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by icey 10y ago
Related, I carry a Synapse 19 daily and freaking love it. Best backpack I've ever bought, and will probably carry it for the next long while.
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by icey 10y ago
I'd love to chat with you about this; my contact info is in my profile if you're interested.
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by icey 10y ago
Nick Bostrom also did an interview on EconTalk that covers quite a lot of the topics in the book from a high-level, if you want a shorter introduction to AI safety and the control problem: http://www.econtalk.org/archives&#x
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by icey 10y ago
Have you thought about picking up any hobbies? Six months would give you plenty of time to learn a hobby and really get into it; you have enough time to try a few. It might be nice to think back on your sabbatical while doing your new hobby
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by icey 10y ago
This is great advice, I want to add to this: > This person should personally gain something by your product. i.e. spend less time doing something they hate, look good to their boss. Linkedin can be super helpful for this. to include &quo
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by icey 10y ago
The reasoning behind the naming is outlined here: http://www.pipeline.com/~hbaker1/CheneyMTA.html . It's a fun read and once you see the lyric it's based on, it makes a lot more sense.
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by icey 10y ago
Perhaps maximized cognitive potential isn't compatible with most corporate jobs.
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Has a rampaging AI algorithm really killed thousands in Pakistan?(theguardian.com)
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by icey 11y ago
Mostly it's about letting folks know we're paying attention. I'm not in a community function at all (I'm a developer turned salesperson -- I just happen to be a long-time HN user and thought I'd mention that this st
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by icey 11y ago
Heya, random GitHubber here -- I can't provide any information about things that are in-progress, but we see these threads and are paying attention to them. The "Dear GitHub" letter, etc all get sent around here, show up in c
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How an app company got sold(medium.com)
1 points by icey 11y ago|0 comments
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by icey 11y ago
I started reading the sequel this weekend, based on your recommendation. So far it's been excellent. Thank you for the suggestion!
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by icey 11y ago
I just started reading Avogadro Corp ( http://www.amazon.com/Avogadro-Corp-Singularity-Closer-Appea... ) this weekend, and this reminds me quite a lot of the emergent AI that figures heavily in the story (ELOPe). A quick syno
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by icey 11y ago
Something that smells bad to me: Homejoy was facing multiple lawsuits at the time they shut down ( http://www.forbes.com/sites/ellenhuet/2015/07/17/cleaning-st... ). Is this some kind of end-run aroun
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by icey 11y ago
> Odds are that the founders weren't behind this move. Are you insinuating that someone other than Aaron Cheung sent the email from the top of the post? That seems... strange.
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Videos from Elixir Conf 2015(confreaks.tv)
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by icey 11y ago
I keep a copy of this on my desk. When people start smelling like it's about to leak out in the middle of conversation, I'll casually pick it up and flip through the pages. It seems to work ;)
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by icey 11y ago
My understanding from reading past posts is that they think this could be a great way to discover people who would be interested in roles at companies they hadn't previously considered. Shotgunning everyone who plays as leads isn'
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by icey 11y ago
Poker math is great for quick estimation of whether an investment (time, money, or otherwise) is worthwhile. Poker is all about risk vs. reward, and puts you into the mindset of approaching risk statistically instead of using an all-or-noth
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The Massive OPM Hack Actually Affected 25M(wired.com)
3 points by icey 11y ago|0 comments
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by icey 11y ago
Yes, absolutely!
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by icey 11y ago
Pinboard is one of those pieces of software that has "just worked" since I first signed on. It's been a surprisingly useful part of my daily life, and the lack of bullshit when using it has been awesome. Also: Maciej is an in
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by icey 11y ago
No, definitely not! Please apply.
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by icey 11y ago
We don't have an internship program in place at the moment.
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by icey 11y ago
GitHub is hiring across all teams, both in SF and remote: https://github.com/about/jobs . We especially need sales engineers, which is a great role for any developer or ops person looking to make a transition to sales.
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by icey 11y ago
Awesome, this helped quite a lot. Thank you!
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by icey 11y ago
It would be great to see a refactor of some code using transducers to get a better sense of what they're useful for. From an abstraction standpoint, I can see the attraction; but I am having a tough time imagining how it would improve
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by icey 11y ago
That's a great idea; just posted it over there and added it to the sidebar.
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by icey 11y ago
Perhaps he meant teraflops, and there was a transcription error? Although I imagine prediction would have to be petaflops to be accurate.
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by icey 11y ago
I was a developer for 17 years and switched into enterprise sales a couple of years ago (with a short stint as a technical account manager in between). The upside of the transition is that sales is still a job for problem-solvers, although

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