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by jdowner 7y ago
Although I have heard the name before, I am not familiar with Nonviolent Communication. However, reading through the article, I could not help but notice the strong similarity between the 4 steps of NVC and the OODA loop ( https:/&#x2F
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Ask HN: How to Improve Typing Accuracy
2 points by jdowner 7y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: Style guide to ASCII graphics in documentation
7 points by jdowner 7y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: Recommended Platform for Programming Interviews?
5 points by jdowner 8y ago|2 comments
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Ask HN: Worked example of belief propagation
2 points by jdowner 8y ago|0 comments
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by jdowner 8y ago
But then you would be following their principles and not leading! Oh the paradox!
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by jdowner 8y ago
So, would it be illegal to buy a large number of these thermometers and put them in a water bath at 105 degrees?
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Rethink robotics closes its doors(therobotreport.com)
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by jdowner 8y ago
I think you have hit the nail on the head. Maybe it is only paranoia, but over the course of my career I have seen an increased treatment of the employee like chattel. The rights of employees have eroded, almost by choice, through social me
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Ask HN: Recommendations for contract templates
2 points by jdowner 8y ago|0 comments
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250 Ivy League courses you can take online(medium.freecodecamp.org)
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by jdowner 8y ago
I once mixed tabs and spaces.
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Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change(nytimes.com)
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Butlerian Jihad(en.wikipedia.org)
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Ask HN: Advice on how to do B2B market research
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Ask HN: Experience using ARM compute library?
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Ask HN: Is there a machine learning version of 'the algorithm design manual'?
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by jdowner 8y ago
I have always wanted gitlab to become a viable alternative to github, but every time I have used their product I have come away disappointed. Currently trying to import a repo from github to try out their hosting ... 3hrs in and the import
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by jdowner 8y ago
Do no evil* *conditions apply
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by jdowner 8y ago
"The existential pleasures of engineering" by Samuel Florman. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1203186.The_Existential_...
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by jdowner 8y ago
Google may be the first to release a system like this but it won't take long until there are equivalent services, which may not warn that it is an AI. How long until those fun calls to automated systems start with a captcha? sidenote:
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Humanistic Anatomy(thepointmag.com)
2 points by jdowner 9y ago|0 comments
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Knowledge Graphs for Enhanced Machine Reasoning at Forge.AI(medium.com)
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by jdowner 9y ago
Maybe you have to be a rockstar yogi who is killing it at downward facing dawg ;)
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by jdowner 9y ago
I wouldn't say this is a bait and switch, but it is a betrayal. It sounds like a lot of people joined the company because of the work environment. An environment that placed importance of the people in it, and making it somewhere that
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Ask HN: What do you expect from a bioinformatics contractor/consultant?
1 points by jdowner 9y ago|0 comments
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by jdowner 9y ago
Good idea! Sorry, couldn't resist :) Something similar to https://www.kialo.com/tour/ for instance?
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by jdowner 9y ago
When I see job descriptions like this, I think one of two things: (1) either they don't know who they want, or (2) they don't know what they are making. Part of me wonders if they are trying to convey how smart and relevant they a
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by jdowner 9y ago
Agreed! As a mathematician/software engineer I have been looking for environment/ecological projects to work on, but it is really hard to find opportunities. Does anyone know of good places to find opportunities to work on project
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Ask HN: Is it paranoid to avoid submitting applications to hire.withgoogle.com?
3 points by jdowner 9y ago|1 comments

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