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geoblack

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    Comment #40653625

    Imagine how handy it would be to read temperatures at 1000 phones if you were an HVAC engineer trying to optimize AC in a 50 story building on a 100 degree day in San Francisco. A …

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    Comment #39319043

    Prospecting Your Way to Sales Success, by Bill Good. Although mostly about telemarketing, it's mathematical point of view is unique and will delight your engineer brain. It's princ…

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    Comment #30053401

    A lot of the Great Courses are on Kanopy. The Archeology is fantastic.

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    Comment #30053289

    Often free in eform via your local public library.

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    Comment #30053272

    The only thing I resent about moving to ebooks from the library is time I wasted on second rate content from the internet. I have seven library cards and I can read almost anything…

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    Comment #27489817

    Before the edit, the question read: "Outside of academia,..."

  7. story
    What is an appropriate job role for a BA level theoretical mathematician

    whose primary interest is the deep math of computers? Chip designer maybe? What else?

  8. story
    What has been your experience with Vocational Rehabilitation?

    Have you hired through or gotten a job from California Department of Rehabilitation (or other state?)How did it go?

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    Comment #20371502

    A Lazy Boy recliner, a hospital bedside table and a bookcase as a unit, is perfect if you don't have to get up and down much.

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    Comment #18241503

    Think of sales as technique. The method IBM took from NCR provides a framework for understanding where you are and what you need to do next. "Prospect, survey, demo, proposal, clos…