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verdatel

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About verdatel

Mustafa Fanaswala, Researcher, Developer, Applied Mathematics, Computer Vision, SLAM, AR/VR, Self-Driving Cars

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    As a comparison, take a look at this book -> https://nostarch.com/quantum-computing . I found it very accessible!

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    Comment #6660030

    MIT's technology review is a pretty good magazine for the newer research that is "stirring" the pot. They also review the latest papers on "ArXiV".. a service for researchers to pu…

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    Comment #6124412

    Such a simple heuristic, but I think with far-reaching consequences. Last week, NNT posted a link to a news article with talked about a new law in an Indian state that required hea…

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    Comment #5608598

    https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_31K_MP92hURjZxTkxUTFZnMVk/... For a more in depth treatment of anti-fragility. Read anti-fragility a couple of times. One of the one most importan…

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    Comment #4533673

    its about the opportunity cost for me. An hour of my time spent doing actual research versus prettifying my slides is a no-brainer.

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    Comment #4524198

    I'd use this as an academic tool.. I have presentations to give quarterly to representatives from funding agencies.. Typically around 8-12 slides in my presentations.. the slides I…

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    Comment #4045560

    This might help --> https://www.shiftdata.com/

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    Comment #3745948

    Index funds are great when you want to do direct deposits every month.. the don't have front-load costs so you can just set up an automatic transfer. If you invest in ETF's which a…

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    Comment #3275899

    just did a startup weekend in Vancouver.. brilliant experience.. you should definitely do it. Will open up your eyes to a lot of possibilities.. you don't necessarily have to be an…

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    Comment #3256225

    thats a great recommendation. Thanks murtza

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    Comment #3256051

    EDIT: Also.. just a quick market survey.. would you pay for this? Let's say a subscription-based service.. what would you pay for the capability to get sentiment about a stock tick…

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    Comment #3256032

    what are the legal hurdles you envisage? A simple recommendation based on social sentiment is what I'm thinking about.

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    Ask HN: Social aspect to financial markets and stocks

    I know there's been some thrusts into using sentiment and a social aspect to financial markets. Can somebody point me to these. I'd also love to see what people think can be done w…

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    Comment #2918200

    The theory of multi-armed bandits arises from the study of Markov decision processes (MDP). This field is also closely studied in and related to Stochastic Control and Dynamic Prog…

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    Comment #2680052

    www.23andme.com - DNA profiler for ancestry and common gene related diseases/conditions

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    Ask HN: What is a reasonable salary for an image processing engineer?

    I've been interviewing for jobs in image processing as a researcher/developer and I'm always asked what are my salary expectations. Now I've been interviewing for entry-level jobs …