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by sidr 7y ago
I'm surprised to hear that Apple Pay has higher adoption in Europe, given that the iPhone has lower penetration there.
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by sidr 7y ago
I'm a little surprised to hear that. The response you describe was normal when the Chase Sapphire Reserve was newly launched, but since then, and especially with Amex Gold and Platinum also making beefy metal cards, I feel like most fo
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by sidr 7y ago
So you believe whatsapp is not e2e encrypted? Or they're going to roll it back?
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by sidr 7y ago
Here's an example of how another non-hypothetical tech company treats fully realized (is that the opposite of potential?) blue-collar workers: * https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/19/18681845/facebook-m
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by sidr 7y ago
I partly agree with you that this article is getting buzz because FB, but this is not low quality research by any means (especially given the constraints of obtaining such data). There are, as you point out, a bunch of similar ECoG "br
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by sidr 7y ago
Facebook shareholder*. Zuck has 60% of voting power.
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by sidr 7y ago
Huh? Their monopoly in which market?
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by sidr 8y ago
But not bad enough that they could resist the pressure to have him back with just an excuse of "oopsies".
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by sidr 8y ago
That's exactly what it means. Nobody wants to buy Lyft stock. People only want to buy Lyft stocks at particular prices. Turns out the equilibrium price was 21% higher than the offering price.
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by sidr 8y ago
Yup, but "do people click on a blue button than a green button?" could also be accurately described as a psychological experiment. Every single A/B test that involves user interactions could be described as a psychological ex
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by sidr 8y ago
> A $1 premium ad-free option with 50% adoption would increase twitter's revenue and remove the perverse incentives. It would. A $1 ad-free option would see nowhere close to 50% adoption though.
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by sidr 8y ago
It's selling ads. Its consumers are the (UK) businesses buying those ads.
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by sidr 8y ago
So because these candidates were more competitive college applicants than you, there's no clear and blatant systematic bias? Harvard and Duke are both more selective/prestigious than UNC, therefore they are equally selective/
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by sidr 8y ago
> "is it more right to give privileges to the underprivileged, or take away privileges from the privileged?" In a world with finite resources (admission spots at Harvard) that are already utilized at their full capacity, it is
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by sidr 8y ago
I'm not sure how reducing the size of units of measurements changes the overall quantities. What matters is the total class time = number of classes per semester/quarter * avg hours met per class. If you double the amount of total
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by sidr 8y ago
I like this resource a lot for new data scientists: https://developers.google.com/machine-learning/guides/rules-... . Rule #1 seems pertinent to your situation.
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by sidr 8y ago
I struggle to think of a single person with the faintest understanding of what machine learning algorithms are being surprised by this. Who are these "technologists" you're speaking of?
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by sidr 8y ago
> That would be nonparametric statistics. No, it wouldn't. Firstly, nonparametrics in general can be a little misleading. The most common instantiations place function ("process") priors on modeling decisions that are othe
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by sidr 8y ago
Your article is titled "high tech" venture capital, but the Pitchbook data they use span all sectors. If you include biotech, then yes, Boston will be way up there. And New York is just a huge city and an economic hub, so there wi
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by sidr 8y ago
Because the you cannot make the same amount in those 20 other cities.
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by sidr 8y ago
So they're hiring people they don't need and at the same time paying them too much/giving them too many perks?
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by sidr 8y ago
Yes, let's ignore evidence based medicine because there might be some emotions involved. Nobody is arguiung that fertility is not complicated - there are multiple factors, but if you want to look at the effect of one particular factor
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by sidr 8y ago
Other models of monetization are simply not sufficient. If you disagree, please feel free to write your own mobile OS (you can even start by just forking Android).
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by sidr 8y ago
> Computer Science argues for (and gets) high levels of funding by asserting economic rationales for funding with a justification that physics and maths struggle to match. Every single grant application makes (often bogus) economic ratio
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by sidr 8y ago
I actually agree with your separation of Software Engineering and Computer Science comment, but completely disagree with the funding level statement. The notion that branches of Mathematics don't use computer resources is absolutely la
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by sidr 8y ago
Where in Europe are the tax rates determined by your field of study?
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by sidr 8y ago
From what I hear, the lower mobility is endemic to biotech culture. The only folks who are able to run significant research programs are junior faculty poached from the nearby medical schools. If you are a fresh PhD or postdocs you have a l
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by sidr 8y ago
> In NYC, Boston, Chicago, SF, and possibly Seattle Unrelated to your bigger point, but I'd put Seattle in second place after SF for the high offers. And for tech jobs, Chicago wouldn't feature on my list at all. I think you&#x
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by sidr 8y ago
Did you get stock or did you get options? Stock seems very odd to me for a 10-12 person startup. Also, I'm assuming you got a refresher on the equity at some point (otherwise you're no longer vesting after 4 years)? No raises for
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by sidr 8y ago
Ok, so a handful of short stints could be because of toxic environments. But say you classified all 7 of your previous tech employers as toxic; at some point the only common factor left is you. No company can guarantee zero employee churn -

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