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by thmcmahon 7y ago
Definitely a thing growing up in central Victoria in the 80s/90s.
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by thmcmahon 10y ago
It's mentioned in the abstract: 'We deal with the potential endogeneity of the decision of how many hours to work by using the instrumental variable estimation technique.' Essentially they use 'instruments' which ar
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by thmcmahon 10y ago
How'd you go with wrapping the websocket client in R? I've been putting together an R client and am stuck on how to do the websocket given the lack of R websocket libraries.
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by thmcmahon 10y ago
Not sure that you'd want to plant a bunch of European trees to replace native Australian forests.
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by thmcmahon 10y ago
Found at least some of the raw documents on the ICIJ researcher Mago Torres' document cloud account. https://www.documentcloud.org/public/search/Account:%2013504...
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by thmcmahon 11y ago
I also found the r programming class to be super useful.
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by thmcmahon 11y ago
F# and R both have good ways of doing this. See http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/magrittr/vignettes/ma...
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by thmcmahon 12y ago
This is essentially how the 457 visa works in Australia. It's uncapped but you have to pay a 'market salary rate', which is either the salary of an equivalent worker in the firm, or of an equivalent worker In the industry.
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by thmcmahon 12y ago
This is the same economic problem that affects basic research. Open source software is a 'public good' - its usefulness is not diminished when it is used by others, and you can't prevent others from using it. The longstanding
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by thmcmahon 12y ago
Yep great article. As a beginner programmer I find functional more intuitive than OOP, there just seems to be less abstract concepts and boilerplate.
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by thmcmahon 12y ago
If you don't want to do it anymore just charge more. Would you be willing to do it at double the price?
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by thmcmahon 12y ago
The problem with cabs is the information asymmetry. You dot know before you're getting in how good their knowledge is, this means that knowledgeable drivers can't charge more and you get a 'market of lemons'. This is a c
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by thmcmahon 12y ago
Or just use snoozing (I use mailbox) and this problem is solved. I could not go back to using a mail client that doesn't have this feature.
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by thmcmahon 12y ago
From the preface: Since this book is meant to provide practical advice, I think it makes sense to write with the assumption of Python 2. Specifically, I’ll be writing the book with Python 2.7 in mind. Future updates may very well change thi
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by thmcmahon 12y ago
I'm frustrated too, that's why we're working hard to win the next election.
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by thmcmahon 12y ago
Parennoob - thanks, the idea of a startup visa was flagged by Chris Bowen in his press club budget reply yesterday, check it out if you're interested.
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by thmcmahon 12y ago
Thanks mate, noted.
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by thmcmahon 12y ago
Cheers Andrew - both Bill Shorten and Chris Bowen have flagged re-examining our position on employee share schemes. I'll add your voice to many that I've received on this issue.
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by thmcmahon 12y ago
Hey thanks for taking the time to write such a detailed comment, it's not my job to publicly defend the ALP so I'll just note your views/criticisms but I think the libraries idea is a good one.
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by thmcmahon 12y ago
Well this is an area where I can safely say we're going to have a more attractive policy than our opponents. Our office in Braddon ACT is one block away from the NBN, it's frustrating.
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by thmcmahon 12y ago
Hi all - I work for Andrew Leigh MP, the Shadow Assistant Treasurer who is responsible for Labor's tax policy leading up to the next election. I'd be interested in hearing your views on what a future Labor govt could do to support
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by thmcmahon 12y ago
What? Umber is just a preposition, it doesn't has nazi overtones. The fact that it's grammatically incorrect is probably a plus, because it's then less likely to be confused.
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by thmcmahon 12y ago
I wouldn't sweat it too much, the cheap knock-offs will come and go. If you guys can deliver quality, then it will be worth it. That being said, 1300 I can justify as a toy, 2k is pushing it a little.
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by thmcmahon 12y ago
Australia has an uncapped temporary migration program for skilled workers ( http://www.immi.gov.au/Visas/Pages/457.aspx ), the situation described in this article can not happen in Australia. On a permanent level, A
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by thmcmahon 12y ago
Completely agree - that's the first time I've read a guide to oauth and actually understood it. So big thanks from me.
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by thmcmahon 13y ago
So that the company can invest in future products and sell them to customers. If successful the investors make money, the company pays developers and customers enjoy whatever games the company makes. The money is not 'public' in t
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by thmcmahon 13y ago
Yeah that's what we'd do. Initially COD seems the easiest way to do things with an iPhone POS.
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by thmcmahon 13y ago
We're at an early stage of doing this exact thing in Sydney dlvry.com.au We're not sure how it will work with labour costs and with a sinking Aussie dollar (which will reduce online shopping), but I think we'll learn a lot re
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by thmcmahon 13y ago
It's when people subscribe to your email lists and you send them marketing messages. For example, you might sign up to an email newsletter from a shop you go to, and they will send you emails with marketing messages (sales/new pro
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