MisterPea

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by MisterPea 3y ago
While I agree I think Von Nuemann is the worst example to use in any topic about intelligence. He's not really like the rest of us
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by MisterPea 3y ago
I would argue it's a much easier blank check to write than for consultants. Software complexity over time is a major headache and new initiatives happen all the time. Take for instance GDPR - in AWS it was a company wide effort to get
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by MisterPea 4y ago
Glad to see fountain pen enthusiasts here. I'm embarrassed to say how much I've spent on them over the years. I agree with their recommendations, especially the TWSBI ECO Fountain Pen - would recommend that over the Pilot Metropol
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by MisterPea 4y ago
While true, I think they do innovate in policy around it. Regulation is an ever-evolving field as well and they do think about it more. But yes, in a half-century I'm very curious where Europe will be. India passed the UK in gdp recent
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by MisterPea 4y ago
Yep, just LC problems - helps a lot with identifying patterns
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by MisterPea 4y ago
Decks were mostly LC problems - anytime Anki told me to review it, I would spend 5min or so trying to remember the general outline. If I forgot, I would put it back into the To Study again queue (essentially it would show up sooner again)
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by MisterPea 4y ago
Having tried spaced repetition methods for studying for swe interviews, I can concur that it is the most effective way for me learn. It does require an intense amount of discipline though, so wonder how well it will work for me in execution
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by MisterPea 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economies_of_agglomeration I bet most of the startups in the US are concentrated in the SF/Bay Area. Would be stupid to go build something anywhere else in the US unless you already h
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by MisterPea 4y ago
Jeez thank you, one of my least favorite things on the internet is long and unnecessary twitter threads - just post the damn link!
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by MisterPea 4y ago
I wonder when South Asia will leapfrog the EU. It is insane to me still how orthogonal innovation is to European leaders.
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by MisterPea 4y ago
I don't know if it's as much slapped together as it is just "simple". I feel super arrogant and very HN-esque saying it but I did a deep dive into the code and it isn't anything to write home about engineering wise.
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by MisterPea 4y ago
Is there any data on this? Not trying to refute, just genuinely interested in impact over generations.
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by MisterPea 4y ago
Agree. Something in the past few years that's changed for me is to be less of the "Trust the science" type person. Ultimately research is conducted by humans and we are all prone to any normal human biases
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by MisterPea 4y ago
Wait what?? What's the catch, 1200wh/kg is insane. Putting the same weight of this into a Tesla Model Y would easily give over 1200 miles of range
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by MisterPea 4y ago
Agree, I think the US has the best specialists in the world but it is missing a middle layer of primary care physicians that spurred companies like One Medical and Carbon. Having a company like Amazon (hopefully) establishing this middle la
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by MisterPea 4y ago
The whole industry of calendar scheduling boggles my mind. It seems Google/Microsoft consider them small fish to fry, but Calendly is a multi-billion dollar company
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by MisterPea 4y ago
Why pay so much for a calendar scheduling service?
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by MisterPea 4y ago
Yeah exactly, this level of resignation is in the works for months
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by MisterPea 4y ago
See also Buggins' Turn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buggins%27_turn
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by MisterPea 4y ago
First movers without a fast follower is a huge advantage. There's a great conference talk with Bezos about how he mentioned with disruptive products, there's usually a fast follower entering into the competition - but he was surpr
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by MisterPea 4y ago
For 4-year college, the enrollment number is 31% for 2020. Total enrollment including 2-year is 40%. The total number of actual graduates is probably slightly less than this. https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indica
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by MisterPea 4y ago
I think if you took a poll of AWS workers you'd find that most enjoy it. The culture leads to a vocal minority who REALLY hate it but my time there was some of the most enjoyable I've ever had. I've worked with some of the sm
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by MisterPea 4y ago
The timeline is interesting but I think it's slow enough for regulation to catch up. This shifts the focus of problems from many different places to one. In the article you linked, it mentions alternatives to reduce lithium needs inclu
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by MisterPea 4y ago
One of the more surprising metrics I've heard from Andy Jassy is that despite trillion dollar companies generating huge amounts of cash from cloud, 95% of enterprise workloads are still not on cloud. I think it's more than just a
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by MisterPea 4y ago
Very interesting. Having worked at AWS in the past, the company had very similar features/principles to what you have mentioned except for simplicity. I think it's things like these which makes me thing AWS will remain the top clo
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by MisterPea 4y ago
This is the bigger thing over UX/design. Someone on twitter likened this to when Xerox invented the mouse, but Apple/Microsoft shipped it with their PCs
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by MisterPea 4y ago
This is exactly what happened in the show Silicon Valley with Dinesh and Gilfoyle's AI
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by MisterPea 4y ago
I don't want to belittle your experience as stylists can be helpful for achieving a certain look, but often department stores (especially Nordstrom) have sales associates trained as stylists. They will spend a lot of time helping you w
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by MisterPea 4y ago
There are millions who distrust Meta, but public perception changes rapidly and companies this size don't die quickly. Their cash cow with ads allows them to stay solvent and make big risks I'm not saying that Meta will definitely
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by MisterPea 4y ago
I think at the end of the day it's whoever creates the best product - right now, I only see Apple with the resources and ambition to tackle something like this but Meta already has a huge head start. I would like to compare it to AWS&#

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