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Just curious to see what people like to see in a job description for software engineers. I've looked at a bunch of different templates from places like linkedin and indeed, but I don't feel like those are likely to…

Does anyone know of a way to get better recommendations from youtube? I do use the 'not interested' button to provide feedback, but it is a bit of a blunt instrument and doesn't provide any real scope for indicating why…

I have been using a keyboard for a long time, but I struggle to type accurately. I am more a 'touch-typer' than a 'hunt-and-pecker' but my accuracy is poor. There are two particular times when I find this frustrating. I…

As the question states, does anyone know of a style guide on how to represent different kinds of objects in ascii for documentation? By objects I mean things like boxes, networks, axes... anything like that.

Hi, There seem to be a whole lot of platforms out there to do collaborative coding interview online. Many seem to look essentially the same: left side an editor, right side a terminal, and a green 'run' button to build…

Hi, I have been interested in better understanding the belief propagation algorithm for a while. There are some good resources out there but nothing has really filled in all the details for me. I guess the thing that I…

I need to put together a contract for some software development that I am going to be doing, and I was wondering if anyone could recommend a template they have used or a website that has good templates to choose from?

I want to create a business that will allow me to do mathematics and software development. Now, I know that is too broad. It encompasses so much possibility that it is almost meaningless. So I want to identify a more…

I am trying to get started with the ARM compute library. There is plenty of auto-generated documentation but I have not been able to find anything that is aimed at understanding how all the parts of the library are…

What are the essential skills you would expect a bioinformatics contractor/consultant to have? I have a strong background in math and software, and I have done a bunch of work in biology over the years. Currently I work…

More and more I am hesitant to share information with companies like google. Sure, it seems quixotic since they capture your information in so many different ways. But just because they have so much information on me…

Often, after reading an article online, I want to be able to archive the contents of the article for future reference or to add notes. Obviously I could just save the webpage, but I was wondering if anyone knows of a…

When you are contacted by a recruiter on linkedin or elsewhere, what are the things that are positives or negatives for you? Personally, it drives me nuts when I have to have a back-and-forth to get them to send me the…

My typing is pretty average and error prone, so I would like to work on it. I have used typing.io in the past and I love it for code. However, I would like to use something similar to work through normal text that I…