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by hiddencost 12y ago
Yup. I had a friend who spent some time there. Easily the smartest kid in my major. Hired due to a direct referral from faculty. It gets scary, once you see how many math professors have security clearances.
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by hiddencost 12y ago
Stock prices reflect investor expectations of what will happen, not just the current state of the business.
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Making Contact In The ‘Olympics’ Of Ham Radio(onlyagame.wbur.org)
4 points by hiddencost 12y ago|2 comments
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by hiddencost 12y ago
Those are two different books you've linked to...
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by hiddencost 12y ago
That's a dangerous way of thinking about ML. Models aren't magic, they're a approximate hacks that end up working for a specific instance of a problem. More data is always nice, but typically you see accuracy level off (dimin
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by hiddencost 12y ago
The print-on-demand is only available if the author enrolls in the program, I assume for legal reasons. https://www.createspace.com/
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by hiddencost 12y ago
hrm? Amazon does do print-on-demand. It seems fairly obvious that they don't allow custom designs. If you want to print your own stuff, go to a maker space. Quality control is important for a company like Amazon, and custom designs mak
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by hiddencost 13y ago
See my response to the other responder for further specification. I'm an extremely questionable source. Amazon's "Frugal" was certainly everywhere, which is why I remember being surprised by seeing those terms in the per
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by hiddencost 13y ago
(Disclaimer:I'm not a current employee, and I don't remember how it is supposed to work but,) check out the docs on the ERC pages about RSUs, I think it goes through it there. If I recall precisely, it's actually _performanc
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by hiddencost 13y ago
One implication of this that I think is worth mentioning: if Amazon's stock price falls too much, if I remember correctly, their compensation plan has them grant additional RSUs to employees to make up the difference.