tkahnoski

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by tkahnoski 16y ago
The Netscape example is an extreme case since it was an entire system rewrite (still a valuable example). The other extreme of leaving the code to rot is just as bad. "It works... for now." There are too many little changes that occur in ei
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by tkahnoski 16y ago
Tangent: The irony of a blog post discussing FYO point with the branded Oracle O is quite something.
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by tkahnoski 16y ago
There was actually an interesting study done on quarterly earnings releases that had some interesting implications as far as "soft data" versus hard numbers: http://ideas.repec.org/p/fip/fedgif/951.html There was a company "Quant the News
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by tkahnoski 16y ago
Hypothetical: What if an AI driven investment fund significantly out performed other funds? The focus on number crunching seems contrary to advice given by Warren Buffet and other successful investors about investing in what you know. i.e.
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by tkahnoski 16y ago
My main point is you can find all the great talent you want, but people, just like everything else, are not silver bullets.
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by tkahnoski 16y ago
Company I work for issues a basic data structures test to be completed in 1 hour for all resumes worth their paper (about 10 to 15 out of 100 candidates). The test boils down to 'fill in these two functions'. About 20% finish both function
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by tkahnoski 16y ago
Sounds like advice I received from a recently married friend. "You can be happy or you can be right".
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by tkahnoski 16y ago
There's a little company over in the UK called True Knowledge http://www.trueknowledge.com/ which is taking this exact approach to Question Answering.