johntiger1

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by johntiger1 3mo ago
Yeah i'm no fan of Elon but starlink is actually quite useful. It solves a real problem - I need network access anywhere on the globe, for any reason, at any time. they can easily charge what they wish for that (military, air travel,
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by johntiger1 3mo ago
LLMs are creatures of statistics and probability - hard to enforce hard boundaries with them
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by johntiger1 7mo ago
Google's only focus isn't on Gemini. Anthropic is do-or-die
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I Became a Quant (2007) [pdf](engineering.nyu.edu)
3 points by johntiger1 9mo ago|0 comments
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The Demise of Symantec (2020)(forbes.com)
3 points by johntiger1 9mo ago|0 comments
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by johntiger1 9mo ago
https://bobalearn.org/ Site where you can read and generate graded Chinese stories, in order to learn Chinese. What's a graded story? It's one written with the vocab of a {X} year old. Words are often repeated, so
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What I vibe coded in a week (laid off MLE at Meta)(hermitian3.substack.com)
1 points by johntiger1 10mo ago|1 comments
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by johntiger1 1y ago
Yeah principal EM is confusing here. Wouldn't EM I report to EM II? At Meta it's typically M1 -> M2
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by johntiger1 1y ago
who watches the watch man?
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by johntiger1 1y ago
Wow, this will eat Meta's lunch
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by johntiger1 1y ago
Yeah there was no need for an ad hominem there
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Spun-off PayPal is worth more than eBay(washingtonpost.com)
3 points by johntiger1 2y ago|1 comments
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Meta stock has lost $137B in market cap on weak Q2 revenue guidance(finance.yahoo.com)
20 points by johntiger1 2y ago|12 comments
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Meta debuts new generation of AI chip(reuters.com)
12 points by johntiger1 2y ago|3 comments
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by johntiger1 3y ago
There are definitely some shills all over HN now... But even aside from that, the sheer novelty aspect (+less robotic ethical alignment) of it is enough for many
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"It feels like a burden" – Bumble's new CEO on women-first messaging(fortune.com)
1 points by johntiger1 3y ago|0 comments
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Ex-Meta VP sued after leaking top employee perf reviews, compensation info(economictimes.indiatimes.com)
7 points by johntiger1 3y ago|0 comments
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New York State Department of Labor Warn Filing – April 1 Google Layoff [pdf](dol.ny.gov)
2 points by johntiger1 3y ago|3 comments
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by johntiger1 3y ago
Looks like 225 will be affected starting in April? Or has this already occurred?
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by johntiger1 3y ago
That sounds terrible; I often look away to the side when I am thinking..
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by johntiger1 3y ago
Can't her husband just stand in front of her, behind the laptop webcam? There's often ridiculously simple real-world workarounds these complex device security process
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by johntiger1 3y ago
Ironically, Meta employees are also affected by this
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Workers Leaving the Googleplex (Andrew Wilson, 2014)(moma.org)
2 points by johntiger1 3y ago|0 comments
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Sony laying off 900 Playstation employees(cnbc.com)
3 points by johntiger1 3y ago|0 comments
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Bumble Laying Off 37%(cnbc.com)
28 points by johntiger1 3y ago|6 comments
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Qoo10 Acquires Wish for $173M(rttnews.com)
5 points by johntiger1 3y ago|0 comments
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Yandex is selling it's Russian business – at a big, Kremlin-required discount(apnews.com)
13 points by johntiger1 3y ago|2 comments
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Instagram Cuts Technical Program Managers, Asks Them to Reinterview(businessinsider.com)
1 points by johntiger1 3y ago|1 comments
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BenchSci trims headcount, laying off 17%(betakit.com)
4 points by johntiger1 3y ago|0 comments
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by johntiger1 3y ago
Yep, in medical school that's one of the first things we learn. In theory it is also best to measure in both arms (as well as one leg if you suspect a certain diagnosis)

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