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Comment · 8 years ago
This program was just announced. So the first cohort hasn't started yet. There are a bunch of OMSCS students in this thread though who have taken some of the classes.
Comment · 8 years ago
There's an online BS CS on Coursera. I can't really imagine how that works though because a BS typically isn't as specialized as an MS.
https://www.coursera.org/degrees/bachelor-of-science-compute...
Comment · 8 years ago
Back when they were oDesk, I lived in a remote area with no technology jobs. I ended up working for oDesk for a 6 mo stint (Actually for oDesk not a third party). So I'm familiar with the ecosystem. I was just wondering if it was web dev or something more specialized.
Comment · 8 years ago
What kind of work are you doing? If you don't mind my asking...
Comment · 8 years ago
It's definitely a race to the bottom but it also represents a good opportunity for junior developers even in developed countries. I've gotten $35/hour jobs before which isn't great but it isn't peanuts either.
Comment · 8 years ago
As far as I know this has always been the case. oDesk had a screenshot tracking program too for hourly jobs prior to the merger and rebranding.
Comment · 8 years ago
You're right. Maybe I was confusing it with the Metropolitan Commuter tax.
Comment · 8 years ago
This happens all of the time. For example, it is very common to live in NJ and work NYC. In that case, you pay NYC tax, NY and NJ tax and receive credit for your NJ tax based on the NY state tax you pay.
Comment · 8 years ago
Not to be pedantic but the article is about NY state, NJ, CT etc. Many people live in NY state but do not live in NYC. Additionally, as the article explains, some people try to live outside of the state for over half the year in order to avoid paying state taxes. Presumably, there are considerable financial and personal incentives for maintaining some presence in NY state. So, the answer to your question is yes because the people in question are still typically maintaining a residence in a high tax state.
Comment · 8 years ago
Soaps and detergents are not hydrophobic. They are part hydrophilic and part lipophilic which is how they pull lipids into the water when you wash something.
Comment · 8 years ago
> we accept some risks while walking bicycles across multi-lane highways at night without watching for oncoming traffic.
The accident occurred on a surface street in a fairly busy area right down the street from ASU's main campus where there tend to be a lot of pedestrians and bikers
Comment · 9 years ago
It looks like the script is there to block phantomjs based bots (which can evaluate JS). It seems to check for the global properties mentioned in this article:
https://blog.shapesecurity.com/2015/01/22/detecting-phantomj...
If the properties are defined, it doesn't do anything, otherwise it reloads the page.
It is obfuscated but that seems to be what's going on anyway.
Comment · 9 years ago
I'm taking ML in the fall and I've already taken ML4T and RL. So the order I went in was ML4T -> RL -> ML. My understanding is that's roughly in order of increasing difficulty (although I do suspect RL has gotten a little harder over the last year).
Both ML4T and ML have some RL component. So there's overlap. If you're new to python, then I'd definitely recommend ML4T first because it spends a bunch of time on Pandas/Numpy. ML4T is also easier to get into than ML if it's your first semester.
Take a look at the course review site also. It's really helpful in estimating difficulty:
Comment · 9 years ago
Like others have noted, you need some Bachelor's degree minimally. But you don't need to take the GRE.
Comment · 9 years ago
Get on the omscs-study slack. It's really helpful (and fun). Good luck!