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   by bckr 5y ago

   Oh wow, I didn't realize that. Hi again :) I gave you a response.
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   by bckr 5y ago

   "A beginner's guide to..." is always a great format. "Book reports" are better when they're not simply notes/summaries but engage the content from your point of view as a reader and go a bit deeper into th
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   by bckr 5y ago

   Not necessarily. After a bit of customer-specific training data, users could be grouped into cohorts.
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   by bckr 5y ago

   Yes, obsessive attachment is something many people experience. I don't have the level of nervous attachment that you do, but: 1) today I experienced a gut wrenching disappointment because I might not get a job I wanted yet . The int
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   by bckr 5y ago

   Would you say Wolfram provides low epistemic legibility[] ? [] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30802349
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   by bckr 5y ago

   > engineers will move up the abstraction stack and become more efficient Above a certain threshold of ability, yes. The same will hold true for designers. DALL-E-alikes will be integrated with the Adobe suite. The most cutting edge desig
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   by bckr 5y ago

   Anything you can complete in less than a week
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   by bckr 5y ago

   You're falling into analysis paralysis. It's a hot market right now. You can get a job. Just start ferociously applying and then following up with recruiters on LinkedIn. If you don't get any opportunities in a couple weeks o
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   by bckr 5y ago

   hmm, I'm not sure about that. I think that good videos add something on top of the raw script. Visuals, body language, sound effects and music, timing,... That's just for the kinds of videos where the bulk of information is in the
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    by bckr 5y ago

    I think "intellectuals" are willing to read books . I think videos are the best way to consume content in ~20 minutes.
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    by bckr 5y ago

    Dig into intellectual / political Twitch. One guy I've paid attention to is Hal Sparks, a comedian/TV personality turned webby political analyst. He just reads a bunch of stuff and then does a livestream talking about current
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    by bckr 5y ago

    I think what you're saying is probably right, but I also think there's a big overlap between being a great writer and being a great marketer. There's bonus value in getting paid because it's a relatively simple metric fo
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    by bckr 5y ago

    I was going to suggest writing, and I'll go one further: Do write a blog, but don't just write a blog. Write a blog, and then create a video for each blog post, and upload it to YouTube (where the eyeballs willing to consume int
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    by bckr 5y ago

    Including having children?
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    by bckr 5y ago

    If you're willing to spend money, go to a platform like interviewing.io and sign up for some system design practice interviews. That way you'll get practice, see some blind spots, and get good feedback.
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    by bckr 5y ago

    Maybe those people would actually not succeed in Big Tech. There may be a certain amount of "plays the game" necessary to succeed in one of these roles. If your first thought is "well what I would do for these companies is be
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    by bckr 5y ago

    I wouldn't even describe the situation I'm describing as insidious, but I see what you're saying. Yours is also a more likely answer.
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    by bckr 5y ago

    > California This comment made me realize that maybe powerful people actually want to push lower income people out of the state, or metros at least.
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    by bckr 5y ago

    Might want to chat with this user: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=mathgladiator Who has a SaaS prototype for creating board game servers
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    by bckr 5y ago

    There's something else that's happening with this war. We are watching it, all around the world, happen in real time from the perspective of civilians and soldiers, not relying on corporate or state media. This makes it incredibly
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    by bckr 5y ago

    Do you have a blog? This is the rare readable and long comment.
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    by bckr 5y ago

    This brings to mind the phrase "hyperreality".
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    by bckr 5y ago

    Location: SF Bay Area Remote: Prefer Hybrid/Onsite Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Python, Flask, HTML/JavaScript, Postgres, CI/CD pipelines, Chrome Extensions, some ML experience (PyTorch, tooling), some biotech /
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    by bckr 5y ago

    Thanks, at least that one is intuitive after learning cmd-backtick.
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    by bckr 5y ago

    This looks great, but just discovering the Cmd-backtick was itself a literal out loud "what the----" moment for me. Maybe I should RTFM? But I looked at the manual here[], which led me to system preferences > keyboard > shor
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    by bckr 5y ago

    you can click the timestamp and just keep the URL somewhere, like your browser's bookmarks
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    by bckr 5y ago

    love it! I've got some audible to listen to :) thanks
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    by bckr 5y ago

    Company of about 25. We use runbooks written in Notion to give step-by-step guides for when things go wrong (which they do, a lot). We're getting better about making sure every alert has a runbook linked, and improving them over time.
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    by bckr 5y ago

    Yep, I'd love to get the full list too.
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    by bckr 5y ago

    I think interview practice with real interviewers and expert feedback is an excellent investment.