ccarpenterg | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: Book recommendations for understanding financial systems?
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ccarpenterg | 6 years ago | on: Exponential Growth and Covid-19 [video]
ccarpenterg | 6 years ago | on: Colab Pro
It's a great tool and it lets you focus on the code and the models, instead of the hardware and OS. But $9.99/month is a little expensive for my taste.
You can't customize it and if they change something you have to install software by hand sometimes. It should be $1.99/month, that's the kind of price I'd pay for this basic cloud computing service.
edit: I use Colab to play with ML models. I really don't think it's possible, for instance, to train a model on Imagenet using Colab. So Colab is similar to the microwave, if you want to cook a serious recipe you should use a real kitchen.
ccarpenterg | 6 years ago | on: Google Sheets was down
ccarpenterg | 6 years ago | on: The Modern Man Is Getting Stoicism All Wrong
ccarpenterg | 6 years ago | on: Yuan falls to 11-year low
So the Chinese need more Yuan to buy the same products/services from the US. And in contrast, Americans need less US dollars to buy the same products/services from China.
ccarpenterg | 6 years ago | on: Yield Curves Invert in U.S., U.K
ccarpenterg | 6 years ago | on: Google Cloud Is Down
ccarpenterg | 7 years ago | on: World Happiness Report, 2019
ccarpenterg | 7 years ago | on: World Happiness Report, 2019
- Venezuela has a Cantril Ladder value of 6.2577.
That's very strange to say the least, and it's hard to believe to be honest. Venezuelans are one of the most unhappy, miserable people in the world.
ccarpenterg | 10 years ago | on: Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2015)
I've worked for 4 startups and on several projects doing web development. I was also Community TA for the Startup Engineering [1] class and for the Machine Learning [2] class at Coursera (Stanford).
I work mostly as a backend engineer and occasionally fixing and writing some Javascript on the frontend (jQuery, Backbone.js). I also can oversee backend development by doing project management and issues and tasks coordination.
I use a methodology for each project like setting up a deployment process/git branching model (development, staging, production), etc., and I'm very pragmatic about researching and using proven solutions (ie: code) to each problem. I code in Python: Django, Tornado, GAE and node.js: Express. Git for source control (Github/Bitbucket). Linux, vim.
Drop me a line: [email protected]
ccarpenterg | 11 years ago | on: Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (December 2014)
Python: Django, Tornado, flask, Sqlalchemy
Node.js: express, ejs, sequelize
JS: Backbone.js, jQuery
First week for free to see if we're a good fit. [email protected]
ccarpenterg | 11 years ago | on: Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (November 2014)
Python, node.js developer.
I have worked for several startups designing and developing systems, using open source tools and the same methodologies that are discussed on HN. My experience inlvolves the direct collaboration with the founders via remote and on site coordination.
I was one of the Community TAs for the Coursera Machine Learning (Andrew Ng) and Startup Engineering (Balaji S. Srinivasan) classes.
Things I can do for you:
- Setting up a development cycle (ie. dev/staging/production branch model)
- Write web applications in Python and Javascript (node.js, Backbone.js, jQuery, etc)
- Write SQL code (schema design, JOINs, nested queries, recursive queries, inheritance/polymorphism, etc)
- Write front end code using Backbone.js, jQuery
- Write a webapp from scratch
- Dive into your beautiful code ;)
Python: Django, Tornado, Sqlalchemy
node.js: express, ejs, Sequelize
db: Postgresql, PostGis, MySQL
Javascript: Backbone.js, jQuery
CV and references available on your request. Looking forward to meeting you online: [email protected]
ccarpenterg | 11 years ago | on: Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (October 2014)
Native Spanish speaker. Working Proficiency in English. Scored 895 out of 990 on the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC).
I focus on your relational database schema design and SQL. All from SQL antipatterns, unique and partial indexes, JOINs, nested queries, recursive queries to how to represent SQL code on your ORM of choice.
I was the community TA for the Coursera Startup Engineering class and for the Coursera Machine Learning class. I've also worked for several startups as a remote contractor.
Stack
Web development: Python web frameworks (Tornado, Django, Flask, GAE), ORMs (Sqlalchemy, Django ORM), Javascript frameworks and tools (jQuery, Backbone.js, D3.js), node.js (Express, Sequelize)
DevOps: Heroku, Linode, Git branch models, VMs, Ansible
If you need to tackle issues like 'how to ensure we sell a concert ticket (ie. numbered seats) only to one customer given that we have multiple concurrent users trying to buy it at the same time?' or 'how to reference multiple parents for the same database model/table? 'then I might be the right guy for you.
Send me an email at [email protected] I look forward to meeting you online.
ccarpenterg | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (April 2014)
I've worked for 3 startups so far doing web development. I'm also a Community TA for the Startup Engineering class and for the Machine Learning class at Coursera (Stanford).
Python/Django/Tornado/GAE Framework: https://github.com/ccarpenterg/todolist https://github.com/ccarpenterg/djangotodos https://github.com/ccarpenterg/tornadotodos
node.js, express.js, ejs, Sequelize, Bookshelf: https://github.com/ccarpenterg/bitstarter
Frontend, jQuery, D3.js, Backbone.js, AngularJS, Bootstrap
Github: https://github.com/ccarpenterg
LinkedIn: http://cl.linkedin.com/in/ccarpenterg/
Drop me a line: [email protected]
ccarpenterg | 12 years ago | on: Lost Jet’s Path Seen as Altered via Computer
ccarpenterg | 12 years ago | on: Did Malaysian Airlines 370 disappear using SIA68/SQ68 (another 777)?
It's hard to believe to say the least. If such scenario does exist what makes you think that you can figure it out by yourself?
ccarpenterg | 12 years ago | on: Did Malaysian Airlines 370 disappear using SIA68/SQ68 (another 777)?
ccarpenterg | 12 years ago | on: Did Malaysian Airlines 370 disappear using SIA68/SQ68 (another 777)?
This case is really suspicious but I still think this was just an accident.
ccarpenterg | 12 years ago | on: Malaysia Officials, Saying Missing Jet Was Diverted, Open Criminal Inquiry
If the MH370 suddenly climbed to 45,000 feet that would indicate that either (1) there was a mechanical failure so the pilots had to struggle to take the control again or (2) there was a fight in the cockpit that resulted on the abrupt climb.
[1] http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/15/mh370-search-fo...