mdlthree

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by mdlthree 8y ago
One could also say that agriculture changed machine learning via RA Fischer, pioneer of modern statistics - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Fisher#Rothamsted_Exper...
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by mdlthree 9y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8UePdbDmMw This was one of the keynote speakers at the 2015 IISE National Convention. Nancy Currie was/is works for NASA and has education in Industrial Engineering. She worked extensiv
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by mdlthree 9y ago
Mechanical engineers make things, industrial engineers make things better. The discipline started in the 1900s mostly concerned with improving manufacturing efficiency and cost. Now it has grown to improve all facets of product quality and
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by mdlthree 9y ago
From my experience, I would offer the generalization that nobody hires mathematicians. Mathematics in society is more of a skill set than a professional title. The most challenging or cutting edge math that could be commonly used is the LIN
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by mdlthree 12y ago
Video by CGP Grey on a similar topic - Humans need not apply - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU
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by mdlthree 12y ago
an example of this in science - http://xkcd.com/1133/
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by mdlthree 12y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_limit_theorem
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by mdlthree 12y ago
The height vs weight chart is screaming for a linear regression line.
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by mdlthree 12y ago
This problem is like Project Euler #1. You don't strictly need to divide. I prefer to skip along the array and put in the new values. n,f,b= 100,3,5 a = [str(i) for i in range(1,n+1)] for i in range(n/f): a[(i+1)*(f)
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Chicago's bike sharing data challenge(divvybikes.com)
1 points by mdlthree 13y ago|0 comments
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by mdlthree 13y ago
I want to bring up the fact that there is a town in Texas called Canadian [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian,_Texas ], and that is probably where a woman reported the guy. Also a county in Oklahoma, [ http:/&#x
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by mdlthree 13y ago
I think the important distinction is that he is at home in the regular environment. If you are away from home without the family, everything is different; while at home only the absence is different. This absence feels massive because of th
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by mdlthree 13y ago
I am having trouble processing some cognitive dissonance when comparing your parable of the "Crazy Egg Enterprise Edition" but then using pricing strategies to take advantage of the sane kind of managers. While, I understand the concept of
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A Tour of Python Solutions for Industrial Engineering Problems(docs.google.com)
1 points by mdlthree 13y ago|0 comments
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by mdlthree 13y ago
I have been looking for a job in manufacturing and business operations for a few years now while finishing an MS of Industrial Engineering. If I was only allowed 1 response from the prospective employer, it would be the anonymous credential
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by mdlthree 13y ago
My intention of the word introductory was not to feel like training wheels . Joeri in this thread says: >>You have to trade off developer productivity for performance when it comes to choosing frameworks. The slower the framework
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by mdlthree 13y ago
As an amateur hacker and after 275 days of reading Hacker News I feel I can now navigate in the sea of client side Javascript frameworks. With the introduction of this data on web framework performance, I now have another set of choices tha
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by mdlthree 14y ago
I tried LinkedIn Pro as a try free for 30 days . This required a credit card as it will bill you if you forget to cancel. After a week or so, I was unimpressed and canceled. Or I thought I did. $150 later and three months of not seeing the
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by mdlthree 14y ago
Schrodinger's cat is just like the old school intuition that is subject to errors. It is also why physics may have a better public image than math, due to the higher availability of intuitive ideas in describing physical phenomena. We would
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by mdlthree 14y ago
The Revolution: At the turn of the 1900s, the field of mathematics was changing. The old school relied of physical intuition as a means of proof. The new school found that an adherence to formal logic led to more reliable findings. Most Rel
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by mdlthree 14y ago
I am not proud of its length, a by product of the poor vocabulary that summarizes my skills. Instead I have to list the words that are most likely to be associated with my skills. http://youtu.be/qiPc1mbRCxs
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by mdlthree 14y ago
Thanks for that link. It also did remind me of one Australian company [ http://www.biarri.com/about_the_team.shtml ] that I explore from time to time. They seem to offer the most types of OR decision support for business, even with SaaS del
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by mdlthree 14y ago
As a graduating student in this field of "industrial_engineer/computer_scientist/mathematician/statistician/economist" I found this story and the rest of the site (not the front page picture) fairly inspiring. There are no role models even
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by mdlthree 14y ago
He answers this question fairly concisely in the first section "What I do", the link in the first section [ http://www.the-adam.com/adam/math-4q6/hypersq.htm ], and the second last section "What I am not". I am finishing an MS in Industrial
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Victims of Cyberattacks Now Going on Offense Against Intruders(npr.org)
3 points by mdlthree 14y ago|0 comments
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by mdlthree 14y ago
Thats was a great Q/A article on fusion. That one deserves sticky.
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by mdlthree 14y ago
I tried past cover letters for jobs and they all scored in the 0.5-0.6 range. This makes sense since I AM trying to sell myself in an honest but tailored way. Does this reveal a flaw in my writing style or in the purpose of cover letters in
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by mdlthree 14y ago
What do providers get for access to these type of files? Can they capitalize on the information gathered from file requests? Adding to their knowledge of traffic patterns etc...
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by mdlthree 14y ago
My background: Double major in Mathematics and Statistics. I am currently studying for a masters in Industrial Engineering BECAUSE my math/stats degree could not secure me a job after looking for 1.5 years. People don't see the value in mat