Re: [silk] Silklisters in Boston/Cambridge?

2017-03-28 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 29/03/17, 10:10 AM, "silklist on behalf of Chew Lin Kay" wrote: > Right, so wear many layers, don't drive and don't cycle > when it's cold outside. I'm Singaporean, the complaining > should come easy. Got it! You’re Singaporean lah – so that means you know how to make laksa, noodle soup and

Re: [silk] Silklisters in Boston/Cambridge?

2017-03-28 Thread Chew Lin Kay
Right, so wear many layers, don't drive and don't cycle when it's cold outside. I'm Singaporean, the complaining should come easy. Got it! On 29 Mar 2017 9:33 AM, "Biju Chacko" wrote: > On 29 Mar 2017 05:48, "Sean Doyle" wrote: > > > > > I really don't think it's bad at all but it's probably St

Re: [silk] Silklisters in Boston/Cambridge?

2017-03-28 Thread Biju Chacko
On 29 Mar 2017 05:48, "Sean Doyle" wrote: I really don't think it's bad at all but it's probably Stockholm Syndrome. This explains why I think, "Traffic is pretty good today" when it takes "just" 30 minutes to cover the 7km to work. -- b

Re: [silk] Silklisters in Boston/Cambridge?

2017-03-28 Thread Sean Doyle
I've been in Boston for more than 25 years - it seems completely normal to me. But yes - a) Layers. b) Pay attention to the weather forecasts for temperature. Predictions of precipitation are often wrong but wind chill predictions are subjectively accurate :-). c) If you're going to drive a car - y

Re: [silk] The Need for Guaranteed Basic Income or why Kiran is worried sick

2017-03-28 Thread Deepak Shenoy
> > In the absence of a democratized deep learning-driven fund open to consumer > investors, I think low cost, index funds are still the best option in most > parts of the world. I've heard it said that this is not the case in India, > and I don't know enough about the markets in India. We may disa

Re: [silk] Silklisters in Boston/Cambridge?

2017-03-28 Thread Thaths
On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 10:10 PM Chew Lin Kay wrote: /delurks And excepting that, anyone has tips to help a tropical baby survive her first winter? (how is it snowing in March?!) The cold is just one part of the misery. The other is the dearth of daylight. I strongly recommend you get a coupl

Re: [silk] The Need for Guaranteed Basic Income or why Kiran is worried sick

2017-03-28 Thread Thaths
On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 6:40 AM Chris Kantarjiev wrote: > I have no doubt that there are folks out there who are developing (or > have developed) machine learning/deep learning models to drive trading - > no "model" or "gut feelings" involved, but "pure AI" applying past > market patterns to curr

Re: [silk] The Need for Guaranteed Basic Income or why Kiran is worried sick

2017-03-28 Thread Chris Kantarjiev
On 3/28/17 10:00 AM, silklist-requ...@lists.hserus.net wrote: I like the last line here: https://aeon.co/essays/what-if-jobs-are-not-the-solution-but-the-problem ​Tying this thread with a previous one on retirement financial planning, by silklister Josey John:​ http://factordaily.com/ai-big-d

Re: [silk] The Need for Guaranteed Basic Income or why Kiran is worried sick

2017-03-28 Thread Deepak Shenoy
> > > ​Tying this thread with a previous one on retirement financial planning, by > silklister Josey John:​ > > http://factordaily.com/ai-big-data-machine-learning-funds-fintech/ > > ​I'd be interested in thoughts from folks like Shyam Sunder and Deepak > Shenoy (and others too, of course)​ > > ​Ud

Re: [silk] Silklisters in Boston/Cambridge?

2017-03-28 Thread John Sundman
Comments within, jrs > On Mar 28, 2017, at 7:13 AM, Venkatesh Hariharan wrote: > > Cover yourself with many layers of clothing in winter. And have a stiff > drink before attempting to cross the Charles River bridge in the height of > winter. Brrr that was one of the coldest experiences

Re: [silk] Silklisters in Boston/Cambridge?

2017-03-28 Thread Venkatesh Hariharan
Cover yourself with many layers of clothing in winter. And have a stiff drink before attempting to cross the Charles River bridge in the height of winter. Brrr that was one of the coldest experiences of my life. Venky On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 4:39 PM, Chew Lin Kay wrote: > /delurks > > H

[silk] Silklisters in Boston/Cambridge?

2017-03-28 Thread Chew Lin Kay
/delurks Hello Silklisters! I'll be heading to Harvard for grad school in August -- is anyone currently in the area? And excepting that, anyone has tips to help a tropical baby survive her first winter? (how is it snowing in March?!) Chew Lin

Re: [silk] The Need for Guaranteed Basic Income or why Kiran is worried sick

2017-03-28 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 11:24 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > https://medium.com/basic-income/deep-learning-is-going- > to-teach-us-all-the-lesson-of-our-lives-jobs-are-for- > machines-7c6442e37a49#.4mn452rn9 > > > I like the last line here: > > https://aeon.co/essays/what-if-jobs-are-not-the-solutio