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by high_derivative 5y ago
I noticed there are bi-monthly long-haul trips mentioned in the advert. Does everyone have to attend?
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by high_derivative 5y ago
NVIDIA is going to do that either way. Huang is not asleep at the wheel.
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by high_derivative 5y ago
I am not really buying the lack of participation in MLPerf. Just give us the numbers, don't skirt around about 'not being made for these benchmarks'.
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by high_derivative 5y ago
Yes, it's the end of the road with me for Apple products. Might go for Pixel 6 + GrapheneOS, and Dell XPS instead of MBP. I am happy with their timing because I would have otherwise bought an iPhone 13 and be really annoyed if they ann
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by high_derivative 5y ago
Im really starting to develop a visceral hatred for Apple. They are talking sanctimoniously about privacy out of one end of their mouth, put on a family friendly face by banning anything offending prude sensibilities, while having no qualms
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Apple Reports Third Quarter Results [pdf](apple.com)
3 points by high_derivative 5y ago|0 comments
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Alphabet Announces Second Quarter 2021 Results(abc.xyz)
56 points by high_derivative 5y ago|64 comments
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by high_derivative 5y ago
I dont think this is cynical and I don't think it's a bad thing. OpenAI is not a huge org. The truth in 2021 is that not only is robotics 'just not there yet' in terms of being a useful vehicle for general intelligence r
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by high_derivative 5y ago
As a FAANG employee, the way this typically happens is this: There is some sort of team reshuffle, someone moving to a new project and so on. Another team agrees to take on a high level IC (I assume this guy was at least L8-9). At that leve
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by high_derivative 5y ago
Pushing back against ideas of critical race theory is important lest they dominate all our discourse and turn us all into victims.
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by high_derivative 5y ago
Apple likes a family friendly facade on its products of Chinese slave labour
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by high_derivative 5y ago
I wonder how much of this is owed to the financialization of medicine where many patients especially in poorer areas are now not seeing a doctor but a 'nurse practitioner', where responsibilities are diffused by design.
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by high_derivative 5y ago
"Adjustments to our technology to better account for situations in which language may be reclaimed by underrepresented communities and used in non-harmful ways." Rejoice: The digital n-word pass is here at last. Will they scan fac
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by high_derivative 5y ago
Why did you pay the $10k?
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by high_derivative 5y ago
Why anyone would ask sociologists about how tech work should be done is absolutely beyond me.
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by high_derivative 5y ago
My understanding used to be that this will not change much on an immediate basis since the nano-particle delivery system + its manufacturing chain are quite complicated and not easily scalable. Does anyone know if this is not the case?
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by high_derivative 5y ago
Critical race theory in 2021 is so absurd that if you wrote a novel about it being used as a cultural weapon to destabilize societies it would be rejected. But it's happening and there are no signs of it slowing down yet.
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by high_derivative 5y ago
The name is too similar to google in my opinion, mooglemail/googlemail..just inviting trouble I think
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by high_derivative 5y ago
I don't know why you are getting downvoted for this. AirBnb's valuation is basically extracted from society by pocketing the difference to anyone needing to follow regulations. AirBnB does not create value, it extracts it from com
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by high_derivative 5y ago
Oh come on, nothing on the conflict of interest of Moxie being involved with MobileCoin? You have to address the elephant in the room at some point. ( https://www.coindesk.com/signal-founder-may-have-been-more-t... )
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by high_derivative 6y ago
I cringe every time I read startups proudly writing about their unique compensation philosophies. Almost without exception, they have to end up changing it and ending up with typical corporate structures. Because there is a reason for them.
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by high_derivative 6y ago
And these employees are deleting subreddits (e.g. gender critical), suppress media they don't like..it's really surprising reddit has not found attention the same way twitter or facebook have. Maybe because of their political lean
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by high_derivative 6y ago
I will never forget getting my Butterfly MBP repaired (within the warranty), and the Apple employee telling me it would have been $600 but they were generously doing this for free, this time.
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by high_derivative 6y ago
The grind is that if you are coming from impoverished circumstances, it the salary you can send e.g. to your family can lift your whole family out of poverty. It's a great personal sacrifice that most HN readers do not need to make, bu
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by high_derivative 6y ago
>, the grind for the first few years to make a small mark and advance up the ladder is very similar, Citation needed. At which FAANG do people work 90 hours a week? I see junior engineers working consistently 40-50 hours (FAANG ML lab),
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by high_derivative 6y ago
One thing I find interesting is that banking is still a way to make a large salary almost purely on grind. It's not an intellectual competition, it's much easier to get into than good FAANG jobs with better work life balance. It
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by high_derivative 6y ago
But they did not do everything they can. They did not expedite AZ vaccine approval, they are messing up the rollout, they tried to negotiate prices instead of securing vaccines at all costs. They made a whole theatre about AZ deliveries and
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by high_derivative 6y ago
The difference being that there is no evidence yet to point towards vaccinations causing these, while there is plenty evidence for covid. Further, there is plenty of evidence for the lost lives by NOT vaccinating faster.
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by high_derivative 6y ago
Same thought, I think this is part of political cover for the failing (in comparison) vaccination effort's in continental Europe. 'See, we were right not to vaccinate this fast' For the downvoters: https://www.theg
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by high_derivative 6y ago
I am not an expert on this, and these below are not my opinions but how I have understood the debate thus far: - Gender dysphoria is classified in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) - When it manifests in young pe

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