I think a job in biostats probably requires a Masters. I think that's what you're getting? I work in the biostats dept at a medical school and everyone has a MS or PhD. I'm not sure how other depts do it though, as here we have it split between biostatistics and bioinformatics, with...
Without any stats background I found the earlier edition of ESL to be a tough read. Worth a shot since you can get the PDF legit for free on their website nevertheless.
If that doesn't work out, you can check out Introduction to Statistical Learning, which shares an author or two with ESL and...
I figure most people will listen to podcasts using the default app they have installed on their device. That's what I do. I'm not sure what accepts RSS feeds (at least I have no idea how to add one for Google Play to use). I've listen to podcast RSS links posted on the Patreon and seems like the...
Makes me wish I was still using an iPhone. I just switched to an Android phone and I hear those take time to get patched due to extra QA hoops. Google -> phone manufacturer -> cell carrier? So it sounds like Android devices will be the most vulnerable.
Maybe just replace your Roku if you have been happy with it prior to the problems.
All the various devices (including game consoles) have different apps, so make sure the devices you consider has what you want. E.g. You need an Apple TV to make use of the Apple ecosystem. I have a Roku stick...
I think it has been about a month since my workstation came in and I'm pretty comfortable with Win10 now. WSL runs well enough that I probably will stick with Windows.
There was one thing I was getting annoyed with but I don't think I can pin it on Windows. I was trying to use fastq-dump (or...
I took the equivalent of the first year of calculus-based physics during summer break at my university. Along with a term of numerical methods, but that was spread out for the whole summer so that was closer to a regular semester course. I had only took a "conceptual physics" course in high...
Due to relatively large supply of life science PhDs to faculty positions, it is pretty much standard that you do a postdoc. Potentially for years. But I think that's true for science in general because it doesn't sound much better in the physical sciences either. Or have you been unsuccessful in...
Sounds like I managed to dodge the bullet on difficulties with git :) I used it in my previous job for about 3 years. But I was a data scientist rather than a software engineer so it was likely other people who had to deal with the larger issues of our repos. It was easy enough to do the basic...
I don't have much experience with many algebra books, but excuse me for chiming in anyway. The algebra books I used as an undergraduate are Hungerford's Abstract Algebra: An Introduction and Artin's Algebra. I recall understanding and liking Hungerford's book more. Though this feeling is...
GDB is a command-line debugger, if I recall correctly. I'm not sure if it can integrate with vi or vim, but I sort of remember emacs having such a feature. I know lots of web/Linux devs who primarily use vim (handy when doing dev on a live remote dev system, rather than editing locally and...
This topic is interesting since I feel like I've just been winging it when it comes to debugging. Probably why every complex program I've worked has a billion bug tickets. Things I do...
- Reproduction: Ideally you can reproduce the bug. Can be tricky if the bug is intermittent (like say a race...
Seems like the reports I read that network features don't work is outdated. For my work use case of bioinformatics/comp bio, seems like other people have been successful:
https://www.reddit.com/r/bioinformatics/comments/5ab839/bioinformatics_on_a_windows_computer_how_to_build/...
Cygwin is a different beast, as it site itself states. That's about providing functionality to port Linux apps to Windows (or use ports built by others) or use Linux-like functionality in a Windows app, as opposed to running native pre-compiled Linux binaries or doing Linux app development that...
Since it sounds like this computer would be for mixed personal and work/school use, you may want to go with Mac or Windows for the wider choices of commercial software for your personal interests. Modern Mac has the advantage of having inherited some Unix, which has advantages as noted above...