george_ciobanu

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by george_ciobanu 10y ago
I agree with your general approach to a more holistic interview process. I haven't thought too much about the weights so can't comment there. I'm pretty sure the weights vary depending on roles: interviewing a tech lead for M
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by george_ciobanu 10y ago
That's nice of you to say, though I'm not sure I earned your compliment. Re experience - yes, if you're interviewing for someone with deep Java or ML knowledge certainly make sure the interviewer can assess that. Logic puzzle
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by george_ciobanu 10y ago
Like I said I speak for myself not Google. They're both valuable, perhaps for different types of work. A balanced tree does not tell me much about a person's knowledge but how they are able to apply and learn CS concepts does. Dee
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by george_ciobanu 10y ago
Of course computer architecture, compiler knowledge etc is valuable and part of the interview process. I was referring to the general process of evaluating- - thus the question was focused on methods not content. Additionally, explaining ho
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by george_ciobanu 10y ago
Disclaimer: I work at Google but in no way do I represent my employer's views. These are all my personal opinions. I interned successfully at FB, Microsoft and Google as a SWE in 2008-2010 and interviewed with a lot of other tech compa
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by george_ciobanu 10y ago
Laziness? I didn't like remembering to carry when multiplying 45x16 so I did 40x16 + 5x16 - easy to add two numbers in your head, hard to remember two shifted partial results (the way it's done on paper). Different media require d
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by george_ciobanu 10y ago
Values can be nuanced. Yes to free market but guess what, it occasionally needs checks and balances because while it works for a particular company it might bring society as a whole down. Infrastructure like roads and electricity should not
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by george_ciobanu 10y ago
"Project Zero's disclosure deadline policy has been in place since the formation of our team earlier in 2014. It's the result of many years of careful consideration and industry-wide discussions about vulnerability remediatio
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by george_ciobanu 10y ago
I agree with you on the first points. We don't know how soon computers will match us in intelligence and they're still underpowered but 2 things might accelerate their rise: 1. GPU computing. Much more similar to the brain. 2. IoT
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by george_ciobanu 10y ago
A lot of these "arcane" topics have long-term horizons. Agree with everything else but the whole point of research is to probe the space of possibilities (theoretical and practical) to find major ideas. Most of them fail but that&
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by george_ciobanu 10y ago
I'm a bit surprised - I do almost all these things in my head anyway, never thought them as tricks just that I'm weird and cannot model school methods like others do. (Not trying to brag)
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by george_ciobanu 10y ago
A dishwasher that only had one button: start. A dry cleaning service where they just told me to come back next day after 5p and never asked me how I want my shirts, what kind of treatment etc. For contrast most places ask several questions
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by george_ciobanu 10y ago
There's a darker explanation than the two suggested already: that Russia actually controls people high in the administration (possibly more than one, including Trump) and intelligence agencies are fighting them.
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by george_ciobanu 10y ago
Susan, thank you for sharing and please accept a virtual hug to help you shake the experience. I'm amazed you were this patient with such ridiculous behavior.
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by george_ciobanu 10y ago
Interstate roads and highways are also critical elements of national security - they act as the internet for transportation (by providing multiple redundant routes that can be easily patched, unlike railways)
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by george_ciobanu 10y ago
"Scarce resources cause competition" and "Scarce but close to impossible to catch on own resources cause cooperation". Is that really a discovery worth publishing?
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by george_ciobanu 10y ago
Check out bubble.is. It does a fantastic job at both, though it is an integrated solution.
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by george_ciobanu 10y ago
Simple solution that gets close to the social truth: ask team members to rank everyone else. Average the rankings. It works surprisingly well and for teams of up to 10 people or so differences in rankings are mostly noise.
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by george_ciobanu 10y ago
Worth seeing their darker side as well: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/12/do-cats-c...
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by george_ciobanu 10y ago
The site has a lot of other cool visualizations.
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Beautiful interactive exhibit of endangered species(species-in-pieces.com)
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In case you want to hear it: https://youtu.be/Aj3b8DH5Xps
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by george_ciobanu 10y ago
Damn!
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My conclusion looking at the executives at multiple large tech companies is that you can get there without a graduate degree but it's much less likely. A Master's is good but an MBA is a better predictor, even for companies that c
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by george_ciobanu 10y ago
Mental afflictions rarely have a clear A or B diagnosis. Comorbidity is common, in that you have a bit of A, some B and flavors of C. One explanation is that it's an underlying physiological issue: subtle imbalances in brain chemistry
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by george_ciobanu 10y ago
Super cool idea.
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by george_ciobanu 10y ago
Check out Bubble.is I think they got the abstraction layer right.
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by george_ciobanu 10y ago
I love it! I've always wanted an offline fiddle.js But please do not replace the new tab without asking, it's very annoying. Filed a bug.
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by george_ciobanu 10y ago
This is Russia's way to 1. Strike back at the US for the economic sanctions 2. Strengthen its economy by allowing local actors to develop without competition 3. Ensure that all major networks are within state control. It's non-tri
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by george_ciobanu 10y ago
I agree it needs improvement and we should have alternatives but it's the best in terms of video and audio quality/compression. The UX can be improved.

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