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by ims 1y ago
'mjwhansen founded the Small Software Business Alliance specifically to work on this issue: https://ssballiance.org/
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Too many labs run like this(science.org)
36 points by ims 2y ago|12 comments
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by ims 3y ago
Seems like the existing user base, reviews, and lists were the main source of value. I don't want to be "that guy" but I'm curious what made it so hard to rewrite some or all of the CRUD aspects?
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by ims 4y ago
This guy is a straight-shooter with upper-management written all over him.
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by ims 4y ago
Technical people love parliamentary procedure because it notionally resolves messy human deliberation into a linear call stack with system interrupts. The important thing to understand is that the rules are mainly for exception handling a
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by ims 4y ago
Fascinating. Have you written about your experience there?
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by ims 4y ago
Have you looked at RocksDB? http://rocksdb.org/
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by ims 5y ago
DrivenData Labs | Data Scientist and Senior Data Scientist | Berkeley, CA / Boston, MA / Denver, CO | REMOTE | Full-time We run online machine learning challenges with social/scientific impact, and we work directly with missi
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by ims 5y ago
Sounds like you're looking more for optimization theory, but if you want a gentle introduction to applications with approachable math and lots of examples, I highly recommend "Operations Research: Applications and Algorithms (4E)&
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Rust-like Result type for Python(github.com)
2 points by ims 5y ago|0 comments
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by ims 6y ago
As far as storing a human readable version for code reviews and diffs, we use nbautoexport for this - https://nbautoexport.drivendata.org/ - which automatically exports plain text source files. (Disclaimer: this tool was wr
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by ims 6y ago
I think the user vs. product dichotomy is not right in this case. Microsoft really does make its money on products and support. You can see this on their public filings. The relevant dichotomy is more like: people who run Windows aren'
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by ims 6y ago
DrivenData Labs | Data Scientist and Software Engineer | Berkeley, CA / Boston, MA / Denver, CO | REMOTE currently, ONSITE likely | Full-time We run online machine learning challenges with social impact, and we work directly with
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by ims 6y ago
Yes, the primary specification was a linear probability model for the likelihood of a binary dependent variable conditioned on two binary input variables. As far as I could tell, the fit was max likelihood without regularization and the pap
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by ims 6y ago
There were some stunning claims being made on Twitter last month based on a recently published study. Instantly skeptical, I dug into the methodology section and found this gem: "It should be noted that the results cannot be estimated
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by ims 6y ago
Lower compensation than private sector is not specific to the military. It is true of most government positions. Typical offsetting factors that rational agents weigh include pensions, education subsidies and other benefits, job stability,
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by ims 6y ago
> See the comment above: “I'm not even sure what to recommend for developing good software judgment and habits.“. It’s like a chess coach admonishing their subject to simply “think harder”. Not helpful. Hey, it seems like you took t
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by ims 6y ago
Seconding this comment. Based on experience in hiring data scientists and comparing notes with many others that hire data scientists, the most frequent gaps in knowledge are (1) statistics specifically and scientific computing in general an
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by ims 6y ago
I randomly picked de Hartog's "The Captain" off the shelf while wandering through the stacks at my local library last year. It was a wonderful read, and the experience was a valuable reminder that serendipity can still be fou
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Psychology of Cyberspace: History of the Palace (1997)(users.rider.edu)
2 points by ims 6y ago|0 comments
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by ims 6y ago
I'm honestly curious, what could make one loathe SSC? Overall it seems pretty anodyne even if you're not into the whole rationalist milieu.
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by ims 6y ago
The standard whatever.fit(X, y) isn't very appealing but there are much more bespoke models that require creative engagement with stats/CS knowledge, e.g. Bayesian hierarchical models or deep learning models that are more complica
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by ims 6y ago
You can see the monthly rates here: https://militarypay.defense.gov/Pay/Special-and-Incentive-Pa...
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by ims 7y ago
One minute of latitude for those wondering how this works.
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by ims 7y ago
If you enjoy this format, the same author also wrote "SAT/SMT By Example" which I learned a lot from: https://yurichev.com/SAT_SMT.html
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by ims 7y ago
Another version of the grift is to scrape lists of newly registered businesses and send out an official looking letter charging $80 to send a laminated poster of the kind that some states mandate be posted, e.g. about workers' comp. Ex
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by ims 7y ago
There are hundreds if not thousands of schools where a well rounded student can get a great education. Some parents and high schoolers fret about attending the top ten or so name brand universities far in excess of any plausible difference
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Fixing the 'multiplayer megapacket' bug in Factorio(factorio.com)
2 points by ims 7y ago|0 comments
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by ims 7y ago
Is anyone using Athena on AWS for tasks like this? It goes without saying that the documentation is hit or miss, but SQL-ish queries of flat files on S3 (even gzipped) can be a nice way to get the same result without managing Spark instance
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by ims 7y ago
Revolving doors between regulators and industry can raise conflict of interest concerns, but this is not at all the same problem that you alluded to above.

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