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How did you solve your LP? I think the issue might be due to an extreme point solution from simplex-type methods. Interior point methods might give you something different. Have you tried that?


To be honest, I don't remember... I think I was using a Linux command-line LP solver.


Not sure if people notice the last sentence in the article:

"Murphy ran a few other games through it, including Tetris, and found that the program would eventually just pause itself rather than continue playing and lose, a tactic shared by annoying, over-competitive cousins around the world since 1985."


It's definitely an intentional repetition of stacking diacritics. ก็ has a meaning in Thai, but not ก ็ ็ ็


Also, once I clicked the link to your About page on the left, the only way to navigate back to the post was to refresh the page...



Great advice! Exactly how I get better at design. It's actually really hard to exactly copy good design works. It made me start paying more attention to small little things, like space, font size, proportion, etc.


The range can be huge though.

http://www.h1bwage.com/item.php?q=3277027

In this example, the wage rate is $106,600, while your site report, I believe, the max rate of $193,400. I was shocked for a moment to see a data scientist making almost $200K!


200k would be reasonable for a senior guy in one of the best data science teams. Actually 106k seems low.


Does it use the same dataset as http://www.h1bwage.com/? The results seem different.


We probably used the same dataset but when we developed, most DoL database dumps were 404 links and so salar.ly only has data for 2011 and 2012.

I sent an email to the DoL to fix their links but haven't heard back yet.


I did this too. It's been that way for months. It's outrageous. Maybe they don't read their e-mail.


Do these salaries refer to base salaries (not including stocks, bonuses, etc.)?


Same here. My travel agent can always find me cheaper international tickets than what I could find on the internet. Does anyone know exactly how this works?

The best part is they can put me on a wait list for cheap tickets!


> Does anyone know exactly how this works?

Most travel agents on long-distance, well travelled routes work through consolidators. These consolidators buy tickets (or promise to buy tickets) in bulk far in advance, and then re-sell them later. This is what I've heard about segments like USA <-> India.


> Same here. My travel agent can always find me cheaper international tickets than what I could find on the internet.

Funny, I've always had the opposite experience: every time I've used a travel agent, they always found more expensive flights with worse timings (time of day, layover, etc), and I end up requesting specific flights based on what I've found online.


I've used a travel agent once; she found me a trans-continental flight for about $200 less than I could find anywhere else, but for some reason I've never tried calling again.


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