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Detecting Novel Associations in Large Data Sets(sciencemag.org)
2 points by phicou 15y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: offline programming tutorials?
2 points by phicou 16y ago|4 comments
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by phicou 16y ago
We (developers and sysadmins) use it at the big corporation where I work. Keeping irssi open in screen (GNU screen) means I can connect remotely from anywhere with a single session, and it doesn't appear when I'm focused on something else
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by phicou 16y ago
Ignore the name - this is a clearly-written introduction to stream processing algorithms.
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by phicou 17y ago
The most important question you should ask yourself at the end of each interview is "Do I want this person on my team?" If you're not sure, the answer is no. Aside from that, be wary of anyone who spends too much time talking up their acco
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by phicou 17y ago
FYI for those interested in working with this data in a Geo-enabled RDBMS: It's pretty easy to get most of this data into a database on your own using GeoDjango. A simple non-TIGER tutorial is here: http://geodjango.org/docs/tutorial.html
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by phicou 17y ago
A friend of mine just mentioned this to me tonight. The costs can be really insidious in unexpected ways. My state is now offering insurance benefits to domestic partners, but the amount that the state covers for insurance (for example) is
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by phicou 17y ago
I've used log files extensively for security. Aside from the obvious post-incident investigation, I've set up (nearly-) real-time scanning of logs feeding into programs that scan for abuse-like activity, and feed the output of those into al
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by phicou 17y ago
For US citizens, Peace Corps is one way to meet both of those goals. For people from other countries, there are similar organizations in many countries, and some that accept volunteers from almost anywhere (such as VSO and UN Volunteers).
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by phicou 17y ago
Your "better" example is almost exactly true of my car. According to the dealer, the "Miles before service needed" that shows up when I start it is based on the number of cold starts, not just the number of miles actually driven.
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by phicou 17y ago
There's also a large body of PHP coders who are smart and continue learning new things, but you don't hear as much about them because they don't publicly humiliate themselves on the internet, and aren't such easy targets for disrespect.
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by phicou 17y ago
This should be a big help in writing clean server-side sorts by an arbitrary column in tabular data. Previously we've had to do some rather ugly things with "create_function" and lots of escaping in order to make arbitrary sort comparator f
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by phicou 17y ago
College is a great opportunity to try a lot of different things. There's a lot of good advice here, but I'd like to suggest that you find some time to do some kind of volunteer work. Most colleges have many different groups and causes you
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by phicou 17y ago
I learned an unfamiliar language while spending two years in the Peace Corps. They have had many years to refine their language teaching materials. Still, I only learned the basics after 2 months of very intensive training. Once I knew th
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Ask HN: Best business structure for 3-person part-time startup
6 points by phicou 17y ago|4 comments
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by phicou 17y ago
My coworker and I were just (10 minutes ago) talking about the need for a site like this, so I'm giving the idea a big thumbs-up! We might try it out and offer additional suggestions as we use it. As others have said, it could use a differ
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by phicou 17y ago
And math, real math, is not about the mindless execution of predefined algorithms such as linear algebra. It is about understanding those algorithms, using higher-order logic to understand what is universally true, conditionally true, and