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false positives are a real problem

This is exactly the right way to think about it.

A classic if there ever was one, have read several times and will do again. After reading, I self-identify as high-prole.

I remember the Print Shop as a kid! Yah I guess specialization won out. We don't even have to see our holiday cards now. Upload a photoshopped picture and mail merge and start gett…

wait do you have one of the 12 Cellini Principias?

You don't start there, but you can get there as you level up. A lot of that would be because the stock on your RSU grants goes up while you work there though. I don't think many SW…

Much of A/B testing is far deeper than the color of buttons. How much faster can we process payments through provider A versus B in different countries around the world? If we offe…

This is like seeing the first packets ever sent on the internet and noting that latency is high, lol.

I can respect that.

I was cooking tacos for my family knowing I had COVID (we all had it at the time). I remember not smelling the seasoning, and threw a small handful of chopped raw onions in my mout…

Why don't you just tell me when you want it done? (said in Kramer MoviePhone voice)

every NTP story needs a link to the Netgear/UW-Madison fiasco: https://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~plonka/netgear-sntp/

The global pandemic may be affecting their behavior.

haha found your comment with your recipe.

Nice, which watch you thinking? Something a bit off the beaten path? Vacheron, Journe, Laurent Ferrier perhaps?

A high-quality mechanical wristwatch.

The book "Bad Science" has wonderful discussions and examples of the placebo effect as it relates to medical research. Highly recommended.

I use it to write data-driven shiny apps and JS frontends.

What accomplishments are you most proud of this year?

Possibly less than 0.

Well not necessarily pay... but conditions? Definitely.

The rebrand makes a lot of sense, as the interest and support for Python in the DS/ML community keeps growing. I prefer R for data exploration and visualization, but knowing and le…

500k TC is the new table stakes for these sorts of jobs. Agreed with your point though.

Why is 3 days, likely with competing priorities, a reasonable timeframe to learn a new language well enough to contribute production code in your estimation?

I have been thinking about GORILLA.BAS this entire thread. I don't remember playing Scorched Earth as a kid, but somehow must have been exposed to it to make that connection 30 yea…