA code. To test, we need to run workers with NVIDIA GPUs, and so far I haven't seen a viable alternative to Jenkins.
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The Threat of Automation Is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy(palladiummag.com)
1 points by hcho3 7y ago|0 comments
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by hcho3 7y ago
> “millions of individual adherents“ Is Crossfit a cult? At first I thought the article was a parody or something
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by hcho3 9y ago
> Half of that is stock, annually Ah ha. I read it as saying people getting 300k in cash. It makes more sense now. For me, I'll have to wait out several years until my RSU gets fully vested. Let's hope I don't get fired in
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by hcho3 9y ago
> Even newly minted Ph.D.s in machine learning and data science can make more than $300,000. Wait, really? I'm just starting out as a research scientist and my pay is nowhere that high. Am I missing something?
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by hcho3 9y ago
> Nobody will talk with me. Wow, I'm sorry to hear that. It sounds like you've gone through a lot. I am also a recent transplant in Seattle. If you ever need someone to talk to, we can meet up over coffee or something. You can
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by hcho3 9y ago
Indeed, many riders on Seattle buses are middle and upper class: From 2016 Riders Survey ( http://kingcounty.gov/~/media/depts/transportation/metro/acc... ): Household Income * < 35k/year: 25%
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by hcho3 9y ago
I'd also recommend Fundamentals of Matrix Computations by Watkins for a great introduction. It helped immensely when I had to teach myself matrix algorithms as part of my undergraduate research. https://www.amazon.com&#x2F
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by hcho3 10y ago
Just deleted Uber from my phone. Is there a good alternative to Ubereats?
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The Happy City and Our $20 Trillion Opportunity(mrmoneymustache.com)
19 points by hcho3 10y ago|6 comments
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by hcho3 10y ago
Thanks for pointing out a common misconception of the Protestant ethics. In fact, there has been many books written about the incompatibility between "American Dream" and Protestant faith. Here's one for start: https:/&
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by hcho3 10y ago
I'm really shocked how many people here are blaming the victim here...
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Debt. Terror. Politics. To Seattle Millennials, the Future Looks Scary(mobile.nytimes.com)
1 points by hcho3 10y ago|0 comments
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Reckitt Benckiser Korea Apologizes for Deadly Disinfectants(wsj.com)
1 points by hcho3 10y ago|0 comments
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Payday Lending: Will Anything Better Replace It?(theatlantic.com)
4 points by hcho3 10y ago|2 comments
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We Did Nothing Wrong, and They Destroyed Our Stores(askakorean.blogspot.com)
17 points by hcho3 11y ago|9 comments