throwaway_374

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by throwaway_374 9y ago
Have you considered strategic/management consulting in the medical field. I know the big 4 will have specialists focusing on this - possibly related to the healthcare setup in your country - along with niche boutiques. I can't vou
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by throwaway_374 9y ago
Tangential but it does irk me when these online streaming summary statistics algorithms come up in interviews. Most recently I had Welford's for online estimation of variance/std optimised for numerical stability . Great, fascinat
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by throwaway_374 9y ago
So... in English... for us mere mortals with limited Linux kernel exposure... does this accelerate (or decelerates) the system clock or is it a mock patching for system time function calls?
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by throwaway_374 9y ago
I was about to fly off the handle until I realised your sarcasm.
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by throwaway_374 9y ago
TLDR: took out a loan to amass a large put position then tried to plummet the underlying stock price which gives him the right to sell once it's below the strike. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/04&#x
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by throwaway_374 9y ago
So how is this different from Airflow, other than Windows compatibility and a lack of dashboard?
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by throwaway_374 9y ago
>>I started out learning programming using Python and gradually came to prefer strongly typed languages. Python IS strongly typed. It is also dynamically typed.
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by throwaway_374 9y ago
Is it just me that is jaw-droppingly astounded at why this is getting any love at all as a concept? Really great execution and design, but I simply cannot get on board with the concept. It is literally specialised calendar alerts and has no
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by throwaway_374 9y ago
Yes, certainly has a great reference of circuitry but absolutely not pedagogical. That dull grey hardbound cover shudders .
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by throwaway_374 9y ago
Not possible as zero mutual friends, unless second degrees are considered which based on all other suggestions is not the case and would naively scale factorially (?).
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by throwaway_374 9y ago
Thanks for reading my post and noting this. I'm not sure the reverse relation applies either as it would require the doctor to have my personal contact on her mobile which is absolutely not the case as this is a shared practice and I h
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by throwaway_374 9y ago
Thanks for your reply but I have no idea why this is the top voted reply as it does not consider my factors . As noted by others: 1) The doctor/practice does not have my latest mobile phone number as I have not been to them in years. H
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Ask HN: How has Facebook figured out my family doctor as a friend suggestion?
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by throwaway_374 9y ago
I've no doubt that tech is discriminatory - as a minority myself I've definitely experienced odd feedback at interviews "the team were impressed by your abilities but we've decided to proceed with someone else" etc.
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by throwaway_374 9y ago
Really, I've had an example of deriving (I didn't know what it was called at the time) Manacher's Palindromic substrings: http://www.geeksforgeeks.org/manachers-algorithm-linear-time...
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by throwaway_374 9y ago
So your ability in a pressured limited-time environment come up with an O(N) dynamic programming algorithm for a fictitious scenario is a testament to your ability as a software engineer versus a competitive programmer who can pattern match
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by throwaway_374 9y ago
>>degree-less candidates, companies that filter out depressed candidates, companies that filter out transgender candidates, etc. Sorry, these are completely different things and frankly sounds like nonsense.
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by throwaway_374 9y ago
Sadly the proliferation of sites like HackerRank (YC funded shamefully) means competitive programming is the first "filter" stage for interviews these days.
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by throwaway_374 9y ago
What is this? Just because it has Google in it you expect me to provide my credentials to sign-in without any description of what you are offering? Assuming this is a Google product, the product management genius behind this needs to be squ
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by throwaway_374 9y ago
Probably a brilliant move for humanity. Most extreme right, KKK, nazi, Breitbart, Stormfront ilk trolls would boycott Twitter in protest, finally allowing some semblance of rational discussion on the platform.
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by throwaway_374 9y ago
Can I ask - why is it you always spell it as "AfriKan" in all your submissions? Is there a cultural awareness I am lacking?
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by throwaway_374 9y ago
I always appreciate a healthy dose of sarcasm, but I think you're missing the wider point about the great community we have in Python - not only in terms of the ecosystem, but also continuous guidance on best practice for common proble
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by throwaway_374 9y ago
I think the question everyone is failing to ask is: what's the interview process like? Do they put you through 4 rounds of whiteboard coding bullshit followed by a coding assessment followed by a pair programming session? If anything,
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by throwaway_374 9y ago
The cynical side of me interprets this as: you can leave if you don't like it.
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by throwaway_374 9y ago
As an aside, the greatest thing about Python is StackOverflow one-liner solutions to common problems. How do you find your developer productivity fares in Go? To take a simple example, I was experimenting with C++ and had the simple task of
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by throwaway_374 9y ago
True, and on the flip side many employees don't factor this in when asking for salary raises and negotiations. A $20K bump is viewed as a fraction of your "fully loaded cost" as opposed to your base salary which you will be b
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by throwaway_374 9y ago
Relevant: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/snowflake-te...
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by throwaway_374 9y ago
Can you actually rationalise your argument a little further? Why on earth should your salary for a new role be benchmarked to your previous compensation? Do you realise how ridiculous that sounds? Ultimately, the market sets some value for
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by throwaway_374 9y ago
Thanks for your insight... as an aside, I heard in Brazil it is possible to invest at a rate of government risk free rate of 15%... is this true?
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by throwaway_374 9y ago
Equally to blame is the industry hiring process. ACM HackerRank and Codility challenges are often the first stage before you're put through a whiteboard. As a result, a competent programmer has no incentive to actually continue trainin

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