he11ow

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   by he11ow 7y ago

   Moving towards new processes can fix old problems. technology only helps if it slots into a process bottleneck and 10x it. But changing processes is way more about the human capital than it is about any technology solution. People have vest
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   by he11ow 7y ago

   It strikes me that the real issue here is one of narrative. What you're struggling with is not the tech, but telling (first yourself, then others) what you're about. It makes you want to cover all bases, while discounting the know
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   by he11ow 7y ago

   Not as much as I used to: Just some context. I went to uni before MySpace and Facebook. And I studied hard sciences, which required hours and hours of intense focus. I loved that. A couple of years ago it hit me I very rarely get to that l
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   by he11ow 7y ago

   As much good time with people I love. After thinking long and hard about this very question a few years ago, this is the utility function I decided on. Good time - this isn't just about fun and games. This is about making time and bein
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   by he11ow 7y ago

   I can offer a perspective as someone whose graduate studies in machine learning were during the "AI Winter", the time period after the first hype wave of NN and before the second wave we're currently in today. The math progre
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   by he11ow 7y ago

   I found it really uplifting to read so many people do it. Echo the sentiment of feeling like a weirdo when I do it. All the same, I try to keep at it, because I think nothing feels better than knowing you've made a positive difference.
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   by he11ow 7y ago

   I'm not going to point to one route over another. Frankly, you read as though you could use some time off. But here are a couple of things to take into consideration: What I see (here and elsewhere. And I've experienced this mysel
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   by he11ow 7y ago

   One thing I've found incredibly powerful over time is sussing what "Good Enough" looks like in the context of whatever task I'm dealing with. I just can't overstate how much Good Enough is important. It saves you do
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   by he11ow 7y ago

   I built some NLP infrastructure, as part of a larger project I'm working on. Two bits I was fairly pleased with were 1. Something that takes a line-chart and turns into a word narrative of what the graph is describing. https:/&#x
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    by he11ow 7y ago

    For sure, for any kind of skill, there are always going to be people who are better than you at it. It's just that I'm not sure that better is what matters anyways. It seems to me that what's fazing you is not exactly peopl
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    by he11ow 7y ago

    One, here are two lists of online games to teach coding, first list is for CSS, other is for WebDev. Frankly, I've bookmarked them for myself, they look so cute. https://dev.to/paco_ita/train-your-css-skills-with-o
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    by he11ow 7y ago

    >it is really hard to make a leap in improvement in technical skills. So true. I think it's exactly because of this that many professionals tend to reach a level and then expand their knowledge at the margin.From today's vantag