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1. 601.▲
   by iab 6y ago

   Every day we stray further from god’s light
2. 602.▲
   by iab 6y ago

   One of the more egregious examples of survivorship bias. Of course you have the luxury of not being afraid of something that doesn't end up killing you, and I will of course endorse her view just as soon as we can confirm from someone
3. 603.▲
   by iab 6y ago

   Exactly - your last paragraph is the crux for me. They could have been fired for no reason, and no notice under the most common at-will agreements. The system does not favor employees at all, and I wish we were all more angry at that.
4. 604.▲
   by iab 6y ago

   What is the liability structure of this approach?
5. 605.▲
   by iab 6y ago

   Is it just me, or has the WSJ become quite sanctimonious recently
6. 606.▲
   by iab 6y ago

   iPhone SE iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max iPhone 11 Max Pro etc. Apple's naming conventions have gone off the rails a bit
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   by iab 6y ago

   That is partly true, in that perpetrators inevitably seem to get away without consequences (whether at work, dealing with bad drivers on the highway, etc.) but how were they supposed to respond to an ultimatum from an employee?
8. 608.▲
   by iab 6y ago

   Good. Grief.
9. 609.▲
   by iab 6y ago

   Differences of opinion on to-be published work, focusing (I believe) on bias in large-scale language models. Gebru was told to retract which was unacceptable, posed an ultimatum to Google (who accepted, immediately without negotiation) lead
10. 610.▲
    by iab 6y ago

    Orthogonal to the who/what/why of this particular scenario, this is completely in keeping with the at-will employment philosophy. If the parties have irreconcilable differences, which is my impression from these articles, then neg
11. 611.▲
    by iab 6y ago

    > I am respected in universities abroad That might be set for a change
12. 612.▲
    by iab 6y ago

    Is this StumbleUpon rising from the dead?
13. 613.▲
    by iab 6y ago

    I’m pretty sure no-one at Waymo believes they have solved self-driving, and likewise to say they aren’t the current leader in demonstrated autonomous capability is fanciful.
14. 614.▲
    by iab 6y ago

    I think that would have been the civilized thing to do. But that is the exception, not the rule in the bay; I.e once you have made your intentions known, and are perceived as someone who could cause damage in the interim, you are out straig
15. 615.▲
    by iab 6y ago

    Maybe it’s more like this is one actionable lever that the state can pull, so they pull it. Doesn’t feel like a data-driven decision.
16. 616.▲
    by iab 6y ago

    Wow - thanks for the heads-up
17. 617.▲
    by iab 6y ago

    > However, these engines, which are still in their testing phase and yet to have any real-world implications, have a major flaw which stops them exceeding Mach 7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_X-43 : Achieved M
18. 618.▲
    by iab 6y ago

    I think this is the crux, in that google is not academia; so naturally a band-gap would arise if your expectations were that it should behave like an academic institution. From their perspective, what requirement is there to publish work th
19. 619.▲
    by iab 6y ago

    Maybe the difference is whether you consider each atom to be a releasable candidate, or is there is another release layer (a-la good old “a successful git branching model”)
20. 620.▲
    by iab 6y ago

    I’m triggered
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    by iab 6y ago

    I prefer functions with no inputs, quite honestly . No outputs either. Also no internal logic. To hell with variables as well.
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    by iab 6y ago

    > dirty, smells like piss and full of graffitis I’m sorry, when did we start talking about BART
23. 623.▲
    by iab 6y ago

    How remarkably fitting for this year.
24. 624.▲
    by iab 6y ago

    You know the drill
25. 625.▲
    by iab 6y ago

    Damn - you got me. Still need that balm tho
26. 626.▲
    by iab 6y ago

    I don’t think it is disgusting to expect that, but it most certainly is naive. There are a set of norms, but they are industrial-research norms, not academic norms and they overlap but are not the same
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    by iab 6y ago

    Millennials - the most amorphous generation
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    by iab 6y ago

    I worked with a really talented engineer at a small s/u, who had previously worked at Lockheed. He told a story about a manager of a missile program, who was responsible for managing & executing launch tests. When notified about an
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    by iab 6y ago

    Came into this thread with a very negative mindset - but am persuaded by your comment, will check it out
30. 630.▲
    by iab 6y ago

    Good choice; we went refurbished on the regular, and have had 4 technician visits in 6 months.