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The End of Software(docs.google.com)
2 points by realtalk_sp 5mo ago|1 comments
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by realtalk_sp 5mo ago
Linked from https://mse435.stanford.edu/materials.html
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by realtalk_sp 5mo ago
Would you mind posting the outcome of this? A person I love dearly is struggling with Long Covid/CFS. I’ve been doing something similar to what you describe, but I’m always looking for more angles that could help.
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by realtalk_sp 6y ago
I explicitly caveated my statement with "Using a PhD as a gateway into applied ML" for a reason. The vast majority of people going into applied ML are not pioneering new methods. They're using ML as a tool to support business
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by realtalk_sp 6y ago
Using a PhD as a gateway into applied ML is so horrifically misguided I hardly know where to even begin debunking it. PhDs are one especially crappy way to prove you have the intellectual chops to engage with ML. There are far more direct
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by realtalk_sp 6y ago
Accessibility is the sort of thing that has to be regulated into existence because the economic cost-benefit often cannot be justified. Similar to handicap parking, ramps, etc.
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by realtalk_sp 6y ago
Really tiring of this clickbaity nonsense infecting science and math. This analogy is so tenuous you could snap it with a feather.
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by realtalk_sp 6y ago
Hmm I think I wasn't clear enough with "Stoicism and tangential philosophies". I didn't mean to imply any one philosophy is necessarily a definitive prescription. Rather, they include various good ideas that should be bo
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by realtalk_sp 6y ago
To be clear, the "efficiency with which a resource is used" in this case can be represented roughly by dollar per unit compute. As that value goes down, you would expect software "waste" to go up. That's how the Jev
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by realtalk_sp 6y ago
"In economics, the Jevons paradox (/ˈdʒɛvənz/; sometimes Jevons effect) occurs when technological progress or government policy increases the efficiency with which a resource is used (reducing the amount necessary for any one
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by realtalk_sp 6y ago
It's almost like the problem is wanting to be special? Stoicism and tangential philosophies are more critically important than ever, in my opinion. I've also found a great deal of benefit from not participating in social media. ED
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by realtalk_sp 6y ago
Do you worry that you're taking money at a valuation that's predicated on artificially and transiently elevated demand? It doesn't sound like you have a business compatible with the VC hyper-growth model, outside of the prese
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by realtalk_sp 6y ago
I suspect many developers would find software a lot less appealing if it were closer to a traditional engineering discipline (slow, unforgiving, dramatically reduced expressive power and creative potential, etc). I'm somewhat ADD and g
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by realtalk_sp 6y ago
What's considered aesthetically pleasing continually evolves over time. There are underlying trends in physical beauty that resemble what we see in fashion, art, music, etc. Humans also have a quite a lot of control over much of their
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by realtalk_sp 6y ago
This really goes a long way towards explaining the current state of macOS.
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by realtalk_sp 6y ago
You're well behind the cutting edge of hair loss science [1]. It's quite clear from your comment that you haven't read anything about the most recent developments. If you want a good example of what's now possible with a
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by realtalk_sp 6y ago
Hair loss is on the precipice of being effectively solved (infinite transplants via stem cells) and the price will likely go down over the next 5 to 10 years as the technology to produce hair follicles and perform robotic transplantations m
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by realtalk_sp 6y ago
I can assure you that Musk has at no point intimated that Tesla is not a worthy investment and that he's not interested in profit maximization. He has only ever hinted at this peripherally, as described.
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by realtalk_sp 6y ago
If you're at a really early stage and still evaluating an idea, I would highly recommend Running Lean . Concrete, detailed step-by-step manual for figuring out if an idea is worth pursuing.
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by realtalk_sp 6y ago
They don't have any significant monopolistic advantage and they're operating in a highly price-sensitive, competitive market. My personal theory is that Musk knows this and his real objective is to provoke car manufacturers into c
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by realtalk_sp 6y ago
There shouldn't be a debate at all since both sides are technically correct. Here's the definition from Google: > dec·i·mate /ˈdesəˌmāt/ verb 1. kill, destroy, or remove a large percentage or part of. "the p
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by realtalk_sp 6y ago
> Yet its strategy misfires and communication blunders have left its African developers in a lurch, underscoring how difficult blending capitalism and social good can be. Stung by the experience, some developers informally refer to the c
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by realtalk_sp 6y ago
It seems like it's about the optics in the present BLM-heavy climate. But you're absolutely right that the market sets rates. And did no one wonder why the hell Andela would exist and be so valuable if there wasn't significan
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by realtalk_sp 6y ago
It wasn't clear to me in reading this article whether or not this is actually cost competitive with existing hydrogen peroxide production methods. Or is it more about it being an environmentally-friendly play?
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by realtalk_sp 6y ago
Pretty fantastic case study in the perils of complex systems. Is there any place where these types of post-mortems are collected? Could be a very valuable resource for systems engineers.
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by realtalk_sp 6y ago
Something I find odd is this presumption that most software engineering roles necessitate practice in the form of side projects. That hasn't been my experience. Modern-day software seems to take the form of mostly being fairly repetiti
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by realtalk_sp 6y ago
Yea it's not useful. This could be the result of positive forces such as more kids going to university instead of entering the work force (improvement in educational attainment) and/or people able and choosing to retire earlier OR
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by realtalk_sp 6y ago
When there's more capital available (and there's been an abundance of it in the last decade plus), the time it takes to make a new market/industry competitive enough to shred margins goes down a by lot. In recent history, thi
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by realtalk_sp 6y ago
I would challenge the idea that you must continuously learn. It's entirely possible to have become a Java/Spring specialist and continue to remain employed into 2020 and likely well beyond. The churn you're alluding to happen
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by realtalk_sp 6y ago
What makes you think creditors would keep helping Bain "load up [companies] with debt" if doing so yielded an intolerably high risk of default? It seems obvious that they'd run out of patsies, sooner or later.

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