Data Hacking and Coffee

#1

Post by podopie » Tue, Apr 30, 2013, 12:01 PM UTC

Re: Data Hacking and Coffee

#2

Post by RBerenguel » Tue, Apr 30, 2013, 12:59 PM UTC

As much as I love coffee, stupid development projects (if I were to raise my hand when asked "Have you written some stupid project in the last 3 days?" I'd stop writing, both hands up) and neat data hacks, I can't see the need for something as complex. A spreadsheet table (or even better, a plain text file and a little R, which already has plenty of word similarity libraries) would have been far, far more straightforward. But I tip my (metaphorical, I make shoes, not hats) hat for its geekiness ;)

Re: Data Hacking and Coffee

#3

Post by Dirlewanger » Tue, Apr 30, 2013, 12:59 PM UTC

Speaking of "buttery chocolate herbal", does such a heavenly-sounding roast even exist???

Re: Data Hacking and Coffee

#4

Post by sageikosa » Tue, Apr 30, 2013, 1:01 PM UTC

Dirlewanger wrote: post #3

Speaking of "buttery chocolate herbal", does such a heavenly-sounding roast even exist???

My first glimpse of that read as "battery chocolate herbal"...ever since my Penn State dining commons days, battery-flavored coffee doesn't seem so far fetched.

Re: Data Hacking and Coffee

#5

Post by RBerenguel » Tue, Apr 30, 2013, 1:05 PM UTC

Dirlewanger wrote: post #3

Speaking of "buttery chocolate herbal", does such a heavenly-sounding roast even exist???

I've had some Guatemalan coffee with this taste. Here in Barcelona we are lucky to have Cafes el Magnifico, (--which--edited) they have an awesome assortment of roasts at good prices.

Re: Data Hacking and Coffee

#6

Post by PKop » Tue, Apr 30, 2013, 1:56 PM UTC

Dirlewanger wrote: post #3

Speaking of "buttery chocolate herbal", does such a heavenly-sounding roast even exist???

"Buttery" minus the chocolate..

http://www.bulletproofexec.com/how-to-make-your-coffee-bulle...

Re: Data Hacking and Coffee

#7

Post by podopie » Tue, Apr 30, 2013, 2:23 PM UTC

RBerenguel wrote: post #2

As much as I love coffee, stupid development projects (if I were to raise my hand when asked "Have you written some stupid project in the last 3 days?" I'd stop writing, both hands up) and neat data hacks, I can't see the need for something as complex. A spreadsheet table (or even better, a plain text file and a little R, which already has plenty of word similarity libraries) would have been far, far more straightfor…

Totally agree, especially because even I personally would have rather just done all the analysis in Python or R. I figured this to be a great opportunity to play with d3.js a bit, but also build some data analysis on the spot. I like that anyone could easily fork this, play with the code just a bit to fit their needs, and have the majority of their "analysis" done (I only hardcoded the "winner" markings). They can just focus on the fun of brewing. Thanks for the geekiness appreciation!

Re: Data Hacking and Coffee

#8

Post by RBerenguel » Tue, Apr 30, 2013, 2:31 PM UTC

podopie wrote: post #7

RBerenguel wrote: post #2

As much as I love coffee, stupid development projects (if I were to raise my hand when asked "Have you written some stupid project in the last 3 days?" I'd stop writing, both hands up) and neat data hacks, I can't see the need for something as complex. A spreadsheet table (or even better, a plain text file and a little R, which already has plenty of word similarity libraries) would have been far, far more straightfor…

Totally agree, especially because even I personally would have rather just done all the analysis in Python or R. I figured this to be a great opportunity to play with d3.js a bit, but also build some data analysis on the spot. I like that anyone could easily fork this, play with the code just a bit to fit their needs, and have the majority of their "analysis" done (I only hardcoded the "winner" markings). They can ju…

I completely understand the play bit with d3, I'm always coming up with complex concoctions to use it... Then I realised one of the simplest ways is to post the csv file generated by Python or R and write a neat front-end to display it. But I'm always coming back to the stupid or crazy plans, too so... Don't tempt me again!!

Re: Data Hacking and Coffee

#9

Post by eli_gottlieb » Tue, Apr 30, 2013, 2:38 PM UTC

What, no Turkish coffee? Weaklings!

Re: Data Hacking and Coffee

#10

Post by guylhem » Tue, Apr 30, 2013, 3:28 PM UTC

I think I'll pass : Just yesterday, I took a public commitment to stop drinking coffee (and submitted in everywhere - FB, HN, etc.)

https://plus.google.com/109562561013887378542/posts/X8cLiHYe...

We really are overdoing coffee as hackers. You can put anything you want in your body, I'm fine with the concept- but hackers shouldn't recommend hackers to drink coffee.

There's a difference between freedom and a culturally shaped ritual (hackers get by with caffeine) especially if it's with an addictive substance.

EDIT: I'm ok with the downvote (and the hating too, I guess I'll see that soon), and I'll be the 1st to recognize I'm not really adding anything interesting to this conversation. Just burning some karma to let you know that there is no cultural imperative to drink coffee as a hacker, and that you shouldn't even care about that.

Enforcing the cliché that hackers should drink or care about coffee is just as pointless as saying hackers should all be males.

It's culturally made. You can get social capital by enforcing social norms, but you can also see how pointless they are.

Do what you want with your body, put any substance you want into it. Just don't use that to sell a concept (here "hackers") that people will somehow feel obligated to follow ("brogrammers").