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I can vouch that it is a very fun place to live; espcially compared to other Canadian cities (I've lived in 4 major cities so far coast-to-coast).

One of the best thing in Quebec is that you can buy booze in any corner groceries! And even that store will have better selection than monopolistic backwaters like Toronto/Vancouver.

Re: 'prestige' companies, Element AI seems to be becoming quite a good place. It just got a massive VC funding of C$120+ mln, and Yoshua Bengio is one of the backers!!!

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14557008

edit: typo + link.

I dont have experience working in Montreal(only spent a summer there few years ago), but it shouldn't be too hard as an Anglophone. Its a fairly cosmopolitan city.

I'll be happy to answer any queries re: Vancouver/Toronto - which I have direct live/work experiences.

WSJ article: https://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2017/06/14/element-ai-raises-102-m...

this Udacity MOOC may give you an idea/outline of things to look out for.

"Self-Driving Car Engineer Nanodegree"

https://www.udacity.com/course/self-driving-car-engineer-nan...

The research paper cited:

"Two Artificial Neural Networks Meet in an Online Hub and Change the Future (Of Competition, Market Dynamics and Society)" https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2949434

allow me to vouch for Bangladesh. there are some good talents and opportunities for grassroots oriented development & innovation!

BKash is a good example. its a mobile payments company with equity interest from Gates Foundation & IFC/WorldBank. https://www.bkash.com/about/company-profile

then there is NewsCred, the leading enterprise content marketing platform. Based in NYC, it is founded by Bangladeshis, & have a dev centre in Dhaka. http://www.newscred.com

GrameenPhone was one of the pioneers in Mobile for Dev + Economic empowerment. Iqbal Quadir, founder of GP also founded The Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT. (0) (1) (2)

anyone intetested for more info + discussions re: the field of ICT4D i.e. Tech for Development, I find the TIER group at Berkeley & their mail-list quite useful.(3) (4)

thete are other groups & countries that are also interesting. hope to get back with some more data once I locate them.

(0) https://www.grameenphone.com

(1) http://legatum.mit.edu

(2) http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/how-iqbal-quadir-...

(3) http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu/drupal/about

(4) https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/tier

and some more. here is a neat little article re: Hinton's network effect!

"Six degrees of separation: how U of T's Geoffrey Hinton is connected to top AI researchers around the world" https://www.utoronto.ca/news/six-degrees-separation-how-u-t-...

i really hope HN would fix the duplicate posting issue someday soon.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14187418

case study: "Creating Safer Streets Through Data Science"

http://www.datakind.org/projects/creating-safer-streets-thro...

do you really think she even cares for those 'thousands' of poor souls?

it sure is a great historical fiction! in another HN thread I too suggested this for readers interested in drug trade during colonial India.

earlier report on the series: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14018482

The entire repository on Google Drive:

https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/0BwDYM_Qm5fLWe...

think this is lacking in ensuring a robust & secure communication.

would be good to have views from HNers re: validation of steps mentioned + alternate (better?) options. especially for non general mobile users.

all of the other great profile 'stories': https://storyengine.io/category/stories/

+1 for the non-subscription request. I've told a few people about Sudden few weeks earlier, and the subscription only option is a bit downer.

A pop-up store type experience in major coffee cities in N.America (including Canada pls.) would be a good way to get the word out about Sudden.

Kind of curious why you guys chosen 49th Parallel, when there are myriad other roasters in USA itself. I mean its great you picked 49th; I lived in Vancouver for many years and am a fan of them(+Lucky's Doughnuts!).

But wondering if you are based in SF, & assuming your initial target market is USA, why go with a cross border hassle?

i did not say it is the same article. but if you read it, the Atlantic article/interview is more substantial than the Marketwatch article; and the topics are exactly same. also there already is a good discussion going on the other thread.

earlier discussion on HN with link to his interview on The Atlantic:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13829793

opiate addiction may not be that prevalent in Bangladesh; but from what I understand Methamphetamine (popularly known as 'Yaba') is a significant problem.

http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/crime/2016/12/19/stud...

https://news.vice.com/article/yaba-the-madness-drug-is-findi...

the history of 'Bengal Opium', especially its production & distribution is indeed a fascinating one. The historical fiction by Amitav Ghosh in his "Ibis Trilogy" is very illuminating:

https://www.goodreads.com/series/59478-ibis-trilogy

actually Canada just announced another visa pilot program for temporary workers i.e. "Global Talent":

"Canada to make skilled-worker permits easier to get in wake of U.S. delays"

https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/canada-t...

The USA/USG is and has been a tyranny for many years now.

Complete report in .PDF :

http://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/20...

the OP here. as it seems there are some queries in peoples' mind re: the article's title; I am copying below the author's thoughts (from her social media feed) about the article, which I think is useful.

"My latest piece for JSTOR Daily looks at a hugely influential technologist who is strangely absent from most lists of Black inventors. Alan Emtage invented the world's first search engine -- so I look at the massive impact of search, not only on how the web works, but how our brains work, too."

P.s. Am notifying the author about the discussion here. If she has time & so inclined, to engage.

P.p.s. as for myself, I was hoping to see interesting HN discussion about search before pre-Google, & how search is affecting our brain + thinking process.

Belonging nowhere: Marginalization & radicalization risk among Muslim immigrants (.pdf)

https://behavioralpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/1-2/BSP...

The white paper (.pdf) ::

http://www.finra.org/sites/default/files/FINRA_Blockchain_Re...

also: https://citizenlab.org/2017/01/cashless-society-cached-data-...

this one is on my "to get someday" list:

http://palmerandsons.ca/shop/no-18-rucksack

or possibly this:

http://palmerandsons.ca/shop/no-03-s-suitcase

p.s. one of the reason I like them because of their 'ethos':

http://palmerandsons.ca/company-ethos/

Knight Foundation announcement:

http://www.knightfoundation.org/press/releases/knight-founda...

the FAA 'Airworthiness Directive' in question(.pdf) :: http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgad.nsf/...