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by geebee 8y ago
I'm all for YIMBYism, but it's framed in a couple ways that I often disagree with. First, I actually doubt that loosening zoning restrictions to allow multi apartment dwellings will harm owners of SFR properties. It'll change
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by geebee 8y ago
So... California should pursue YIMBY policies to incorporate population growth so that the other 49 can keep population grown to a minimum (ie., can say No to YIMBY policies)?
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by geebee 8y ago
I don't think they're calling that guy "a liar". I think they're looking at credible available data and concluding that 300k is not the current market rate for developers. And keep in mind, I can do both things at o
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by geebee 8y ago
In a way, yes. But by blurring this distinction, you make it impossible to distinguish between an hour at the whiteboard solving a data structures problem, and an hour answering questions like "tell me about a time you overcame a chall
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by geebee 8y ago
You might not test this. Keep in mind, the bar exam, medical boards, actuarial exams, and other entrance exams aren't intended to establish competence in all areas of professional practice. I think that the google style data structures
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by geebee 8y ago
I actually do understand why people administer these tests in our field. There's so little to guide you otherwise. The problem is that it's kind of awful, and I personally really do believe that it's driving people away from
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by geebee 8y ago
Thank you for writing this post. It was informative. A few comments from a fellow software developer who is approaching 50... I don't think the coding test isn't there because people think you're lying, it's there becaus
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by geebee 8y ago
What you describe certainly has been my experience. Many of the markup languages that were designed to make it possible for "non coders" to write interfaces just turned into another programming language, only clunky and irritating
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by geebee 8y ago
It was clear that you were only saying that it wasn't ML. I looked up a bit on elasticsearch's text classification, and it's interesting. There's a overview of "traditional" ML (similar to the song review class
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by geebee 8y ago
As a classic example, how about music or movie recommendations? You have a giant set of attributes about songs and a binary classification (thumbs up/thumbs down) from millions of listeners. You can use this this to train a random fore
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by geebee 8y ago
That last line was a tad overdramatic. Happy to discuss this, though (and i assure without any downmodding!) I disagree with you in part. One issue is the amount of time required early in the process. A whole day of whiteboard exercisis pl
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by geebee 8y ago
To me the problem usnt fizzbuzz, its “find all matching subtrees in a binary tree” in 45 min at a whiteboard. I dont need to hit the book to write fizzbuzz, and i could probably code up dfs and bfs without prep but i dont walk around ready
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by geebee 9y ago
Looks like software application development is listed as having a relatively high automation "risk", around 21%. Anyone know how this was calculated. Doesn't have to be a link for this particular site, just some good reading
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by geebee 9y ago
Yeah, this is to some extent a matter of how you define "self taught". I believe that learning to write code does require reading and analytical skills at a level typically found in a college graduate. If you've had many yea
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by geebee 9y ago
My impression from reading about a few ML techniques (such as Neural Nets or Support Vector Machines) is that this class of ML algorithms relies heavily on regression techniques that are, at their core, nonlinear optimization problems. Thi
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by geebee 9y ago
I think it was both was graduate and deliberate, in different ways. San Francisco has actually allowed a remarkable takeover of pedestrian space through curb cuts and a lax attitude toward paving front yards and and sidewalk parking. http
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by geebee 9y ago
There isn't much else for you out there, which is why I certainly don't fault would-be immigrants for using the visa. Would you have chosen to get a PhD if you already had citizenship and freedom to choose your path in life? Cert
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by geebee 9y ago
Ugh, this hurts. I've repeatedly argued here on HN that while I support immigration generally, and would like to see a good program for skilled immigration, I am generally opposed to the H1B and other employer sponsored visas. The reas
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by geebee 9y ago
<money does not help creating good music, and i kind of think that might be more true of software than we think too.> Wow, yeah, I agree. I think this is such a misunderstood aspect of software. A lot of institutions seem to think i
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by geebee 9y ago
Irish music is tough that way. I play a bit of bluegrass and Irish, but I find it easier to join a bluegrass jam. You do need to learn to improvise for bluegrass, but once you can (and you can follow the chord changes), you can improvise
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by geebee 9y ago
Bluegrass is a music style originating in Appalachia from the Irish, Scottish, and English influences of the area... Also, heavy African American influences - a lot of music historians source the banjo to Africa, and African American string
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by geebee 9y ago
I was relieved to see this line: "He goes on to point out that most computer science students transition directly from graduate school to an industry job, as opposed to a teaching position, because of the stark contrast in employment i
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by geebee 9y ago
I share your concern. It may not happen, though. Social networks tend toward natural monopolies. Facebook may have better features and uptime than the next best alternative (or not), but either way, social networks gain most of their util
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by geebee 9y ago
One thing about racial diversity - a lot of metrics simply divide up the world into 4 groups (white, black, asian, hispanic) and then measure how close a population is to 25% of each group. Quite a while ago (like 15+ years ago), I read a b
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by geebee 9y ago
Of course coaching matters! The point, I believe, is that the relationship between management and creative can be mutually beneficial, with both parties earning considerably more through a partnership than they would on their own. The fact
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by geebee 9y ago
Many politicians and tech ceos have discussed a severe shortage of US citizens getting advanced degrees in STEM fields. Here's one such link. There has also been legislation proposed that would have made this a formal part of the imm
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by geebee 9y ago
As an alternative viewpoint, the RAND institute (a historically very pro-immigration organization) concluded that the American aversion to graduate degrees in STEM fields is rational and market driven[1]. In other words, STEM graduate degr
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by geebee 9y ago
I'm not too surprised to hear that. In fact, I'd say a top score on Kaggle is probably a pretty positive indicator. Yeah, refining the model probably isn't as big a deal in a real project as it is on Kaggle, but it still ta
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by geebee 9y ago
Good tool set recommendations (+1 for mentioning SQL, immensely helpful), and I enjoy Kaggle. Not sure how critical top placement is, though. It seems like getting into the upper echelons of Kaggle is a matter of refining your model, and I
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by geebee 9y ago
I don’t have any problem with common core or “new math”. I was a math major myself and have two kids in public school in SFUSD, and I think it’s valuable to develop ease and fluency in problem solving. An example in another thread, 2015 -

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