jpiburn

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by jpiburn 1y ago
"Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it" - Voltaire
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by jpiburn 1y ago
the Patron Saint of East Tennessee
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by jpiburn 1y ago
love this app
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by jpiburn 2y ago
this exactly. I started buying packs again recently for fun and immediately was transported back 20 years
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by jpiburn 3y ago
I second Rick Rubins book
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by jpiburn 3y ago
The Design Of Everyday Things by Don Norman might be something of interest https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/840
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by jpiburn 8y ago
open tabs in chrome I never close... hundreds of them
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by jpiburn 8y ago
mea culpa. I suppose my enthusiasm got the best of me.
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by jpiburn 8y ago
Hey guys A few months back I posted an Ask HN ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16885344 ) trying to get general input on what people knew or thought about Oak Ridge National Lab, where I work as a data scientist and rea
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Oak Ridge NL is hiring a Data Engineer – Come help us build cool stuff [pdf](ornl.gov)
2 points by jpiburn 8y ago|3 comments
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by jpiburn 8y ago
Very cool idea. I haven't seen it mentioned in here, but the GDELT project is something you might be able to use https://www.gdeltproject.org/
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by jpiburn 8y ago
Very good point. I may wait a view days and try again with your title suggestion. I originally had "Ask HN: Software Engineers..." but I ran out of room. Thank you for your feedback
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by jpiburn 8y ago
In my experience that is probably a true statement. Typically the application process is a little verbose, but I think ORNL isn't the worst of them. Combine that with the inhumane SAP interface and I can see where a lot of people would
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by jpiburn 8y ago
The salaries are actually pretty comparable (that's why I mentioned that NLs aren't on the GS scale) no stock options of course but you are correct that PhD researchers run the lab from mid level management on up and traditionally
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by jpiburn 8y ago
If it did work for you, it would be even worse. It's a brutalist SAP interface that would scare away anyone with a hint of creativity
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by jpiburn 8y ago
Also I was ran out of room in the original post, but wanted to add even just commenting, "I've never heard of ORNL" is probably the most insightful of all :)
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Ask HN: Engineers, what is your opinion on Oak Ridge National Laboratory?
10 points by jpiburn 8y ago|14 comments
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by jpiburn 9y ago
Probably not clear from the pictures, but the Tiny Titan sits on the observation deck directly in front of the actual Titan supercomputer at ORNL. It's used as a hands on demonstration when tours are being given about how supercomputer
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Show HN: R Package for Searching and Downloading World Bank Data(github.com)
6 points by jpiburn 10y ago|0 comments