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by bko 1y ago
But they're more productive. Your assumption is there is a fixed amount of engineering work to do so you need to hire fewer programmers, which is untrue. Every organization I worked at could have invested a lot more in engineering, be-
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A conversation with Jonny Ive [video](youtube.com)
3 points by bko 1y ago|0 comments
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by bko 1y ago
I don't get why making engineers more productive would decrease their salaries. It should be the reverse. You could argue that it makes the bar lower to be productive so the candidate pool is much greater, but you're arguing the o
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by bko 1y ago
You should read his book. Here is a brief excerpt from the chapter "you are not a lottery ticket" > THE MOST CONTENTIOUS question in business is whether success comes from luck or skill. What do successful people say? Malcolm G
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by bko 1y ago
I could understand some of the criticism for charitable work. For instance, his foundation pushes birth control in developing nations. On the surface, it look like a just and noble cause. But imagine how a developed nation would view an act
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by bko 1y ago
Disagree. Peter Thiel wrote about this in zero to one. The "well rounded" candidate is essentially hedging their bets. An indefinite optimist. > You can expect the future to take a definite form or you can treat it as hazily un
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by bko 1y ago
Incredible timeline to a $3B exit > Windsurf began in 2021 as Exafunction, founded by MIT graduates Varun Mohan and Douglas Chen. The company initially focused on GPU optimization before pivoting to AI-assisted coding tools, launching Co
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by bko 1y ago
Link to study https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11430-024-1517-1
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Antarctica gains ice for first time in decades, reversing trend of mass loss(climatedepot.com)
3 points by bko 1y ago|2 comments
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by bko 1y ago
I think its useful to test as to what questions they are and aren't prepared for. In the future you won't necessarily know they were an imposter, so it's good to devise and test certain captcha like questions to tease out the
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U.S. Economy Contracts at 0.3% Rate in First Quarter(wsj.com)
456 points by bko 1y ago|557 comments
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O3 beats a master-level GeoGuessr player, even with fake EXIF data(sampatt.com)
451 points by bko 1y ago|310 comments
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by bko 1y ago
I'm sorry but I can't take Paul Krugman seriously anymore. His level of discourse was kept somewhat in check by a NYT editor, but now that he's gone on substack, the histrionics about everything was just amped up to about an
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by bko 1y ago
US perspective. This is a surprising win for an incumbent party. Whenever I look at basic life issues in Canada I'm blown away. Somehow salaries for engineers are about half what they are in the US, but real estate prices are comparabl
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by bko 1y ago
This was the best most intuitive explanation of lisp syntax and why's it's natural and so powerful https://stopa.io/post/265
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by bko 1y ago
Claude gets the right answer but misplaces the pieces in its initial analysis which means the answer is incorrect. Whats going on? Did it just get lucky? Did it memorize the answer but misplace the pieces in its recall? Did it actually comp
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by bko 1y ago
Dishonest phrasing. The children were the US citizens. Parents were in US illegally. They deported the parents and their kids along with them. Should they go into foster care instead?
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by bko 1y ago
From Claude > According to a Migration Policy Institute report, the deportation system dramatically changed over the past 19 years - moving from a judicial system prior to 1996 where most people facing deportation had immigration court h
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by bko 1y ago
This is easily searchable. Here is a quick answer from Claude. > Regarding agency terminations through sunset provisions, in practice these have been rare. Despite the widespread adoption of sunset laws at the state level in the 1970s an
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by bko 1y ago
Strong disagree, the failure is from no one having incentives or control. There is no bottom up if you have career unelected bureaucrats running the show. That's why it's in bad shape now. I'm thinking things like teachers un
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by bko 1y ago
From the article > CZI plans to donate $50 million to the communities and families affected by the closure, the school said in its note this week. Again, the point is no one is going to experiment if you can't wind it down. I don&#x
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by bko 1y ago
I think it argues the opposite. The school was likely a failure. I couldn't find any stats on success of children but I find that telling as if it was lifting kids out of poverty effectively it would have been advertised. Its probably
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by bko 1y ago
Being backed by Bezos and the appearance of infinite funding isn't necessarily a good thing. You need someone at the helm that is driven and in control. Don't know who's running the company or if they have the proper mentalit
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by bko 1y ago
https://archive.is/QyBBU
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by bko 1y ago
This looks great. But isn't there a long history of new car companies over the last few decades that have an impressive car, take pre-orders and never deliver? Something about production hell?
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by bko 1y ago
> Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, blocked news from its apps in Canada in 2023 after a new law required the social media giant to pay Canadian news publishers a tax for publishing their content. The ban applies to all news outle
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by bko 1y ago
https://archive.is/D1ERY
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News Is Blocked on Meta's Feeds in Canada. Here's What Fills the Void(nytimes.com)
30 points by bko 1y ago|41 comments
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by bko 1y ago
Yes, that was the joke.
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by bko 1y ago
We should devise a system that gathers all human resources and applies them to a set of goals, like you mentioned. The smartest people in the world should get together, determine the most pressing issues and command all of humanities resour

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