nickflees | 9 years ago | on: The illustrated guide to a Ph.D. (2010)
He didn't say that you can't lead an R&D team without a PhD. He said it equips you to do so. There's no claim about it being the exclusive path to leading an R&D team.
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nickflees | 9 years ago | on: Mathematician Says Big Data Is Causing a ‘Silent Financial Crisis’
Interesting. Do you have a source?
nickflees | 11 years ago | on: Why Dyson's robot vacuum took 16 years, and why it's headed to Japan first
I own the vacuum pictured in the first link. I bought it with high expectations and disappointment began to set in almost immediately. After 3 years of not-totally-clean floors and periodic struggles getting the rotating brush to work, I finally replaced it with a much cheaper competing brand. My carpets and floors have never been cleaner.
nickflees | 12 years ago | on: All O'Reilly Ebooks 50% off today
I strongly prefer having a PDF to a .mobi (which comes with the PDF on O'Reilly).
nickflees | 12 years ago | on: Why You Shouldn't Say It's Easy When Teaching
Agreed. I'm also extremely skeptical when classmates, instructors, or co-workers use similar tactics. I have found that, when pressed, they will often reveal that the rest is not nearly as trivial as advertised.
nickflees | 12 years ago | on: Why You Shouldn't Say It's Easy When Teaching
I've always gotten a lot of satisfaction from learning and mastering something that was initially presented as being difficult.
nickflees | 12 years ago | on: Open letter to the Yale Community from Dean
modify(data) != summarize(data)
nickflees | 12 years ago | on: Math is not necessary for software development
> Rarely in math are you coming up with a new way to solve a problem, but in software development you do that all the time!
False. This guy is making a case against a subject in which he clearly lacks experience.
nickflees | 12 years ago | on: Starbucks caught storing mobile passwords in clear text
The assertion that users can make unlimited purchases after entering credentials just once is false: "Customers need only enter their password once when activating the payment portion of the app and then use the app to make unlimited purchases without having to key in the password or username again."
That is, unless you have automatic reloading on, which is a crucial point. This doesn't excuse the practice of storing passwords in clear text, but it's an important detail.
nickflees | 12 years ago | on: Introducing Jelly
Well done on the logo. It's very nice.
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