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Re: Poll: Where are you currently living?

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Post by msohcw »

filam wrote: post #73
pranavrc wrote: post #66

Histogram of current standings: http://quickhist.onloop.net/USA=601,Canada=104,Southern%20No...

I only mention it because I learned the difference yesterday, but that is a bar graph, not a histogram.

If anyone's curious (like I was), a histogram has a continuous variable for it's x-axis, the bars on a histogram correspond to bins of the continuous variable. E.g. 1-10, 11-20, 21-30. In a bar graph, the x-axis is usually a discontinuous variable, typically types, with no specifically meaningful sort order, e.g. in this case, countries. Also, by convention, histograms have no spaces between bars to represent the continuity while bar graphs do to represent the discontinuity. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Re: Poll: Where are you currently living?

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Post by akbar501 »

shubhamjain wrote: post #27

I am from Jaipur, India. Many I times I am detestful of the fact that I don't live in big cities like Mumbai or Bangalore. I don't hear of any programming meetups that happen here, neither there are any conferences, nor any startup that has bubbled up. The first thing that I want to do after my graduation is to move in to a big city because socializing with smart people is the most recurring advice I have heard for a…

Moving is a good idea.

I'm from the US, but I spent a substantial amount of time in India when I started by first company. Initially, we were outside of Bangalore (not by much), but enough that the company and I were disconnected from the city.

Around 2004 we moved the company to Bangalore, and I moved with the company.

It was the best move ever.

The cost of living is higher, it's over populated, traffic sucks, and so on in terms of problems. But it's where all of the action is and the people are.

Fast forward to 2012 and I was living 50 minutes outside of San Francisco (over the 80) and Silicon Valley (down the 680). I moved to into the valley to be in the action. Again, best move ever.

In general, go to where the action is. Your thinking on this is sound. There are smart people in Jaipur, but nothing like what you'll find in Mumbai or Bangalore.

Best of luck to you.

Re: Poll: Where are you currently living?

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Post by dwd »

brendonjohn wrote: post #13
namenotrequired wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was taught the collective name of Australia and New Zealand was Oceania?

Australasia is a region of Oceania http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oceanias_Regions.png

What is interesting is that New Zealand is a "State" according to the Australian Constitution.

http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Senate/Powers_practic...

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