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by drdunce 4y ago
1. No, but I wouldn't subscribe to a service that took more data than I deemed necessary or was happy to volunteer 2. No, because they couldn't offer any guarantee it would be removed 3. Because you'd need my data to achieve
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by drdunce 4y ago
This is very interesting. I have a PhD in Machine Learning but cannot get work. It seems like like everyone has one! I'm thinking of switching to security and kind of assumed it would be the same, especially seeing the ostensibly hig
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Ask HN: What's the deal with self appointed regulating bodies in security?
1 points by drdunce 4y ago|4 comments
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by drdunce 5y ago
It's a frustrating read from a ML perspective, because of the ethics of it.
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by drdunce 5y ago
This lazy approach to road safety of putting increasingly complex speed cameras everywhere is severely negligent. Invest the time, effort and money to make the roads safer. Make them German Autobahn level safe. Are these profitable yet emp
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by drdunce 5y ago
Spent many years in software engineer in London - web dev; ecommerce; mobile dev etc. Picked up a bunch of industry certifications along the way, happy customers, completed projects, but didn't ever manage to get more than average sala
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by drdunce 5y ago
The bubble never came back after it burst the first time. It's been done for a while. Now we have people with PhDs and 20yrs experience fighting over the scraps.
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by drdunce 5y ago
I believe the point at which the author leaps from a clear and beautiful worded explanation into deep complexity without accompanying explanation is the point at which they no longer fully understand it themselves. Having attended many a co
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by drdunce 5y ago
If you really want the cutting edge, I think it's probably academic conferences in the area you're interested in. But I don't think most people really do, because that's far too much noise to parse. Most people probably
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by drdunce 5y ago
1) Software development takes 2 weeks to be able to do, and 15 years to be good at 2) You're competing in a global heavily saturated market and need to find a way to stand out (all the qualifications, certifications, github repos, frie
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by drdunce 5y ago
I've heard of a couple of CEOs, and a few freelancers now doing hands on things in their downtime. IMHO, software development is a rollercoaster of exciting highs and lows. While woodwork, creating something tangible with your hands...
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by drdunce 5y ago
I cry a single tear of joy, then shuffle back to the black and green glow!
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by drdunce 5y ago
Wait, you guys are getting too much money?
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by drdunce 5y ago
I agree but I can't help feeling like this anecdote kind of reinforces my first point. I don't believe we should be quite so speed limit obsessed. I think we should be able to keep our eyes on the road and all drive to the capabil
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by drdunce 5y ago
I think this is the solution. You can't keep chasing with legislation and even if you could you can't spy on drivers all the time. The key is keeping drivers focused and keeping traffic moving. Also removing all the things that e
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by drdunce 5y ago
they currently drive like they're on the phone ...and drunk
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by drdunce 5y ago
Very nice quote. And a menagerie we have become!
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by drdunce 5y ago
I believe a good piece of software is like any well made tool. It fulfills a single purpose, elegantly and simply. It is closed for further modification, but open for easy extension. I can reach in my tool box and take out a socket, that wi
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by drdunce 5y ago
In short, register the domain name. My method of escaping this problem is to develop things iteratively and have a minimum viable product in mind. I'm going to release something that's 80% there very quickly, and its success, if t
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by drdunce 5y ago
Widespread apathy. People less willing to work, vote, socialise, or just plain live.
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Ask HN: Do you feel you are able to be yourself in your job?
50 points by drdunce 5y ago|71 comments
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by drdunce 5y ago
At the time of the action few instances had been identified in European countries where, due to the current Covid travel policies, they were safely isolated and unlikely to make onward travel. The new variant was however highly prevalent i
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by drdunce 5y ago
Everyone has Omicron?
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by drdunce 5y ago
I can't believe at this point in the process, after all this experience, politicians are being so immature as to interpret travel bans as punitive action. It really undermines the amazing scientific work that's being done. By now,
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by drdunce 5y ago
cars used to be so well designed. you never had to look down at a screen to see what was going on, it was just there, at your finger tips. You could tell what gear you were in, if the handbrake, lights, indicators were on/off or virtu
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by drdunce 5y ago
It requires a disproportionate amount more work to succeed in than other careers. The payscale has a long tail and low median (everyone quotes a high mean but it's not normally distributed) which means it's really not worth it unl
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by drdunce 5y ago
This is so true. There's a lot of hype surrounding "programming" jobs and a frankly bizzare push to get everyone into one. I think it's incredibly damaging to effectively tell children they haven't "made it&qu
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Ask HN: Avoiding Retraining
1 points by drdunce 5y ago|0 comments