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by brey 5mo ago
The next sentence after your quoted section: “Even then, AI output is never treated as an authoritative source. Everything must be verified.”
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by brey 4y ago
I work at Featurespace - we stop fraud, scams, money laundering and other financial crimes. We build software that runs real-time machine learning models at scale, deep in the financial 'rails' that move money around, and we licen
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by brey 5y ago
'permissible' isn't quite the point ... if it makes the jury think you're lying, maybe it isn't the best strategy.
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by brey 5y ago
The laws of physics permit (physically allow) me to punch someone in the face. The laws of my country say if I do that, there will be consequences. This is all about the level of abstraction The ‘laws of physics’ in a game may allow you to
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by brey 6y ago
That does seem the better outcome - there’s no downside in being lenient here. > I did a quick scan of the Alexa Top 1 Million list. Currently around 0,06 % are affected Only affects a small minority of mailservers, and even then only 0.
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by brey 6y ago
I have, it's worth getting, it definitely scratches the same 'must ... optimise ... better ...' itches. It's early access but very playable and feature complete, but it does feel less polished than factorio (obviously ca
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by brey 6y ago
> in an enclosure of chrome steel uprights, mounted on a wooden base, with a handle at each end That sounds so much better than “built on an upturned coffee table” ;-) But I jest - it’s very cool. I love the physicality - makes it feel m
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by brey 6y ago
> what is the best calculation to make when trading off code quality vs features? > do most YC startups write tests and try to write cleanish code in V1 or does none of this matter? It only matters when bad code hurts your overall bus
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by brey 7y ago
a few principles I've found helpful: There are no coincidences, unless proven otherwise. If something smells wrong, it probably is. Trust your gut. Make sure you're building the right thing, before you build the thing right. Don&#
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by brey 7y ago
I've been through deals with large financial institutions that have taken 2-3 years from an initial incredibly positive demo and PoC and strong buying signals, through to a signed contract. IMO going through that successfully is also s
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by brey 8y ago
Yes, I'd be interested. We're evaluating Slack, MS Teams and Mattermost as a successor to Hipchat. Something to move the needle commercially in favour of on-premise would be helpful in that evaluation.
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by brey 9y ago
For some reason, in the UK at least, desks do seem to be measured in mm, yes. It's not a particularly common unit for measuring other large items though, more generally we'll use metres and centimetres (with the correct spelling ;
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by brey 9y ago
> As long as you keep within the boundaries of reasonable law that's pretty subjective.
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by brey 10y ago
I wonder how long until we have that kind of computing power on our phones and look back with a wry smile ... or - how long ago would $173M have bought you the kind of power we carry around today in a pocket?
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by brey 10y ago
Understood - I appreciate why light, or any unaccelerated object, cannot leave a black hole. But does that same restriction prevent a rocket which wants to coast at 1m/s - under constant acceleration - from the surface to infinity? I.e
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by brey 10y ago
yes - my question is whether escape velocity is necessary to leave a gravity well. and if it's not, taking that to its logical conclusion - why do we NEED to go faster than the speed of light to escape from inside the schwarzschild rad
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by brey 10y ago
"Do you believe in God?" "I believe in one fewer than you"
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by brey 10y ago
this one always bugged me a little a rocket takes off. let's say it's going upwards at 1 m/s at some short time after takeoff. why can't it then reduce (not to zero) acceleration such that it stays going upwards at 1 m&#
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by brey 10y ago
There is only one currency: time. You can trade this for everything else - the exchange rate is up to you.
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by brey 10y ago
There's a phrase I'm fond of: The man who says it can't be done needs to get out of the way of the man who's doing it.
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by brey 10y ago
I hire plenty of data scientists - if I had to give a single piece of advice: gain a deep understanding of the techniques you're using. it's not sufficient to say "oh, we used a support vector machine", and when prompted
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by brey 10y ago
The value I get from ORM isn't the sql generation, it's in the removal of tedious boilerplate to map between a single row of a query result and an object.
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by brey 11y ago
Passion. Engagement. Curiosity. Being the absolute best possible at something - I don't really care what, but being mediocre at lots of things is a turnoff. Ability to learn new stuff, more so than any specific skill (although YMMV w
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by brey 11y ago
> INTERVIEWER: Mr. Dalla, do you have a few minutes to share your opinions with us?” > ME: “Sure, why not? Go ahead.”
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by brey 11y ago
love the design, shall be recommending it to my gliding club. RASP is the gold standard of guessing in which direction you're going to land out today, but my god it is ugly. yes please, high level winds also!
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by brey 11y ago
ah, yes, good point. if margin only includes cost of production, that's valid.
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by brey 11y ago
unless I'm misunderstanding, isn't this double counting the costs? wouldn't the margin (revenue-costs / revenue) already take into account the cost of acquiring customers? in their example, 52% margin and a $400 CAC:
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by brey 11y ago
Very elegant, I like it. Except I'm now having a major case of semantic satiation for the word "Tarzan"...
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by brey 11y ago
... similarities I found between me and John Carmack ... We both experimented with burglary as teenagers (he was caught; I wasn't). That's a curious phrasing - echos of 'experimented with drugs' or 'experi
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by brey 11y ago
I don't think this factors in the cost of selling and buying all your stocks twice a year.

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