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by afpx 7y ago
Another "more advanced game" is the collaboration game. In this game, the players determine their common ground. The players evaluate each other and think, "Hey this person seems to be good at X and knows a lot about Y. I kno
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by afpx 7y ago
I think the idea of only hiring the best is misguided. I’ve hired dozens of people, and I’ve yet to hire a “bad” one. So, either I’m really good at picking the good ones, or there is a low bad candidates per non-bad candidate ratio. Now, no
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by afpx 7y ago
In the 1990s, there were a few hundred thousand good programmers. In the 2020s, there will be a few hundred million good programmers. I agree with the other comments: programming is no longer a good career to make money, but it’s become an
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by afpx 7y ago
The next step in authenticity will probably be devices that cryptographically sign media with the device id, author, time and place.
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by afpx 7y ago
Sometimes one has to understand intermediate economics .... For instance, in cases of inelastic demand and low liquidity (like housing), if prices are pegged at a maximum that buyers can pay, the actual equilibrium price could be much highe
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by afpx 7y ago
Obviously. But, are you expecting a 10% decrease in prices, or 0.5%? Why so defensive? I’m asking Because if it works, I’d like to sell the idea to skeptics. We all lean scientific here, right?
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by afpx 7y ago
How much do you think it will affect housing prices? Is there a model that can predict the effect? I'll be surprised if it helps a lot. Demand seems infinite.
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by afpx 7y ago
I definitely didn't perform well on the first few algorithm tests. I was rusty, and the questions took me by surprise. But, after doing more prep, I believe I nailed most of the later ones. 80 Interviews! Wow, I am out of touch.
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by afpx 7y ago
Not sure - in all cases, I asked for feedback afterward, but all had policies of not giving feedback. I only interviewed at places where I believed that I met most of the criteria. A couple were full-stack Angular / Node roles. The res
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Late 40s, no job offers. Could a PhD help?
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by afpx 7y ago
I didn’t read the paper, only the blog post. But, why does the simulation have to exist within the same universe? Also, wouldn’t a procedurally-generated universe alleviate the need for high-fidelity?
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by afpx 7y ago
I don’t know why it's posted, but Booz Allen won a contract a few years ago to take it over. It makes boatloads of cash, like literally hundreds of millions of dollars in profit. Because of that, there was a long procedural battle for
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by afpx 7y ago
State’s rights only when it benefits them, sadly.
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by afpx 7y ago
It does if it’s a requirement for keeping employees from quitting.
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by afpx 7y ago
Won’t most of these cause more wealth inequality? I think economics should be focused on improving peoples‘ lives, not just increasing the GDP.
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by afpx 7y ago
I think he means that printing money doesn’t change supply and demand curves. It only lowers the value of the money that one already has. For example, if one government prints more money, it doesn’t cause Global inflation. It just makes one
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by afpx 7y ago
If I remember correctly, the agile manifesto was written, in large part, as a reaction to RUP, Spiral and other heavy weight iterative and incremental processes (not waterfall, btw). Its point was to redirect teams back to the prize. In the
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by afpx 7y ago
My issue is that he implies that there’s something nefarious going on because of a lack of discussion of genes. I claim he lacks critical thinking because he ignores that the book’s primary audience is a person with past trauma, not someone
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by afpx 7y ago
The reviewer shows lack of critical thinking and lack of understanding of how genes work when he goes on a political rant at the end of the first section. Armchair scientists have got to go.
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by afpx 7y ago
FYI dopamine works well for treating bipolar depression. A google scholar search for “bipolar depression” and amphetamine will show references.
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by afpx 7y ago
Complex SQL takes a lot of time to write, and some of us don’t have the money to pay someone.
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by afpx 7y ago
No one has any innovative ideas on how to do both? Disappointing Why not do a global block chain where each state hosts a node? Someone’s got to have some ideas on how to use cryptography to prevent abuse
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by afpx 7y ago
Why don’t we have our governments fund the development and maintenance of infrastructure and platforms that enable competitive products and services? We know governments aren’t good at innovation, and they have little incentive to provide g
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by afpx 7y ago
Do you have a summary of your conclusions (for those of us who haven't read it already)? Are we doomed, or is there a bright light?
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by afpx 7y ago
Same in the US. 165 meters tall, loud, and built very close to residential. And, it’s pretty much just the rural poor (< $8000 / year income) who suffer, and they see receive economic benefits.
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by afpx 7y ago
Thanks for the feedback. I feel bad that I offended people. I'm sorry; it wasn't my intention to imply all immigrants are problematic. It's only the state-sponsored immigrants, and they're only a tiny, tiny fraction. I
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by afpx 7y ago
I guess I’m downvoted because it sounds far-fetched. Well, given that I work for one of these companies, I can say it’s true.
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by afpx 7y ago
Like these personal data collection “ad tech” companies that are staffed by foreign nationals who send the data back to their homelands. Most Americans (not in tech) don’t get that there’s a dossier on everyone.
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by afpx 7y ago
Strongly disagree. Many Americans have understood for 50 years that the only way to stop fossil fuels use would be through government regulations. But, companies like Exxon have continually used their lobbying muscle to stop it.
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by afpx 7y ago
I would be excited to read about how we can rethink encryption to enable a stateless society.

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