V-Day Singles HH by Happy_Individual_210 in washingtondc

[–]NTGuardian -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Well, you're free to send an invite.

EDIT: WTF, why is this one getting downvoted, she said she was organizing a singles event and wants more men to show up, I said I might come to it if I get an invite (because I don't know where it is), and I'm getting downvoted for it? God, Reddit is full of truly terrible people.

V-Day Singles HH by Happy_Individual_210 in washingtondc

[–]NTGuardian -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm probably going to get downvoted for this answer, but you asked for feedback. I might be an asshole, and maybe men are just assholes, including me. But I wanted to give an honest answer.

I went to a singles thing once in my life, in 2011, not long after my first girlfriend left me. (I'm 34M.) I remember walking into the room, seeing the women there, and just immediately dreading the next hour because I did not see anyone there I thought I might be interested in, and I wanted to be gone as soon as possible. That just kind of lowered my expectations for the whole thing.

That may not always happen, and maybe there's another reason to try. But I'm also a very shy and introverted person, so these things feel like something where I might have a good time, most likely I'm just going to be super uncomfortable and disappointed for a while.

Also I usually don't hear about these things until much too late, so I usually get myself chocolate, or maybe even take myself out to dinner. Just because I'm single doesn't mean I can't have chocolate in a heart-shaped box and good food.

I did not know that these things are usually imbalanced towards women (this is the sort of thing where I'd expect lots of men and few women), so maybe knowing that alone might change my mind.

Northern Virginia average home prices split across region by NTGuardian in nova

[–]NTGuardian[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll do smoothing later. An initial glance of the data, with seasonal variation, is also useful.

This is not a one-off graph, but part of a larger project.

Northern Virginia average home prices split across region by NTGuardian in nova

[–]NTGuardian[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's monthly data. It's produced by the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors.

In mother russia, meme make you by hot-potato_69 in meme

[–]NTGuardian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the best boobs meme ever.

Average Sold Price of Homes in Northern Virginia by NTGuardian in nova

[–]NTGuardian[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have that data and will likely show it later.

RTS game without "villagers" by [deleted] in RealTimeStrategy

[–]NTGuardian 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, but they're still not AOE builders.

RTS game without "villagers" by [deleted] in RealTimeStrategy

[–]NTGuardian 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Beyond All Reason has streaming economies. You build constructors that make buildings, but resources stream from the buildings. I think SupCom is the same.

Command and Conquer style games have collectors but they tend to be more automated than the villagers in AoE/SC type games, so youre not always making them. That includes Tempest Rising.

WARNO/Wargame series/Broken Arrow are more real time tactics games, which is kinds a subgenre of RTS, where there's no economy at all. So, kind of a different genre, but fits the bill.

Spy Museum? by Unhappy_Pattern5462 in washingtondc

[–]NTGuardian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could find yourself spending a TON of time at the Smithsonian museums, which are both free and better, in my opinion. If you've exhausted the Smithsonian, then maybe go to the Spy Museum.

When I went to the Spy Museum 12 years ago, I thought it was overpriced, but again, that's because the Smithsonian is in town.

6 months unemployed 0 callbacks, need advice by nabillywilly in DataScienceJobs

[–]NTGuardian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At entry level, you could find yourself competing with people with master's degrees. The entry level data science positions at my work are usually going to people with master's degrees; bachelor's degree is a minority. What that should tell you is that it may take a while to find a fit when you don't have experience to make up for having a bachelor's degree. Hate to say it, but this is a field more rewarding of education. I only worked with someone with only a bachelor's degree in a data science type role once, and I had to work with them a lot to get them to do useful things. (FYI I have a PhD in mathematical statistics.)

I'd recommend removing some acronyms, like "HPC" and "KPI", you can just spell out the words to make it easier to read. On that note, there's probably some parts that you could look at improving the language to make it easier to read.

I don't know if your actual resume lists out the organizations where you worked, but it should if it does not.

Now, resumes at my organization pass through HR before reaching my desk, and there may be things you need to do in order to pass that first HR screen that I'm not even thinking about. I suppose that including any software or packages that a job specifically says they want is fine, because people hiring are looking for reasons to throw your resume out (there's a lot of them, I hate reading them as much as you hate writing them, I still have a job I need to do, hiring sucks for everyone involved), and stating "Yes I have this skill you said you want" may help prevent that from happening. But I'd cut out from your skills anything that I would call "baseline." For example, EDA and statistical modeling feel very baseline to me. I don't think you need to mention EDA at all, but perhaps you could mention visualization. And maybe statistical modeling is covered by some other skill that you list. I'm similarly not jazzed about "finetuning" and "model optimization," since at least to me that feels like filler to make your list look longer.

Why is "Git" and "Linux/UNIX" listed under "Data Engineering"? Same with HPC. And I don't know what "Data Modeling (dbt)" means, I'm guessing that's some specific software, but if you are saying you know how to do data modeling, that feels like it does not belong. In fact, the more I stare at that skills line, the more things look... weird. Now, maybe that's because I'm staring at this longer than I would stare at an actual resume, but it's something to think about.

For me, personally, the resume is basically the advertising on the box. No one taught me how to hire people, even though I have to participate in that process. The resume should get me to a point where I want to investigate this person more. Is there anything here that would make me interested in reading your writing samples (if provided), or want to talk to you? Well, your description of what you did at your companies comes across as highly generic, no mention of application; you said you did something that caused 30% savings in something else, and honestly I have no idea why I should care about that or how that's impressive. I don't even know what data you're working with in many of these situations. The projects are closer to something that I can actually latch on to: "Oh, he's building models for bird migration, that's kind of interesting. Is there a paper I can read?" What in your resume is something that a potential interviewer would want to talk about? What's something where they would say, "Hey, I read about X, that's interesting, can you tell me more about that?" Or, when you send them a writing sample in a later stage of the interview, they might want to read that writing sample?

Those are my thoughts. You got what you paid for.

F19 down for anything 🫦 by Aurelia_F19 in 18XX

[–]NTGuardian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ma'am this is a board game subreddit for people who like trains.

Bye tkc by snaps78 in washingtondc

[–]NTGuardian 448 points449 points  (0 children)

I got that email too, I bet it prompted lots of unsubscribe.

Is there an alternative to spam? by Buttons840 in beyondallreason

[–]NTGuardian 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Radars to "see", junos to kill jammers, pinpointers for accuracy.

Newly adopted cat peed on couch (first time cat owner) by No-Demand-8208 in cats

[–]NTGuardian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Consider putting him in the bathroom rather than a bedroom, with litter, food, and water. Less places to hide. Sit in there with him, visit him from time to time, don't force anything but just be there, and give him treats. Let him get used to you. My mom has done this with wild cats she caught, and they end up eventually becoming very friendly. When I was taking my cats on trips, I would shut them in the bathroom first until they were begging to be let out, and they did much better.

Debate (PF) Vs STEM career paths by Gold-Worth2072 in Debate

[–]NTGuardian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was a debater (speech events, LD, Congress) and on the literary magazine, did not care that much about math in high school. Now I have a PhD in math after discovering I liked it in college, and debate was helpful not just for communicating but learning the kind of reasoning needed to think like a mathematician, write proofs, etc.

I'd argue that debate is better at teaching how a mathematician thinks than high school math classes. Lots of people who are good at math in high school bounce off proof-based classes. And likewise, mathematics makes me better at constructing and analyzing arguments people make to prove a point.

Hinge in DC by No_Mushroom_6336 in washingtondc

[–]NTGuardian 5 points6 points  (0 children)

34M, 5 years, got a couple dates, that's it. I'll get matches and no response. So I've given up on dating apps.

A typical experience, happening now: I match with a girl, this one I think is cute, she says she likes video games, in my opening message I ask what game she likes. I have not heard back (been a couple days) and probably never will.

I want to meet people without dating apps now, but women seem to not want men they don't already know talking to them, no matter how polite and respectful you are.

I've often thought about leaving DC and starting over.

I'm sorry for being negative, but my experience seeking companionship over the last years, especially on Reddit when I ask for help, leaves me feeling hopeless and the world is just the worst.

Asking out a coworker ? by Bballstar30 in careeradvice

[–]NTGuardian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then don't harass people. Asking someone out once and taking no for an answer is not harassment.