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by datadawg 5y ago
Just wanted to say I've enjoyed this HN rabbithole gold, where we've gone from talking about increasing house costs to discussing the role of bakers in modern day industrial bakeries :)
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by datadawg 5y ago
If our perception of events are in relation to our past experiences, that could also explain this phenomenon. For example let's say you think back to that carefree, fun summer when you were five years old and marvel at how long that s
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by datadawg 5y ago
Thanks for sharing Troy! I imagine it's not easy to build in public and to write in public when you don't necessarily have it all figured out. Respect your willingness to put yourself out there as you figure it out, and looking
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Ask HN: What do you do and what did you study?
1 points by datadawg 5y ago|0 comments
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by datadawg 6y ago
I recently found this site with a bunch of detailed information on interview questions and process at a lot of top tech companies. Wondering what people on hacker news think about the ethics of using this, and if hiring managers at these c
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Hacks for Data Science Interviews(quant-quest.github.io)
1 points by datadawg 6y ago|1 comments
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by datadawg 6y ago
I've been looking for a book that balances technical rigor with real-world application, and more importantly, is fun to read. This looks promising - adding it to my reading list!
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by datadawg 6y ago
I wonder if this has to do with different populations having wet vs dry earwax. Didn't realize that until relatively recently! https://www.livescience.com/593-earwax-wet-dry.html#:~:text=... .
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10 years in medicine, banking, and tech(docs.google.com)
3 points by datadawg 7y ago|0 comments
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If Software Is Eating the World, Why Don't Coders Get Any Respect? (2011)
25 points by datadawg 7y ago|4 comments
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by datadawg 7y ago
Thanks, really enjoyed that foreword and it really pushed High Output Management up on my reading list. Plus as a bonus I finally learned the name of "The Peter Principle" (the idea that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to thei
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by datadawg 7y ago
Good point, though the author does address that a bit in the epilogue: Almost none of this applies to small companies. They are so small that the founders and the CEO actually do have a chance of fully understanding problems, which means t
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by datadawg 7y ago
This was a stimulating read and I'll be adding "High Output Management" to my reading list. I've worked in organizations where the company strategy was poorly defined and this led to confusion and misalignment at the low
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by datadawg 7y ago
Hi all, author here. Wanted to give some more background on why I made this sheet, and why I think it would be cool if other people used and added to this sheet. I've been working to teach myself machine learning, software engineerin
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Cool Machine Learning Resources(docs.google.com)
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by datadawg 7y ago
Agree, this is a gem and I wish more talks like this made it to the front page. As a long-time HN lurker, this post finally got me to create an account and start commenting. I really appreciate the practical perspective of the talk and foc