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  • darmstadt
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    Enjoy your time on the bench NF but don't let it drag on too long...

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  • jmo21
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    I finish up in 3 weeks after 2yrs 3 months.

    Looking forward to a break, and something new.

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  • OwlHoot
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    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    Practically every paper these days in the ArXiV Computer Science group is about machine learning of one form or another. So it's obviously the main up and coming area, along with robotics.

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  • BR14
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    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    oh, dear, - back to my Algol, Fortran and BAL roots then, - probably a bit late for that, but i'll give it a butcher's out of interest

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  • NickFitz
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    Originally posted by BR14 View Post
    if only i knew where to start

    Here: https://aws.amazon.com/machine-learning/

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  • BR14
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    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    I'm quite enthused about all the machine learning stuff they were showing off at the AWS Summit yesterday, so I reckon I'll start digging into that - bound to be a few bob in it over the next few years
    if only i knew where to start

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  • NickFitz
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    Originally posted by BR14 View Post
    So, is it Golf? or crown green bowling next?
    I'm quite enthused about all the machine learning stuff they were showing off at the AWS Summit yesterday, so I reckon I'll start digging into that - bound to be a few bob in it over the next few years

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  • BR14
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    So, is it Golf? or crown green bowling next?

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  • BR14
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    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    Benched!

    After two years at ClientCo, which is I think the longest I've ever stayed with one client, I have finally managed to escape

    Another five days and I would have hit the 24 month limit on claiming travel expenses, which wouldn't be ideal with a 140-mile daily commute. So I told them a couple of months ago I wouldn't take another extension, and today is Liberation Day.

    Time to relax and enjoy the warchest
    warchest? what are a bunch of civvies doing with a warchest?

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  • Old Greg
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    Congrats. Just passed 24 months at my ClientCo and that's a record for me too. Had enough really.

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  • greenlake
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    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    Time to relax and enjoy the warchest


    Hopefully, there'll be something good to watch on TV....

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  • NickFitz
    started a topic Budge Up!

    Budge Up!

    Benched!

    After two years at ClientCo, which is I think the longest I've ever stayed with one client, I have finally managed to escape

    Another five days and I would have hit the 24 month limit on claiming travel expenses, which wouldn't be ideal with a 140-mile daily commute. So I told them a couple of months ago I wouldn't take another extension, and today is Liberation Day.

    Time to relax and enjoy the warchest

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