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by bigred100 7y ago
As I understand it, the hip trend among the elite now is to be a “cultural omnivore,” and has been for some time. “The new…elite listen to classical and to rap; they eat at fine restaurants and at diners. They are at ease everywhere in the
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by bigred100 7y ago
My basic understanding is that Steve Jobs was a manipulative, mentally ill child abuser who gets a pass because he made the iPod. Everyone has their own perspective, but I’d rather not be those things than do them and make a difference by m
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by bigred100 7y ago
I don’t buy it. I scroll on hacker news or send my friends nonsense when I’m too tired/unfocused to read a book. The time isn’t interchangeable. I generally read 50-80min per day depending on how busy I am. If work is easy at that peri
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by bigred100 7y ago
Given my only exposure with any depth is Christianity (still superficial) I’m using this as my reference. If you read any of the really well-regarded spiritual authors (like the doctors of the church for example) you will read plenty about
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by bigred100 7y ago
I’m not entirely sure if this characterization of religion makes sense.
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by bigred100 7y ago
Isn’t the film very much exactly about man vs. God? More or less explained explicitly when the chiropractor paraphrases Meister Eckhart and tells Jacob that he’s clinging to his mortal life while God is trying to pull him away from it.
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by bigred100 7y ago
Sounds pretty good to me.
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by bigred100 7y ago
That seems odd. I worked at a pretty bad (in terms of salary, working conditions) large tech firm and got 6 weeks severance.
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by bigred100 7y ago
Get a math degree and take a few grad courses and then use it as a reference. Alternative route: get an advanced degree in a relatively mathematical non-math STEM field and use it as a reference. I doubt there’s 1-2 people on the planet who
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by bigred100 7y ago
Another way to look at it is that a productivity increase increases the marginal value of time spent working...
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by bigred100 7y ago
Yeah indeed. In a very course heavy program you might take 12 courses. At two per semester that’s half of your 40 hour week for 3 of 5 years. That means you’re spending 30% max on coursework. Even less if you include your summers as working
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by bigred100 7y ago
I wonder why it’s so easy for us as people to make problems for ourselves. Surely we could just eat hashbrowns and coffee at McDonalds for $2 and no effort.
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by bigred100 7y ago
When I used TensorFlow (briefly), it seemed there were tons of hidden assumptions my stuff had to follow or it wouldn’t work. PyTorch has a few I’ve run into, but mostly seems to “just work”. That’s why I think it’s much better for building
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by bigred100 7y ago
This is one reason I think big dreams and ambitions are a liability. Being a competent worker with a reasonable work ethic, putting money in your 401k, and making sure you’ve got other options if something goes wrong doesn’t leave a lot of
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by bigred100 7y ago
It’s pretty rude, stupid, petty, immature, etc. but one experience I enjoyed was when a critical mass of those interrupting patronizing guys left the team, leaving one behind. He would continue trying to talk over me etc., but since he had
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by bigred100 7y ago
Frankly I think the answer is to just put children who bully in special education programs where they’re taught basic social skills. If they lack the interpersonal skills to not bully, they need remedial instruction in them.
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by bigred100 7y ago
Oh is freedom unit a mile? That’s funny.
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by bigred100 7y ago
So reading and learning a bit is cool. But I guess the part I wonder is how you’re gonna use it as a guidebook for life or something if you have none of the context and are kind of just guessing (maybe you’re not). For the record I actually
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by bigred100 7y ago
I’m sorry if this is extraordinarily offensive, but my understanding is that, putting aside his extraordinary success in business, Steve Jobs was a mentally ill manipulator and child abuser. I don’t see why I’d put that much weight in his a
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by bigred100 7y ago
My question is why as a Western dude who grew up with lots of exposure to Christian scripture and surrounding culture elements or churches I can visit am I gonna try and learn someone else’s religion (with none of those advantages) when eve
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by bigred100 7y ago
Yeah. Who knows how fast the growth is gonna be or how it’s gonna look but people are already working on eg communication-avoiding algorithms for matrix or tensor operations to work best in the new regime. I’m not an expert in this area but
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by bigred100 7y ago
I asked Siri to wake me up inside and she thought I wanted to set the alarm clock
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by bigred100 7y ago
Only most of them
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by bigred100 7y ago
Even if you don’t explicitly copy it my understanding is there is certain references you are just “supposed to” cite. That’s not then same as having good exposition of course.
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by bigred100 7y ago
Hopefully this isn’t useful for anything because it’s the dumbest thing I’ve seen in my life
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by bigred100 7y ago
I didn’t read the article but my question is in what context can whatever the hell you just wrote make sense to any living human
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by bigred100 7y ago
I agree with you on this point. I believe that’s part of doing a reasonably good job as an employee.
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by bigred100 7y ago
Sorry for the offensive phrasing, but was this guy known for things beyond telling people to do DMT?
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by bigred100 7y ago
Some may disagree but I’d view someone displaying so many personal eccentricities as generally unprofessional. And (probably no one will disagree) failing to work as a team. And I do agree with you that contributing to and improving the cul
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by bigred100 7y ago
Save money and realize that if my incompetence bothers anyone so much they’ll just stop employing me

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