Rob Deutsch

Australian data science actuary.
Lover of generalised solutions.
Views not even my own.

[Rob Deutsch @RobMDeutsch]

@rainbowdefault Much better than it used to be before the days of KiCAD plugins.

It used to require some hocus-pocus to get Java, Freeroute, and KiCAD all working happily together. Often times I couldn't even make it happen.

Delighted to see that now its a plugin which almost always works.

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@rainbowdefault That being said, I can't help but see this as an opportunity for OSS developers to do something cool and add significant value. Wikipedia links to a bunch of interesting techniques for routing.

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@rainbowdefault I've had a fair amount of success with the autorouting plugin (addon? whatever they call it) on macOS and Windows.

It's rudimentary, but it works, especially for my project(s) where I just needed a whole bunch of routing done with little regard for optimisation.

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@bigjoshlevine Dave from the EEVblog loves them https://t.co/4rQUlVz2zc

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@rainbowdefault Which design software? There's no wrong answer unless its something other than KiCad ;)

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@beardedactuary Google translate on your phone can handle embedded graphics, I've had limited success with ChatGPT too.

Sincerely,
A retirement actuary who worked in Japan without speaking Japanese😅

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@bigjoshlevine Is this coming from a perspective of "towns in Japan are desirable" or "towns in Japan aren't desirable"?

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@TMFScottP @scottyfields007 I also think the ability to increase - and decrease - the money supply can be a good thing, done responsibly.

I'd love to hear how fixed money supply, from any sort of wholistic perspective, could be a good thing.

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@bigjoshlevine Isn't that kinda-sorta equivalent to using a random number as the loss function?

Wouldn't the model just end up mimicking the SHA hash function?

It might find a shortcut, but it's very unlikely, right?

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@TMFScottP Not a direct answer, but you might be interested in Robert Dunn's consumer review of the hydrogen-powered Toyota Mirai:

https://t.co/RKrjiinhJI

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@AlexGodofsky @ActuaryDog I liked to think of it as "priming" my brain.

It's only now that I'm reading "Thinking, Fast and Slow" that I've realised it might be a noted psychological phenomenon.

That being said; trying to learn new things before an exam was a recipe for disaster.

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The Griffith University Pricing Index has increased 30% in the past 18 months.

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Griffith University has a page on the costs of studying in Australia, and it makes me feel nostalgic.

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$188 for simple 40 year old tech. I simultaneously don't understand the price and deeply undrstand the price.

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@ActuaryByDay No need to apologise, the journey actually amplified the humour in the joke 🤣 I had one of those deeply satisfying "OH!" moments.

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@GergelyOrosz Just a small note - UniSuper is a retirement fund. Australian employers are required for to pay into a licensed fund for the majority of employees.

UniSuper is one of the biggest funds in Australia.

These retirement funds are also response for paying members' pensions.

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@rainbowdefault Hanoi->Phong Nha->Hoi An->HCM

Where are you heading?

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@realEstateTrent @threadreaderapp unroll

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@rainbowdefault @the_autopian Had I've known earlier I would've popped down. Maybe would've brought my half-finished Razor electric scooer.