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sk2codeon Ask HN: Fully online CS degrees?

I am an iMBA degree student at UIUC. I took a leap of faith and got admitted in the iMBA program (Jan'17 cohort). I can say with confidence that UIUC is not only the first one to give such an affordable education but their online education platform is pretty stable.

Lots of my friends who are in the iMBA program are pretty serious about the Masters in DS. They had to be, after all they are getting 2 masters degree for half the price. I might be wrong but Berkeley is offering their DS Masters (online program for 100k+)

sk2codeon Coinbase down for maintenance

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_bitcoin

The insane rise in the valuation of Bitcoin. How many times we have seen a currency or an asset that represents this kind of momentum? Clearly no one has seen this coming (that soon).

sk2codeon Coinbase down for maintenance

I never want to reuse my comments from other thread but this time I just can't resist. No one really anticipated what we all are currently experiencing and Coinbase is not different.

It seems Coinbase struggling to cope up:

$0000 - $1000: 1789 days

$1000- $2000: 1271 days

$2000- $3000: 23 days

$3000- $4000: 62 days

$4000- $5000: 61 days

$5000- $6000: 8 days

$6000- $7000: 13 days

$7000- $8000: 14 days

$8000- $9000: 9 days

$9000-$10000: 2 days

$10000-$11000: 1 day

$11000-$12000: 6 days

$12000-$13000: 17 hours

$13000-$14000: 4 hours

$14000-$15000: 10 hours

$15000-$16000: 5 hours

$16000-$17000: 2 hours

$17000-$18000: 10 minutes

$18000-$19000: 3 minutes

sk2codeon Ask HN: How can Coinbase make good on deposits/withdrawals?

The way things are moving it seems no one is selling and that's what baffles me. Crypto market is something we have never seen before where people are buying and not selling that is what is driving the price of Bitcoin.

sk2codeon Ask HN: Is Coinbase down?

It seems Coinbase struggling to cope up:

$0000 - $1000: 1789 days

$1000- $2000: 1271 days

$2000- $3000: 23 days

$3000- $4000: 62 days

$4000- $5000: 61 days

$5000- $6000: 8 days

$6000- $7000: 13 days

$7000- $8000: 14 days

$8000- $9000: 9 days

$9000-$10000: 2 days

$10000-$11000: 1 day

$11000-$12000: 6 days

$12000-$13000: 17 hours

$13000-$14000: 4 hours

$14000-$15000: 10 hours

$15000-$16000: 5 hours

$16000-$17000: 2 hours

$17000-$18000: 10 minutes

$18000-$19000: 3 minutes

sk2codeon iPhone X Teardown

Hardware company or Software company, we can always debate about it and choose whatever we want to say. In few years Apple will be a "Trillion dollar company" and there won't be any debate or doubt about it.

sk2codeon Ask HN: Is S3 down?

Now what kind of business choose to remain down for 2 hours plus during the peak business hours?

Seems cloud computing still has a lot to learn.

sk2codeon Fermat's Last Theorem Earns Andrew Wiles the Abel Prize

If interested there is a very good book about this subject: http://www.amazon.com/Fermats-Enigma-Greatest-Mathematical-P...

sk2codeon Nanodegree Plus: Get hired within six months of graduating, or tuition refund

Well so many things comes to mind when thinking about this kind of guarantee. Location is one for example. If I am willing to live and work in Chicago but Udacity found me the job in Sacramento, CA will I be willing to move to CA. I don't think so and that makes me the potential candidate where my fee won't be refunded as I say NO to the job offering based on the preference of the city I choose to work/live in.

sk2codeon A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, nuclear scientist and former president of India, has died

APJ once said, "the best leader when failed, take the complete responsibility of failure, and when succeed give the credit to his team - this is the best management principle i have learn for the first time"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZkT0tcqEG0

sk2codeon x*sin(y)

Only works in Chrome.

sk2codeon x*sin(y)

Thanks for sharing this. Every single day I convince myself that I am not wasting my time by going on HN and posts like these are the reason I find something useful and meaningful. This is something I can share with my 9 year old son who is showing keen interest in Maths. Though the stuff presented here is still pretty advanced for him to grasp, but sharing this will help him immensely to keep pursuing his mathematical interest.

Batman Graph rocks !!

sk2codeon Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?

Thanks for the recommendation.

sk2codeon Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?

Not sure how I missed it - Reading "Ready Player One". Can't wait for the movie, currently in talks with Spielberg behind the camera.

sk2codeon Ask HN: Movies that changed your perspective for the better?

"The Shawshank Redemption" - No matter how tough life gets never lose HOPE. Focus !! Plan ahead and keep working towards your Goal.

sk2codeon Expedia Buys Orbitz for $1.6B in Cash

I applied for a Job at Orbitz yesterday and today this news came. Orbitz ratings are pretty solid on Glassdoor and that makes them one of the best companies to work for in the Chicagoland area, hope it remains the same after the merger.

sk2codeon Ask HN: DIY quadcopter tutorial?

That's a pretty good info for starting the project. I have promised my 8 year old to build one for him. I will surely start checking out all these websites and visit the store (dx.com & bangood.com).

So we should be able to get all these different components from these 2 stores or there are some other online stores anyone is willing to share.

sk2codeon Rovio lays off 110 people as Angry Birds hype fades

The gaming market is pretty dynamic and it is very hard to keep up with your competitors. People do play games but I don't know many people who keep playing the same game every day. Angry Birds came up with different versions of the game but the game dynamics never changed. You were still shooting pigs with birds, be in space or on mother earth. Some how these game companies have lots of loyal followers. I visited NASA (Cape Canaveral) last month and there they have a separate section in the NASA facility to attract kids with Angry Birds (Space version). Pat on the back (pun intended) for people investing so heavily in these gaming companies, when everyone knew that there is going to be another game coming out soon which will rock for few years before dying.

sk2codeon Ask HN: Where can I get Dev Ops training?

I totally agree with what Justin has mentioned. All these things can be learned for free. I am a big fan of what Justin has been doing and his Videos are simple and easy to follow. I've been doing Unix/Linux system admin for the last 10 years and would like to explore Devops myself.

You can checkout http://linuxacademy.com/ (I am not affiliated to them in anyway what so ever). During my search for the DevOps training I found their website. They follow a Team Treehouse kind of a model (learn at your own pace) and charge around $25 per month. I haven't tried that myself but their AWS content (All tracks) and DevOps track looks pretty solid.

If you want to get in touch my email address is in my profile. Good Luck !!

sk2codeon Google is developing cancer and heart attack detector

Including my mom in the last 10 years I've lost 4 female members of family to cancer. This product is revolutionary no doubt and I am very excited about it. I believe Google will face an uphill task as there are lots of things to explain to the consumer before taking this full stream.

1. Will these nano particles stay in my blood stream forever or do I have to inject them in my body periodically. What are its side effects?

2. The wristband on my hand communicating with these nano particles in someway connects back to the Google's network and now along with my emails and pics Google is tracking my health and my DNA. I mean I can turn off my phone and not use my email but I can't turn off my body. When combined with the DNA this project has the potential to provide an RFID to each and every human being.

Ignore my ignorance I am not the expert here just curious about all these possibilities.

sk2codeon Google Invests $50M in “Made With Code” Program to Get Girls Excited About CS

Instead of teaching someone to code the better approach would be to give basic STEM education. What would a coding class do if the basics of Maths and Science are not clear.

sk2codeon Ask HN: How did you learn Perl/Shell Scripting?

Thanks.

Yes, it is Perl.

sk2codeon Machine learning is easier than it looks

Count me as 2. Though I am sure there are lots of people who will be reading the material on your blog. Pretty good stuff.

sk2codeon Ask HN: If a Hadoop cluster were free, what would you do?

The one in my HN profile should be good. Thanks.

sk2codeon Ask HN: If a Hadoop cluster were free, what would you do?

Would like to use it primarily for configuration purpose. Admin/devops kinds of jobs.

sk2codeon Ask HN: If a Hadoop cluster were free, what would you do?

I've recently became interested in Hadoop, map/reduce, HDFS. I would like to use it for learning purpose.

sk2codeon Amazon WorkSpaces - Desktop Computing in the Cloud

OS is Windows 7 (only). Prices can come down if they choose to go with Open Source OS (any Linux Flavor).

sk2codeon Bent on teaching entrepreneurs to build great apps

I came to know about this few weeks back and I've also registered. May I also suggest a track (Block) on the basics of Database.

sk2codeon Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months

Well said. I am 100% with you on this. At the time of the internet bubble MSFT share was around $60 and it been more than 13 years now and still no luck as far as shares are concern. I guess the best Microsoft product so far is XBOX/XBOX360. Windows was suppose to be huge but I guess gone are those days.