KuriousCat

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by KuriousCat 3y ago
Can you include some form an MLM scheme into subscriptions as well?
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by KuriousCat 3y ago
Surely a well meaning joke that I missed :)
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by KuriousCat 3y ago
The language and messaging is very negative. - Introduction: In the first line "but are ashamed of what Imgur has become?" why should I be ashamed of imgur? - Emotional Appeal: If you are referring to a person who is willing to pa
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Gross Netizen Happiness: GPD vs. Self Reported Happiness(ourworldindata.org)
2 points by KuriousCat 3y ago|1 comments
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by KuriousCat 3y ago
Looks like self reported happiness has been declining in USA even though the GDP keeps improving. I wonder what is the inflection point or key decisions that lead to improvements in GDP but decline in life quality? Do we have something simi
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by KuriousCat 3y ago
What makes it hard to estimate? Is it a very intractable problem?
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by KuriousCat 3y ago
The problem is that people can survive with food on their table and roof on their heads while feeling miserable. So there will always be people willing to offer themselves up that allows people who can siphon off value to profit even more a
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by KuriousCat 3y ago
"Postdocs are a critical component of the research and development workforce.": This is what first grade BS sounds like. Full time well paid scientists with autonomy and long term job security are critical. Not underpaid overworke
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by KuriousCat 3y ago
It is not just the managers. It is the price you pay for selling your time. The ICs under a bad manager have it even worse. And it is also not like non toxic work environments don’t exist. Usually companies benefit from the toxicity. A toxi
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by KuriousCat 3y ago
Most of the social media platforms optimize their content for engagement, they discovered that one of the most effective filter is the one that would present enraging content. However, what’s gradually eroding is the bull shit filter in pe
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by KuriousCat 3y ago
Depends on the kind of work you would like to do. I would say you can easily get L6+ level Applied Research Scientist roles (Amazon) or roles like Principal Data Scientist. There could be better fitting bioinformatics roles at places like C
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by KuriousCat 3y ago
1 dollar more would do it?
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Ask HN: What would quadruple your joy today?
3 points by KuriousCat 3y ago|11 comments
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by KuriousCat 3y ago
Sometimes I wonder how companies like Amazon arrive at those numbers? Why 2.7 billion? Why not 1 billion or 3 billion? I am very curious in this case why that number is the sweet spot that ensures optimal returns.
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by KuriousCat 3y ago
Postdoc system must be abolished. It is meant for individuals seeking some skills outside their discipline and has crept under the carpet to a toxic level. A PhD degree essentially states that the individual is strong enough to conduct inde
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by KuriousCat 3y ago
I meant it in a much more loose sense, how easy it is for people to cross the borders and get something of interest done, may be business, study or just enjoy a vacation.
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Ask HN: Migration Access versus Market Access
3 points by KuriousCat 3y ago|2 comments
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by KuriousCat 3y ago
I thought this information is already available publicly, would it be difficult to look up the address using business registration records?
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Stability AI: Key people left?(siliconangle.com)
1 points by KuriousCat 3y ago|0 comments
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by KuriousCat 3y ago
The point I was trying to make is this, the fear driven conformal behavioral training or we can even call it draining in this case during the formative years is making many people lean towards their zombie mode and is killing their critical
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by KuriousCat 3y ago
I think in the last couple of years more established people are getting back to Academia. The sad part is not SV pricing out academics, industry has massively influenced academic conferences and has resulted in a lot of herding and a lot le
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Ask HN: AI projects that have hit the trifecta of Benefit, Cost and Time
7 points by KuriousCat 3y ago|7 comments
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by KuriousCat 3y ago
You seem to characterize universities as passive players. Who are the folks sitting on the grant committees? Who shaped the current system? Universities are there to shape societies and to lead in the first place. Not to seek a perfect syst
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AI's ROI Problem(pwc.com)
3 points by KuriousCat 3y ago|0 comments
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by KuriousCat 3y ago
Your premise is that if universities are training more grad students they are valuing independent exploration and encouraging learning for the sake of learning. I don't think it is true. If I am training 100 people to think alike, it i
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by KuriousCat 3y ago
"10x more grad students" != Independent exploration. Limited opportunities means limited bandwidth to fail, this means a lot more incremental and conservative research. There is definitely a lot less research freedom and a lot mor
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by KuriousCat 3y ago
This is the consequence of giving up privacy and agency very easily. At some point universities stopped encouraging independent exploration and started minting out industry ready vocational humans eager to join the rat race. That needs to b
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by KuriousCat 3y ago
It depends on the motive, if the person is highly motivated to indulge in hedonistic pleasure and alcohol gives him that, well he is achieving his objective. Where as person wants to experience some love/friendship and can't get i
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by KuriousCat 3y ago
I think people like ElMo and Trump do have a lot of self control. In addition to getting what they want they are also masters of influence. It is also not poor impulse control if they are good enough to muster enough resources to afford the
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by KuriousCat 3y ago
This is so true. I review for conferences and it is not rare that I am forced to read half a dozen papers to verify what authors wrote and I get disappointed frequently because the interpretation was wrong or authors barely read the cited m

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