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RuggeroAltair

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About RuggeroAltair

Background in particle physics turned data scientist

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    Some of the tech team at Sirona are here, if people have questions.

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    Comment #24766669

    Engineer from Mapbox here, please ask away if you have questions!

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    Comment #16379930

    I am just sad for all the victims of rape in the UK that haven't probably seen, even remotely, the same police efforts made for this accusation. It happened in a different country,…

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    Comment #16183571

    The issue is not only about mass. Any mass could form a black hole, the main point is about mass density, and that's not trivial to obtain. That aside, real infinities is a vague c…

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    Comment #16183494

    From a physics perspective, the many-world, as ridiculous as it sounds, is a more sound theory (believed to be correct by some top physicists) than negative gravity. The explanatio…

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    Comment #15522426

    Might be useful to mention this article, and that maybe Olivetti's care for design also inspired the modern Apple store. http://www.italianways.com/the-olivetti-store-set-to-conque…

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    Comment #9233598

    Related, AI Quid Raises $39M https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9233388

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    Comment #9233578

    Also about Quid from CNBC: The quiet start-up inking million-dollar deals http://www.cnbc.com/id/102500826

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    Comment #7511834

    Today is the first day that H-1B for next October are accepted, and apparently they know for sure that the limit will be reached so soon that "the agency is prepared to use a rando…

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    Comment #7511777

    Steve Carlip used to be my advisor in grad school and his style of writing shows his beautiful way of explaining (and thinking about) deep questions in physics. One think that I be…

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    Offshore firms took 50 of H-1B visas in 2013

    http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9247241/Offshore_firms_took_50_of_H_1B_visas_in_2013

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    Comment #7454459

    I'll start myself indicating a non technical one focusing on communication https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVimVzgtD6w

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    Ask HN: What are the best data science talks you've heard?

    I'm mostly looking for talks directed to technical people but, if exceptional, also talks directed to a general audience

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    Comment #6831222

    I don't think we disagree on that. I'm not talking about the product side of things. I said and mean that Amazon is pushing for standards, regulations, laws etc. also by showing th…

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    Comment #6830920

    I think that a lot of comments here are missing a crucial point: in the next few years unmanned vehicles are going to play a major role in most of the transportation landscape, whe…

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    Comment #6698798

    Isn't this the same problem eBay has been having for seller who aren't stores? In that case buyers just buy expensive objects and then open a dispute under the 'object not responde…

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    Comment #6642296

    This is a pretty silly statement, because it implies that what someone could do with google glass they don't normally already do. What about a TomTom? Is that illegal? Is it better…

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    Comment #6588057

    I liked the website and the idea. I didn't mean 'wavy' as offensive, but just that this above may be correct assumptions, but I fail to see whether or not are mathematically rigoro…

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    Comment #6586799

    The determinant factor is not the direction, but the current angle of both entities. The monster will always have to run towards the direction where the angle between itself and th…

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    Comment #6255829

    Steve Carlip used to be my advisor in grad school and his style of writing conveys completely his beautiful way of explaining (and thinking about) deep questions in physics. One th…