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by wrsh07 10y ago
My understanding is this is for those situations where parents say "call when you get there". As a kid, I always meant to but often forgot. Fwiw, most of the time in hs my parents knew more or less where I was but not specifically
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by wrsh07 10y ago
John Carmack joining Oculus was a quick reason to think: "hm, this team has people who know how to get things done and launch." Maybe Magic Leap has the same types of engineers [does Graeme have the same reputation as hyper produc
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by wrsh07 10y ago
Majority judgment or judgment voting is interesting / more general than merely up vote + down vote. I think the most important thing is for voters to want to experiment. And to be engaged.
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by wrsh07 10y ago
Yes, I even named it in my post
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by wrsh07 10y ago
Agreed - predicting that the Cubs would win the world series isn't impressive - the majority of SI writers [4/7] did that at the beginning of the season: http://www.si.com/mlb/2016/03/31/playoff
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by wrsh07 10y ago
There's a "law" that describes this: Duverger's Law [1] Pedantry follows: First past the post is [more or less] the election system we have - you select one candidate. Candidate with plurality [that's a generalizati
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by wrsh07 10y ago
I wonder if they're moving towards something more scalable, like Webpass [ http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/22/12009600/google-fiber-webp... ]. There's tons of red tape laying actual fiber, and tha
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by wrsh07 10y ago
This is an area where being decent at deflecting into a personal area of expertise can be really effective. And sometimes it doesn't require a deflection - if someone asks me about my favorite data structure, it's easy to go on fo
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by wrsh07 10y ago
1) A new product standard that will be supported by all upcoming flagship Android phones. Your criticism is that they're announcing something ... new? 2) Providing a cheap VR experience for everyone seems pretty reasonable. It fills ou
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by wrsh07 10y ago
Thank you. This is so much clearer than what I was saying. As you say, proper goals and measurement can fix a lot of these problems, and I don't think it's obvious that ml algorithms solve either of those
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by wrsh07 10y ago
Aha - I think I see our miscommunication. When you say bias you mean statistical bias. Yes, machine learning is able to correct for that kind of bias - 538's polls forecast is a good example of that. But you don't get to redefine
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by wrsh07 10y ago
This is very optimistic. There are well known and documented cases of ml algorithm bias and its cause [1]. And it's not surprising that data itself contains some biases from the humans creating it. Suppose police are asking machine lea
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by wrsh07 10y ago
He invented a $1 (paper) microscope. Sure, not everyone needs to own one, but proliferation of microscopes and proficiency in their use would be an obvious good.
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by wrsh07 10y ago
Look at the context: what is a non obvious way one could help a female engineer? Mentoring them. That might include checking up on them eg perhaps by chatting over coffee. At the least, if you are mentoring male colleagues (even informally)
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by wrsh07 10y ago
My understanding of the answer to (2) is that the bar isn't substantially lowered; rather, more males are considered. This happens for lots of reasons -- as a white dude, if I refer people, a majority of my programmer friends are white
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by wrsh07 10y ago
Ask everyone you work with for coffee. Please don't omit the women. I've mentored new hires, and in that context it's easy to say, "hey can we get tea and talk about how the first few weeks have been?"
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by wrsh07 10y ago
In that case, you might be better off investing in an OTP device? [1] It's hard to make a strong recommendation without knowing where on the scale of 1 to RMS you are... [1] https://www.technologyreview.com/s/53192
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by wrsh07 10y ago
You auth machines you use regularly so that login is 30 seconds once. That's not such a high penalty so that devices you've physically used are authorized and all others aren't.
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by wrsh07 10y ago
Plus selling some higher end cars to extend their runway and build out production facilities...
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by wrsh07 10y ago
By my math and some light search, Android | iOS accounts for 95% of smartphones sold [1], and there are about 2 billion smartphone users [2]. Is 1.9 billion a small number? I understand there are people who don't use smartphones, but t
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by wrsh07 10y ago
I agree that the OP is terrible, but it looks like GCP has quarterly revenue close to a billion [1], while AWS is at 2.6 billion [2]. That doesn't seem like such a huge gap that one of them is substantially more invested in it. [1]: h
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by wrsh07 10y ago
There is YC Fellowship. I'm sure he could be doing more, though.
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by wrsh07 10y ago
Just try to give credit for the things they did, not for what they are. Eg if they paid attention in class, or if they took good notes, or if they did the homework, or if they studied -- credit that. Hopefully as a parent you'll have s
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by wrsh07 10y ago
I interpret this advice as trying to give accurate feedback. Students don't get As on tests because they're naturals. They get As on tests from paying attention in class or from studying or from doing their homework [or for some c
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by wrsh07 10y ago
I definitely understand the need for a progressive city -- I grew up in the midwest in a place that was decidedly not. But Paul Graham gave a talk about how Pittsburgh could be the next startup city [1]. And price factors in for both artist
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by wrsh07 10y ago
You might be making a joke about active listening, but it's actually really effective. Try it out next time you disagree with someone -- it is a good tool to prevent you from talking over or past someone.
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by wrsh07 10y ago
It looks like they show different prototype designs on their webpage: http://www.solveforx.com/wing/our-approach/ [including the old design. But in the image, they show something with helicopter-style rotors]
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by wrsh07 10y ago
The mistake you make here is thinking that drones are dominated by existing shipping methods. They're not -- while they're currently more expensive than existing shipping methods, those costs will drop. Furthermore, drone delivery
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by wrsh07 10y ago
A typewriter never has inexplicable input lag. I think you've made an astute point.
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by wrsh07 10y ago
With regard to analog music, ie record players, I have some understanding. There's something novel about having a unique item, where it gets worn and changes. It's yours. It's physical. It's sensual [1]. You can give it

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