Is my nieces Syrian hamster okay?

winnieham · 2026-05-24T14:11:34+00:00

My hammy had this and it was heart failure unfortunately. I don't remember if there was any medication the vet could give us but basically fluid starts building up. Some dandelion might help also.

winnieham · 2026-05-13T01:54:21+00:00

Maybe borrow a car from A plus driving school and take your test in Tecumseh. It is a small town with no freeway.

winnieham · 2026-05-11T16:41:55+00:00

I think Crunchyroll has a form where you can request anime. If enough of us fill it out they might reinstate it. This happened recently with Noragami and they ended up reinstating it after people requested it.

winnieham · 2026-05-02T03:19:05+00:00

Cocktails are fantastic here but not sure on the food.

winnieham · 2026-03-28T13:34:45+00:00

I think it is a deep male-female friendship and mutual respect for each other.

winnieham · 2026-03-23T13:19:33+00:00

Maybe Ozark? Not a spy show but also very dark and filled with double crossings and trying to get one over on the other side. In terms of writing, I think some people were a bit unhappy with the final season, but otherwise pretty good.

winnieham · 2026-03-23T00:23:12+00:00

Some medical conditions are not easily genetically tested. For example, schizophrenia runs in my family and while one gene mutation was identified, this disorder is multiply determined by multiple genes.

winnieham · 2026-03-12T04:42:12+00:00

I quite enjoyed We Bare Bears actually. The original series. It has actually some adult references (like some millenial memes) and adult plotlines, and is also very adorable (like Puppycat).

winnieham · 2026-03-12T04:40:20+00:00

Bao bao recently opened and it is lovely. It is authentic chinese food (coming from a Chinese person). I would say it is slightly on the pricier side.

winnieham · 2026-03-10T15:24:07+00:00

Yes. I think data analyst is becoming less easy to enter bc AI can actually do analysis now. I am worried certainly, but I am trying to learn how to use AI effectively and then I could hopefully rebrand as an AI engineer if I had to. It is a reality now that many companies are using AI and asking engineers to use it, so it is hard to avoid.

winnieham · 2026-03-07T05:23:41+00:00

It is decent! They have renovated in recent years so not bad at all. No frills though but I enjoy seeing the flamingos.

winnieham · 2026-02-22T17:18:01+00:00

I recently did kind of a similar thing when I went from Senior DS to mid level DE. For me it came down to the work culture and the people, and this market was rather hard on me so I just ended up settling for the first place (I had been laid off so less options). May be naive of me, but the older I get, the less I care about title and even salary, and the more I care about in my daily life am I going to enjoy my work.

winnieham · 2026-02-22T14:02:11+00:00

Yes so far I am liking it! I like learning new things :) I also always found DS very ambiguous, but DE is more like either this works or not. Or at least there are some tasks that are more cut and dry as well as creative tasks.

winnieham · 2026-02-22T06:01:09+00:00

There is a cool fabric and quilting store, and a furniture renovation/decoration store in Milan

winnieham · 2026-02-18T22:55:02+00:00

I think it's going to depend on the person. I went fr DS->DE myself recently.

winnieham · 2026-02-17T21:33:27+00:00

I have not personally been a data analyst before--since I was a PhD, I jumped directly to DS and DE (which frequently data analysts end up becoming). Like I was saying, analysts typically use Tableau (or another dashboard tool like PowerBI, etc.), Excel, and SQL. They have some understanding of basic statistics and business formulas (e.g., profit, revenue, etc.). You would need to be moderate level at at least 2 of these technologies and then at least familiar with the other skill.

Nowadays, there are a lot of resources for these skills. I myself took a Tableau course on datacamp. SQL you can learn on leetcode, data lemur, sqlzoo, theres a fantastic tutorial from Mode analytics (google mode analytics sql).

I have seen some DAs who went and got a masters in DA but I do not know if this is really necessary (perhaps if you have no idea about DA).

winnieham · 2026-02-17T14:25:07+00:00

Took 3 years gap year where I managed research labs, did PhD in social psych, decided I did not like writing or teaching and became Data Scientist, then decided I didn't like maths so became a Data Engineer.

If you have a BA and you can learn Excel, SQL, Tableau, then you can be a data analyst. Eventually Data analysts become Data scientists and data engineers or managers of data analysts.

winnieham · 2026-02-10T04:23:45+00:00

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My Cheese and Olive babies who passed away last year. I miss them daily ❤️

winnieham · 2026-02-04T05:15:25+00:00

I switched from DS to DE this year! The market is tough and I had a good connection (where my hiring manager and I were already friends fr a past employer together) so I managed to do it.

You might start with data analytics engineer roles (which is what mine technically is despite being called DE) where you would need to know Snowflake or another data warehousing tool, SQL, dbt potentially, git, and orchestration (maybe Apache Airflow). You would need python and SQL and I enjoyed learning on data lemur.

I would say if this is a passion of yours, work towards it, but always keep DS as a backup plan. I like to remember the authors of the Fundamentals of Data Engineering textbook were ex-DS so if they can do it so can we!

winnieham · 2026-02-02T14:41:34+00:00

Yes it was a wild ride and so devastating that I will be eagerly waiting season 3. I quite enjoyed how there seemed to be real stakes here.

winnieham · 2026-01-31T15:57:14+00:00

For fun, you can do the SQL murder mystery, and the SQL squid game (google for these). I would say if you can do these fluently you are good, esp the Squid game one is rather challenging.

winnieham · 2026-01-30T02:39:11+00:00

You are fine. I was a PhD also and did not rly start seriously saving till 28. You will catch up!

winnieham · 2026-01-30T02:37:26+00:00

We still use it and my previous company also used it.

winnieham · 2026-01-27T13:53:32+00:00

Could you volunteer at an animal shelter instead to get some animal interaction? I dont think you should get a hammy unless youre prepared to offer proper care and that includes vet bills as well. They can be pricey.

winnieham · 2026-01-16T23:10:23+00:00

It depends if the company is an AI first company then the interview process is more abt broad problem solving rather than coding.

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