ethikal

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by ethikal 8y ago
Full ML Perf results can be found here: https://mlperf.org/results/
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by ethikal 8y ago
Box IPOed at $14/share but spiked to $23/share on the first day of trading. Assuming 50K shares (and ignoring the strike price / any upfront cost he might have paid), total additional compensation was ~$700K to $1.150M.
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by ethikal 9y ago
For some benchmarks, take a look here: http://tech.marksblogg.com/benchmarks.html
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GOAI: Open GPU-Accelerated Data Analytics(devblogs.nvidia.com)
11 points by ethikal 9y ago|0 comments
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by ethikal 9y ago
It's not just about accelerating ML, specifically deep learning. There are many other enterprise technologies that can benefit from GPUs. One example: OLAP-focused databases (such as MapD - https://www.mapd.com/ ). For
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by ethikal 11y ago
Bullshit on what? Your argument makes no sense. He's not arguing that a 50K hour salesperson doesn't close more lucrative and more numerous amounts of deals than the 500 hour salesperson. The point is that you can invest a small(i
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by ethikal 11y ago
I think the author is writing under the assumption that there are diminishing returns as one gets better at a skill, when really the opposite is true. The number of topics you can absorb per unit term obviously increases with your pre-exis
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by ethikal 11y ago
Yes, see https://github.com/paperscape
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DataFox’s service for tracking private company data goes into beta(thenextweb.com)
2 points by ethikal 12y ago|0 comments
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What do the top 10 billion-dollar tech startups have in common?(datafox.co)
2 points by ethikal 12y ago|0 comments
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14 Alternatives to RadiumOne (as requested)(datafox.co)
1 points by ethikal 12y ago|0 comments
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Last Mile Logistics: Amazon vs. Fedex vs. Startups(datafox.co)
35 points by ethikal 12y ago|10 comments
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by ethikal 12y ago
There are ways around this. With ember it is possible to use browser history to mask the hash... http://emberjs.com/guides/routing/specifying-the-location-ap...
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by ethikal 12y ago
Great post! You mention that it is important to "be skeptical" - I concur and would add that it's helpful to approach the analysis from a non-biased standpoint. Even if you are going into your analysis with certain goals in m
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by ethikal 12y ago
Doesn't the article specifically point out that software engineering isn't encountering a shortage?... "It is true that high-skilled professional occupations almost always experience unemployment rates far lower than those fo
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by ethikal 13y ago
I feel the same way. I have to wonder - how much has negative sentiment from the hacker community affected GoDaddy's earnings?
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by ethikal 13y ago
Because existing businesses are afraid of change and politicians are afraid of possibly eliminating jobs. People are afraid of change because it means that they will have to adapt.
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by ethikal 13y ago
The email they sent to current Prime customers was very classy and effective as well... Dear ________, We are writing to provide you advance notice that the price of your Prime membership will be increasing. The annual rate will be $99 w
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by ethikal 13y ago
I'm convinced that there's a whole new ecosystem of hackers that will exist solely to clone simple games which rise in popularity.
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by ethikal 13y ago
"Machine code? What's that?"
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Show HN: Find related companies with Sector Explorer(sectorexplorer.com)
2 points by ethikal 13y ago|0 comments
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by ethikal 13y ago
Thanks for actually doing the research on this. My "um, wow" was a response to people assuming Company XYZ's performance is amazing at face value. When serving static pages, it is unlikely that any sort of engine will outperf
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by ethikal 13y ago
"Moreover it is faster than other static hosting services. Because it runs on Google infrastructure." Um, wow.
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To all PIHs, SGs, and any other entrepreneurial types...
3 points by ethikal 13y ago|0 comments
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by ethikal 13y ago
Shouldn't high costs be a deterrent to startups? How can a startup be "lean" if its employees need to pay most of their salary in rent?
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by ethikal 14y ago
I think all of us battle with those feelings. In this circumstance, what you did was the right thing. On one occasion, I was driving through on Market St towards Castro when I saw a disheveled younger man in his twenties with a sign "Don't
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by ethikal 16y ago
A little wave was upset at being so tiny and turned to a bigger wave to complain about his plight. "It just isn't fair that other waves are so much bigger than me, I want to be a tsunami!" The bigger wave, feeling sorry for his smaller comp
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by ethikal 16y ago
I think that the community itself matters significantly. IMO, the articles that I get from Hacker News are much more valuable than the articles that I consume from Reddit or Digg. In fact, I have seen a steady decline in the quality of cont
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by ethikal 16y ago
I second this. It would be awesome if you could search by url.
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by ethikal 17y ago
I've been looking for a good self-help book -- particularly one for public speaking / conversing with people. Anybody have a good one (besides this)?

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