myegorov

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by myegorov 1mo ago
Written using a harness? Too verbose to be read.
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by myegorov 2mo ago
> For the vast majority of software out there, this quality gap simply doesn't matter. You don't mean the majority of paid for software can behave non-deterministically? That's the value add of the human in the loop.
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by myegorov 2mo ago
My workflow as well. If I had to gauge the direction of the wind, this produces the work of somewhere between 1-2 pre-AI engineers. My own code quality probably went down, along with my focus and the depth of understanding. Bug rates have i
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by myegorov 2mo ago
Fun fact: you can get to/from Schiphol by bike.
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by myegorov 5mo ago
Reads like it's straight out of The Onion.
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by myegorov 8mo ago
>My productive output as a programmer in software and business have expanded 3x compounding monthly . In what units?
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by myegorov 10mo ago
Try talking to white collar workers outside your bubble. Better yet get a job.
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by myegorov 1y ago
My sense is there's a long queue of candidates for the NYC and Boston offices stuck without a team match.
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by myegorov 3y ago
How is a $25 life saving medication "too cheap"? That's 1/10 of the out-of-pocket maximum per year in Norway or Sweden. Which by the way covers all of medical visits, hospital stays, prescriptions.
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by myegorov 3y ago
This would be discussed in an introduction to soil mechanics and foundation design (Braja Das's textbooks used to be the standard reference in the US when I was a student 15+ years ago) but I'm afraid they're too dry for anyo
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by myegorov 3y ago
The ability of a dry stack retaining wall to shift and breathe is a feature, not a bug. For stone walls that require added reinforcement against lateral loads, look into tiebacks or geogrid reinforcement.
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by myegorov 3y ago
Right on. Craftsman tools have been frowned upon at least for the last 20 years. Milwaukee sawzalls are legendary.
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by myegorov 3y ago
+1 to no labor shortage in the construction industry. Good luck getting trained as a tradesman outside the unions. Joining a union is a practical impossibility if you're a white male. You'll be subsidizing your non-union employers
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by myegorov 3y ago
Sucralose (Splenda) increases insulin resistance.
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by myegorov 5y ago
I can trace some drastic changes in my own life's trajectory to this book. Baxandall treats a familiar subject in starkly unfamiliar terms. Putting it in context but not making it any more relatable as it would be in a work of fiction
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by myegorov 5y ago
Painting and Experience in 15th Century Italy by Michael Baxandall
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by myegorov 5y ago
I've been going over Touretzky's Common Lisp book [1] with a 10-year old. [1] https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/LispBook/book.pdf
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by myegorov 6y ago
I'm not familiar with Stuyvesant, TJHSST and the like. The best Russian schools follow the Konstantinov [1] tradition of "listki" (handouts), where each student is essentially guided to re-invent the math curriculum by solvin
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by myegorov 7y ago
Is this a sign of a forthcoming job market collapse? I don't remember anything similar during the previous recession.
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by myegorov 7y ago
fwiw this describes my experience of interviewing at Databricks
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by myegorov 8y ago
To its credit, Twitter has been doing this for some time now.
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by myegorov 8y ago
Most comments seem to quibble about exact numbers. That the number of people let go is comparable is enough to give you a pause.
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by myegorov 8y ago
Could be used to generate building plans or other schematics (pretty sure of no use though). Could certainly be put to good use generating pornographic images.
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by myegorov 8y ago
I don't know about what's in America's favor. I know for a fact that I would not willingly compete with all software developers in a global marketplace. I'd lose my big4 job in a split second. Canada's tech sector m
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by myegorov 8y ago
By way of a thought experiment: If all human beings are equal, is this a necessary and sufficient condition to let a homeless person stay with you for a night? Assuming this is an option for a relative or friend. Why not willingly give up y
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by myegorov 8y ago
Also from the authors: Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_Directory
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by myegorov 8y ago
Don't have experience with most of the industries that Musk dabbles in, but did spend a decade in construction. I have no doubt in my mind that Musk's roofing and tunneling ventures are sham.
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by myegorov 8y ago
Related meetup: UBER : Big Data Infrastructure and Machine Learning Platform https://www.meetup.com/SF-Big-Analytics/events/257037259/
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by myegorov 8y ago
Curious, how did you reconcile your peripatetic lifestyle with having children? Schooling and making friends would seem to be a challenge?
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by myegorov 8y ago
Not too long ago, homosexuality was criminalized.

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