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by arcanus 9y ago
Furthermore, computer hardware is not static. Is this a real long term investment by Google? If they do not continue to improve on process, they will fall behind in just a few years.
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by arcanus 9y ago
That's too low. It's 120-140. 150+ is generally principal level.
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by arcanus 9y ago
This has done nothing to stop the spread of porn.
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by arcanus 9y ago
Yes, the position I filled explicitly required a PhD. I would be skeptical it would be a good fit for the vast majority of people who do not have a doctorate. While I certainly would not call it academic hell, getting a PhD was very hard fo
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by arcanus 9y ago
Significantly better than academia, of course. I get RSUs, annual bonus, etc. I actually got a fair amount of non-recurring money from patenting activity last year, as well. I suspect I could make more money as a 'pure' software d
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by arcanus 9y ago
Moving from a top research group to a fortune 500 company just last year, I couldn't agree with you more. I had great resources in some places (access to the finest minds in my field, for example) and was completely hamstrung in others
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by arcanus 9y ago
They mean: * PhD in deep learning / ML with papers at NIPS/ICML * Working for BigCo (FAANG) * Half of that is stock, annually. * In the bay area or a big city If you don't hit all those items then you pay is likely more modes
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Assessing Performance: The 3 Types of C Players and What to Do About Them(hbr.org)
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by arcanus 9y ago
Six frigates was a wonderful account of a fascinating time in American history. For those who have not heard of it, it is about the founding of the American navy. I loved the glimpse of innovative American culture in those times: individual
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by arcanus 9y ago
Tensorflow has been supported on AMD GPUs since at least November. https://www.anandtech.com/show/12032/amd-announces-wider-epy...
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by arcanus 9y ago
Tensorflow has been supported on AMD GPUs since at least November. https://www.anandtech.com/show/12032/amd-announces-wider-epy...
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by arcanus 9y ago
That's surprising, if it is indeed that large a gap. Are you sure you were not comparing positions between product groups and research? They tend to have different compensation.
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by arcanus 9y ago
> they plan to collaborate on a way to offer health-care services to their U.S. employees. Is it clear that they will be offering these services to outside clients? Or is this just a way to keep down Healthcare costs across their organiz
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by arcanus 9y ago
How big are these studios? With only 19 people, I'm guessing this was 'just' a few million dollar deal, does that sound about right?
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The Global State of Science (2017)(arstechnica.com)
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by arcanus 9y ago
> Google HQ2 is rumored to be looking at Dallas. Do you mean Apple? Dallas should be a very credible option, even if it might be #2 in Texas, behind Austin.
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by arcanus 9y ago
> But there are new altcoins that have solved both of these, that exist right now! What cryptos do you believe have solved these problems?
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by arcanus 9y ago
It seems unlikely he is actually the richest. Historically many individuals have amassed pretty fabulous amounts of wealth. From some of the history I have read, Marcus Licinius Crassus or Lorenzo de' Medici seem to have had substantia
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Intel CEO’s Stock Sale Called Unusual by Private Securities Specialists(wsj.com)
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AMD rebukes Intel, says flaw poses 'near-zero risk' to its chips(google.com)
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by arcanus 9y ago
https://www.apnews.com/e6ab521552b64a399f79a223d8006e5e/Raci... European soccer games, for example, have had many examples of widespread racist chants and gestures. Racism is absolutely a problem in Europe.
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by arcanus 9y ago
https://github.com/ROCmSoftwarePlatform/hiptensorflow Everyone on HN knows to always go with free, open software. Without competition any company (Intel, nvidia, etc.) starts to exploit the consumer.
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by arcanus 9y ago
Actually, AMD has a version of tensorflow that works on their devices: https://github.com/ROCmSoftwarePlatform/hiptensorflow
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Bankers Begone Spotify to Get Clearance for an ‘Underwriter-Less’ IPO(wsj.com)
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Tax Plan Strikes at Tech Giants’ Foreign Profits(wsj.com)
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by arcanus 9y ago
Interesting! A steampunk Dracula with precisely those themes would be fantastic.
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by arcanus 9y ago
AI, bitcoin, and street gangs with ICOs: we really do live in a cyberpunk future.
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by arcanus 9y ago
Agreed. Both rentech and two Sigma were at NIPS this week. Probably a good indicator of where some of their interests are.
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Demand for AI Talent Turns Once-Staid Conference into Draft Day(bloomberg.com)
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by arcanus 9y ago
HPC companies hire many mathematicians. I work with several PhDs in applied mathematics. Another area is finance, as you mentioned. I interviewed at several hedge funds and investment banks after my undergraduate degree (in physics and math

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