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I'm a Canadian permanent resident and the dozen or so times I've crossed the border into Canada I've never had a negative experience. I've always found the Canadian border agents to be polite and courteous. I cannot say the same for their US counterparts. Not doubting the negative experiences described above just that my personal random sample has been different.

There's an EU startup that's trying to create a blockchain based market for shares of pre IPO startups: https://markets.funderbeam.com/market

Doing a relocation from Manchester in UK to Geneva, Wolfram Alpha says the equivalent salary should be lower in Geneva. That's because they substitute London data for Manchester and then calculate based on that. They only seem to have good coverage for US cities. The rest come from a UN cost of living report from 2014.

One reason there's such a plethora of tools a data scientist supposedly should master is a fundamental lack of understanding on the part of companies regarding what a data scientist actually does. I recommend reading "Analysing the analysers" which discusses the different kinds of data scientist and the relevant skillsets. It also touches on the employer ignorance aspect. http://www.oreilly.com/data/free/files/analyzing-the-analyze...

Interesting how on slide 15 when describing characteristics of smart creatives, out of technical knowledge, business expertise and creativity it is business expertise that is associated with needing brain power.

Great job! Took a while to figure out for panning I just have to move and not click. Looking at the source always helps ;)