mkolodny

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   by mkolodny 6y ago

   People hop over subway turnstiles all the time. It would have to be more secure than that to make me feel safe once I'm inside. You could have security guards with masks at every entrance. But if even one person with COVID-19 gets past
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   by mkolodny 7y ago

   The same way businesses have always been funded - by selling things people think are worth buying.
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   by mkolodny 7y ago

   This is exactly how two of the biggest startups of the past 15 years - Airbnb and Uber - were built. Airbnb and Uber built products that were in a legal gray area. Lawmakers are still catching up to them.
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   by mkolodny 7y ago

   The first one. At least as of last year, Swift4TensorFlow's goal is to go from Swift -> XLA/MLIR -> GPU kernels.
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   by mkolodny 7y ago

   Design: Creation of Artifacts in Society is my favorite course I've ever taken: https://www.coursera.org/learn/design It's taught by Karl Ulrich, a UPenn/Wharton professor/Vice Dean who helped desig
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   by mkolodny 7y ago

   I've taken Chris Lattner / Jeremy Howard's lessons on Swift for TensorFlow [0][1]. I'll try to paraphrase their answers to your questions: There aren't major benefits to using Swift4TensorFlow yet. But (most likely)
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   by mkolodny 7y ago

   I'd guess this is the face shield you're referring to: https://www.prusaprinters.org/prints/25857-prusa-face-shield It's awesome that Prusa designed and open sourced face shields. Apple seems to have imp
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   by mkolodny 7y ago

   From the FDA: "even a properly fitted N95 respirator does not completely eliminate the risk of illness or death" https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/personal-protective-equi...
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   by mkolodny 7y ago

   Nice! I think adding upvoting HN-style would help with the sorting. Edit: And HN-style comments might make it easier to discuss the papers.
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    by mkolodny 7y ago

    It's one of my favorite books. Totally explains why Facebook would buy Oculus for $2 Billion. Ready Player One shows virtual reality's potential to infinitely expand our world. It's also just a really fun book with a ton of i
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    by mkolodny 7y ago

    Based on the U.S. Department of Labor's release a couple days ago, it sounds like states are responsible for creating laws to pay benefits where workers aren't working due to the coronavirus [0]. Importantly, "federal law doe
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    by mkolodny 7y ago

    Personally, I think this is incredibly irresponsible. Elon told his workers to stay home even if they feel "slightest bit ill or even uncomfortable" [0]. Yet, according to the CDC, symptoms may not appear until 2-14 days after exp
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    by mkolodny 7y ago

    Maybe they don't want to draw attention to how many people are going to lose their jobs because of this yet. Cashier is the #2 job in the US (by number of people employed) [0]. If they released this at Whole Foods, I'd guess they&
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    by mkolodny 7y ago

    Might there have been an RFID sticker on that apple you bought? Something like this one: https://www.amazon.com/YARONGTECH-50pcs-MIFARE-Classic-adhes...
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    by mkolodny 7y ago

    I was under the impression that Amazon is using RFID for "just walk out". They filed patents for a "shelf with integrated electronics", which mentions RFID as a potential implementation [0]. Does anyone here know for sur
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    by mkolodny 7y ago

    That's assuming that Waymo employees don't just have Alphabet stock.. Are you sure Waymo employees get Waymo stock?
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    by mkolodny 7y ago

    The author points to low wages as a real reason why people go hungry: > By focusing on food waste, corporate actors wash their hands of their responsibility to ensure their workers are paid — and therefore fed — just as fast as they punt
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    by mkolodny 7y ago

    Personally, I think it's hilarious. It reminds me of the "Butt-faces" - the name the first executive group at Nike gave themselves [0] [0] https://www.amazon.com/Shoe-Dog-Memoir-Creator-Nike-ebook/dp...
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    by mkolodny 7y ago

    Regarding #3, we still have so far to go to get to human-level intelligence that I think companies benefit more from open research than closing their doors. When a company publishes their research, others can find and publish improvements t
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    by mkolodny 7y ago

    I recently left SF, and feel a little differently, so I'll share my take on your points: * Homeless people are rare in most of SF, but super common in the middle of downtown (Market St area). So if you live/work near Market St (es
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    by mkolodny 7y ago

    Ah that's a different story. The posts do look more like internal memos. I doubt they're trying to shame Facebook for charging CERN for Workplace. I do wonder what the person who posted this to HN's intentions were, though.
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    by mkolodny 7y ago

    There's nothing wrong with dropping an internal tool because you don't want to pay for it. Posting about it publicly is a different story. I'm not seeing why they would post about it publicly unless they wanted to put public
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    by mkolodny 7y ago

    Intelligence != Action
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    by mkolodny 7y ago

    I think it's implied that people mean ethical use of A.I. rather than just ethical A.I.
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    by mkolodny 7y ago

    Then later in that section: > we believe the issue of advertising causes enough mixed incentives that it is crucial to have a competitive search engine that is transparent This change seems to go directly against their belief that it&#x2
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    by mkolodny 7y ago

    There was an excellent article posted about this subject a few days ago: "Is it really just sexism? An alternative argument for why women leave STEM" ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22077603 )
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    by mkolodny 7y ago

    Any papers / blog posts / GitHub repos you can recommend to learn about using SVG images for neural networks?
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    by mkolodny 7y ago

    Great synopsis of the article. Nothing about GP's comment relates to the article's points. In case anyone's reading these comments who hasn't read the article, it's super worth reading.
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    by mkolodny 7y ago

    When you talk about about a big company, you're really talking about thousands of individuals. Each with their own goals and values. When a big company does something wrong, often it's just one to five of those thousands of people
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    by mkolodny 7y ago

    I didn't downvote, but I agree with GP that growth isn't a zero sum game. If you create the right product, then you and the people who pay for your growth all end up better off than you were before.