I follow an awesome account on Twitter, Super 70s Sports. Why is it awesome? Because it posts stuff like this:
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https://twitter.com/Super70sSports/s...92670390403072
You're welcome.
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I follow an awesome account on Twitter, Super 70s Sports. Why is it awesome? Because it posts stuff like this:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DKTZ80fU8AAyl4C.jpg
https://twitter.com/Super70sSports/s...92670390403072
You're welcome.
Which one is you?
Definitely not the guy in the middle-my hair won't do that. But if it could I guarantee I'd have it out there at least that big. I'd go full-on ABA.
Clinched .636!!!
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The weather in Louisville is decidedly un-pumpkin spicelike.
Bird hunting today... it's gonna be a hot one! They'll fly late.
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Had a good discussion recently concerning how dangerous soccer was as a sport.
This week my son's competitive club team had two players tear their ACL, a forward and a center defender who tore his ACL last year. And the younger brother of a third teammate tore his ACL last week as well.
2 day rule. I win.
How do they say it in Football?
The previous play is under review...
I won a long time agoQuote:
Originally Posted by Catfan73
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As Yogi once said, "it ain't over til it's over!"
Gotta have staying power.
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This has been the worst two weeks for kids in local soccer I remember. In addition to my son's two teammates tearing their ACL, and the younger brother of a teammate tearing his ACL, I just learned that Friday night his high school soccer teammate tore his ACL in their football game. Just awful.
As the weather starts to get cooler I start to think about making some stews and slow cooker meals. Was reading up on beef bourginon recipes the other night. Today: gumbo. Had a killer bowl of gumbo at Fisherman's Corner on our recent trip to Perdido Key. Really wanting some today. I've never tried making it myself because a good gumbo seemed too daunting. But gonna give one a shot before too long.
Used to love a good New Orleans gumbo before my shellfish allergies kicked in. Nothing better, except possibly crawfish etouffee (again, before I became shellfish-allergic).
Crawdad Etouffee, making my mouth water just thinking about it.
I admit to being a little naive and I thought Joe's crabshack had a pretty fair one, until I visited New Orleans and had a REAL one...
Oh, my. Until you have visited New Orleans, anything else related to crawfish is just a weak sister. At best.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigBluePappy
One of the shows I watch on my phone at night when I wake up in the middle of the night is NCIS New Orleans. I watched a show last night. I got a craving for New Orleans seafood, one of those hole-in-the-wall places I used to go to that you wouldn't even notice as you passed it on the street that made the best food anybody has ever tasted.
I was lucky to have lived in New Orleans when I was interviewing for a bunch of jobs, and was wined and dined at some of the best restaurants--Commander's Palace, Antoine's, Galatoire's, Court of Two Sisters, you name it--and then got job, got married and lived a couple of years thereafter with two income, no kids, and plenty of money to enjoy the finer things. But from my experience, the best food came where it was least expected, and won't make any of the "fine restaurant" lists.
I have to make a trip back soon.
For the life of me, I can't remember the name of the place, it had a dark red motif on the inside, it was odd shaped in that the layout made no sense, I want to say it was located on a corner and the food was so good I bet their dishwater was rather tasty.
We were there in July of 2005...I don't recall the name of the place but I sure do remember how good the food was.
Fishermans Corner is one of our favorites at Perdido.Quote:
Originally Posted by KSRBEvans
It's usually our first stop upon arriving. After arriving we get the condo squared away and then go to Fisherman's Corner for a late lunch.... they have the best grilled shrimp poboy ever. Then during our stay we go back at least twice for dinner. I've never had their gumbo, I can't pass up the lobster bisque.
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Made stew last week and some chili yesterday even tho its going back up into the 80's this week. Might do gumbo next week. The secret is to start with a good roux.
My shoulder really is hurting.
ProcrastinationitisQuote:
Originally Posted by Darrell KSR
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Partly moony this morning. Harvest moon?
Rain coming... we need it.
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Just sold my 1997 Mercedes.... I'm bummed, I've lost a dear old friend.
So long Earl...
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Just don't buy one named Christine.
Back from a day trip to Georgia. Long day. Listening to UK game on radio helped.
Abusing the crap out of excel right now using array calculations. First time I have had to do them and it is bringing my quad-core computer to its knees with my enormous data sets (21000 rows long and 30+ columns wide). I have it automated now to extract the exact data points that I need, without any additional processing on my part. Just cut and paste the data in, wait as excel uses all four processors and still takes around 2 min to update the results. This is a HUGE savings in time because it took me hours to perform all of the analysis by hand before.
For example, one of my equations looks like this:
the { } indicate that this is array formula, not a regular one, you have to hit ctrl-shift-enter to enable it, but copy paste works like usual.Code:{=INDEX('Sample Data'!$R:$R,MATCH(1,(VLOOKUP(H$16, 'Sample Data'!$AF$3:$AG$5, 2, FALSE)='Sample Data'!$A:$A)*(G$1='Sample Data'!$B:$B)*(G$2='Sample Data'!$D:$D)*($A19='Sample Data'!$E:$E),0))}
Never learned this technique before but wow is it damn useful. I now can duplicate pages and change one value and get all the results I need for that one value.
My 16-year old has been playing with Java. Well, it's a class, I guess. So far he's been showing me how many touchdowns, field goals, extra points, and two-point plays Kentucky gets against Alabama and how badly UK will beat Alabama when that happens. I'm not sure if he's taking Java or Advanced Fiction Writing.Quote:
Originally Posted by PedroDaGr8
Honestly, if he likes doing that kind of analysis he should look into learning Python or R (computer scientists love single letter language names). Both are designed for that kind of work and are amazingly powerful. Most of the modern advanced graphs that you see came from either of those languages. Also, data scientists or data analyst are very well paying careers. Java isn't a bad language to learn first, but there are other more targeted languages that not only are a bit better than Java but also might help introduce him to a direction more tailored to what he enjoys.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darrell KSR
Coursera has a nice course on Data Science if it is an interest of his. It isn't exactly cheap at $50/mo but it is very well taught and very well educational. A great primer course for real deal data science.
Thanks. I'll pass it along.Quote:
Originally Posted by PedroDaGr8
Java is actually the class he's taking for his high school credit so he sorta has to do what the teacher and curriculum says. But he is very interested in this stuff and your info is extremely appreciated. He/we may want to follow up more than with you on this as he progresses toward college.
One hitch. He may be limited on places to attend college. He's not going to attend some place where he can't get an education he wants, but he's trying to balance being able to play his sport in college and get the degree he wants. He is mainly looking at smaller schools whose curriculum may be more liberal arts based, so this could be tricky.
Understood, though honestly, computer science in general is so high value that going to a smaller liberal arts school won't hurt him too much if he works hard and applies himself; if he doesn't apply himself though, then it can certainly hurt his career. Doing things like internships starting at latest in sophomore year, majoring in more than CS, etc. all will help him stand out. The sport, oddly enough, will help him stand out as well, indicating a well rounded individual (not always easy to find in CS).Quote:
Originally Posted by Darrell KSR
I have a very very close childhood friend, from Lexington, who went to Transy. Majored in CS/Physics/Math, intended only CS/Phsyics but due to the overlap he only needed like 3-4 more courses to get the Math major as well; so he did it. Anyways, he internshipped at a firm in Lexington starting Freshman or Sophomore year and did very well in school. Was in a frat, partied like crazy on the weekends, studied like mad during the week. Got into grad school at UMich Ann Arbor (one of the better ones in his field) and finished with an MS in CS. He is now out here in Seattle, close to upper level management at FB (5 removed from Zuck, about to be 4 in a few months with his next promotion) and is making money I could only dream of and still climbing. Even more crazy is this isn't even near the highest at FB, even for non-management. Some upper-level engineers at FB are making north of $1,000,000/yr salary + stock options. These individuals are extreme specialists in very specific needed areas and are rewarded accordingly. While data science salaries aren't necessarily that high, he could still be making mid-six figures ($300,00-750,000/yr) eventually, if he plays his career cards right.
Feel free to reach out if you have any questions, if I can't answer them I can certainly reach out to my buddy and ask him for his advice.
Thanks, as always, Pedro. I will take you up on your generous offer to answer our questions.
I'm growing tired of Nate and his friends.
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Insomnia strikes again...
Must of been the moon or something... I woke up at 0300. Took me about an hour to get back to sleep.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigBluePappy
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Up from 2:00 to 5:00 and I usually get up for work between 5:30 and 6:00 - oh well...
Took the opportunity to do some much needed Bible study.
0300 wide awake. 😳
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Originally Posted by BigBluePappy
Funny, that seems to be a common thread among many of us. We should open up an "Insomniacs Club" Chat room or something. But then CitizenBBN would see it coming in from a night out and think it was still time to party or whatever.Quote:
Originally Posted by blueboss
I woke up at 3:13 a.m. this morning, and did something I rarely do--I fell back asleep. I was irritated, but just lay there for a few minutes, and evidently, it worked, as I slept until 7. Needed it.
I SOMETIMES do what Pappy did--use the time productively. I will sometimes get up and go do some work, particularly when I have to write a letter or a detailed email that may take an hour, and a client is expecting it that day. Finishing it at 4 a.m. really eases my mind that when I get in to the office, that's already done. I don't do that often enough, however. I will get up, eat a small breakfast, and watch a TV show with earphones on sometimes. Sometimes I can get back to sleep after an hour or two for another hour or two. Sometimes not.
Got an MRI yesterday, and hoping--although probably not realistic--that I'll get results from doctor today. I guess they'll want to schedule an appointment, so it will be next week, now that I think of it. I kinda wanted to know before then. Oh well.