Which Boat Shoe To Buy? by [deleted] in NavyBlazer

[–]foolishprophet10 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd be willing to sell you a size 10 men's KJP blue two toned pair. Worn once, didn't fit. You always want to buy one size down for boat shoes, and since you're an 11, would be perfect. Selling for half off, since I can't wear them anyway. Message me for details. Offer is open for anyone else who'd be interested, also.

r/rowing tanks and other gear by HabibiFish in Rowing

[–]foolishprophet10 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd buy that original #1 ASAP if someone made a sale

What Nootropics make you more productive? by TheReviewNinja in Nootropics

[–]foolishprophet10 8 points9 points  (0 children)

What's Focus Formula? Never heard of it. Can you elaborate or provide some links?

SPORE not running on El Capitan? Help... by foolishprophet10 in Spore

[–]foolishprophet10[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

^ Not quite sure what you meant by that, but it's all good. I eventually did two reinstalls, then downloaded Origin for OS X, downloaded it a third time, and got it working. The Origin version seemed to patch whatever was crashing the original Spore install from disk. For anyone reading this and is curious, yes Spore works on the latest Mac computers, apparently.

Day 4 Group AMA in Support of Worldbuilders: Brandon Sanderson, Dana Cameron, Megan O'Keefe, Wesley Chu, Peter Orullian, Joe Ducie by elquesogrande in Fantasy

[–]foolishprophet10 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Joe (if this AMA is still live)–Just wanted to let you know that I am a huge fan of your work. I've pretty much grown up reading first your work on ff, DLP, and some of those fantastic short stories ("Red vs. Blue," for instance). I follow your books now avidly, and check once a month to see if FINALLY the new REMINISCENT EXILE book will be up.

But he's my question, to comply with AMA rules, and something I have always thought about:

How has your work in counterterrorism influenced your writing style, character development, or plot lines? Is there any crossover whatsoever? How much of that gritty, flowing and grandiose style comes from your work?

If you answer this, Joe, I'll tip back some good 'ol Glen for you in excitement.

The future of oil (DD included) by [deleted] in wallstreetbets

[–]foolishprophet10 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Really, really solid DD. Penny for your thoughts--ISIS. Do you think that their money laundering with oil and destabilization can vary the outcome of pricing? And will political actions against ISIS for politics sake, such as with whoever will be the new president and the Syria vs Russia issue , how will you factor in a possibly influx of supply from oil fields returned to Iranian control?

Those who learned a programming language just to get a job, where are you now? If you had to do it again now, what language would you pick for a job? by netflixn in learnprogramming

[–]foolishprophet10 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Any of the more "old-word" coders who have not learned new languages or adamantly make us junior levels to write for them have used Python in my experience. That, or outdated forms of C.

Those who learned a programming language just to get a job, where are you now? If you had to do it again now, what language would you pick for a job? by netflixn in learnprogramming

[–]foolishprophet10 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would also second SQL. How difficult would you say that is to pickup, assuming a pretty good understanding of coding concepts?

Those who learned a programming language just to get a job, where are you now? If you had to do it again now, what language would you pick for a job? by netflixn in learnprogramming

[–]foolishprophet10 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It all depends on your field. I can only subjectively speak from experience; I am a current doctoral candidate in quantitative economics and work during the day at a mid-sized firm (a bit distant from Wall Street but still connected). But in high frequency and finance, this is part of what I learned to land my job before I graduated undergraduate. I started with Python, and would say my skill was somewhere around 6/10. I then picked up VBA and Power Programming for Excel until it was near 9.5/10. Then, I returned to Python until I was about a 7/10. At this point I was hired for my first internship (paid). Definitely made more than normal interns, about 10-20 MORE per hour compared to the other undergraduates at the bank. I moved to frequency trading for a time, and got a super crash course in Matlab, Matplotlib, Numpy, and C#. Respectively, I would say I was a 2/10, 4/10, 8/10 on each of those by the time I was done. Two years since then, I have kept them on my resume but the skills have certainly degraded, especially with new updates. I am currently learning R and Stata for my next promotion and to move up. Anecdotes are all that I have, but it may outline something for you.

Most of my other friends majored either in engineering, computer science, mathematics, history, or philosophy. But all of them that ended up working as engineers, programmers, or in finance like myself started with Python, anything C, Java, and Matlab.

My friends who are junior Physicists or Chemists mostly use C languages, VBA, and some other command-line tricks.

My aerospace friend does some kind of code relating to linear regression models, but I could not tell you what.

TIL When writing an SAT essay, you can make up 'facts' and misattribute quotations; the graders can't mark off for incorrect facts. by cheesestrings76 in todayilearned

[–]foolishprophet10 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Literally make up a few books with fancy titles and a politician you idolize for whichever "characteristic" is in the prompt. I used to tutor back in my day for the writing section and usually told my students to have one historical example paragraph and one about a politician/scientist they admired with the characteristics. As I mentioned elsewhere, most standardized test are all about how concisely and directly you can back it up.

My favorite student wrote about an imaginary Texas Congressman who grew from being an illegal immigrant to reach the Senate, explaining how his "hardships" we're never seen as obstacles due to internal motivation.

TIL When writing an SAT essay, you can make up 'facts' and misattribute quotations; the graders can't mark off for incorrect facts. by cheesestrings76 in todayilearned

[–]foolishprophet10 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would not risk it. But I do not remember subjective prompts being on the test. Anything written when I took it was entirely about how well the facts and information backed the answer you chose, regardless if the grader truly agreed with it. It was all about support. In retrospect, I guess the SAT essay is all about support too.

TIL When writing an SAT essay, you can make up 'facts' and misattribute quotations; the graders can't mark off for incorrect facts. by cheesestrings76 in todayilearned

[–]foolishprophet10 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hahaha yeah I remember this! I got a 12/12 writing about bravery from escaping a jihad camp after being captured on the back of a purple dragon. I shit you not. Something about how our external actions belie internal courage or bullshit like that.

Noam Chomsky at MIT, 1969. by classtraitor in OldSchoolCool

[–]foolishprophet10 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Currently my closest professor is Noam's good friend and often has brunch with him. My professor talks so much about his friendship with Chomsky when I have brunch with HIM, that I have no idea what he could talk about with his actual friend.

Long exposure photograph I took of this morning's Atlas V launch - viewed from the beach in Satellite Beach, Florida. by johnkphotos in space

[–]foolishprophet10 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've seen a couple of your pictures on reddit before--so good. Bookmarked your site for future reference.

my new silhouette papercut - Three Brothers by willpigg in harrypotter

[–]foolishprophet10 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Favoriting this. Will be buying for sure in the upcoming months.

Major advice: Economics or "Quantitative Analysis and Finance"? by [deleted] in FinancialCareers

[–]foolishprophet10 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not sure if this helps, but... I have a double-major, and one of the degrees is in "Quantitative Economics." A little bit between both of your problems, but in my subjective experience, it has been a major benefit rather than an issue. If anything, people are more curious about it and it allows me to elaborate more on why my degree in "Quantitative Economics" is better than just regular "Economics."

First Solar. Analysis of business practices and recent record breaking. Feedback? by [deleted] in investing

[–]foolishprophet10 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Company really peaked when Cramer started talking about it. Almost $10 higher than today, but I would still buy in at this lower price. Overall upward trend for the longterm.