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Comment · 2 years ago
20 Days in Mariupol was devastating, and a reality check.
Comment · 2 years ago
Do you need to plot all 10k points? If the goal is to illustrate a trend I would aggregate the data to make it more usable.

Otherwise, maybe it changed, but using canvas is a lot faster than SVGs

Comment · 3 years ago
I’m definitely projecting a bit, but I find these generalizations harmful.

I work with people constantly romanticizing the good old days in my company, and being part of the new shitty days is not a good feeling. I’m sorry it’s different

Comment · 3 years ago
No family
Comment · 3 years ago
Exercice
Comment · 3 years ago
Would Ethernet become obsolete like USB soon?
Comment · 4 years ago
You made up a statistic, what good does it do to spread misinformation?
Comment · 4 years ago
If you were to pick where would you choose to live? It’s very much a trade off, salaries are higher in the US, but the quality of life is piss poor compared to anywhere in Europe. Healthcare is terrible and expensive, Education is lousy and expensive, housing is expensive and city life, outside of a couple of cities, is mediocre (car centric, no culture, segregated). Oh and you are at-will employed, which means you are one phone call away from getting fired on the spot.

For context, I’m a European in a US city. I’m not sure for how long I’ll be able to stay here.

Comment · 4 years ago
I can confirm. I didn't go all the way to the PhD, doors opened earlier than that for a basic analytic job (and the compensations don't make you think twice about staying an extra 5 years in academic).

Econometrics, and by extension statistics, is the most sell-able assets you have as a fresh grad. It is so transferable that you can pretty much work in any industries. I fitted models to forecast water pollution. Although, I should add that most tasks required from analyst are: data cleaning and descriptive analysis.

From there you can demonstrate all the other skills (project management for example) and evolve in whatever position interest you the most.

Comment · 4 years ago
> the company applies end of March, you get notified of your selection early April, if you are selected you can enter the US in October

From experience, this is the main reason why companies don't want to deal with sponsorship. And also as mentioned USCIS is a dumpster fire currently (covid + trump legacy)

Comment · 4 years ago
These are fantastic advices to turn into an arrogant insufferable person. I used to be that person, it’s miserable. There is a lot of good in drinking the social kool aid and embracing our cultural quirks
Comment · 5 years ago
Something like optimal trajectory or gamification of the surrounding environment
Comment · 5 years ago
Why would you say that? (Honest question)
Comment · 5 years ago
Please don’t use Gaza as a justification to this broken piece of technology. That’s borderline dishonest.

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