skullgrid

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by skullgrid 3y ago
"All models are wrong, some are useful"
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by skullgrid 5y ago
I did a 10 session package (got it on sale) that focused on (distributed) system design and ML system design. I felt confident in the coding piece, but I didn't have the opportunity to work on large scale systems in my previous role. I
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by skullgrid 5y ago
The citations are listed in the pdf document linked in the Twitter thread.
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by skullgrid 5y ago
Sure, it is generally wise to keep your guard up when reading things on the internet (or any source). That's fair enough. But at the same time, I don't think it's unreasonable to expect HN posts to adhere to a higher standard
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by skullgrid 5y ago
TBH this post should probably be taken down, or at least explicitly stated as an April Fools joke in the title. I almost didn't come to the comments section, and I didn't read all the way to the bottom date. I definitely would hav
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by skullgrid 6y ago
I have a pretty good relationship with my boss (not a CTO, but a member of the executive leadership at my company). I definitely do consider her a mentor to me, and I am certain that she considers me a mentee. Over the last few years she ha
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by skullgrid 6y ago
I'm guessing "Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Google, Twitter"
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by skullgrid 6y ago
This is exactly the conclusion that I came to before I also left astrophysics for industry. In order to outweigh all the cons of working in academia, you really have to have a deep passion or obsession with the particular problem you are re
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by skullgrid 7y ago
This is not a direct reference to the linked Nature article (which is essentially a review article, I think), but Taleb is definitely a fan of Peters' work [1]. [1] https://medium.com/incerto/the-logic-of-risk-taki
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What does it mean when scientists disagree?(oceanbites.org)
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by skullgrid 8y ago
I did a week-long silent meditation retreat in Thailand a few years ago. I thought it would be difficult for the same reasons you mention -- I tend towards night-owling and loathe the thought of not eating for more than a few hours. It turn