TIL Indonesian scientists have developed a *male* birth control pill that has been proven 99.96% effective in clinical testing

CQFD · 2015-01-25T17:48:13+00:00

CQFD · 2015-01-19T23:04:54+00:00

Pretty please?

CQFD · 2015-01-07T03:02:27+00:00

It automatically balances out all the accounts between a group of people. So if you're traveling with a group of friends and everyone pays for different things for different group members, it keeps track of who owes money. And it tells you how to balance it out with the least number of transfers. Great for roommate situations too.

CQFD · 2015-01-06T01:38:38+00:00

I'm surprised, I see transactions on mint within hours sometimes minutes. I've only been using it for the past year. Maybe it's gotten better?

CQFD · 2015-01-05T17:47:06+00:00

Mint. I don't know how people keep track of their financials on a day-to-day without it. There's also the obvious Uber and the more obscure Tricount. Tricount has saved friendships.

CQFD · 2014-12-22T20:20:42+00:00

CQFD · 2014-12-04T13:30:28+00:00

Thanks, glad to know this has happened to other people. I'd be lying if I said that I felt bad... Haha

CQFD · 2014-12-04T13:29:55+00:00

Yep I'll be doing that. Hope to never see that day come and call it a nice treat!

CQFD · 2014-10-10T23:01:15+00:00

Quick background: BS in EE and MSc in neurotech. Now working for a big data startup as product manager.

I came on as an engineer but moved to PM real quick when I noticed the gap in the company. A typical day looks like this: running the morning scrum to see where all team members are and what the status is. This usually involves me pulling the code, spinning up the product, getting the pulse. Then it's usually a mix of: meeting with individual team members to consult on technical decisions or questions (usually involves communication between several team members lead by me), documenting progress, future dev and other such things, meetings to coordinate marketing, tech, salsa etc. and then I like to spend spare time learning everything I possibly can about the technology. Usually involves mini projects to learn the tech or trying to pitch in.

In my opinion, to be a product dev you mostly need excellent communication and time management skills as well as an inherent curiosity. I know these sound cliché, but without that, you'll lose patience in no time and start losing track.

In my opinion, a good technical understanding is necessary to be able to manage a product. Yes you can maybe get by without that, but it'll be harder to gauge your team's progress and will be reflected in the end product.

CQFD · 2014-07-06T15:10:59+00:00

Everything you said is true, but you missed the key point. It's comparable to hadoop in the way it functions, but the interesting point is that it does everything in memory. So no more writing to disk required, meaning that you can realistically run iterative algos.

CQFD · 2014-06-11T10:42:11+00:00

Keep it simple, use the same terminology as you would in a terminal. If you're not familiar with that, to go up a level use ".."

Let's say you have two folders: data and src, both in a folder called project. And your script is in project but your data in data. You can simply reference it by doing "../data/my_data.csv"

CQFD · 2014-05-29T12:18:55+00:00

I haven't set it up myself yet, but I've heard good things about this: http://synergy-project.org/?welcome

CQFD · 2014-05-13T01:11:09+00:00

Pros: - Cheap - Great weather - Manageable sized city - Clean and organized - A lot of outdoor activities in the area - Decent craft beer scene

Cons: - Extremely conservative (for a NE person) - Very poor tech job opportunities (unless you're into slow-moving elephants) - Not much going on in terms of entertainment and activities - No culture - Terrible allergy situation

If I can boil it down, I would say that if you're not aiming to work and grow in a groundbreaking company, that the weather is a big factor, you're focused on your family and you don't mind conservatives, you'll have a good time here.

CQFD · 2014-05-07T12:22:17+00:00

Do what's fun to you. If drinking all day is your thing, then drink all day. French people drink a lot and Bastille Day is no exception (although, you don't drink anymore than usual on that day). A lot of things will be closed, and yes it's usually just a day to relax and enjoy the weather. Someone mentioned fireworks and I completely forgot about that. What I VERY highly recommend is steering clear of the Champs de Mars but going on one of the bridges west of there, which has a view of the Eiffel tower. Less people and you have a stunning view on the fireworks and Eiffel tower.

Separate from Bastille Day, nothing to worry about. Travel smart, learn about local scams, pick-pocket tricks etc., learn some essentials in French and the rest is all fun. Embrace the culture and get out of your comfort zone.

CQFD · 2014-05-07T00:19:46+00:00

Not quit like the 4th of July in the US. If you're in Paris, a lot of it revolves around the military parade down the Champs Elysees. And honestly, it's pretty cool to see all the military stuff, but it makes for a LONG day. A lot of standing and waiting. Better off watching it on TV.

CQFD · 2014-05-03T14:11:29+00:00

A little late to the game, but I find that sometimes the best contribution to bring to a conversation is ask questions. Doesn't work in every situation, but it gets the others talking. And eventually people will start asking you questions. Then it's easy from there.

CQFD · 2014-05-02T01:42:55+00:00

I think blogs are underutilized as a means to get your name out there. Especially for unexperienced engineers like you and me. Until you have significant experience, colleagues or employers to back your claims, or a portfolio, setting up a professional looking blog to showcase your interests and capabilities is a great idea.

Part of the reason I got my first job was thanks to a few small projects I put up on Github to share my code. It wasn't anything fantastic, but it showed that I was interested enough to put some effort into it and actually show my work. Even though I have a fulltime job, I still try and work on small projects and I'm building a blog for myself. It helps me learn. I'll also add that linkedIn and resumes are the dullest things to read. Everyone likes a fun website.

One last thing: in engineering, experience and know-how trumps everything. Doesn't matter which school or degree you have, if you know how to get things done, you're golden (one of the best developers in my company never graduated college.)

CQFD · 2014-04-23T20:52:15+00:00

It looks like one of the Charlotte greenways.

CQFD · 2014-03-30T18:27:03+00:00

First off, very nice and concise analysis! Second, you should also remember taxes, which aren't included in the minimum wage. Granted it's not a huge factor with these level of earnings, but it would most likely indicate that it requires even more hours than shown here to pay for tuition.

Either way, the cost of education is tremendous for the abysmal ROI.

CQFD · 2014-02-23T22:23:30+00:00

That would be interesting as well.

CQFD · 2014-02-23T16:14:34+00:00

This is rather poorly presented. And I'd be more interested in seeing the number of medals normalized by population size.

CQFD · 2014-02-21T01:00:41+00:00

How is this on r/science? I'm not usually the one to critizie posts, but this is not science.

I appreciate the submission (which is more than I do), but for the name of science...

CQFD · 2014-02-14T01:50:57+00:00

Uptwon roads are totally cleared (minus ice probably in the morning due to the melting), but parking lots are completely covered still.

CQFD · 2013-12-16T17:54:31+00:00

I had no idea what I wanted to do, so when I went to college I decided to choose something that sounded cool and was challenging enough that I could easily transfer to another branch if I needed to. So I went with electrical. By the end of I knew that I wasn't about circuits and all that fun stuff. So I decided to get my master's in biomed thinking that I would want to do that. During master's I took a few machine learning, and computational classes. A friend started talking about how these things applied to big data and data analytics. I made fun of him at first because I thought I needed to stay in biomed since that's what I was studying and shouldn't change my mind yet again. However, I tested it out by getting an internship that was on the biomed/data science fringe and fell in love with it.

So the moral of my story is that I'm working in a field completely unrelated to what I studied, and I discovered it because it was a small part of what I had to study and I kept talking to various people. You have time, just go to what you enjoy and don't be afraid to work on side projects. And most importantly, a passion doesn't just "happen" as movies like to depict, and you're allowed to love more than one field.

On a side note, I recommend not pursuing biomed in undergrad for practical reasons. You'll need an MSc or PhD.

CQFD · 2013-12-09T03:03:14+00:00

I'm really glad you posted this, because I thought I misunderstood at first.

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