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by beisner 9y ago
tomaha is talking about Google SWE, and is correct.
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Being superrational would allow you to predict the irrationality of the irrationality of other players, and update your strategy accordingly.
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I suspect this might be a case of “it is worse in my specific use case, but better for the overall user base”.
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by beisner 9y ago
It’s weird, just mentioning non-mechanical pencils brings me back to how coveted Dixon Ticonderoga pencils were when I was in grade school. The Crayola of pencils, standing out in a sea of Roseart.
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This website.
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by beisner 9y ago
Your last paragraph doesn’t follow from your first three.
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by beisner 9y ago
I think an interesting solution to consider is a sort of drug bounty program run by the government. Right now, companies put up their own capital to fund drugs, and get a big payout (via patent exclusivity) if they succeed. This is a bit pr
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by beisner 9y ago
I mean, there are all kinds of ways to bound uncertainty. You’re right, you could film another camera, but that could be addressed separately. Digital signing would only prove that a video came directly from a particular camera’s sensors. T
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by beisner 9y ago
I think we’ll probably have to move to a model where any security footage or images that is used in court must be digitally signed at the hardware level, with a verification process similar to how CAs work now. Of course, this will still be
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by beisner 9y ago
Butts in seats is a huge value add if those butts are buying concessions.
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by beisner 9y ago
There is a large class of products that don't really need any sort of inventory management; just-in-time manufacturing allows companies to respond immediately to demand, and not have to worry about managing more than a small buffer sto
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by beisner 9y ago
TensorFlow doesn’t have a Rust interface.
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by beisner 9y ago
True, the SF public transit story is abhorrent, so I can see how NYC would seem much better to a SF local. But if you come from nearly ANY other developed country on the planet, the situation in NYC would seem abhorrent. I have been on roug
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by beisner 9y ago
Moving stairs is likely the only thing in the article that has a possibility of happening... NYC politics is broken. Nobody is willing to spend money on important projects, the incentives for politicians simply focus too much on the short t
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by beisner 9y ago
At what point does the dominant market leader become the standard, though? Chrome currently has roughly 60% market share in both desktop and mobile. No other browsers are forced to comply, but web developers will prioritize targeting the pl
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by beisner 9y ago
Hmm the idea of a Patreon donation per minor version is actually very interesting....
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by beisner 9y ago
Anecdotally, I’m a millennial with an apartment in Manhattan. I never carry cash, and generally avoid cash-only places. In fact with some notable exceptions, I rarely see cash-only places. Even food trucks have Square readers. The only time
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by beisner 9y ago
Nobody will argue that there are certain things you must be born with in order to learn to program. If you are born without a brain - literally without the brain organ - you likely will not end up a successful programmer. This is an absurd
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by beisner 9y ago
I’d be the first to say there are a bunch of serious problems posed by the one-party system in China, but getting important projects done quickly is not one of them.
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by beisner 9y ago
Just to add, negotiation using competing offers from hedge funds, prop trading firms, and certain unicorns goes a LONG way here. Easily 3-4x as much equity if you bring in the right competing offer (i.e. from Citadel, Five Rings, AirBnB, HR
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by beisner 9y ago
Ph.D. students, in the sciences and engineering at least, spend the majority of their time doing research that benefits the university. Much like professors, they have teaching obligations, make research contributions, and generally work to
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by beisner 9y ago
I've used Uber and Lyft a lot in the last ~4 years, and I've realized that there are essentially two different types of drivers: professional, full-time drivers who hyperoptimize, and part-time/after-hours drivers that do it
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by beisner 9y ago
AI is decidedly not the answer. Formal verification is the answer, and tooling around it.
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by beisner 9y ago
I think comparing salaries across the world isn't really a good way to measure whether a provider is "overpaid" or not. If you're just looking at contribution to well-being and human happiness, that way of looking at thi
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by beisner 9y ago
Before making a judgement on whether doctors are overpaid or not, I’d kinda like to see an analysis on the value doctors provide. For instance, how much does an average doctor’s treatment affect the economic productivity of all her patients
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by beisner 9y ago
Don’t forget the subway lines in basically every Chinese city! Beijing has overcrowding issues, but Shanghai, Chengdu, Guangzhou all have phenomenal metros.
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Article from 2010. Apparently a major chunk comes from overtime. https://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/mta-police-bring-in-bi...
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by beisner 9y ago
I’m willing to trade the privacy of documents that, were they made available to a malicious actor, would make no difference to me in the slightest, for the convenience, availability, and shareability that cloud document services provide.
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Or, ya know, you could pay teachers more across the board and do away with the loan tomfuckery.
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Permanent residency is available for investors and people employed there. You’re right, it’s not unconditional. Property rights, in practice, are generally respected as in western countries, although there are some notable counter examples.

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