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Experienced enough to win this though: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39261861 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39261861

Xelynega 2y ago
Since when did winning competitions require experience optimizing costs across various industries? I don't think anybody is doubting they're smart, just that they have no experience doing this kind of work and are now being trusted by the highest level of government to do it.
ShrimpHawk 2y ago
> who have little to no government experience Decoding ancient scrolls has no relevance to government procedures.
- vitajex 2y ago
  What he did to win the scroll competition had to do with data analysis, not ancient history, so of course it could be relevant. But none of us, including the author of the article, knows what they're specifically doing, so it's not possible to say how relevant it is. It's a pity the reporter didn't do some reporting about that, instead of writing a hit piece calling them lackeys.
  - alfalfasprout 2y ago
    That's a completely different type of "analysis" and on a completely different scale. The skillsets are not even remotely comparable.
    - vitajex 2y ago
      You're more confident about that than I am. I find it easy to imagine how a person who produces the first kind of analysis could be technically useful in analyzing government data. He presumably didn't know anything about ancient scrolls before working on the first thing, so he has a track record of conquering a steep learning curve. But we don't actually know what they're doing.
    - fastball 2y ago
      I'm glad you've done both and are here to weigh in! Perhaps you should join the cause as you are presumably a subject matter expert in both things?
- brigandish 2y ago
  That seems entirely relevant - getting to the bottom of a cryptic and poorly documented puzzle without any help from the contemporaries (in the case of the scrolls, because the are dead, in the case of government employees, because it’s not in their interests). I write that only half in jest. Maybe less than half.
mbesto 2y ago
That's impressive! Now how does that experience translate into financial accounting systems? A SAP FICO consultant in Moldova is better qualified than these young men.
roboror 2y ago
That would be relevant if our governmental budgets were printed on ancient scrolls. What was the point of posting this?
MeetingsBrowser 2y ago
I came in first place in my college CTF. Where do I sign up to decide which parts of the government should be shut down?
- MeetingsBrowser 2y ago
  Found it. For anyone else interested https://neuralink.com/careers/apply/ https://neuralink.com/careers/apply/
- salve-for-tears 2y ago
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- ahmeneeroe-v2 2y ago
  I think Musk asked for applications on twitter.
ActionHank 2y ago
I mean that’s cool, but not what he will be remembered for. Imagine being one of those 6 with your name on the list of people that destroyed US democracy.

Xelynega 2y ago

Since when did winning competitions require experience optimizing costs across various industries? I don't think anybody is doubting they're smart, just that they have no experience doing this kind of work and are now being trusted by the highest level of government to do it.

ShrimpHawk 2y ago

> who have little to no government experience Decoding ancient scrolls has no relevance to government procedures.

vitajex 2y ago
What he did to win the scroll competition had to do with data analysis, not ancient history, so of course it could be relevant. But none of us, including the author of the article, knows what they're specifically doing, so it's not possible to say how relevant it is. It's a pity the reporter didn't do some reporting about that, instead of writing a hit piece calling them lackeys.
- alfalfasprout 2y ago
  That's a completely different type of "analysis" and on a completely different scale. The skillsets are not even remotely comparable.
  - vitajex 2y ago
    You're more confident about that than I am. I find it easy to imagine how a person who produces the first kind of analysis could be technically useful in analyzing government data. He presumably didn't know anything about ancient scrolls before working on the first thing, so he has a track record of conquering a steep learning curve. But we don't actually know what they're doing.
  - fastball 2y ago
    I'm glad you've done both and are here to weigh in! Perhaps you should join the cause as you are presumably a subject matter expert in both things?
brigandish 2y ago
That seems entirely relevant - getting to the bottom of a cryptic and poorly documented puzzle without any help from the contemporaries (in the case of the scrolls, because the are dead, in the case of government employees, because it’s not in their interests). I write that only half in jest. Maybe less than half.

mbesto 2y ago

That's impressive! Now how does that experience translate into financial accounting systems? A SAP FICO consultant in Moldova is better qualified than these young men.

roboror 2y ago

That would be relevant if our governmental budgets were printed on ancient scrolls. What was the point of posting this?

MeetingsBrowser 2y ago

I came in first place in my college CTF. Where do I sign up to decide which parts of the government should be shut down?

MeetingsBrowser 2y ago
Found it. For anyone else interested https://neuralink.com/careers/apply/ https://neuralink.com/careers/apply/
salve-for-tears 2y ago
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ahmeneeroe-v2 2y ago
I think Musk asked for applications on twitter.

ActionHank 2y ago

I mean that’s cool, but not what he will be remembered for. Imagine being one of those 6 with your name on the list of people that destroyed US democracy.