maxlamb

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by maxlamb 6y ago
That makes sense and explains why it's unlikely to have local minimas, but I don't get the "no minimal at all" argument. Why no global minimas at all, just because of high dimensionality?
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by maxlamb 6y ago
Because search is the only area where Google has a clear monopoly.
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by maxlamb 6y ago
Not sure where you saw that, I see property tax listed as $3300 a month.
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by maxlamb 6y ago
In Austin, property tax is around 2.4% of current appraised value , paid yearly. Way higher than CA.
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by maxlamb 6y ago
primarily because they can't sustain their population with the farmland they presently have. Source? Why would all of a sudden China not be able to sustain its population with the current farmland?
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by maxlamb 6y ago
If you look at hunter gather societies, I don't see how PG's arguments are comical. They are by and large egalitarian and up until about 8k years ago almost all humans were part of small, egalitarian groups (i.e. hunter gatherer t
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by maxlamb 6y ago
Yes, these laws were enacted after WW2 specifically because of the Holocaust, i.e. the horror that widespread hateful propaganda can cause
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by maxlamb 6y ago
So basically you are arguing that if all the disinformation published on your site leads to terrorist attacks and worst case, a war (either civil war or think of how disinformation was used by Hitler to convince most of Germany he was doing
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by maxlamb 6y ago
This was true in the past but this year with covid and the fires it’s likely the high end will see a big out-migration as well... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/12/san-francisc...
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by maxlamb 6y ago
People forget these days that technology (i.e. “tech companies”) does not equate to the internet, which is a just small subset. Technology is defined as “the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry
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by maxlamb 6y ago
but the thing is government policy CAN make a difference for just the situation you described, like increasing property taxes on investment properties. Berlin is an example where government has mostly successfully kept rents stable, or a le
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by maxlamb 6y ago
I'm not sure where you're getting your data but median house prices have risen significantly in Houston metro area since 2012 (over 50%) https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/ATNHPIUS26420Q
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by maxlamb 6y ago
You should see “The Great Hack” on Netflix. It might change your mind.
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by maxlamb 6y ago
The other viewpoint is that you provide the same value to your company whether you work in SF or in Kansas City (assuming WFH in both places). So basically you are saying "Hey, if I move to a cheaper place, please take 40% of my compe
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by maxlamb 6y ago
Had the exact same experience interviewing for Amazon way back in 2005. I was still in college, and the answer he was looking for involved some obscure Linux/Unix command. I really felt defeated and thought “well I guess I’m just not e
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by maxlamb 6y ago
Heart disease means presence of plaque in arteries, it is physically verifiable, the plaque is physically stuck to the artery walls and is much harder to get rid of. If you are doing something that makes you unhappy because you really need
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by maxlamb 6y ago
Interesting. What's the main goal(s) of your NLP models?
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by maxlamb 6y ago
Total compensation, yes (i.e. base salaries are usually much lower)
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by maxlamb 6y ago
If you don't mind me asking, what tools (if any) did you use to design your landing page UI?
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by maxlamb 6y ago
I know people who feel more burned out at a job with no deadlines and very little work to do. Some people burn out because they feel their work is meaningless, and so in a way their life in meaningless. Add to that the feeling that they are
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by maxlamb 6y ago
But that's the thing, for iOS devices there is no alternative option, and it is not possible to have another option since Apple won't allow it.
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by maxlamb 6y ago
Not if it’s a grazer
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by maxlamb 6y ago
Did you mean high or tight?
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by maxlamb 6y ago
But didn't he say a couple of weeks ago that Tesla's stock price is too high? So is he trying to increase or decrease the stock price?
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by maxlamb 6y ago
the WITH clause is now in SQL Server and Oracle
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by maxlamb 6y ago
How are the dems attempting to sabotage the current presidency? Holding someone accountable =/= sabotage. Seems like Trump is sabotaging his own presidency more than any one else.
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by maxlamb 6y ago
I think it's more nuanced than that. If you hang out with them outside of work on a regular basis, then maybe they are genuine friends and that's great. The problem discussed is a different situation: You get along great with your
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by maxlamb 6y ago
Technically she did not deceive though. If you read what she said everything is truthful.
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by maxlamb 6y ago
Michigan’s order started on March 23rd, so just 3 weeks and 1 day ago. I guess next week we’ll have better data on the impact.
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by maxlamb 6y ago
The graph keeps going up in an exponential curve, even the one with interventions, through the end of May. You can see even the rate increasing at the end of May, so that means acceleration of growth with no hint of a leveling off. If they

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