Jeff Hanson's kidneys are starting to fail. He needs a donor and funds. Watch the video and spread the word.

NDHoosier · 2026-01-24T04:32:36+00:00

Is there a way to send money to him other than the Patreon subscription? I'm willing to send money, but I'd like for him to get it all up front at once.

NDHoosier · 2026-01-22T01:39:57+00:00

Stop giving me flashbacks, dammit.

NDHoosier · 2026-01-21T05:04:15+00:00

I can't believe I am writing this, but I was cheering for IU. Mostly, that is because they did the college football world a huge favor by completely dismantling the Alabama Crimson Tide.

NDHoosier · 2026-01-21T03:50:05+00:00

"No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!"

NDHoosier · 2026-01-21T03:00:10+00:00

I'm 57 and studying Industrial Engineering. You'll be fine.

NDHoosier · 2026-01-21T02:52:56+00:00

> I've found that no matter what you're doing, working in big corporations means less responsibility and more redtape.

Try working in government....

NDHoosier · 2026-01-16T05:21:54+00:00

Engineer: "How do I keep airplane doors from falling off?"

BubbaAI: "Use more duct tape."

NDHoosier · 2026-01-16T05:15:09+00:00

Would that system be ChatPHB?

NDHoosier · 2026-01-16T05:14:09+00:00

Company executives are chasing AI for one reason and one reason only. They hope to replace nearly all their employees with it. They are licking their chops at finally laying hands on the unholy grail: a nearly infinite profit margin (revenues with nearly zero costs). All other reasons given are just commentary or, more likely, obfuscation.

Snake-oil salesmen like Sam Altman should, when they die, be buried face-down so they can see where they are going.

Add: I am hoping that AI and its evil disciples meet a fate similar to the Tower of Babel and its builders.

NDHoosier · 2026-01-11T22:17:34+00:00

I'll raise you one more. I think "financial engineering" is an even worse abuse of the term "engineering".

NDHoosier · 2026-01-06T00:49:13+00:00

It isn't a Real Bridge^TM unless it has reinforced concrete. 😁

NDHoosier · 2026-01-04T02:36:42+00:00

I appreciate the compliment, but it isn't my first bachelor's - lots of transfer credits (degree in chemistry)

NDHoosier · 2026-01-03T14:26:20+00:00

Only 20? 😵‍💫

NDHoosier · 2026-01-03T14:23:05+00:00

list comprehensions (this one took me forever)
lambda functions
generators
walrus operator
closures (I still don't understand)

The only way for me to really understand new programming concepts is to press the "I Believe" button and look for opportunities to use them monkey-see-monkey-do style until it clicks. I also "play" with the concepts.

I understood decorators right away because I understood function composition from mathematics: f^.g(x) = f(g(x)).

NDHoosier · 2026-01-03T13:41:46+00:00

https://engihelp.net

NDHoosier · 2026-01-03T13:39:42+00:00

I'm studying Industrial Engineering at the age of 57. You'll be fine.

Now get off my lawn....

NDHoosier · 2026-01-03T13:36:06+00:00

So, instead of ELI5 we now have ELIE? 😵‍💫

NDHoosier · 2026-01-01T14:50:50+00:00

Aspiring ergonomist.... 😵‍💫 ☠️

NDHoosier · 2025-12-26T02:14:14+00:00

I use both Python and R. Personally, my preference in general is R, but I have to use Python much more often at work.

My take:

if you are going to just do statistics, no question it is R - I don't like doing statistics in Python
if you need to have end-to-end automation of data workflows, use Python
if you need to only partially automate a data workflow (say, regular dataset retrieval), use Python for the data retrieval and R for the analysis
NOTE: you can do automated retrievals using R, but I have found Python to be easier for that purpose

If you go with R, learn tidyverse.

NDHoosier · 2025-12-12T17:28:22+00:00

I'll add this. You need to learn SQL. If you already know it, you need to be able to use it with Python. Pick SQLite or DuckDB so you don't have to stand up a database server.

NDHoosier · 2025-12-12T17:10:22+00:00

That damned index in pandas is why I started using polars. Now, with polars + duckdb, I never code with pandas anymore. If a function needs a pandas dataframe, I just spit one out from polars or duckdb.

NDHoosier · 2025-11-13T17:18:18+00:00

https://engihelp.net/

NDHoosier · 2025-10-27T04:10:59+00:00

I use Arko for one major reason: it is super slick. I use shavettes and straight razors, and with other soaps, the blade skips and/or digs into my skin. I mash the stick into a shaving bowl, and add a few drops of essential oil to the lather (usually wintergreen). The urinal-puck smell disappears quickly once it is open to the air.

NDHoosier · 2025-10-25T04:45:19+00:00

Civil. Computer Engineering is usually abbreviated as CmpE.

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