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by Maro 9y ago
Brings back the good old days :) But I don't have any mp3s anymore. Spotify.
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by Maro 9y ago
Surely you're joking Mr. Feynman - got a second degree in Physics So good they can't ignore you - the one career self-management book you should read The essays of Waren Buffet - how to approach investment
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by Maro 9y ago
I don't know anything about this company. But, just because the valuation went down, doesn't mean it's the management's fault. Maybe the old valuation was based on wishful thinking, and over time it sunk in [to everybody
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by Maro 9y ago
It's a her :)
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by Maro 9y ago
That's a good point. It assumes they don't control the miners, and don't demand "registration" to participate, which would void anonymity. It still sounds like they could use an existing coin though, no?
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by Maro 9y ago
What if everybody starts making their coins, Amazon, Facebook, Chinese companies, etc. Suddenly it sounds like I'll end up paying tx fees to convert coins. Doesn't sound very good... And what currency should I get my salary in?
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by Maro 9y ago
Yes, but if the Telegram app/platform was the only place I could conduct commerce using their money, I'm still screwed, unless a "secondary" marketplace emerges where you can use it. In which case, why not use Bitcoin or
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by Maro 9y ago
What's the value of the in-app currency being a cryptocurrency (putting aside hype/pr), vs calling it a virtual currency, a Mysql database with a API on top? Dropping to a technical level, if the miners are all run by Telegram, th
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by Maro 9y ago
That's exactly what I did for a FB interview 2 yrs ago, I essentially had a +4 hour session every day after work to practice programming questions. I thought it was fun, a nice break from the everyday "fix code and do 1:1s".
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Fire and Fury(nymag.com)
1 points by Maro 9y ago|0 comments
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by Maro 9y ago
Red Letter Media Seen Through Glass Shmee150 Casey Neistat
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by Maro 9y ago
I think it's not an apples to apples comparison. In mathematics, there are abstract concepts like integers. For any i, i+1 is also an integer. In programming, there is a MIN_INT and MAX_INT. If you write i/2, it's different t
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by Maro 9y ago
One possible, very sad long-term effect could be that the Sciences (results, theories) will be deemed less relevant, less trustworth, less worthy of attention. Eg. I started a Phd in Physics, but I never finished it, I got disillusioned wit
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by Maro 9y ago
Last 2 jobs I was headhunted. But that's because I'm "old" in this industry (10+ yrs of experience) and have the right signals on my Linkedin = worked at good companies (Prezi, Facebook). The biggest signal is what compa
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by Maro 9y ago
Yes, this whole process could be automated with ML, I don't know why no startup has done this yet in a good product. I'd definitely pay for it. HR is actually not my job, I'm hiring Data Scientists for my team; the reason I&#
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by Maro 9y ago
I review about ~100-200 CVs per week in bulk, for Data Science. I actually treat a cover letter as a negative signal. Who has time to write one, and why you do think anybody cares? Show where you worked, what you did, link to some interesti
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by Maro 9y ago
Fetchr | Data Science / Data | Dubai, UAE | Full time | Onsite https://fetchrs.workable.com/j/5B1BB58DC1
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by Maro 9y ago
I had significantly higher income in London, at Facebook. I saved about 50% of my base salary, but I got lots of bonus/stock money on top of that.
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by Maro 9y ago
36, at current pace could retire at 38-40. Probably won't happen, because I will eventually do a startup and burn some of the money, plus hopefully I'll have kids soon and everything will go out the window ;)
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by Maro 9y ago
When I lived in Budapest, I was able to save ~50% of my invome. When I lived in London, I was able to save 60-70% of my income. Here in Dubai I can save 70-80%. Reason: (i) no kids (ii) I don't need anything other than phones and Macbo
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by Maro 9y ago
When you're looking at templates for success, then looking at the successful companies (survivorship bias) is a good start. The fallacy is when it turns out that there are lots of other companies doing the same thing, but those compani
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by Maro 9y ago
You're probably right! But, most software engineers aren't writing a compiler/database/OS, and some of the ones who are, probably shouldn't :)
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by Maro 9y ago
What I've seen is that most orgs, once they reach a certain size (100-200 people), start to spend a significant time planning. Part of this is human nature: once there are enough people, there will be managers, and plans are something
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by Maro 9y ago
I think most of the things people know, it's covered in books like Lean Startup, etc. It's a bit like eating well and working out. We all know we should do it, but most people don't actually eat well and work out. Then, when
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by Maro 9y ago
I used to be very interested in Software Architecture, in fact I've read many of the papers cited here. When I did a startup many years ago, I committed the mistake of paying too much attention to the architecture of the software [1] I
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by Maro 9y ago
If you want to read a fascinating paper on how MoW used to do vehicle routing, without a computer but still in a pretty efficient way [that will blow your mind and can also be used to shoot lasers at ICBMs], read this: http://www
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by Maro 9y ago
Sounds like FB is using a multi-armed bandit approach: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-armed_bandit This appears to be non-news: https://teak.io/blog/2014/03/10/facebook-ad-cam
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Is There an Ideal Amount of Income Inequality?(m.nautil.us)
32 points by Maro 9y ago|82 comments
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by Maro 9y ago
Since Google Reader died and RSS has been slowly dying I wrote a simple scraper thing which sends me emails of new stuff. Eg. I also used it to buy a refurb'd Macbook, it notified me when Apple posted a new one and allowed me to buy i
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by Maro 9y ago
Today I was sitting in a hotel lounge in Dubai and a lady asked me to help send her geolocation to her friend. She asked whether she can use my Whatsapp. I said I don't have Whatsapp, but I have Messenger abd Viber. She looked at me ve

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