bentona

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1. 31.▲
   by bentona 7y ago

   The question is, do they get a consistent stream of high-quality candidates via this process? If they do get enough to saturate the rest of their pipeline, why wouldn't they use a filter like this? I too balk at questions like this, bu
2. 32.▲
   by bentona 7y ago

   Is it not possible to backtest these sorts of things? If it were, I would assume results would be the first bullet point on articles like this, but I also don't understand why it wouldn't be possible.
3. 33.▲
   by bentona 7y ago

   I mostly somewhat agree with you but unless you find a more appealing package for your arguments, you're just going to exacerbate the bifurcation on issues like this, and definitely not convince or enlighten anyone.
4. 34.▲
   by bentona 7y ago

   What's your tech stack?
5. 35.▲
   by bentona 7y ago

   Would you mind elaborating on “self-learning community”?
6. 36.▲
   by bentona 7y ago

   I wonder if posting this on Saturday was intentional, and if it has any outcome on its success on hn:)
7. 37.▲
   by bentona 7y ago

   Seems like a very detailed yet approachable explanation, wondering about your thoughts? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UNLgPIiWAg
8. 38.▲
   by bentona 7y ago

   I've been hearing this term probably since TFA was published, but it's only been recently, ~15 years into my career that I realized how much I'm guilty of this. It's so easy to get caught up in that PR for that upstream
9. 39.▲
   by bentona 7y ago

   I'd be interested in how many direct offspring she likely has
10. 40.▲
    by bentona 7y ago

    What are the performance implications for switching between languages like this? Does it do something like redeclare all global variables in the new language?
11. 41.▲
    by bentona 7y ago

    It is hilarious to me that the thread about this "Dangerous" problem is full of approaches to solving it :)
12. 42.▲
    by bentona 7y ago

    Just getting into bayesian inference and this sent me down a rabbit hole, thanks :)
13. 43.▲
    by bentona 7y ago

    Yep, sorry, didn't mean to say this directly applied, just a neat concept that's somewhat related.
14. 44.▲
    by bentona 7y ago

    Semi-relevant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benford%27s_law
15. 45.▲
    by bentona 7y ago

    I have a feeling this will be true for most, but I immediately thought of the increasingly common political bubbles we often exist in today, especially given facebook feed algorithms, etc.
16. 46.▲
    by bentona 7y ago

    There's a lot here but this specifically talks about AdS/CFT which seems to be a pretty core concept https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klpDHn8viX8 Just linked this on a similar information theory thread [1] (glad i
17. 47.▲
    by bentona 7y ago

    Here's a video that made me feel like I almost half-way understood one of the main underlying principles (AdS/CFT correspondence) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klpDHn8viX8 re: "Following the discovery of th
18. 48.▲
    by bentona 7y ago

    Would a 2-hour time-boxed interview feel better? Not @ zapier but thinking about optimizing remote interviews.
19. 49.▲
    by bentona 7y ago

    It is my understanding that out of respect for the original establishment of the prize, they haven't amended it as an "official" prize, but have essentially fully adopted it - it's just a matter of economics not being mu
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    by bentona 7y ago

    That's a pretty strong claim. I know people in accounting because they like organizing, finance because they love analysis, quant because they love math, etc. I've also met anesthetists and cardiologists who chose their speciality
21. 51.▲
    by bentona 7y ago

    I know that hacker news usually stays away from paywalled articles - do enough people have subscriptions to WSJ that this isn't an issue here?
22. 52.▲
    by bentona 7y ago

    This study not only selected for people who go out of their way to join a society based on high IQ, it also selected for people who open & complete email surveys. Yes, many practical sampling methods are biased, but it is not difficult
23. 53.▲
    by bentona 7y ago

    Agreed. There are software companies that can't get iteration down to less than a month and this guy is going to do with rocket ships - absolutely amazing.
24. 54.▲
    by bentona 7y ago

    Attempted getting CTRL going myself yesterday to no avail, and subsequently was refreshing your twitter this morning waiting for this :) Thank you!
25. 55.▲
    by bentona 7y ago

    What an amazing video, enough technical detail while maintaining high-level concepts - thanks!
26. 56.▲
    by bentona 7y ago

    I wonder if people describing hiring as "broken" have only experienced the process from one side. Hiring is a one of my favorite things to work on at my software engineering jobs, because it's a super-hard problem that is alw
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    by bentona 7y ago

    How else would we teleport matter, if it wasn't via information representing that matter?
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    by bentona 7y ago

    What kind of eggs do you use? Regardless of your opinions on animal rights, etc, I strongly recommend buying the fanciest free-range, etc. eggs you can find. A healthy diet for the chickens makes a huge impact on egg quality & taste. I
29. 59.▲
    by bentona 7y ago

    Seems like Cloudflare CEO can't decide whether he wants to truly be content-neutral. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/12/cloudflares-ceo-... Obviously not supporting these sites, but I think an a
30. 60.▲
    by bentona 7y ago

    While I do think that "hacking" is less demonized than it was circa "Hackers", it is not surprising that the attitude around a lawsuit is a little outdated. I'm just glad the target is an entity with sufficient reso