Oh yah, there are definitely people who won't eat dog, although I detect a bit of snobbiness among those that don't, as if saying eating dog is beneath them. My employee was pretty young at the time, mid 20s, but one of her co-workers definitely turned her nose up. I suppose its different where you go, probably the…

Did you hang out with the locals? Depends on where they are from, but a few that I knew from Hunan and Hubei liked to have dog in the winter, because its a "warming" meat, similar to lamb. One of my employees brought some in, stir fried with onion, garlic, chili, cumin and scallion, and I tried a bite. Thought it was…

Read this article, pretty persuasive argument that lead is the factor. Absolutely fascinating article.

Awwww... its still learning to talk. I also prefer to voice of GMaps over the Apple voice, which sounds a lot like Claptrap from Borderlands in comparison...

don't other apps have access to contacts? like skype? it's just a matter of providing permission to the app.

I was testing the two side by side and looking out for that. GMaps is inconsistent on that. Sometimes it says turn right, sometimes it will call out the street name. I haven't figured out yet when it does what. Apple has been pretty good about calling out street names. However, it missed a turn this morning...

Or you can do the pre-emptive attack.

what. the chinese are actually quite expressive. they're gregarious, have great senses of humor, wicked tempers (in some parts like the north and sichuan) and can be pretty quick to speak their minds. in certain cases, they may have a more subdued demeanor, but that's true in any country where in many situations you…

I could listen to this all day. This needs to be autotuned to hell and then played at raves. Acidheadsplosion.

No worries man!

I could see it crashing and burning. Oh the humanity!

i would imagine there would also be a testing component (maybe A/B testing for layouts). similar to policy testing (trying to connect what i learned in school). so, if we re-focus towards a younger demographic, what is the impact on our core demographic and is that acceptable (measured by say... booking rate).

I will check out his talk. I think ultimately, based on the feedback here, SQL is first priority in order for me to break in. Python is something down the road, and may end up being just a side project as I may not dive as deep into the programming side of things. However, it may be something useful to have under the…

BTW, i understand this is getting away from big data. The distinction is being made clearer as we speak. Thanks!

I'm looking at a specific position in the short term (2-3 years) as a business intelligence analyst. I imagine much of that would entail comparing industry trends vs. internal sales data and adjusting strategy to match. So, an example would be...

Super helpful man. Helps me understand the different environments and where everything falls. That actually answers a big question for me. Excel I'm fine in. SQL is what I'm going trying to learn at the moment. But what you said about it being the core, and picking up the rest of it settles a lot of things for me.…

also elbows too pointy / 10

Easier said than done. I've already got a masters under my belt. At this point, I don't think I would be heading back. Although I wouldn't completely rule that out either. The objective really is to bridge the gap between the data scientists and the business decision makers. I eventually want to end up in management,…

is superimpose a 3rd party filter?

this looks photoshopped.