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Re:Datasets You've Likely Never Seen on Thursday July 02, 2015 @09:42AM (#9818756)
This has been my experience while taking masters courses, but I assumed it was because it's important to learn about all the available tools and techniques. Has there been no research on methodologies that aid in discovering insights?

It reminds me of the difficulties in teaching someone how to prove statements in math. The basic approach is to learn as many techniques as possible (tools in your tool bag), review existing proofs, and practice. You really can't teach someone how to find the connections and insights that lead to a proof. I was once told that was the art/creativity in proofs.

Re:Trending at Instagram on Thursday July 02, 2015 @09:26AM (#9818657)
True. I guess it's just coincidental humor for some readers.
Re:Trending at Instagram on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @09:05PM (#9816332)
I agree.

"Every few minutes, a line with the current value for S(h, t) is emitted."

Hard to believe the author didn't notice this...

Maybe just some humor for the trending classification overview?

Re:How private is your email? Not very on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @09:32AM (#9811645)
I agree. Not sure what's new here. However, I still think the general public has no sense of how email works and possibly assumes all of their email is private?
I wonder why this isn't more common with interviews.
The question becomes, if there is a bubble, what could make it pop? Tech jobs leaving the area and not creating salaries that support existing house prices?
Re:Toronto Condos: Should you rent or buy? on Wednesday June 03, 2015 @11:52AM (#9653446)
Wouldn't the counter argument be that what the renter doesn't make in equity they would make in returns via stocks?
Re:Why My MOOC Is Not Built on Video on Monday March 30, 2015 @09:16AM (#9289233)
I'm glad you brought this up. This has tremendously improved my experience with video lectures. For online classes, I do the same as you mentioned utilizing VLCs playback feature. Youtube's addition of playback speed has also been a huge improvement in consuming more technical content.