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Re:Go Upgrade Checklist
on Sunday January 05, 2025 @12:40PM (#42603407)
Thanks crockeo! You are absolutely correct!
Re:Love and Death in the Cape Fear Serpentarium (2017)
on Thursday December 08, 2022 @11:47PM (#33917564)
If you liked this article, you should definitely listen to Nate Bargatze's bits about visiting this place.
How to Fix Your Security Vulnerabilities with NPM Overrides
Integrating AI: Best Practices and Resources to Get Started
Optimum Number of Friends [pdf]
Performance Tracking Mouth Guard
Re:For Female Astronomers, Sexual Harassment Is a Constant Nightmare
on Monday April 18, 2016 @10:08AM (#11519946)
I do not know much about their workplace but I think you are assuming too much when you say you are sure his co-workers were just fine with it. I worked in academia and startups all my life so I am used to seeing casual shirts being worn but that was way too much. We do not hang that kind of pictures around the office. We do not want people to look at that kind of pictures in the office. Not just in the office also in any work related function. How can you claim that nobody in his workplace was offended when he is walking around with pictures that would be offensive in any other form?
Re:Engineers Shouldn’t Write ETL
on Friday March 18, 2016 @12:06PM (#11312695)
I work at a small startup with only 2 people in analytics. We build the infrastructure, data pipelines and do the BI analysis and data science. And I really enjoy knowing how it all comes together and being able to change anything in the pipeline. Maybe not having enough money for a big data department is our blessing.
Re:Kafka in a Nutshell
on Friday September 25, 2015 @05:13PM (#10280723)
Is AWS SNS/SQS equivalent to Kafka? And what are the differences, advantages/disadvantages of either one?
Ask HN: How can I find IAP package prices of a game in different currencies?
Title says it all. I need to check the IAP package prices in Euro, USD and GBP for some mobile games. Is there an up-to-date table for popular games?
Re:What's the best way to learn JavaScript (in web dev context)
on Friday December 19, 2014 @03:59PM (#8774480)
Watch Douglas Crockford's video series that he made at Yahoo. Get a copy of his book and read it.
Make sure you understand the prototypical nature of Javascript as opposed to the class structure in other languages and how to use it effectively. Also make sure to understand scope, how "this" keyword relates to scope and finally callback functions.
That is pretty much it. JS is very powerful once you get comfortable with it. It was designed in a very short time (~2 weeks) so it has some quirks but do not let those get to you.
Ask HN: How can Google Fit tell if I am cycling?
It did miss a couple cycling sessions but it is mostly accurate. Does it combine the data from GPS and the accelerometer? Are these always on?
Re:What is an easy way to classify a word?
on Friday March 14, 2014 @01:42PM (#7400480)
Yes, I expect to use statistical models/ML. I am more comfortable with Python rather than Java so I will look into the NLTK first. Thank you for your response!
Re:What is an easy way to classify a word?
on Friday March 14, 2014 @01:40PM (#7400469)
Thank you! This is exactly what I am looking for.
What is an easy way to classify a word?
I want to write a program that can classify the input. For example, if the input is Japan, it should output country. For reddit --> website. Ferrari --> car. For certain things it is as easy as looking at the first sentence of Wikipedia for that word. But I want to get more specific such as Ferrari --> car --> sports car, or reddit --> website --> website with user generated...
Re:Ask HN: How do I get a job in software?
on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @06:08PM (#6804951)
I agree that ML or data science would be feasible. I am working on data science/machine learning as well, I have taken classes from coursera and trying to work on it on the side. As I mentioned above, my progress is slow as most of my time is spent on my day job. It is hard to tell if I am on the right track without working in the field. Thank you for your suggestions.
Re:Ask HN: How do I get a job in software?
on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @06:04PM (#6804937)
Thank you for your input. A situation "where I am proximal to good developers and expected to be learning SE practices while working as a subject matter expert (SME) to developers" would be the perfect solution for me. It is just difficult to find.
I am flexible on salary besides junior devs are already making same or more than me as a hardware guy.
Ask HN: How do I get a job in software?
I have a PhD in Electrical Engineering and I spent 2 more years as a postdoc working on optical imaging and microscopy. I was fairly successful but I was never really engaged which I attributed to being in academy. So I switched to industry and realize that the jobs in this field are not what I want to do. Now looking back to find out what I like doing, I realize that the times I was having fun...