klancaster

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by klancaster 6y ago
I am a backer, after having discovered logseq as a viable alternative to Roam. Great project, and a great and responsive team building the system.
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by klancaster 6y ago
I just moved to a new university that uses Canvas, and while it is not perfect, it actually does not cause physical pain when entering data.
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by klancaster 7y ago
I worked with a non-technical manager (banking background, somehow wormed his way into managing development) who never asked devs what they thought a task would take. I finally convinced him that this could not possibly work. I sat with him
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by klancaster 7y ago
Scrivener is fantastic - used it throughout my doctoral studies
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by klancaster 7y ago
Headspace has been great for me as well. It has helped me in quite a few ways, including helping to reduce anxiety.
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by klancaster 8y ago
Except for searches on Google Scholar, ddg is my primary search engine. Very few times have I found that I get better results in Google.
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by klancaster 9y ago
Which extension do you use in Emacs to get the symbols?
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by klancaster 9y ago
Google did not come up with this - JetBrains developed the language and use it to develop their tools.
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by klancaster 9y ago
It has instant messaging as well, so I think that is the difference.
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by klancaster 9y ago
We are expanding it to a number of skin and ocular diseases.
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by klancaster 9y ago
It is a bit of concern, but we are not out in the wild yet so we have time to look at ways to protect the IP.
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by klancaster 9y ago
At this point, it is university research. The work has been published, and we are in clinical trials in prep for commercialization.
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by klancaster 9y ago
We analyze images of skin lesions and give a probability whether they are malignant melanoma. The analysis is performed on-board on mobile phones.
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by klancaster 9y ago
I first felt this when I was asked by a sales rep if I would be interested in coming to work for his company since I had exactly the credentials and experience they were looking for. He said he would talk with the head of development and ge
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by klancaster 10y ago
If you are on a Mac, try https://freron.com/ . I moved to it from Mutt. It uses Markdown to write emails, has fantastic search capabilities, etc.
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by klancaster 10y ago
No, dead mathematicians
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by klancaster 11y ago
I would caution others to be careful about school policies before taking this approach. I teach in a university undergrad program and storing grades off campus is considered a violation of university regulations as well as FERPA. Putting pr
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by klancaster 11y ago
Some did use SourceTree, although I emphasized the command line more. Perhaps I should move toward having them use the GUI versions.
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by klancaster 11y ago
The windows support was one of the issues that I was considering. I think you are right that it is a bit better than Git from that standpoint.
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by klancaster 11y ago
My gut has been Git as well, since I have always used it in commercial development. My guess is that the companies the students are going to use Perforce or a commercial tool since most end up in energy / oil related companies that ten
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by klancaster 11y ago
You are definitely right that they are not comfortable in the command line. They do get exposed to it quite a bit in the curriculum, but not prior to the Java class. I have been using Vagrant in the senior class, and quite a few of the stud
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by klancaster 11y ago
Sorry - should have been clearer. These are undergrads in a 4 year bachelor of science technology program. They are not CS majors, so they have limited programming background in general.
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Ask HN: Git or Mercurial for beginning students?
4 points by klancaster 11y ago|14 comments
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by klancaster 12y ago
I use markdown (in Scrivener) for my academic writing, and include raw LaTeX as needed for equations. I used Word in my masters' thesis many years ago and will never go that route again - too many issues with Word being "smart&quo
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by klancaster 12y ago
Probably good advice, but the first thing that came to mind in reading the article was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DIETlxquzY .
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by klancaster 13y ago
I use OO/Libre Office in part just because they did not follow MS' lead on the ribbon. I have never found the ribbon intuitive personally.
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by klancaster 13y ago
I used darcs years ago before switching to git. I liked it a lot, but git had more support/momentum so we switched. Camp looks interesting but also seems dead based on the mailing list archives.
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by klancaster 13y ago
Old or not, I really don't get the whole "flat design" trend. Its ugly, at least to me, and reduces usability overall.
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by klancaster 13y ago
One of the classes I teach is at the senior undergrad level, and they have been thrilled that I have them use version control. Many have commented that they wish that they had known about git in earlier classes, as it would have saved them
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by klancaster 13y ago
Ok - nice functionality, but why is it called Omellete exactly? Am I the only one that is getting tired of projects whose names mean nothing? Cucumber anyone?

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