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It is a credible source with a left-wing focus.

An Introduction to Statistical Learning: https://www.statlearning.com It is a free, easy introductory text by leading researchers that covers all the classics and includes many "La…

The Palestinians in the west bank and Gaza have their own healthcare systems. This was part of the Oslo accords. Plus, any Israeli medic who goes to Gaza is likely to be slaughtere…

I don't own a BMW for the signaling. I have no one to impress and it is quite an old station-wagon, so not a head turner. My wife doesn't know shit about cars but refuses to drive …

I happen to own a Toyota Camry and a BMW 5 series (not M5 or any other specialty model). Even for day-to-day errands, the BMW is a pleasure to drive. There is a lot of feedback and…

Waze started out as a community-based map building startup. They had their own maps.

In the mathematical sciences, working on old problems using classical tools is typically considered career suicide. I can only imagine how depressing it must be to do academic rese…

Wow, $60k CAD is really low. I don't think the smaller market is enough to explain it. In Israel the market for most startups is practically nonexistent, yet typical salaries are >…

From his FAQ: "About My Areas of Non-Expertise (e.g., Applied Cryptography) I believe that sound practice of Cryptography has to be based on firm theoretical foundations. Still, th…

Nowadays there's no clear difference between statistics and machine learning. But the latter gets you more grant money. :-/

One of us is confused. In that table Berlin is behind in every category.

Sorry, I am not trying to "push" any evidence nor am I an expert in startup ecosystem measurement. If you don't like the "Global Startup Ecosystem Ranking 2015" data set you can li…

There's a very simple reason for leaving: the cost of living is high and the typical salaries are low. But this isn't true for the Tech industry. An experienced software engineer m…

From a legal perspective, anyone who has at least one jewish grandparent can obtain immediate citizenship and be eligible to free healthcare, subsidized university education, etc. …

"largest startup hub outside the US": http://www.businessinsider.com/the-20-hottest-startup-hubs-i... "highest concentration of startups per capita": http://www.forbes.com/sites/il…

Israel is one of the largest startup hubs in the world, with the highest concentration of startups per capita. It is typically regarded as the largest startup hub outside the US. I…

Why is it the norm that employees even need to pay cash to buy their options? Why don't companies set the exercise price to zero? Or if one must have a non-zero exercise price - wh…

Hong Kong's subway is profitable and is the best subway I've ever ridden. (fast, clean, easy to navigate)

What is the problem you are solving?

Because it is difficult to do business in the US without a US subsidiary and bank account. You can't even run a Kickstarter campaign as a foreigner.

Very quick, simple UI - I like it! Where do you pull the event data from? Btw, you should look into adding a custom icon when bookmarking on an iphone. At the moment it just shows …

Or you can simply take a spoonful of very finely ground coffee and add boiling water for a delicious unfiltered coffee. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_coffee

Can anyone explain the version numbers? PyPy 2.6.1 compared to 15.11, which will eventually become 4.0.0...?

No, the helmet is not supposed to split in half. It is supposed to crush, absorbing the impact's energy. And you would most likely not suffer serious question injury from such a fa…

There is a lot of this post-hoc analysis, the main line of thought being that if the helmet broke then maybe your head would've been the one to break instead had it not been for th…