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by Doctor-R 1y ago
Ages ago, when secretaries (usually female) were still common in offices, my boss told me "learn the names of all of the secretaries and say hello <name> every time you see them. If they know you and like you, they will probably
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by Doctor-R 2y ago
Apps that create false data to crash advertising algorithms. Random GPS locations, random product interests, random web site visits, random follows and likes. Like how SEO poisons search results. Apps that respond to video ads by calling&#x
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by Doctor-R 2y ago
Triplebyte developed an online assessment technology for programmers. The company was acquired by Karat. Their website has claims of enormous improvements to the hiring process. Previously, you could take their tests and use the score to ad
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by Doctor-R 2y ago
Advertising cost is added to the product price. In order to generate one trillion dollars in advertising revenue, there would have to be about 20 trillion more in product spend. Civilization does not have another 20 trillion sitting around
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by Doctor-R 2y ago
2001: a Space Odyssey. I saw it in the theater in 70mm when it was released in 1968. It totally blew me away. A majestic vision of the future. Thirty three years from now (1968) there was going to be all this marvelous stuff: Pan Am space c
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by Doctor-R 2y ago
Ages ago, the Digital Equipment VAX had a hardware hack where a null pointer (value is 0) would return a 0 when de-referenced. Which is the null character, the end of a string. So most of the time operations moving characters would terminat
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by Doctor-R 2y ago
Ages ago, before even dumb terminals, we were programming on punched cards, batch compiling, and printing on a line printer. For some reason, this printer supported control G (the bell character) with a buzzer. So someone hacked the compile
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by Doctor-R 2y ago
Google makes tons of money each quarter, but cancels projects / products, and lays off people. That does not improve moral. Why should I work my ass off and then my project is cancelled and I am laid off? Problems in AI is leadership p
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by Doctor-R 2y ago
But what language is the program written in? It would have to include all of the possible data types and formats, and include all possible operations with the correct semantics.
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by Doctor-R 2y ago
Their climate calculations do not include the environmental costs of commuting and return to office mandates. There would be less pollution if no employee commuted and there is no big office building.
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by Doctor-R 2y ago
The Mythical Man Month by Frederick Brooks. The examples are old, but the wisdom remains. Particularly the chapter (and CACM article) No Silver Bullet-- Essence and Accident in Software Engineering (1986). Or just: https://xkcd.c
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by Doctor-R 2y ago
System.out.println("Hello World");
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by Doctor-R 2y ago
Convince me that an AI Agent won't piss off the customer.
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by Doctor-R 2y ago
Some of his books are available in pdf on his website: https://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/gbvita.htm I used Computer Structures:Readings and Examples in an architecture class, and High Tech Ventures in an entrepreneurial
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by Doctor-R 2y ago
There are a bunch of places in Silicon Valley. For example: https://www.abettersource.com/ Search for used office furniture. There are also auctions when a company closes down: For example: https://svdisposition
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by Doctor-R 2y ago
They are restricting the solutions by encapsulating each problem with boundaries. 1. Create remote work technology that is better than open plan workplaces. 2. Create small self-driving one or two person electric cars. 3. Rebuild the sprawl
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by Doctor-R 2y ago
There is a place in SF called luma that sponsors many such events. I have never been, don't know if it is a waste of time or not. https://lu.ma/sf
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by Doctor-R 2y ago
1. Winnie the Pooh to kids on their third or fourth or fifth birthday. 2. The Mythical Man Month to non-tech bosses. 3. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress to girlfriends (it's a test). 4. "Get It Together: Organize Your Records So Your
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by Doctor-R 2y ago
Years ago, I ran a German article about an ex-vice president turned environmentalist through Google Translate. In the result his name was Aluminum Gore.
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by Doctor-R 2y ago
Is the generated code correct? Was the training input code correct? Did the AI understand what you were asking? Did you specify the problem correctly, with all of the boundary conditions? If AI programming is so good, why are there so many
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by Doctor-R 3y ago
Install bollards in the yard in the path of the cars. These are vertical steel pipes set in concrete and filled with concrete. Paint them bright yellow. Correctly installed, they will stop a car with a big crunch. Probably cheaper than rebu
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by Doctor-R 3y ago
Move to San Francisco, or Silicon Valley and start networking: subscribe to techstars silicon valley sf bay area newsletter. Triplebyte had online tests and phone interviews, now owned by Karat.com Put a notification in the monthly 'wh
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by Doctor-R 3y ago
I tried to read the article, but received a popup in the face asking for a subscription. I guess the answer is, "Yea, a media extinction event has already happened".
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by Doctor-R 3y ago
You need to be able to generate any machine instruction. like clear the cache, turn interrupts off and on, access the hardware bits on the I/O cards, access privileged instructions, etc. The language needs to use every instruction. In
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by Doctor-R 3y ago
Want to prohibit links to sites with paywalls.
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by Doctor-R 3y ago
Go to the Stanford Business School. Learn to schmooze. Stanford has a golf course, with classes for students. Date and marry one of the students. Make lots of contacts. Hang out at the various startup groups and the D-school. Attend the bia
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by Doctor-R 3y ago
Start with one or more of Harvard's intro CS courses: https://www.classcentral.com/report/harvard-cs50-guide/ Then you need a lot of data structure / algorithms work. There are free online CS courses at
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by Doctor-R 3y ago
Years ago, I watched a Y Combinator startup school video. The presenter was talking about their standard company structure, registering the company in Delaware, standard vesting schedule (four years, one year cliff, 1/48 per month). On
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by Doctor-R 3y ago
The wikipedia article on Garbage Collection (software) is one place to start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_collection_(computer_s... Here is a list of garbage collection papers (newest is 2002) https:/&#
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by Doctor-R 3y ago
680 units, only 212 parking spaces. Plus retail and gym that needs parking. On the geologic map, looks like the location is on sand (sand dunes). How much water, waste water treatment, electrical power will be required?

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