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by seanccox 4y ago
Lightning McQueen is even the same color as the doc's car.
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by seanccox 4y ago
'Stranger Things', 'Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels', 'The Usual Suspects', 'Pulp Fiction'... all immediately come to mind as man-in-hole stories. Reductive/deconstructive literary criticism
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by seanccox 5y ago
Yeah, it's satire in the 'humor' section of the New Yorker.
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by seanccox 5y ago
Here is a collection of hype cycle graphs for various emerging segments, from Gartner: https://imgur.com/gallery/noBKI HN has has much discussion of such graphs, so you might want to check all these results: https:&#x
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by seanccox 6y ago
You should contact you local Small Business Administration office. They will be better able to direct you to both disaster assistance and Covid 19 support funds, which are low-interest loans with suspended repayments for the first year. To
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by seanccox 7y ago
In my work with climate data, scientists in my cohort are instructing caution that many (linear) models are incorrect, and those are the figures you quote (1cm/year sea-level rise). However, not only have past sea-level rise projection
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by seanccox 7y ago
When the Declaration of Independence was signed, Africans comprised a significant percentage of the US population (60% of SC, 40% of VA, and 20-25% of northern urban centers like Boston and Newport [1])(2). They were not white, likely not C
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by seanccox 7y ago
"The team behind a pioneering biological experiment sent to the lunar far side has released an image showing two green leaves grown on the moon." "Image processing has now shown that two cotton leaves had grown—rather than ju
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by seanccox 7y ago
Do you know whether the graph accounts for the recently reported error in the jobs figures? According to the Department of Labor, 500,000 fewer jobs were added in 2018-early 2019. [1] - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08&#
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by seanccox 7y ago
The US House of Representatives has a Judiciary Committee, with a subcommittee for antitrust activities. They are conducting an investigation into several large tech firms for unfair business practices. I understand these images are from Am
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by seanccox 8y ago
This is a common misunderstanding about the relationships between companies, employees, and markets. Companies aren't the originators of jobs. Instead, demand for goods/services can reach a threshold that makes corporate organizat
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by seanccox 8y ago
Thanks a lot! That's really good advice. Much appreciated!
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by seanccox 8y ago
I'm interested in both paths, though at the moment, I feel an analytical position more closely aligns with what I do on a day-to-day basis. Because the onboarding process can be long and risky (for companies), I don't presently fe
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Ask HN: Basic skills in Python, Pandas, Numpy, and Xarray; but am I employable?
2 points by seanccox 8y ago|4 comments
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by seanccox 9y ago
Not condoning the decision: however, as a former journalist/editor, I think the effort was to highlight the contrast between the popularity of their work, and its humble origins. It's a somewhat common approach in the journalistic
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by seanccox 9y ago
You might find Max Tegmark's lecture about 'consciousness as a state of matter' engrossing, given your questions. It's rooted in quantum physics and mathematics, and it's a fairly accessible exploration of hypothesi
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by seanccox 9y ago
Maritime Archaeologist here: we take photos with a DSLR camera of terrestrial and underwater sites, and artifacts, and then extrapolate 3D models with Agisoft Photoscan. Is there any advantage to using one of these devices?
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by seanccox 10y ago
John Cleese's talk on creativity is both funny and inspirational, and it's become a key part of how I approach creative projects and how I encourage people to explore their own creativity: https://www.youtube.com/w
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by seanccox 10y ago
Thirty minutes of TV every day. I'd pick a character and repeat all their lines after they delivered them. It helped me wrap my mind around the rhythm of the language and form words, prior to understanding anything. That, and a good gr
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by seanccox 10y ago
I just came off a project in St. Eustatius, where I met a team of marine biologists tracking sea turtles with some form of GPS device. They seemed to be spending a lot on the devices, which were modified for underwater conditions and algae
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by seanccox 10y ago
Current coup summary: 250 people dead (according to The Guardian), 1440+ injured. According to Turkey's Chief of Staff, the coup was against President Erdogan's government, launched by troops from the Turkish Air Force and Gendarm
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by seanccox 10y ago
I would be very interested. Do you have a sample lesson to share?
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by seanccox 11y ago
What's your project? I've been looking to buy something about that size, and I've found Flippa to be rather disappointing. If you want to chat, you can shoot me an email (address is in my profile).
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by seanccox 11y ago
None of the journalists I have met or worked with in six years in publishing and investigative due diligence know about the tools you are proposing. I recognize regex, because of a problem I needed to solve (that later became two problems),
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by seanccox 11y ago
I really have no idea... IANAL. I merely wanted to suggest that the founders could look at something similar in Turkey, where the business model they are implementing is being accomplished via an informal channel on Facebook. I leave it up
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by seanccox 11y ago
I really don't know, but I understood that this business wasn't about smuggling, just transporting expensive or difficult-to-get items. Smuggling implies contraband, which by its nature is probably something tourists and travelers
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by seanccox 11y ago
You may consider trying this with Turkey, as well. Informally, friends and family do this kind of thing pretty regularly, and it was also common practice among colleagues at my company's Istanbul office. Though it obviously doesn'
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by seanccox 11y ago
I'm not sure if this is what you are asking for, but here goes: "Rustom Ali, Ph.D. appealed a January 13, 2005 decision by Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Keith W. Sickendick. Sonali Diagnostic Laboratory, DAB CR1267 (ALJ Decision)
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by seanccox 11y ago
OK, that clears that up for me. Cheers!
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by seanccox 11y ago
I guess my question wasn't as clear as I thought it was. I understand landing it vertically, and I also understand the safety value of landing the rocket on a floating platform. What I don't understand is: Why it isn't obviou

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