dave_sullivan

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by dave_sullivan 4y ago
I think people don't realize how huge these models really are. When they're free, it's pretty cool. But charge an amount where there's actual profit in the product? Suddenly seems very expensive and not economically viab
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by dave_sullivan 4y ago
> My understanding is lots of large enterprise/legacy companies are constantly looking for startup experience They certainly say that, but in my experience it is not true. They want cubicle monkeys with a CS degree that can do leet
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by dave_sullivan 4y ago
I have no problem with programming questions during an interview for a programming position. Show me some issues from your issue tracker. What kind of stuff would I be working on? But leet code questions are not that. And I don't appre
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by dave_sullivan 4y ago
> What would someone say who bought in a year ago for like $50k, not $5? They'd be down over 50% at the moment and there's simply no guarantee the market will recover to the $60k+ levels seen in October and November last year.
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by dave_sullivan 4y ago
I think his point was more along the lines of "While you are at an elite school you should socialize and build your social network. That social network will become your starting professional network after school. Less opportunity for s
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by dave_sullivan 4y ago
A company can go out of business and cease to function. What would cause the Bitcoin network to cease to function? There will always be a market price and it will fluctuate. But the end of Bitcoin? Would be like the end of BitTorrent, not g
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by dave_sullivan 4y ago
"Historical upside potential". If it crashes 90% and then goes back to 30% of its peak a couple years later, pundits will declare bitcoin collapsed, but the people that bought around the bottom will make out like bandits. I dont s
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by dave_sullivan 4y ago
Well, first they parse the language into a high level vector representation. Then they take images and add noise and train a model to remove the noise so it can start with a noisy image and produce a clear image from it. Then they train a m
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by dave_sullivan 4y ago
You could write a paper about it, people are looking into this. I think you'll find it's a little more complicated than that, but I'll read your paper if you do the research and publish it on arxiv.
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by dave_sullivan 4y ago
Been through this quite a few times. I love programming but hate the industry. I do fine on my own but would probably make more money working for a bigger company. I won't do a long interview process for free though. Oh well.
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by dave_sullivan 5y ago
They have, and there will be more. The US should continue to listen and consider how they can change. Avoiding the topic is not a viable way forward.
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by dave_sullivan 5y ago
Then raise the specific issues about similar abuses. China's actions are a specific issue and light should be shined on them so the truth can be known.
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by dave_sullivan 5y ago
Of course blog and SEO spam is such a problem on Google now that it looks more similar to your Pre Google steps. I don't know how to easily fix that though. Simply "crawling the entire internet" is still not a simple problem,
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by dave_sullivan 5y ago
This looks really cool, will have to dig in more later.
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by dave_sullivan 5y ago
No good side, but one is better than the other.
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by dave_sullivan 5y ago
As I said, I am literally playing it right now. It really is!
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by dave_sullivan 5y ago
FWIW I remember seeing it at stores when I was a kid and thinking the graphics were best I'd ever seen. Like my mind was blown and I was sad I didn't have a PS1. The pre-rendered backdrops helped a lot here. It was a different tim
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by dave_sullivan 5y ago
I was getting into the remake but stopped playing when I learned it was only half the game plus a bunch of bullshit filler. Instantly killed any interest or goodwill for me. Playing the original again on emulator ATM. Was perfect, just need
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by dave_sullivan 5y ago
No Dyson spheres, but there are black holes all over the place. Some people think those would make great computing devices, many of their origins are not well explained as super nova remnants, and they efficiently harness energy from compan
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by dave_sullivan 5y ago
They applied this method https://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/gottwald/preprints/testforch... to brain scan data
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by dave_sullivan 5y ago
"Occasional" is generous I think. This is the best explanation I've heard of the show's appeal: Back when I was a kid you didn’t need Joe Rogan. Your best friend had a 27 year-old brother who was a fucking loser who woul
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by dave_sullivan 5y ago
Good advice. People like to say "survivorship bias" but those people usually aren't doing things and telling people about them.
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by dave_sullivan 5y ago
This should be the top comment, sad to see HN mods deleting this instead of arguing with it on its facts. As it stands, the top comments are all "Oh wow, cool!" which is exactly the reaponse you are cautioning against.
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by dave_sullivan 5y ago
Lines for communication and direct energy transfer at the Galaxy's center?
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by dave_sullivan 5y ago
Try psychedelic mushrooms? Or take a trip to the Mediterranean? Or go upstairs and knock on your neighbors door and bring a bottle of tequila? Do something that seems kind of crazy. Break your pattern.
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by dave_sullivan 5y ago
Hard to say. Been here for 10 years. It got me into tech as a career (although programming and computers generally had already been a hobby). I've met some people through it. Launched some things. A lot of time spent arguing in comment
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by dave_sullivan 5y ago
Have you heard of Transferwise? Would solve your issue. Separately, if I send you some Bitcoin right now, the fees will be tiny, not sure how you're getting to 5-10%. Volatility is a real concern and you can easily move 5-10% because o
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by dave_sullivan 5y ago
On the point of "useful legitimate practical use", I can send or receive money cheaply and easily anywhere in the world without any type of account or identity verification. That's pretty cool. Agree on the rest. It's ov
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by dave_sullivan 5y ago
Would have loved to read more in this universe. Like, what is economics 2.0? What were the Vile Offspring like? But really, accelerando was a great book, wish there was more in the genre but maybe I just haven't been looking hard enoug
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by dave_sullivan 5y ago
Not sure if you ever tried a DSRI but it could be your serotonin levels are fine but your dopamine levels are out of whack. SSRIs are just one class of drug. Speaking from a history of anxiety and depression, the wrong drugs were not helpfu

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