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by hardtke 10y ago
I hire machine learning engineers and data scientists. In my opinion there is a great shortage of truly qualified machine learning engineers. A lot of people are entering the market with a general knowledge of machine learning tools. These
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The second thing a CEO should focus on is building a repeatable sales model. Some products "sell themselves" but most products need a lot of experimentation with the sales model until they become profitable.
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The biggest labor need in the next 40 years will be caring for the elderly. When my father was out of the hospital after an operation and needed live in care it was insanely difficult to find at any cost. This is work that cannot be automa
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Trump’s anti-immigration stance threatens the heart of American innovation(theverge.com)
4 points by hardtke 10y ago|2 comments
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One place I'd love to try prediction markets is with product changes undergoing A/B tests. A product manager could submit an experiment and people at the company could bet on what the product change will do to engagement/rev
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Twitter revenue is growing at 20% y/y as of last quarter, not 5%.
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This may be a case where the European Union antitrust authorities mandate that Apple do something different. This seems to be a textbook case of monopoly status in one domain being used to exert a monopoly in another (headphones).
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To further this point, it is much faster to get a green card if you possess a Ph.D. rather than a Master's degree. Not only can you apply for the outstanding researcher category, but I believe you also get priority for the regular pro
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Top Neuroscientist Explains How Adderall Is Essentially Crystal Meth(medium.com)
10 points by hardtke 10y ago|5 comments
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I wish that my ISP (Comcast) would throttle Netflix in the evening. My internet bandwidth gets reduced to 200 kbps during prime time (roughly 9 to 11 PM). It makes it challenging to work, especially if I need to stay connected to a VPN.
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A Data Scientist Discovered the Most Metal Word in the English Language(nymag.com)
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Housing is also expensive because of the California building codes. These include things like double pane windows, copper pipes and energy efficient appliances. These raise the cost of new construction compared to other states, but lead t
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by hardtke 11y ago
How has this paper not won an IgNoble prize?
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The casual carpools in the East Bay save a lot of time going into San Francisco because of the carpool lane. Very few people use them in the reverse direction (people take the bus instead) since there is no time saving. AC Transit hates t
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FeatureFu: Building Featureful Machine Learning Models(engineering.linkedin.com)
1 points by hardtke 11y ago|0 comments
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I suspect 3D touch will cause more cases of iPhone induced tennis elbow. Matt Bonner (San Antonio Spurs) and I are two victims. Forcing us to press harder will trigger more cases.
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For Google shuttle drivers, it’s a grueling ride(sfgate.com)
2 points by hardtke 12y ago|0 comments
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by hardtke 13y ago
I was 10 at the time and my father was a typewriter repairman. He purchased a Mac the first day it came out. To that point, the IBM PC had not affected the typewriter repair business because of the archaic document preparation programs the
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CoGeNT gives further backing to annual dark-matter variation(physicsworld.com)
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Social networks are winner take all markets, whereas Dropbox is not in such a market. Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn are all trading at 20-40 times revenue based on the fact that they enjoy strong network effects.
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This article misses an important point. The reason that Sonny Bono was interested in extending copyright is that he was a scientologist, and the Church of Scientology is deathly afraid of their works reaching the public domain. If I remem
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by hardtke 13y ago
By simply adding autonomous cars to the current infrastructure, it doesn't improve peoples lives in a directly obvious way. They can't go any faster, and traffic does not get reduced. Yes, there is the imperceptible benefit of a
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I don't see any feasible way to transition to high speed linked autonomous cars. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people who need to get to work via car, and these people will not be able to afford a new car. Transitioning from a dri
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This product makes it possible for restaurants and wine snobs with large collections to serve high end wines by the glass. Not for the average under $20 bottle wine drinker.
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Futuristic Opener Lets You Drink Wine Without Uncorking the Bottle(mashable.com)
4 points by hardtke 13y ago|3 comments
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Keep in mind that many localities utilize car rental taxes at airports to subsidize public bonds unrelated to the airport. This a particularly good way of paying for publicly financed stadiums. Airport Car rental taxes are popular with loc
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Big Data Analysis Adds to Guest Worker Debate(bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
1 points by hardtke 13y ago|0 comments
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This increase in traffic are not being seen in the unique visitor counts measured by Compete ( https://siteanalytics.compete.com/duckduckgo.com/ ). It appears as if a loyal core of duckduckgo users are switching to it e
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Bright -- San Francisco, CA. Software Engineers, Data Scientists (NLP and Search focused), SEO, VP Marketing Have you ever wanted to disrupt an established industry and give it a much-needed tech makeover? At Bright, this could be your chan
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Time has a different meaning at the South Pole if you are working with offsite people, as is typical of the science winter overs. "Day" is when the internet connection is working. "Night" is when it is not. There is o

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