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by md2020 6y ago
I agree that the potential impact of ML on the theoretical side is very exciting. I think there’s a lot of bridging to be done between the most advanced mathematics and the most advanced physics that could lead to new insight, but it’s a ha
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> watching him "smoke" weed or pronounce the name of his kid is pretty boring. Agreed, but those were not the only things Musk did in each of those episodes and they contained a lot of content (that didn't involve just smo
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I won’t disagree with Joe being sort of “bro-like”, but I will disagree with him being the “model man”. I occasionally watch his show and have several friends who do, and none of us would say we aspire to be like Joe Rogan. Like many have s
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by md2020 6y ago
Ah yes, victory over Nazi Germany during WW2 through incredible sacrifice by millions, nothing honorable about that.
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> And then .. a neural net beats us at all board games, another can solve differential equations, another can translate, another can see, and so on. Have we really not learned anything by these inventions? I would still argue no, we have
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My situation is the same as yours, CS junior heading into my capstone project next semester, and my opinion is a resounding yes. The deep learning obsession is almost certainly a hype bubble. I have observed the same here at my university,
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University of Michigan
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FWIW, my university does do this. The college of engineering here publishes a yearly report that breaks down statistics about the graduating class (post-graduation plans, salary statistics, etc.) for each major.
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Ask HN: Advice for students about to graduate?
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by md2020 7y ago
Do you mind sharing the test you used? Curious to try this myself.
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Interestingly, the only places I've interviewed with that deviated from the typical SV coding challenge interview have been the national labs (JPL, LANL, Sandia, etc.). The questions they asked were much more focused on my interests as
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Currently a junior in a reasonably well-regarded (and difficult) CS program, this is 100% how I feel. As a result of my genuine interest in the material being taught and desire to do well on course projects, I do not have the time or energy
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by md2020 7y ago
Looking for a Spring semester 2020 co-op (starting January) or Summer internship (starting May). Worked on software engineering for machine learning and data visualization during my summer internship at Sandia National Laboratories. Locatio