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by cpkscpks 10y ago
I've hired a person without even a bachelors. They competed in Kaggle competition relevant to what we were working on, and were one of the top competitors. I reached out, hired, and it worked out well for all sides. Eventually, they le
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by cpkscpks 11y ago
I got the same impression. The world rewards non-conformists deeply if you do it right. Doing it right is mostly finding something that contributes value to the world. A non-conformist collecting toothpicks? Not so much. Zero-to-one is a gr
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by cpkscpks 11y ago
You're not "infected." You have a copyright violation. It's the same as if you violate the terms of a commercial licensing agreement. The resolution is damages in both cases, not any kind of "infection" spreadi
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by cpkscpks 11y ago
And look at the stunning success Microsoft has had over the past decade! Much of that is a result of stupid policies like this one.
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by cpkscpks 11y ago
That's funny. I work in industry, and we have a lot of GPL flying around. How do you folks get away without Linux (including Android)? It seems like you're in industry, but you're probably not in very successful industry if y
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by cpkscpks 11y ago
Puncture proof bike tires work extremely well. I have Continental Top Contact tires. Except for overinflation (my fault), never had a flat over thousands of miles. They feel nice to ride on too. Before that, I had Panaracer ribmo tires. No
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by cpkscpks 11y ago
I did this before I had a family. Now, it's the first flight out. Sometimes I'll fly in a day early to get over jet lag, but that's usually working in a hotel room.
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by cpkscpks 11y ago
I agree with the sentiment about Uber, but there is a substantial difference. Uber will close them down when it stops to make business sense. A research professor is expected to be out on the street once grant funding runs out. Most postdoc
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by cpkscpks 11y ago
Nice. I'm looking around the NREC web site. At the top, it is "research professors," with similar abusive quasi-academic positions. Maybe this will give some incentive to move from short-term grant-funded or teaching-funded p