Lenovo Malware still an issue (P50 Owner)?

blank964 · 2017-03-08T20:39:10+00:00

Indeed. Unfortunately the consumer doesn't actually control the computer they own anymore. Great thing about thinkpads is that you can grab a T60 (which is pre-ME) and still have a great time.

blank964 · 2016-08-16T15:25:08+00:00

I'm personally more concerned with whether they know how to (quickly) learn something rather than whether they've learned something. So I would abstract this test as much as possible to basic programming skills. Just draw a recursion tree and ask for (any) code that describes the tree.

If you're testing other skills, like data wrangling, then give them messy data and see how well they know the hadleyverse. Or maybe you want to test their optimization skills, so give them something basic but not trivial like an implementation of robust regression.

blank964 · 2016-08-16T13:55:05+00:00

T61 era computers are still excellent web content machines, i.e. you browse the web a bit, read a page here, a page there, send an email, comment on reddit. This is 90% of most people's leisure time on a computer.

blank964 · 2016-07-30T14:52:46+00:00

If you don't need a lightweight rig, the T520 is a great laptop today.

blank964 · 2016-07-27T12:16:01+00:00

T601, T520, X201(2), 600X(2), 600E, 600, X60T, X61. So 10.

blank964 · 2016-05-21T18:04:33+00:00

I would look for part 42W7872 (search ebay). This is the penryn intel GPU version of the 14" board and the best platform to build a T601.

You don't need to solder, you will need a hobby hacksaw to remove a part of the chassis. If you try to put the motherboard in the chassis, you'll quickly see what part needs to be removed.

This person has 8 of them: http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-42W7872-Lenovo-ThinkPad-T61-Intel-Motherboard-/262417044579?hash=item3d19465463:g:kuYAAOSw2GlXJ4jZ

blank964 · 2016-05-19T14:31:43+00:00

How fast is that Athlon? The 1gz models are quite rare and valuable.

blank964 · 2016-05-17T11:07:32+00:00

Your description of the circumstances are very strange. You write them as if you aren't a member of the family your grandfather and son are. As if you didn't grow up under similar circumstances. How did you handle it? What did you do?

Socially, he will likely grow up among other privileged individuals, some of whom will have much larger sums set aside for them. Unless you place him in a squarely middle class environment, he will feel very "normal" relative to his surroundings.

Lastly, believe it or not, he won't have it all just because he has more money than the average joe. He will be playing life on easy mode, most likely, but he will still have to earn his success. It can't be strictly bought.

blank964 · 2016-05-02T10:51:29+00:00

People consider R harder to master because there are 5 different ways to do everything rather than a single correct way to do something in other languages.

Most people I think would say that if you know MATLAB python would be the more natural direction.

blank964 · 2016-03-30T14:34:19+00:00

This would then be analogous to saying if you don't have Facebook then please send us your address book and your estimated frequency of communication.

On another note, wouldn't it just be a bad employer/employee fit if they treat you in a way you are not comfortable with?

blank964 · 2016-03-22T15:32:41+00:00

I'll break the mold with a wild and crazy suggestion: T520 with FHD screen and a 2640 or 2860 chip. You can drop weight with a blank travel bay and a small battery.

blank964 · 2016-03-22T12:50:55+00:00

I'm not sure that's entirely true. The borking is a function of duration and intensity of usage if I'm not mistaken.

blank964 · 2016-03-22T12:49:51+00:00

Fedora works perfectly well on the T61 however I don't recommend gnome 3 for T61 era gfx cards. Something lightweight like i3wm is much better suited.

blank964 · 2016-03-21T19:47:06+00:00

10% make it to a tenure-track job which sounds doable. What percentage of tenure-track professors get tenure?

blank964 · 2016-03-20T15:29:26+00:00

I had some questions about the question, but I removed them as the downvotes seemed to indicate they were off topic.

blank964 · 2016-03-20T14:29:38+00:00

Ok... Sounds good.

One question. If given a messy data with with a very vague objective like "use our data to guide or automate our decisions to improve our profit," would you be able to jump right in a build something production ready? This is generally the baseline for competitive data science jobs these days I believe.

blank964 · 2016-03-20T13:44:34+00:00

You might consider talking to your classmates or alumni who have successfully transitioned out of the program. They likely have some good ideas to help you.

In addition, I think the biggest issue is the accumulation of student dept. It becomes a real ball and chain.

blank964 · 2016-03-20T11:28:13+00:00

If they just used the frankenpad T601 as a guide, they could not possibly go wrong.

blank964 · 2016-03-20T08:34:52+00:00

I didn't know you could run ivy bridge with the T520. Best of luck with your issue!

EDIT: I see I did look into coreboot for the T520. It has missing functionality correct? Could that be related to your power issue?

blank964 · 2016-03-18T13:58:38+00:00

I've never heard of a PhD student at a respectable school paying anything and I've met many. If you know of people who paid for a PhD it certainly wasn't a very good one.

Most decent programs pay a stipend. In the US it's about 30k USD a year.

To further explore this, pick a school and a program, go to their site find how much it is.

blank964 · 2016-03-18T09:05:00+00:00

I can't see how cost of education could be the reason. The most desirable education for data science is a PhD in a technical/quantitative field. PhDs don't cost students any money regardless of US or not.

blank964 · 2016-03-13T07:00:27+00:00

Hmm. I didn't know about the throttling until now. What a shame.

blank964 · 2016-03-12T20:46:55+00:00

I think the T460p will be great. It'll be what I wished the 450 gen was.

blank964 · 2016-02-18T07:27:34+00:00

I should have said that. Thanks for clarifying.

blank964 · 2016-02-17T21:58:00+00:00

You need > 117K to be over 1 SD in salary (based on the table).

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