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I am looking for people to help me with my research project. Technically, it is not a charity or an NGO, but it is undoubtedly a negative profit endeavor. If you are an experienced/senior Python or a Kotlin/Android dev who wants to help improve how cognitive impairments are monitored and diagnosed, please reach out to me (email in my profile). You can contribute by writing code, reviewing code, or mentoring/consulting in your area of expertise.

That's true. However, I am a grad student and I can't afford a wallet.

Tangent: where do I find folks like you? Is there a website where competent people donate their time to help on meaningful projects?

I signed up on April 8th and I am still waiting too.

IIRC, about $120.

I agree that cloud compute is usually (too) expensive, but it is sometimes useful and cost-effective. Not long ago, I need to very quickly run a one-off analysis, which required over 200 GB of RAM. It was much cheaper and faster to spin up one VM on GCP for a day than having to order parts, etc.

Oh, that's disappointing that these seem to be org-level issues. If I were ever to apply to Meta, it would be to RL only, and they do have a few interesting openings. Thanks for replying, though!

Thanks for sharing your perspective. In your experience, is this how most Reality Labs' teams operate?

Would you mind sharing how long the queue for your Beta is? I signed up a few weeks ago, but haven't heard back from Flux yet.

Thank you for such a thorough and informative response!

Hi, Ilan! Do you expect proficiency in Julia from research and data science applicants? Your GH repos are almost exclusively Julia.

> gluconeogenesis

I am very curious about gluconeogenesis. I am well aware of this pathway but have read a few times that glucose generation from protein happens very rarely. Have you ever tried eating zero carb whey protein in a fasted state? If yes, have you noticed a spike in glucose? I am genuinely very interested in your experience with gluconeogenesis as a person with diabetes.

Thanks!

How would I go about DM'ing you? Also, do you require apps to be created using your tools or do you support apps developed independently?

Thanks! Are you sure the test track doesn't require a review? Based on this comment [1], my impression was that it does, but I can be wrong, of course.

1. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/64296562/google-play-con...

Thanks for the suggestion!

I have looked into it and it seems that even internal testing apps have to pass Play's content review [1]. I will check out Code Push / App Center.

1. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/64296562/google-play-con...

I use a stationary bike in combination with the Peloton mobile app, Strava, and a heart rate monitor. It was a little hard and boring at the beginning until I got into structured workouts and playing with numbers. Now, I quite enjoy modeling how my FTP improves over time and adjusting my routine accordingly.

Apparently, the author (Paul Lutus) wrote the original Apple Writer [0] and "designed spacecraft components for the NASA Space Shuttle.[1]"

Neat!

0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Writer

1. https://arachnoid.com/administration/index.html

Isn't it bizarre that we have self-driving cars, the ISS, and phones with 50 megapixel cameras but still struggle with character encoding?

I just wanted to share that you can take a shot at photomicrography even on a very tight budget. Here are three pictures I took with my Pixel 2 and a $20 microscope from Amazon.

https://imgbox.com/g/WQt0DyEtmV (fly's wings, salt cubes, a mashed raspberry)

I am no photographer, so I am sure people who know more about it than me can take much better pictures. (And I'd love to see them!)

I recently switched from Sunsama to Amazing Marvin, which is less opinionated, has more features, and is cheaper, but doesn't support teams as far as I can tell.

I was testing Copilot this night. It suggested a simple snippet, which made me a bit suspicious, so I looked it up on GitHub.

The snippet (after "data_folder ="):

   data_folder = "C:/Users/robsc/Documents/NC State/GRAWork/CIData/Output318/"

Search results: https://github.com/search?q=%22C%3A%2FUsers%2Frobsc%2FDocume...

Although the found code comes from a public repo and is not at all groundbreaking, it does feel a bit creepy for reasons I can't yet articulate.

If you are a Linux neophyte like me, Midnight Commander[0] can be very useful for learning directory structure and basic commands. After starting it (`mc`), you can quickly toggle its terminal UI on and off with `ctrl-o`.

0. https://midnight-commander.org/

Thanks for your suggestions!

I think I will try COBOL and either Lisp or ML as long as I can get them to play nicely with Python.

For a while, I have been wanting to learn more esoteric languages than what is mainstream right now, but, alas, there never seems to be enough time.

Do you know how much a monthly gym membership near you costs? If money is an issue, I could chip in via paypal or venmo. (Just a grad student with kids here, so don't expect too much, please.)

Hey, a big fan of PyCharm here!

I played with PyCharm's implementation of notebooks in 2019. At that time, it felt like you didn't do any UX research and testing with professional data scientists, including data scientists across a range of age groups. For this reason, I stopped using PyCharm for analytical data science work.

I am mentioning it here, just because I would love for your new project to succeed. Good luck!

@JoeDaDude

Sorry for OT, but there are no PMs on hacker news. I found your comment about CO2 sensors for Raspberry PI from last year [0]. Have you finished this project? If yes, could you share a few details?

For my first Rasberry PI project, I am considering buying Enviro for Raspberry Pi + Air Quality. I would like to add an affordable CO2 sensor that would require minimal config and no soldering. Pimoroni folks told me MH-Z19 would not work because of the number of pins. Would you have any suggestions on what sensor to choose and how to make it work with Enviro / Raspberry PI?

0. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20185649

I agree. I have been unsuccessfully looking for a SWE/programming mentor for years. I am now back in school, working on a PhD at a CS department and I am still facing the same problem. Curiously, I have had no difficulty finding mentors in other areas, e.g., modeling, psychology. I often wonder if I am doing something wrong or is mentoring simply not a part of the SWE culture.