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  1. Re:Julia (language)? on Ask Slashdot: Switching From SAS To Python Or R For Data Analysis and Modeling? · · Score: 1

    julia is nowhere near, in intent, as well as development, the statistical tasks needed by the poster.

  2. SAS and data science? on Ask Slashdot: Switching From SAS To Python Or R For Data Analysis and Modeling? · · Score: 1

    if your company is using SAS, then i don't think what you're doing is data science. analysis is not data science.

  3. Re:I find this insulting on FWD.us: GOP Voters To Be Targeted By Data Scientists · · Score: 1

    pls provide evidence that immigration suppresses wages. (are you an economist?)

  4. Re:Get 10% less fuel economy with E10... on Has the Ethanol Threat Manifested In the US? · · Score: 1

    what about the pollution emitted in creating the ethanol in the first place?

  5. Re:2000000/(365.25*20) = on How Virtual Reality Became Reality · · Score: 1

    i think he included coding projects that he supervised.

  6. Re:I never thought about engineering and Fortran on Why Scientists Are Still Using FORTRAN in 2014 · · Score: 1

    by carefully constructing python statements and calling libraries you can get the speed you want from a 'python' program. if you can fit your problem in this way, then yea it makes sense to go to fortran or C.

  7. Re:Nice try... on Let Spouses of H-1B Visa Holders Work In US, Says White House · · Score: 1

    summary of economist opinion which i'd rather listen to instead of the usual /. protectionist BS:
    - the effect of importing low-skill labor, at worse, leads to some shuffling at the low-end and possibly even increasing slightly the wage of natives (since they have an advantage)
    - the effect of high-skill labor is to increase GDP per capita and replenish social security.

    seriously if you don't want skilled foreigners coming in, then you shouldn't support training for native workers since that also increases the supply. so which is it?? even if it does lower wage: deal with it.. you're supposed to be a capitalist huh? isn't that the american way?? find some other job or move elsewhere or accept lower wage. otherwise the jobs WILL go somewhere else.

    it's like asking your neighbors not to have 6 kids b/c they take 'your' jobs. pathetic.

  8. Re:... or just don't take notes in class on Students Remember Lectures Better Taking Notes Longhand Than Using Laptops · · Score: 1

    however, if your book is 500pgs long you can't possibly go through it all. most likely the prof will test you on the subject matter he/she has gone through in class. you need notes for that.

  9. Re:Mindmaps? on Students Remember Lectures Better Taking Notes Longhand Than Using Laptops · · Score: 1

    i recently started using org mode for emacs. it combines the best of outlining and freeflow imo. you can also integrate latex into the doc.

    so in class you can just write free form and organize it later.

  10. Re:I gave up and used a tablet on Ask Slashdot: E-ink Reader For Academic Papers? · · Score: 1

    i have a 10 inch tablet and i would buy a bigger one if i could.

  11. SIMULINK et al on Ask Slashdot: Why Are We Still Writing Text-Based Code? · · Score: 1

    SIMULINK (and HYSIS which is domain-specific) and other tools that display a process have good use. You can think of the process as a program. In this case it works when the process can be shown as a flow-diagram. You probably can't represent all programming paradigms this way though.

  12. Re:To hire specific people on Ask Slashdot: Why Are Tech Job Requirements So Specific? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    this is not the process to get an h1b candidate. this process is to process a green card. it's a labor certification process.. for the sake of "labor protection", the employer has to say to the government..look i didn't find any citizen or permanent resident for this job.

  13. Re:They took my job! on H-1B Cap Reached Today; Didn't Get In? Too Bad · · Score: 1

    it's nauseating how one of the smartest demographics on the web degenerate into 'they take our jobs' types on this matter. required reading http://business.time.com/2013/01/30/the-economics-of-immigration-who-wins-who-loses-and-why/

    this is one slashdot discussion that i wont benefit from!

  14. Re:Am I the only one not scared of Indian workers? on H-1B Cap Reached Today; Didn't Get In? Too Bad · · Score: 1

    ...which will never happen.

  15. Re:Hacking is the great equalizer on BBC Twitter Accounts Hacked By Pro-Assad Syrian Electronic Army · · Score: 1

    so it's "radical" even if alot of the population supports it?

  16. paradoxes on slashdot on Should Techies Trump All Others In Immigration Reform? · · Score: 1

    yea the liberal slashdot crowd isn't so liberal when it comes to immigration b/c they fear of perceived competition.

    - the country that let's in a million immigrants simply b/c they won a lottery or had a relative sponsor them doesn't complain about that but complains about letting a few 10 thousand highly skilled.
    - you want to promote local stem education but won't let in those who want to play on the US side and work in stem therefore promoting it!

    hey look, your legal immigrant neighbor has a kid who is good in math. you should deport him somewhere b/c he's your competition. face it, there is a global competition for talent that is globally mobile and have options to go to other countries and not put up with the red-tape of the US. either you play with that new reality or see how far your momentum can take you. the US is quickly becoming just another country.

    in my case i've been in the US for 14 years on some non-immigrant visa...from my childhood and into my young adulthood. i'm on PhD level in skills but i don't have many options to be able to stay and work let alone immigrate. there are times when i think like a citizen and see alot of H1B visas going to codemonkeys who have no US experience and got a low-level job when i think the system should select me instead.

  17. Re:If Woz can so can I... on Wozniak's Predictions For 2013: the Data Center, Mobility and Beyond · · Score: 1

    i think there might a standard coming up where you can plug in your phone and it becomes the nav on a bigger screen.

  18. Re:Blackboard time. on 2nd Largest Liquefied Natural Gas Producer Knocked Offline In Malware Attack · · Score: 1

    Read the article. the attack was restricted to office computers.

  19. Re:Depends on the price of gas on Another Elon Musk Bet: Half of All Cars Built In 2032 Will Be Electric · · Score: 1

    it would still be more efficient to have electric vehicles powered by whatever.

  20. Re:Grammar is Extremely Important! on Does Grammar Matter Anymore? · · Score: 1

    that looks like punctuation. how would you express that difference in speech?

  21. Re:PCs Aren't Going Anywhere on Bill Gates: the Traditional PC Is Changing · · Score: 1

    ok but tablets are going to be more PC like and PCs are becoming more tablet like. the HW now has become so cheap and small that you can make a PC in tablet form.

  22. Re:I DON'T WANT A TABLET on Bill Gates: the Traditional PC Is Changing · · Score: 2

    100s of millions of others do and have made their wants known by purchasing a tablet.

  23. Re:My Take on Immigrants Crucial To Innovation · · Score: 1

    then simply say: we will only admit a certain number of people each year no matter what the demand is which is what you mean by "control". the only difference b/w a legal and illegal is paperwork.

  24. Re:Not so much... on Immigrants Crucial To Innovation · · Score: 1

    it is THAT terrible. with no family connection in the US and with an advanced degree, you could wait YEARS to get a green card. without a degree, you would have to wait decades.
    http://www.prlog.org/10338595-waiting-your-pending-green-card-cases-consider-other-employmentbased-green-card-options-tiya-plc.html

  25. Re:Actually I care... on XBMC Developers Criticize AMD's Linux Driver · · Score: 0

    get windows and be done with it so that you can do flash properly, netflix, easy dvr w/ WMC, and bluray. and these days, there are enough all-in-one devices out there that do much of what an htpc can do. it's more difficult to justify a htpc these days.