pj_mukh

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by pj_mukh 8y ago
Oddly enough, currently the opposite is true. All the construction blocks being put up sometimes in the name of environmental assessment are pushing people out of dense areas and into sprawling suburbs, with people taking on huge commutes t
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by pj_mukh 8y ago
Add a python interpreter. Let me code-solve it. haha!
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by pj_mukh 8y ago
If he can do 120 sq.ft for $50k. Can he do, 500sq ft for $210K? That sounds reasonable. I reckon the problem here, isn't the problem of packing in homes, its land-use approvals.
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by pj_mukh 8y ago
Agreed, I remember in first year our engineering professor teaching us all these abstract concepts about robot controllers and the philosophy behind them and then finishing the lecture by telling us, "Also, when you get to your first j
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by pj_mukh 8y ago
"show most startup founders will refuse to watch" Hah! Anecdotally, I've had the opposite experience watching the show and running a startup in the valley. Most of my co-founder friends have seen it and see it as a sort of ca
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by pj_mukh 8y ago
Yes. Cities change. All the time. Why is this suddenly a problem? New train/subway lines are built (even in SF! [1]), sidewalks are widened (car lanes can be collapsed). None of this is new, in fact, this kind of growth and change has
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by pj_mukh 8y ago
The idea isn't to put them off, that seems like a mindlessly cynical goal. Build the infrastructure to support the larger numbers. If the infrastructure needs to discriminate against tourists, that's fine too (e.g. added trains fo
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by pj_mukh 8y ago
"usually only a euro or two a night, so not enough to put us off in anyway, but in aggregate allowing the cities to invest in facilities that could support the tourist influx." This is exactly the right strategy! And the "inf
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by pj_mukh 8y ago
I'm thinking this could be a solution that various businesses could adopt temporarily. And not a turnkey solution for each business. These stories also keep coming out of various businesses in Europe with the influx of Chinese and Indi
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by pj_mukh 8y ago
Sorry, my engineering my mind craves a solution. Wouldn't forcing people into an asynchronous online/mobile queue be the best solution? You can favour verified locals if you want there, control exactly how many orders you take in,
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by pj_mukh 8y ago
Worked at 3 startups and 2 mega-corps and had the absolute opposite experience. The only time a manager at a startup was trying to stringently manage me was when he was hired from a mega-corp. Lot of startups make that mistake. For me, star
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by pj_mukh 8y ago
With this much wide distribution of ML algorithms in use, its still funny to see papers begin with "One of the mysteries of deep learning is that...." and then goes on to lay out the multiple ways we have no idea why some of these
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by pj_mukh 8y ago
Maybe a better ("local") geo-filter would solve that problem? Find local meetups to fund.
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by pj_mukh 8y ago
They did the same with their e-bikes and then capped them. Quite a dysfunctional solution.
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by pj_mukh 8y ago
After moving here, I see this point too. However, there's very clearly parts of the city that could look like Taipei and the city still wouldn't lose its look at feel. Feel free to stick all of us Techies in Gigantic high-rises in
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by pj_mukh 8y ago
Seconded. Tried to read some of his stuff. If he stuck to self-help, I think it'd be great. I have no idea why he tries to make (mostly nonsensical) political arguments/connections. Edit: For a deeper dive into why I specifically
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by pj_mukh 8y ago
Can Flix help?[1]. New investment, renewed vigour to innovate. If they can convert a good percentage of people who would now take their car because Greyhound's are so uncomfortable, they maybe profitable in these rural routes. [1] htt
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by pj_mukh 8y ago
We've been experimenting with using VR for remote meetings and it really does work in making physical presence more relevant. I think Spatial is really onto something but they can simplify the product even more. My main "immediate
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by pj_mukh 8y ago
300x300px as per Verge[1] [1]: https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/10/23/18010468/...
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by pj_mukh 8y ago
I've heard through the grapevine that Tensorflow-Lite just makes a CoreML conversion for you? Is that true?
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by pj_mukh 8y ago
AFAIK, homeless problem scales with population size. So if you divide by population size (which those values do), the value should stay roughly the same. What are the factors that make this untrue?
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by pj_mukh 8y ago
"San Francisco currently spends around $430 per city resident per year on services and programs for the homeless, compared to $260 in New York and $110 in Los Angeles" Anyone know why this discrepancy exists? I know this includes
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by pj_mukh 8y ago
I wonder if a vacant parcel tax would help here. Vancouver did this with varying success[1], and Oakland has this on the November ballot[2] If real-estate owners want to "wait" for a better deal, they should pay for the resulting
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by pj_mukh 8y ago
Seconded. Especially because it's a very candid engineer's account of a fundamentally creative endeavour.
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by pj_mukh 8y ago
I love taking trains. BART is my jam. Buses being at the whim of traffic while costing only 15-20% less than Uber Express for 5-10miles while offering none of the live-information means its a no-go for me. I've spent far too long waiti
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by pj_mukh 8y ago
Close. Less likely I'm gonna hit one of a) Potholes b) Uphill (where the electric bikes fare much better) The scooters are just much less of a hassle (no need to lock etc.) for quick rides and more fun
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by pj_mukh 8y ago
For me, it breaks down to: 0-2miles - Scooters (or walk), 2-5miles - Electric Bikes (or Uber), 5-15miles - Uber/Lyft It is a nice little transportation stack Uber and Lyft are fighting over.
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Using scene recognition to remember plane locations in ARKit(medium.com)
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by pj_mukh 9y ago
Wouldn't photo-realism here be nice? The Microsoft simulator is a little more photo-realistic[1]. At first glance, WRLD looks a little cartoon-y. Wondering if anyone's tried this? [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?
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by pj_mukh 9y ago
Very true. Which is why I'm still waiting for what happened to all the lower level safety systems, presumably driven by lighting invariant LIDAR or RADAR systems, in the Uber situation. The article kind of mentions: "cyclist detec

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