huffpopo

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1. 31.▲
   by huffpopo 9y ago

   Going by industry gossip it is a very strong signal. Strong enough to be worth while even though they know customers hate it.
2. 32.▲
   by huffpopo 9y ago

   Retailers who ask customers if they would like to donate to charity after a sale are using it as a test to see if they can raise prices.
3. 33.▲
   by huffpopo 9y ago

   There are literally dozens of us.
4. 34.▲
   by huffpopo 10y ago

   Going to work each day worried that I might get hit by a brick and broken glass was very threatening indeed. And for the record I'm from a poor background and worked my whole life hard for that job. I saved the money I got from it so I
5. 35.▲
   by huffpopo 10y ago

   I remember the die techie scum protests. Vomiting on busses, throwing rocks at bus windows etc. It was very threatening.
6. 36.▲
   by huffpopo 10y ago

   Thank you EDIT: I should point out that the second snide comment was sarcasm on a topic using ML to detect sarcasm and not intended to by snide. Just a little joke for those of us who have worked on this problem.
7. 37.▲
   by huffpopo 10y ago

   Thanks. Makes sense, I was AB testing the community. I'll be quitting HN now. I won't bore anyone with details. All the best.
8. 38.▲
   by huffpopo 10y ago

   Then where is it? Why are my posts missing?
9. 39.▲
   by huffpopo 10y ago

   By "obvious" I meant to ML practitioners (esp frequentists which is more typical for big data). Not everyone. So not priced in. It is not an efficient market. There are huge information asymmetries. I will give you that calling it
10. 40.▲
    by huffpopo 10y ago

    NOTE: The link only appears to work for my old account?? Was I shadow banned? Perhaps banning decenting opinions are a big reason why this election was such a supprise to everyone. https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=tty
11. 41.▲
    by huffpopo 10y ago

    A) This is NOT Big Data B) This election was 101 in ML. The biases were obvious and easy to undo. C) I called it and won a lot of money https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12863445 D) Best not to take advice from people w
12. 42.▲
    by huffpopo 10y ago

    People are polite to you but no one wants to hang out with you. Ever. Coworkers will tell you about a great party they're going to and will not invite you to come along. It's thoroughly depressing. I highly recommend joining a cul
13. 43.▲
    by huffpopo 10y ago

    I'm an expat who has lived in 15 cities in 4 countries. I'm 32 and have been doing this my whole life so it is roughly 2 years per city. I have had to make a whole new set of friends every time. A few insights that I think my add
14. 44.▲
    by huffpopo 10y ago

    Given that Trump believes that global warming is a scam made up by the Chinese to suppress the US, I highly doubt he'll listen
15. 45.▲
    by huffpopo 10y ago

    The stock fell from $85 to $10. At around ~$60 the CEO sells ~$180M in stock to buy a yacht. This may sound stupid to most people but consider this. While yachts depreciate they depreciate less that GoPro stock, which the CEO could have kno
16. 46.▲
    by huffpopo 10y ago

    Because it is a bad idea it is probably for the best that there is more saying than doing.
17. 47.▲
    by huffpopo 10y ago

    Go check out their past investments. It's a joke even by SV standards. It further highlights that they don't have anyone technical on hand that can point out obviously bad ideas. E.g. Gigster. Gigster can't even filter out al