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by cj 2y ago
It’s entirely possible that the language translation industry is trailing behind. It’s also possible that the cost of LLMs outweigh their benefit for this specific use case. The only vendor I know of doing LLM translation in production is D
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by cj 2y ago
A quick Google search says otherwise. (Although I’ve been to horse tracks, Saratoga, and have bet on horses, and don’t recall the payouts changing, so maybe this is a bad source…) > Horse racing uses a pari-mutuel system. There's a
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by cj 2y ago
I have a Wealthfront account with quite a bit of money in it, and I deposit over 50% of my paycheck every week. I sometimes look at how they’re investing the money on deposit. They often buy the same ticker at (radically) different prices.
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by cj 2y ago
ADA recommends brushing your teeth for 4 minutes a day (2 mins morning/night). 2 minutes feels incredibly long for a lot of people. Doing something that feels productive or provides 2 minutes of entertainment while simultaneously opera
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by cj 2y ago
Maybe in some cases. But generally speaking the consensus in the language translation industry is that NMT (e.g. Google Translate) still provides higher quality than current gen LLMs.
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by cj 2y ago
My overall impression using Siri daily for many years (mainly for controlling smart lights, turning Tv on/off, setting timers/alarms), is that Siri is artificially dumbed down to never respond with an incorrect answer. When it say
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by cj 2y ago
> these laws are marketed as reducing the need for tips. One of the presidential candidates gave a speech recently with a back drop that said “no taxes on tips” or something. That did nothing for me in terms of thinking meals would be ch
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by cj 2y ago
Isn't what you're describing the difference between exempt and non-exempt employees? In the US, the protections you're describing exist if you make less than ~$60k. Above that amount and you're exempt from being entitled
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by cj 2y ago
An analogy could be a light dimmer switch compared to an on/off light switch (nuclear is on/off, while the dimmer can be strategically adjusted without complete mutual destruction)
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by cj 2y ago
Vendor = Lockheed Martin or similar (?) Jarheads = Marines Squids = Navy IOW = Information Operations Warfare MOS = Military Occupational Specialties LE = Law Enforcement "Five Eyes circa 10-15 years ago" = PRISM, XKeyscore, Tempo
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by cj 2y ago
“I trust that you believe your code is correct, now let’s double check”. Or maybe the proverb needs to be rewritten as “feign trust and verify”
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by cj 2y ago
It's possible to trust (or have faith) in my car being able to drive another 50k miles without breaking down. But if I bring it to a mechanic to have the car inspected just in case, does that mean I never had trust/faith in the ca
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by cj 2y ago
One lesson YC taught founders back in 2012: innovate within your product. Don’t innovate with things like HR, legal, corporate structures, etc. Focus your innovative energy where it matters: your product. Startups don’t fail because they c
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by cj 2y ago
This is an odd article. I’ve been a founder and know dozens of founders. Tax has never come up as a topic of conversation. Primarily because companies are only taxed on profits. Most startups aren’t profitable and therefore pay no taxes (ot
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by cj 2y ago
> How do you know when you have the right balance? Find the right balance by understanding the needs of the whole business, the needs of your department, and the needs of your specific team, and your manager’s expectations of you. Then b
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by cj 2y ago
At a certain point it just doesn't make sense to over-optimize for productivity, when the sacrifice (being pleasant & accessible to coworkers) isn't worth the gain (more focus time coding).
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by cj 2y ago
It sounds a bit less like a conspiracy theory if you consider that the yacht trip was meant to celebrate winning the legal case. Which explains why key people involved in the legal case are missing... they were on the yacht. The only real c
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by cj 2y ago
Valid point, unless you consider that there are a lot of slack workspaces for open source projects and networking / peer groups where it isn't a company account. In which case you don't trust them with private credentials by
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by cj 2y ago
> I really don't understand why anyone expects LLM citations to be correct It can be done if you do something like: 1. Take user’s prompt, ask LLM to convert the prompt into a elastic search query (for example) 2. Use elastic search
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by cj 2y ago
I can’t speak for every company. As a 12 person engineering team, we really need a strong team lead or someone who we can put on a management track over the next 2-3 years (SWE to Lead to EM to Director to VP). We prefer to promote from wit
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by cj 2y ago
No. More like: Recruiter: “what are your compensation requirements? Candidate: “$250k” Recruiter: “Ah, that’s too bad. We were thinking this role would pay closer to $150k. Are you still interested in moving forward?” Candidate: (negoti
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by cj 2y ago
Yes, for roles we’ve never hired for. In which case to find the market salary, we ask candidates (candidates are the market, we want to pay market rates. So, we ask candidates)
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by cj 2y ago
> It's a shitty question born out of the company trying to screw candidates Or a startup hiring for a job title they’ve never hired for before and they literally don’t know what the market rate is? We just hired our first SRE. We kn
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by cj 2y ago
(Last reply I’ll post here): I guess just to be ultra clear so there’s no ambiguity. At our company no candidate talks to anyone at our company before talking to our 3rd party recruiter who screens all candidates before they make it to us.
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by cj 2y ago
> Why do you even bother asking this question? If someone is asking for $250k and we're budgeting $150k, I don't want to waste their (and my) time.
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by cj 2y ago
One question candidates like to ask me: "What's your biggest challenge over the next year? Next 5 years?" and then.. "How is this role contributing toward solving that challenge?" (Sometimes people replace "ch
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by cj 2y ago
I would be interested to read an article or documentary on tax havens in general. How did they come to be? What are the origins of "shell companies"? Why do they still exist in 2024? How is profit shifting legal and why do countri
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by cj 2y ago
For some people it's not all about the money.
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by cj 2y ago
I think LinkedIn exposes these stats on Company pages. Search company and click the Insights tab. Edit: Median tenure is 2.8 yrs according to LinkedIn.
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by cj 2y ago
Short of blocking ChatGPT from support center DNS network requests, people and employees are going to use it. (And even then some might be VPN bypass the filter) It all comes down to quality at the end of the day. The person doing the work

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