verdatel

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by verdatel 5mo ago
As a comparison, take a look at this book -> https://nostarch.com/quantum-computing . I found it very accessible!
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by verdatel 13y ago
MIT's technology review is a pretty good magazine for the newer research that is "stirring" the pot. They also review the latest papers on "ArXiV".. a service for researchers to put up pre-prints of their working pa
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by verdatel 13y ago
Such a simple heuristic, but I think with far-reaching consequences. Last week, NNT posted a link to a news article with talked about a new law in an Indian state that required headmasters to taste the food that was served in the school caf
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by verdatel 13y ago
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_31K_MP92hURjZxTkxUTFZnMVk/... For a more in depth treatment of anti-fragility. Read anti-fragility a couple of times. One of the one most important ideas of our time (IMO). Btw, your intuitive linking of
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by verdatel 14y ago
its about the opportunity cost for me. An hour of my time spent doing actual research versus prettifying my slides is a no-brainer.
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by verdatel 14y ago
I'd use this as an academic tool.. I have presentations to give quarterly to representatives from funding agencies.. Typically around 8-12 slides in my presentations.. the slides I see/ use are really boring.. whenever I see a well done pre
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by verdatel 14y ago
This might help --> https://www.shiftdata.com/
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by verdatel 14y ago
Index funds are great when you want to do direct deposits every month.. the don't have front-load costs so you can just set up an automatic transfer. If you invest in ETF's which are traded like stocks then you have to contend with trading
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by verdatel 15y ago
just did a startup weekend in Vancouver.. brilliant experience.. you should definitely do it. Will open up your eyes to a lot of possibilities.. you don't necessarily have to be an engineer/developer/designer.
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Startup Weekend Project: SocialQs - social stock recommendations(launch.socialqs.com)
1 points by verdatel 15y ago|0 comments
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by verdatel 15y ago
thats a great recommendation. Thanks murtza
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by verdatel 15y ago
EDIT: Also.. just a quick market survey.. would you pay for this? Let's say a subscription-based service.. what would you pay for the capability to get sentiment about a stock ticker and related terms in a social media feed.
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by verdatel 15y ago
what are the legal hurdles you envisage? A simple recommendation based on social sentiment is what I'm thinking about.
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Ask HN: Social aspect to financial markets and stocks
4 points by verdatel 15y ago|7 comments
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by verdatel 15y ago
The theory of multi-armed bandits arises from the study of Markov decision processes (MDP). This field is also closely studied in and related to Stochastic Control and Dynamic Programming. A good book on MDP's is "Markov Decision Processes:
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by verdatel 15y ago
www.23andme.com - DNA profiler for ancestry and common gene related diseases/conditions
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Ask HN: What is a reasonable salary for an image processing engineer?
6 points by verdatel 15y ago|2 comments