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Two things come to mind… my work and my involvement with FIRST robotics. I’m the Director of IT Operations for a contract research organization (CRO). While that might not sound in…

Perhaps Toronto, Canada?

Reading, FIRST robotics, soccer

I had a very similar line of reasoning one afternoon when making a salad for lunch. The fork, the plates, the kitchen, the ingredients, the electronics needed. All the details, his…

After 10+ years working as a web developer with a non-CS degree, I heard about Georgia Tech's OMSCS program [0] and signed up almost immediately. The timing was right for me and my…

I use Royal TS/X [1] nearly every day and enjoy it very much. I'm not affiliated with them in any way, just a happy customer. [1] https://royalapps.com/ts/mac/features

I recently read a news article that Sam Altman is attending the Bilderberg Meeting [0]. The timing is perfect. [0] https://bilderbergmeetings.org/meetings/meeting-2023/partici...

This is the basic plot in the singularity series of books. [0] [0] https://www.amazon.com/Singularity-Series-4-book-series/dp/B...

I suggest you look into getting involved with something hands on. FIRST Lego League[0] is a rewarding experience. [0] https://www.firstlegoleague.org/

A few years back before Covid, I held biweekly open meetings for anyone to learn practical Git basics where I work. I had about 20 people come through (PhD's, Statisticians, etc.) …

If you truly want to learn, I suggest joining a local FRC Robotics team as a new/junior mentor. If you simply ask the students to show you what they have been working on, you may b…

stipend for books and/or conferences

I have benefited monetarily indirectly by lurking on HN for years and reading others’ thoughtful comments on a variety of subjects. Then apply some of those thoughts to my career a…

For representing the technical architecture on a whiteboard, I tend to gravitate towards the first three levels of the C4model [0]. For meetings with management, I like to use AWS'…

I'm the technical lead for the IOTN [1] which is a part of the Cancer Moonshot program [2]. Our mission is to improve immunotherapy outcomes and to ultimately prevent cancer before…

If you fine one, I'm very interested. Please share. This article has great content! But at best I'm amateur skier not a snowboarder.

Define the problem. Write some code to solve the problem. Ask people who have that particular problem to give you money. Ask them if they know others who have the same problem. Fin…

I'm very interested in this. Please share.

Do you have a blog post or could recommend one that covers your setup? Particularly any software that needs to be installed to get ML setup properly. I’m putting together an eGPU t…

Count me in too.

I work for a cancer research hospital. I'm training an LSTM today using TensorFlow to determine months left to live for specific patient conditions given previous outcomes.

The primary goal of soccer parents in the US is to get their sons/daughters a collegiate scholarship. I suspect the primary goal of most other countries is to play professionally.

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I've realized that I spend most of time focusing on the second most important task I need to accomplish at any given moment. And since most of my work has been handed to me by othe…

You're absolutely right, a simple UPS would be sufficient for my needs. I'm beginning to wonder if that is all I'm missing from my setup.