wendyshu

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   by wendyshu 7y ago

   Yeah I don't know. I guess I'd just prefer to give to the worthy causes out there that don't spend as much of the donations on the leader's salary. Also, there's an abundance of free educational resources on the web
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   by wendyshu 7y ago

   If he thinks other people should donate a whole bunch of money, shouldn't he donate a whole bunch of money if he has it? Maybe he already does this, I don't know. If he took a lower salary he would effectively be doing this -- in
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   by wendyshu 7y ago

   I'm not asking for donations.
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   by wendyshu 7y ago

   Salman Khan takes $800k/yr from Khan Academy donations for himself, maybe he should donate.
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   by wendyshu 7y ago

   Why not test on a set of problems that come up in practice rather than generated by an artificial distribution?
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   by wendyshu 7y ago

   Social anxiety? They'd make communication more difficult not less.
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   by wendyshu 7y ago

   https://predictionbook.com/predictions/198425
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   by wendyshu 7y ago

   Not quite sure why everyone needs to learn so much math.
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   by wendyshu 7y ago

   I don't think it's because of handwriting. Math notation (for math) is just as useful when reading and writing it on computers or printed pages. I think it's just optimized for its subject matter, e.g. a small set of names an
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    by wendyshu 7y ago

    Sure ∑ would pass code review. And in Maple and Mathematica it is code.
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    by wendyshu 7y ago

    Yeah I guess cards can be slower than cash
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    by wendyshu 7y ago

    Did they not have the equipment?
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    by wendyshu 7y ago

    Why are cards worse?
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    by wendyshu 7y ago

    There's https://www.metaculus.com/questions/3530/how-many-people-wil...
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    by wendyshu 7y ago

    Generally no amount of new information will change someone's mind about a date but in hiring that may not be true.
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    by wendyshu 7y ago

    Sounds like managers are risk averse because they'll get the blame if something goes wrong but not the credit if it goes right. But I don't think the risk has to be so big. By the end of an interview process, candidates I talk to
17. 287.▲
    by wendyshu 7y ago

    Nothing wrong with being transparent. And maybe they really can do the thing you're assuming they can't.
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    by wendyshu 7y ago

    Yup
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    by wendyshu 7y ago

    TAoCP is a terrible resource for a beginner.
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    by wendyshu 7y ago

    For data structures and algorithms, work through Introduction to Algorithms by CLRS and follow the video series from IIT Bombay, available here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7DC83C6B3312DF1E . ...or use any othe
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    by wendyshu 7y ago

    Al who?
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    by wendyshu 7y ago

    Maybe they should make their products as noteworthy as their hiring practices.
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    by wendyshu 7y ago

    Huh?
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    by wendyshu 7y ago

    Summary: * contrition * the moderator dismissal was too hasty * they will create a process for reinstating moderators * new Code of Conduct announced Oct 11
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    by wendyshu 7y ago

    I suspect they've essentially decided on the new Code of Conduct and any solicitation of feedback will be perfunctory.
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    by wendyshu 7y ago

    The quote: https://i.imgur.com/OA5K2Ty.png
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    by wendyshu 7y ago

    Stack Overflow hired a highly political, sanctimonious Community Manager and this is the result. E.g. he suggested users who didn't like the rules require therapy https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/389935&#x2
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    by wendyshu 7y ago

    In terms familiar to users of the religion stack exchanges: zealotry -> schism -> excommunication.
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    by wendyshu 7y ago

    I don't think it's unreasonable to say it has a anti-Beijing bias.
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    by wendyshu 7y ago

    Oh for Pete's sake, what next.