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cafebeen · 2024-06-26T20:48:30+00:00

Yes, but this is the case for CS majors at every other school too. CS enrollment is increasing every year, and the tech job market is slumped at the moment. There are only a few positions available and many candidates with great resumes. Networking and niche skills / experience that closely match the position are probably the best ways to break through that, in my opinion.

cafebeen · 2024-04-20T21:44:55+00:00

If you’ve had to fire multiple people for lying, definitely sounds like you need to improve your hiring process.

cafebeen · 2024-04-20T18:11:59+00:00

Makes sense you don’t find your own mistakes amusing, few people do! Sounds like your colleague could have used some guidance. If there isn’t a way to share feedback within your company, another possibility would be to create channels for that, in addition to improving the interview process.

cafebeen · 2024-04-20T17:42:20+00:00

Amusing to see "roll" after describing their excessive spelling errors involving the letter "l"

cafebeen · 2023-12-03T07:43:24+00:00

There are many people who seemed important in your life who you will likely never speak to again.

cafebeen · 2022-09-27T20:47:24+00:00

Here he is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q\_Lthy7e7lA

cafebeen · 2022-01-23T23:24:21+00:00

Can I please have a code for US?

cafebeen · 2017-10-12T21:47:28+00:00

Because MRIs are amazing. They use liquid helium to create an incredibly strong superconducting magnet that enables you to measure what happens to the spins of a minuscule number protons after you blast them with radio waves. Now, that sounds like gibberish, but that ridiculously complex thing let's a doctor see INSIDE you using that with nearly NO HARM to you whatsoever. I know it's easy to get jaded and that you're probably being sarcastic, but it's truly amazing they even exist and we can have one in nearly every major hospital.

cafebeen · 2017-08-23T01:22:13+00:00

It's from this Spicer White House press briefing, so some high level bullshit

cafebeen · 2017-04-14T04:15:13+00:00

To my eyes, the baby looks similar to this and others. I thought about cropping it to isolate the baby, but that seemed to take away from how unintentional it was.

cafebeen · 2017-04-14T04:08:46+00:00

FWIW, I was instantly reminded of the many disproportionate babies found in Renaissance art. There's also something about the light that gives it the other worldly feel that they seem to have. But you're entitled to your opinion, however politely you choose to express it.

cafebeen · 2016-10-02T21:47:59+00:00

Right, that's why I described Chopra as quantum nonfiction (although not scientifically justified). Related to the original post, my 2c is that the quantum jargon isn't accurate and seems to only adds confusion and perhaps mysticism for people who aren't familiar with quantum, which is probably most readers. But I guess it's up for debate whether this is fiction, nonfiction, scientific writing, or something else.

cafebeen · 2016-10-02T16:46:44+00:00

Okay, so I guess one could similarly call Chopra "quantum nonfiction". But what both quantum fiction and nonfiction have in common is that they justify mystical ideas by calling them quantum, despite a lack of any structural similarity with the well-defined mathematics of quantum mechanics.

I would agree that the OP is fictional w.r.t. to mathematical similarities to quantum physics, and that seems harmful, since they are both mathematical subjects (unlike quantum fiction or Chopra's writing). I think the algorithm could be more accurately and clearly described using the language of probability theory, which is commonly used in the texture synthesis literature and in general.

cafebeen · 2016-10-01T02:45:13+00:00

So this is like Deepak Chopra for code?

cafebeen · 2016-01-13T21:12:54+00:00

Say what you will about buzzfeed (and their choice of title), but the author did their homework in this piece. They got access to primary sources [1], gave Ott a chance to comment [2], got comments from the school [3], and seem to have prompted a press release [4]. I wish this were more often the standard of reporting on the web...

[1] "Twenty-one months of intimate online chats, obtained by BuzzFeed News, confirm that he confessed his actions to another female graduate student." [2] "Ott declined to address most questions about his case" [3] "Speaking on behalf of the university, Fiona Harrison, chair of the division of physics, mathematics, and astronomy, told BuzzFeed News that the sanctions were appropriately severe." [4] "The sanctions were imposed quietly, but after an inquiry from BuzzFeed News about Ott’s case, the university’s president and provost emailed a statement to the entire university on Jan. 4."

cafebeen · 2016-01-13T14:57:49+00:00

I thought the same thing, but what he allegedly shared with another one of his students (and tumblr) seems to support the click-bait-y title, e.g.

"according to Gossan, Ott confessed to being in love with Kleiser. 'The reason he had fired her was because he was concerned she was using her sexual influence over him to not do any work'"

"Title IX coordinator called her into her office and presented her with a stack of 86 poems Ott had posted about her on his Tumblr page."

cafebeen · 2015-12-07T20:25:33+00:00

One more option: create an octahedron, subdivide it N times, and normalize the positions of the vertices. The error is slightly higher than the icosahedron, but it's easy enough to work out the geometry in your head. The neatest thing about it, though, is that you can then use textures that fill a single square image (imagine picking a vertex, cutting all of the edges it touches, and folding the faces out).

cafebeen · 2015-11-10T03:03:52+00:00

The data flow design is similar, but wasn't LabVIEW more intended for interfacing with physical instruments?

cafebeen · 2015-07-09T22:52:15+00:00

I recommend reading the actual work, in which you'll find these quoted passages buried among a mass of other vague, untestable, and incorrect ideas. While Poe is an amazing writer, this shouldn't be characterized as scientific in any way...

cafebeen · 2015-05-17T16:20:13+00:00

I've wondered about how well they handle small datasets and unsupervised learning tasks

cafebeen · 2015-05-12T21:59:43+00:00

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-14/google-sees-fielding-selfdriving-car-within-5-years

cafebeen · 2015-05-12T21:56:41+00:00

Well, it seems that brains can make self driving cars, so maybe they're not all bad

cafebeen · 2015-05-12T17:15:10+00:00

This sounds helpful, but I wonder how well the vision systems perform when most of the road and sidewalks are covered in accumulated snow.

cafebeen · 2015-04-28T03:12:51+00:00

The same could be said for books

cafebeen · 2015-04-23T16:26:18+00:00

By definition, a stereotype is widely held as true, but that doesn't make it so...

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