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   The cold start problem: how to build a machine learning portfolio(towardsdatascience.com)

   4 points by edouard-harris 8y ago|0 comments
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   by edouard-harris 8y ago

   The authors state that this was a long term research project cut short. Which suggests the question: If you played this game long enough, undetected, could you get real scholars to cite your fake research? Future work, perhaps. (I don'
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   The cold start problem: how to break into machine learning(towardsdatascience.com)

   1 points by edouard-harris 8y ago|0 comments
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   by edouard-harris 8y ago

   This does something interesting to the incentives surrounding hard forks. If someone wants to hard fork e.g., ETH, they either (1) need to abandon ethash altogether for a different hashing function, or (2) be very very certain that their ha
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   by edouard-harris 9y ago

   Having done both with varying success, I definitely agree that your brain needs to be wired differently for each. In web dev, experimentation is cheap, so you make changes fast and see what happens. In many ML applications, trying stuff is
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   by edouard-harris 9y ago

   Yes. While we make money by placing people, most of the day-to-day activity involves sharing papers, open source collaboration, etc. (plus job-related things like sharing interview tips)
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   by edouard-harris 9y ago

   Thanks for the feedback here. Much appreciated. 1 & 2. It's.. both. From the inside it feels like Slack + job board + GitHub-like profiles 3. Investigating this issue now, thanks for flagging 4-6. Noted, we'll keep updating th
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   by edouard-harris 9y ago

   Definitely not intended that way. We'll put some thought into changing it based on everyone's feedback.
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   by edouard-harris 9y ago

   Yeah we definitely aren't convinced that a quiz is the optimal format for this evaluation. Statistically, it does an OK job at being an initial filter. My biggest concern at the moment is that it's too coarse of a tool and it migh
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    by edouard-harris 9y ago

    Sorry, realized it wasn't public. Just updated, should be there now!
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    by edouard-harris 9y ago

    Solid
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    by edouard-harris 9y ago

    Yes. You can either (1) keep going with your current job and do this on the side assuming your employment contract allows it, or (2) apply to a company that wants to do full time right away without a work term. There may be other options de
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    by edouard-harris 9y ago

    Good catch, this is a leftover facebook pixel from back when we were experimenting with FB ads. Just created a GitHub issue to rip it out
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    by edouard-harris 9y ago

    Thanks for flagging! Embarrassingly I reread this stat and realized that (1) it's way out of date and the true number is higher, and (2) it refers to part-time work (20 hrs / week) but we don't actually say that anywhere. We&
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    by edouard-harris 9y ago

    Would agree. Yep, quiz might still be a bit too focused. Trying to strike a balance between breadth / depth / time spent answering questions, but still some fine tuning to do
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    by edouard-harris 9y ago

    It's more like Slack + jobs board + GitHub-like profiles.
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    by edouard-harris 9y ago

    This is great feedback. Thanks! We're constantly iterating on the quiz and it would be great to get more detailed thoughts on it. If you'd like to do that, please get in touch! (Email in my profile)
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    by edouard-harris 9y ago

    Thanks for the feedback! We're open to a change. Let me know if you have any thoughts.
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    by edouard-harris 9y ago

    Thanks for flagging. Do you mind sharing your OS / browser versions?
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    by edouard-harris 9y ago

    Fair enough. Any suggestions?
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    by edouard-harris 9y ago

    You're right, this approach grew out of how we hire people ourselves. Give them a chance to prove themselves on a real project. Wasn't aware that Basecamp did this too. Thanks for sharing!
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    by edouard-harris 9y ago

    You're right, but this is the same catch-22 for getting started in any nontrivial field. How do I get experience if getting a job requires experience? Having an MSc / PhD in the field doesn't resolve this. HR departments use
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    by edouard-harris 9y ago

    Great idea! We're actually in the process of doing this. Pilot version is 1 week away. We're starting with 2 tiers instead of 3, but the goal is similar.
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    by edouard-harris 9y ago

    Available in India. We already have several users from there.
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    Launch HN: SharpestMinds (YC W18) – Online Community for AI Devs

    84 points by edouard-harris 9y ago|71 comments
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    by edouard-harris 9y ago

    Much of YouTube's own early content was stolen from elsewhere. Subversive can become mainstream surprisingly fast.
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    How to Be a Rocket Ship: Be More Productive One Minute at a Time(medium.com)

    43 points by edouard-harris 9y ago|27 comments
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    by edouard-harris 9y ago

    Practically every pain point listed here is a startup waiting to happen.