KiranRao0

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by KiranRao0 5mo ago
I agree that memorization is a very useful skill, but I believe it’s over-used in some education systems. There have been classes I’ve taken where ~half of the evaluation is brute memorizing dates/event names. Ive also taken classes (m
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How I Survive Red Eyes(kiranrao.ca)
9 points by KiranRao0 6mo ago|0 comments
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by KiranRao0 7mo ago
My naive guess is that business with no tech component hire consultants, and these are part of the sales pitch. Or governments/large organizations performing box checking exercises
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Telephone Call Recording Laws(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by KiranRao0 9mo ago|0 comments
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by KiranRao0 10mo ago
My conclusion from the comic is that the client is happy. Clients like this don’t really want their designers expertise.
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by KiranRao0 10mo ago
Does anyone have sample sites that return this?
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by KiranRao0 1y ago
OCaml is not lazy. src: https://signalsandthreads.com/future-of-programming/
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Ask HN: Other Online CS Courses on Advanced Topics
2 points by KiranRao0 1y ago|0 comments
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by KiranRao0 1y ago
Can someone provide a tl;dr on him/why he’s important?
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by KiranRao0 1y ago
I think this is the right line of thinking. My understanding of the grandparent's argument is 2 pieces: 1. Heterogeneity/homogeneity of labour. 2. Tight/lose labour market. I think Argument 1 is the weaker argument. There&#x2
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by KiranRao0 1y ago
This project seems amazing. What are the potential downsides? Increased latency when routing? Unpredictable query times (cross shard vs in shard)?
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by KiranRao0 1y ago
Everything I hear something like “to get money and more credibility”, I can’t help myself thinking of the Key and Peele sketch about robbing a bank: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceijkZQI1HM&pp=ygUZUm9iIGEgY...
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by KiranRao0 2y ago
I don’t think less of this type of content exists. Its just harder to find when inundated with all other slop on the internet.
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by KiranRao0 2y ago
Agreed that homes can be better insulated. However, poorly insulated homes still need heat. Heat pumps seem like a good step despite poor insulation.
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Cargo Cult Programming(en.wikipedia.org)
7 points by KiranRao0 2y ago|8 comments
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Software Estimation Uncertainty Principle(kiranrao.ca)
1 points by KiranRao0 2y ago|0 comments
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ME 597 – Autonomous Mobile Robotics(wavelab.uwaterloo.ca)
1 points by KiranRao0 2y ago|0 comments
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Bus Traps (Wikipedia)(en.wikipedia.org)
11 points by KiranRao0 2y ago|2 comments
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by KiranRao0 2y ago
Reddit used to be my go-to. However, it has become more difficult (not impossible) to find subreddits with nuance. Many have become either over-moderated or entirely one-sided. Plus the enshittification always rubs me the wrong way.
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Ask HN: HN for Other Verticals?
8 points by KiranRao0 2y ago|3 comments
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by KiranRao0 2y ago
Very interesting article. I'm guessing this will remain a cat/mouse game for a while. However, any moves will increase the cost of training on un-licensed internet data. This will shift the balance slightly closer towards AI com
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by KiranRao0 2y ago
You have to assume all publicly available data is used for training. If you don’t want people using your images, consider data poisoning techniques to punish systems that train on them. https://www.lakera.ai/blog/traini
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by KiranRao0 2y ago
Per the wikipedia article: “Modern computers use about a billion times as much energy per operation.” I’m guessing the efficiency gains can be considerable before hitting this limit.
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by KiranRao0 2y ago
Cool, I haven’t seen that one before!
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My .gitconfig File Dissected(kiranrao.ca)
49 points by KiranRao0 2y ago|15 comments
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by KiranRao0 2y ago
Im also sure that if theres enough customer demand (from people willing to spend $M), AWS will make network connected FPGA happen.
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by KiranRao0 2y ago
One key consideration is “provable fairness”. It’s my understanding that exchanges use techniques like long, same length fiber optic cables to all racks within the exchange datacenter to convince customers that everyone is on a fair playing
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by KiranRao0 2y ago
Unfortunately, deactivating wasn't allowed (or at least wasn't easy) by the OEM's ROM. There may be an adb command, but it wasn't worth the effort. I considered a custom ROM, but: * My grandmother is averse to all change
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by KiranRao0 2y ago
> Cars are very obviously not the future of human transport I wish this were true. However, I'm seeing the trend pointing in the opposite direction almost everywhere. For example, almost every European country has seen a rise in the
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by KiranRao0 2y ago
My grandmother's primary method of communication is a cheap Android tablet. It unfortunately includes a preinstalled SMS app that upsells a VoIP SMS service. My grandmother gets extremely frustrated by accidently clicking the message i

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