jglamine

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by jglamine 5mo ago
Yes, that's the joke. I think the parent post was sarcasm.
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by jglamine 6mo ago
Fidelity has been killing it with their passive investing options. Zero expense ratio funds, cash management account. I am going to switch, will save perhaps 30k in fees over next few decades
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by jglamine 7mo ago
The book is very famous! I would guess more people have heard of it than read that specific BAM post.
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by jglamine 11mo ago
What's the difference between a polisher and a tumbler?
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by jglamine 1y ago
Agreed. Even the title set of immediate ChatGPT alarm bells. Please write in your own voice!
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by jglamine 1y ago
There are many upvotes so clearly people like the guide. Congrats on documenting something useful! Is anyone else immediately turned off by articles like this written in "ChatGPT voice"? The information in the guide might be good,
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by jglamine 1y ago
IDk, I feel like they're doing the thing where you list people they don't like, then list other worse people and kind of imply the first set are related / just as bad as the second set. It's a motte and bailey where if
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by jglamine 1y ago
This is speculation, but I suspect he may have gotten a settlement from Google. Any settlement would likely include a gag-order. It would explain the early retirement + lack of work history. But yes, family money is also a possibility.
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by jglamine 1y ago
No, and you can see my post history to verify this.
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by jglamine 1y ago
I think that's uncharitable. He was a regular SWE who got cancelled. Granted I have not followed him closely but I haven't seen him claim to be a genius or special. Sure he went to Harvard, maybe he had wealthy parents (IDK his ba
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by jglamine 1y ago
This essay is weird. The author lumps James Damore, rank-and-file software engineer, in with Marc Andreessen and Mark Zuckerberg. Damore hasn't updated his LinedIn since 2018 - he might not even work in tech anymore? It closes saying t
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by jglamine 1y ago
I really enjoyed both your blog posts. You've clearly thought about this a lot and explained things well. I'd love to subscribe to be updated on your next post (even if it's not for months/years). Any chance you could ad
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by jglamine 2y ago
The book Moral Mazes: The World of Corporate Managers explores this question. It was written in the 80s as an anthropological study of the ethics of middle managers at large companies. It still holds up today! The book is descriptive - desc
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by jglamine 2y ago
Makes sense. They want customers to browse using the Netflix app where they can promote their own content. If customers get in the habit of browsing in Apple TV, Apple can promote their own shows and eventually cut Netflix out. Same reason
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by jglamine 2y ago
Your other comments seem human though!
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by jglamine 2y ago
This reads exactly like it was written by Claude. Was it? It's the exact same writing style.
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by jglamine 2y ago
Are there any advantages of this over scipy.optimize? That's what I've used in the past. Trying to understand if it's worth switching. It looks like they have many of the same algorithms.
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by jglamine 3y ago
Same! The fact that it's cross platform helps a lot to ensure commands aren't missed. If I'm switching while one computer is off, the other can still send the command.
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by jglamine 3y ago
FTX was insanely profitable (100s of millions in revenue, low expenses). If SBF hadn't have taken customer money they'd still be around. Even now the CEO overseeing bankruptcy has recovered 90 percent of customer assets. Their dow
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by jglamine 3y ago
Check to make sure your windows are properly sealed. If it's an old apartment you might need to redo the calk or add weather stripping. A good seal makes a huge difference. Rule of thumb is if air can get through, sound can. I also wea
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by jglamine 3y ago
I just played this for the first time earlier this week! For anyone who lives in NYC, they have one at the Barcade on 24th st and 7th ave.
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by jglamine 3y ago
Culver's is an example of doing the same thing for fast food. Large menu, breaks all the traditional fast-food rules. But somehow works and people love it.
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by jglamine 3y ago
Yeah, I was confused because I felt like the article didnt do a good job of clearly stating Hilton's beliefs - it was meandering around. Felt off. Then I saw the Cade Metz byline at the end and became instantly sceptical of everything
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by jglamine 3y ago
Slatestarcodex shut down before GPT-4 came out. His new blog is astralcodexten.substack.com and has lots of posts in GPT-4.
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by jglamine 4y ago
Site won't load for me
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by jglamine 4y ago
On of the challenges of writing RPC endpoints is how to orchestrate all of the downstream API calls your endpoint makes. Ideally, you would make network calls in parallel, avoid fetching which is not needed, and have robust error handling f