thefastlane

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by thefastlane 10y ago
if you're interested in early human history such as this, check out Gobekli Tepe (search youtube), the site of some very early temples. very fascinating.
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by thefastlane 10y ago
tech interviews are utterly exhausting. stop me if this seems familiar: you interview with some company, no luck. you think to yourself, "ah, I should spend some more time going through Sedgewick, that priority queue problem didn'
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by thefastlane 10y ago
this is probably the least of your worries. i've never encountered an employer that asked for transcripts. the real question here is: you need to triage and eventually resolve how you'd like to move forward with your academic expe
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by thefastlane 10y ago
each person must ultimately navigate their own career as they see fit. but i do encourage my peers to prioritize their own earning potential and act upon that priority, soberly and pragmatically.
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by thefastlane 10y ago
"Negotiating isn't a battle" of course it is. you make this sound like there is no asymmetry, that it boils down to two equal parties sitting down to chat over tea. that's not the case. this is a completely asymmetrical
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by thefastlane 10y ago
"Does money matter?" i will check with my landlord and let you know.
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by thefastlane 10y ago
"Isn't the academic system at its core kinda... broken?" can your elaborate on what you mean?
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by thefastlane 10y ago
"Amazon seems like a meat grinder" who isn't a meatgrinder these days? (serious question.)
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by thefastlane 10y ago
best not to rely on the media to provide us executive summaries of academic papers. just go read the paper itself (DOI is 10.1111/add.13477). it's a very useful read for getting up to speed on where we are in terms of understandin
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by thefastlane 10y ago
"which probably doesn't have the most balanced view on the role of alcohol in society" source?
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by thefastlane 10y ago
it was a study. the abstract explains its methods, results, and conclusions. it has 44 references. folks, just go read it for yourself, the DOI is: 10.1111/add.13477
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by thefastlane 10y ago
what's happening lately with XMPP's Jingle? is that a viable alternative?
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by thefastlane 10y ago
"living things should not be within 35 feet as x-ray radiation is quite high" hopefully this is a house in a low-density suburb and not an apartment. amazing achievement, but at the same time very dangerous to be generating x-rays
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by thefastlane 10y ago
i think the dictionary definition of 'insurance' is beside the point. this is really about sustainable ways ('sustainable' comes with many facets to be considered, to be sure) to ensure health care is provided to society
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by thefastlane 10y ago
if feasible, try to have a debriefing conversation (on the phone) with your google recruiter. obviously will depending on their individual style, but they can sometimes provide vital feedback that you can use to get better for when you inte
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by thefastlane 10y ago
not sure what you mean?
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by thefastlane 10y ago
what's the difference between - Messenger - plain vanilla messages i get in Facebook web site - 'chat' messages, were I to turn on 'chat' in Facebook web site i'm not asking rhetorically. i honestly can't
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by thefastlane 10y ago
this is fascinating. anyone applying these approaches with clojure? i'm wondering what additional considerations (if any) come into scope in the case of other jvm languages
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by thefastlane 10y ago
might go without saying, but: do NOT get sloshed at events like this, even if you see other people doing it. you're trying to get a job, so keep your wits about you.
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by thefastlane 10y ago
start with 6.006: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-comput...
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by thefastlane 10y ago
.... who's single, willling to be paid in options rather than a market-rate salary, and will work long hours because they truly believe in our mission of $RANDOM_BS_NARRATIVE
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by thefastlane 10y ago
sorry this is offtopic but: scrolling, scrolling . . . oh great, where did my article go and what am i suddenly reading now? reminds me of jankyscroll ( https://github.com/benzweig/jankyscroll )
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by thefastlane 10y ago
“Companies often sponsor the projects and provide instructors” welcome to costco, i love you...
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by thefastlane 10y ago
wow, i'm out of the loop. what is everyone building with these types of APIs?
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by thefastlane 10y ago
i'm really sorry this happened. hoping you find a better gig in short order.
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Ask HN: Hiring managers that use recruiting agencies, why?
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by thefastlane 10y ago
from a game theory standpoint, giving two weeks notice should be considered from the perspective of managing your reputation with your peers in your industry, not about whether we 'owe' something or not to our employer. teamwork,
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by thefastlane 10y ago
"Should I cram in learning algos/data structures, just to get a job?" that's a key aspect of landing a job these days at many companies. "Can you really learn enough to pass a technical interview with a few weeks of
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by thefastlane 10y ago
like everyone is saying, just quit. you've only got one life to live.
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by thefastlane 10y ago
i don't know much about Hangouts -- am i connecting with/using Hangouts when i am using Gmail's chat feature?

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