stochastastic

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by stochastastic 2y ago
Thanks for making and sharing DVC! It’s been a big help. Is there any support that would be helpful? I’ll look at the project page too.
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by stochastastic 2y ago
It doesn’t force you to use any of the extra functionality. My team has been using it just for the version control part for a couple years and it has worked great.
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by stochastastic 3y ago
> I live in Oregon and that's not true… Argh, that makes it even worse! > I say all of this as someone who has lost a lot of friends to the opioid crisis and has watched Portland's meth problem first hand. Sorry to hear that
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by stochastastic 3y ago
I don’t think legalization is better for everyone, though. I live in Oregon and I’ve been very disappointed with the impact of decriminalizing possession. Cases are no longer clogging the courts, instead we have people using in my neighborh
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by stochastastic 3y ago
Yes, they typically will buy insurance to deal with risks outside their core business (like the health insurer having liability coverage).
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by stochastastic 4y ago
It’s different when you have people depending on you! Not OP but I’d love to spend a sabbatical with my family… if I could afford it. I’d need a much bigger cushion.
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Ask HN: SendGrid account closed without warning, am I doing something sketchy?
9 points by stochastastic 4y ago|5 comments
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by stochastastic 4y ago
I’ll be joining you for “see how far I can Haskell (for great good)” this year! Then I’ll probably fall back on Python. :)
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by stochastastic 4y ago
This doesn’t seem cynical to me. Maybe it’s just that I’m too far gone, but I think it’s a matter of subtractive vs additive perspectives on work.
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by stochastastic 4y ago
This guide? https://alexkrupp.typepad.com/sensemaking/2021/06/django-for...
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by stochastastic 5y ago
I think it’s the other way around — tack this number on the back of anything and the result is composite.
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by stochastastic 6y ago
Okay, I can totally see it now. We are still at the stage where people seem to think that I’m neurotic for worrying about the python side of things, so DLLs have not been on the radar. ;)
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by stochastastic 6y ago
Thanks! That totally makes sense. If I had to pick a pain point for getting people started with Python tools it would be environments. Comments here make me think my team is working with a lot less data too.
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by stochastastic 6y ago
I’ll second klelatti’s question about R vs Python. From my perspective Python is just as practical for actuarial calcs and better for building general purpose tools. Is there a reason Anaconda didn’t click?
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by stochastastic 6y ago
Hey fellow reinsurance actuary! I totally agree that Excel has its place in modeling, especially one-offs, and your criticisms make sense. That said, we have been moving a lot of our calculations to Python. We have had way too many rickety
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by stochastastic 6y ago
Ha! ... that’s a laugh of bitter jealousy. I’ve dealt with XML, but I’ve never with XML that came with a schema, or which would have reliably followed one. Not saying schema-less formats are great, but at least I can eyeball them to see wha
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by stochastastic 6y ago
Thanks!
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by stochastastic 6y ago
While I understand why authors may not like the IA’s emergency program, I find the language to describe it confusing. A number of comments here use the term “uncontrolled digital lending”, and it took me a bit of reading to discover that th
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by stochastastic 6y ago
I have thought about using DVC at work, but I have held off in part because it isn’t clear to me how the development is supported financially. I recall seeing a job posting (almost put in a resume!), but I don’t see any pricing info, so I’
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by stochastastic 6y ago
Can you say more about the insights from Steve Blank and Clayton Christensen that are missing here?
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by stochastastic 6y ago
In my experience with auditors, harsh/rigorous does not necessarily mean better because the auditor’s mindset makes an enormous difference. I’ve had process-focused people spend days of their time and mine digging into things that do n
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by stochastastic 7y ago
This really resonates with me. I have seen the “buy before you build” attitude turn into “buy because we can’t build”. I know correlation is not causation and there are always plenty of other things going on... but it sure seems like the pr
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by stochastastic 7y ago
I’ve always taken the tone to be “the world is as f’d as we choose to make it”. I’m an optimist?
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by stochastastic 7y ago
Mostly because of the concept of “insurable interest”. Insurance pricing doesn’t hold up unless the buyer has a reason to avoid the outcome being insured against. The simplest example is life insurance. Why do you question whether identity
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by stochastastic 7y ago
Thanks for writing/sharing this. It puts words around some dynamics I’ve seen, and not just online. It got me thinking about people and my mental models of them, which I think is helpful.
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by stochastastic 7y ago
Financial services? Edit to be more substantive: There are a lot of places where Know Your Customer rules apply. Further, there are places where identity really does matter, such as insurance. The approach you outlined sounds like a headach
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by stochastastic 7y ago
Thank you Guido! At the risk of sounding saccharine, Python has literally made life better for my colleagues and me. In the corporate, financial world where I’ve been working, people often see coding as someone else’s job. Python, and the c
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by stochastastic 7y ago
This sounds like how I used to think. A question from a mentor of mine: what does being right accomplish?
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by stochastastic 7y ago
Does there need to be a line drawn here? I don’t think there is a contradiction between empathy and enforcement. For example, I would really like an end to the bike and package theft and I think it is reasonable to enforce laws against it.
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by stochastastic 7y ago
That’s interesting. Thanks!

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