kyleschiller

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by kyleschiller 10y ago
Yeah, I don't think the article is trying to make a claim about the existence of physical causality, it's about what attitude we ought to take to take.
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by kyleschiller 10y ago
Debating the actual importance of luck seems a lot less important than developing the proper attitude towards luck. Pretending luck doesn't exist can lead to arrogance and a lack of empty for people who haven't succeeded. On the o
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Yeah, despite being largely discredited in the sciences, Freud has always maintained popularity in the humanities and social sciences. If nothing else, he can be credited with framing the debates that happened afterwards. It's telling
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Yeah, this absolutely feels like a case where content is driven by business model as much as the technology itself. Going subscription-first and focusing on quality content makes sense if you're trying to differentiate yourself. The co
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It's just backlash against the hype. It's sort of hard to have a technical discussion since people aren't usually negative towards it for technical reasons. Blockchain is a relatively new technology with plenty of promises pa
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I feel like I'd be a lot more convinced by this if the author made a genuine attempt to understand the conference instead of interpreting his ignorance as proof of tech's "rot". "brings the next generation of B2
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Very strong third. The appendix alone taught me most of what I know about python, and it's a great departure from the mass of online materials that focus on ML without getting into the tools you'll need for cleaning and managing
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Anecdotally, I have no degree, 1 internship, no significant side projects and now make $100k + significant equity. If it matters, I was hired through a Who's Hiring post with no personal connections. The biggest justification for it is
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Lack of competition. A University's revenue is basically defined by it's capacity, which means that lowering tuition doesn't let you "win" in any sense of the word. The huge boom in EdTech startups is partially attr
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I used to work at Udacity so I'm pretty biased, but I will say that the concern here seems pretty misplaced. "The reality is that the for profit school’s only goal was to make money for their investors. It doesn’t matter if the st
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by kyleschiller 10y ago
Yup, sent a cold email with HN in the subject line and ended up with a job as a software engineer at a YC startup.