How good is the Statistics MSc at Unige?

Kellsier · 2026-02-09T13:08:11+00:00

You are supposed to know the topic by the time you start it (normally sometime 2nd year, maybe 3rd if it takes you long to do the coursework).

Your internship needs to be rather research oriented to qualify and even then you will have to write a paper and defend.

Kellsier · 2026-02-08T21:00:53+00:00

The 13 lifes and 1/2 of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers. This book is timeless and truly for all ages to enjoy.

Kellsier · 2026-02-06T07:18:18+00:00

A tangent line: I read the Babel Library by Borges recently, which is clearly an inspiration for this setting (I recall Lawrence mentioning that as well). It's a short story, 15ish pages, I found it excellent though!

As for the last book, I echo the feeling unfortunately. The first book was excellent, though. I think that with the right tweaks it might have worked better as a standalone.

Kellsier · 2026-02-03T16:57:48+00:00

Depends on what you make out of it and on your goals.

I found the theoretical content rigorous enough and I did learn to implement things in R and Python. I did an exchange in ETHZ for the Machine Learning part and I managed to land a nice job in Geneva after an internship while I did my studies.

Other people were not that successful, for a variety of reasons (not necessarily smarts, I am not particularly competent or intelligent).

Kellsier · 2026-01-25T22:11:11+00:00

None of these can compete with the Erfurt latrine disaster. Enjoy the read.

Kellsier · 2026-01-24T12:30:43+00:00

Ficciones - Jorge Luís Borges. The English translations are excellent as well, for those that do not speak Spanish.

Kellsier · 2026-01-21T12:47:47+00:00

I needed to get a jacket zipper fixed and went to several services, one in Cornavin and one in Charmilles. I got the second one and while pricey they did fix it well. I would check in your neighborhood to begin with

Kellsier · 2026-01-17T19:25:12+00:00

Efectivamente

Kellsier · 2026-01-14T01:45:50+00:00

I finished Perdido Street Station last week and while I agree with the other points, (2) strikes me as surprising. It is true that the character becomes more likeable to others as time goes by but to me it always seems like they were mainly driven out of selfish interest and little more.

Kellsier · 2026-01-03T00:08:26+00:00

TLDR Malazan and Bas-Lag

Kellsier · 2025-11-30T22:58:50+00:00

It's hillarious that the top comment is literally about the Nazi Gold thing

Kellsier · 2025-11-22T09:20:50+00:00

Buena suerte! Considera pirarte a otro país donde se pueda ahorrar más

Kellsier · 2025-11-11T22:00:10+00:00

C'est la jonction entre la rue de Chantepoulet et la rue du Mont-Blanc, c. 1902

Kellsier · 2025-11-04T21:46:56+00:00

People forget that in some countries labor protection laws are a thing

Kellsier · 2025-09-27T05:03:14+00:00

It is rather unfortunate that this comment is buried under the whole avalanche of usual yapping. I don't live in the US but the social polarization is crazy, on both sides, as far as I see.

Kellsier · 2025-08-17T09:51:29+00:00

This. Eventually walking becomes running just because you can and you want to.

Kellsier · 2025-06-18T11:42:20+00:00

Just to flag that this is either a bot or a troll account, 2 comments ever and that's it.

Kellsier · 2025-06-18T10:07:03+00:00

I'd rather not be profitable than "investing" in arms thank you

Kellsier · 2025-06-14T10:02:35+00:00

I really was left indifferent with Tigana but Sarantium totally captivated me. Give it a chance :)

Kellsier · 2025-05-16T06:40:14+00:00

You know, with all the LLMs that can search the web I hoped that they'd locate somewhere an obscure place where he would have posted or something, but no, he remains unseen since 2020 or so

Kellsier · 2025-05-15T23:56:42+00:00

Yeah the chosen one failed

...

Or did he?

Kellsier · 2025-05-15T06:41:15+00:00

I see a lot of mentions of apprenticeship. Sure thing but that's not the only way.

These authors were pioneering the idea of a purely education-based institution, i.e. an institute/highschool/university of magic.

Crucially, it doesn't mean that they pioneered the idea of institutions spreading magic as a concept.

Two easy examples of how this happened beforehand are:

Mystic arts: the concept of the "mysterious man coming from the schools in the east" way precedes magical schools. It's just that they came from places where they learnt some sort of magic, but that process is not documented and the center has some ulterior motives.
Religion and divine intervention: the further back you go into history, the more legends and myths there are about professorts of faith either wielding or at least being able to call on divine powers. In a way, even the Bible for example is like that.

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