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by mathattack 6mo ago
This is consistent with a lot of AI apps. I fell in love with Gamma and haven’t used it in forever. Same with NotebookLM.
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by mathattack 6mo ago
I worked at a Lotus shop in the 90s. It was great until everyone moved to the web, and then it got too clunky. Fat clients that stored tons of data locally weren’t the thing anymore. When that company moved off of Notes despite the massiv
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by mathattack 6mo ago
Any one loan may be risky, but in aggregate the rates compensate for it. They pay you 0-4% for the money in your checking account and lend it at 1-3% points higher. As long as they have a big enough uncorrelated portfolio, they make easy m
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by mathattack 6mo ago
These are the projects that give us confidence.
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by mathattack 7mo ago
40% actually seems reasonable for a flip into maintenance mode. That’s what PE firms do when then buy cash cow businesses. Dramatically cut engineering on new functionality, cut back on sales and marketing, remove all redundancy in operat
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by mathattack 7mo ago
Interesting given the current age discrimination lawsuit: https://www.cohenmilstein.com/case-study/ibm-age-discriminat...
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by mathattack 9mo ago
My assumption is most Science Fairs are based on Dad and Mom’s contribution, and things like this are filler for elite university applications. The one thing that suggests this might be legit is that Pasadena has an elite Math High School.
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Teen Wins $250k for Discovering 1.5M New Space Objects(forbes.com)
2 points by mathattack 9mo ago|0 comments
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In the mind of the machine: researcher explores AI's most existential questions(utoronto.ca)
2 points by mathattack 9mo ago|0 comments
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We May Never Know If AI Is Conscious, Says Cambridge Philosopher(scitechdaily.com)
4 points by mathattack 9mo ago|10 comments
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by mathattack 9mo ago
https://archive.is/GjZJl
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Can Apple's AirPod Translation Get You Through Tokyo? We Tested It(nytimes.com)
2 points by mathattack 9mo ago|1 comments
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by mathattack 9mo ago
The best books improve with rereading and slower reading. Tolkien fits this. I had an English teacher who reread LOTR every summer. I’m not there, but I am on a 5ish year cycle. Most books are the other way. Zoom through and you can get m
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by mathattack 9mo ago
My 2 cents, especially in this tough job market. 1 - There are two phases of the interview process, where you’re selling them and where they are selling you. These questions are best asked in the latter. To get the most accurate answer, a
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by mathattack 9mo ago
Do you retain the info? I guess it’s ok for compliance videos but I’m not sure about retention. I write this as someone who wants online education succeed.
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by mathattack 9mo ago
This seemed inevitable, no? I’d love to see long term usage data on MOOCs. They had so much promise though I don’t know anyone who uses them post-LLM though it could be I live in a bubble.
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by mathattack 9mo ago
https://archive.is/TAwis
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The untold story of how Jeffrey Epstein got rich(nytimes.com)
13 points by mathattack 9mo ago|1 comments
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by mathattack 9mo ago
https://archive.is/tR60x
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The truth physics can no longer ignore(theatlantic.com)
13 points by mathattack 9mo ago|18 comments
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by mathattack 10mo ago
For hiring managers, does this devalue elite schools? I’ve had good luck with places like Notre Dame and Cal Poly where the kids are smart, and willing to work very hard. From the Ivy League I’ve had more luck with Cornell hires than the ot
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by mathattack 10mo ago
It’s been a different order of magnitude. IBM repurchased approximately half their outstanding stock. This is consistent with a low growth company that doesn’t know how to grow any more. (And isn’t bad - if you can’t produce a return on re
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by mathattack 10mo ago
Interesting to hear this from IBM, especially after years of shilling Watson and moving from being a growth business to the technology audit and share buyback model.
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by mathattack 10mo ago
If someone feels this is a sham transaction, can't they buy Credit Default Swaps [0] betting that it will default? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_default_swap
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by mathattack 10mo ago
I do get concerned when the solution is to be more strict on the waterfall process. I used to believe there were some worlds in which waterfalls are better: where requirements are well know in advance and set in stone. I’ve since come to r
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Forecasting Social Science: Evidence from 100 Projects(nber.org)
1 points by mathattack 10mo ago|0 comments
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by mathattack 10mo ago
Seems like a lot of different audiences. My observation is this is trying to cover 2 of the 3 common tracks: 1 - Proof based calculus for math majors 2 - Technique based calculus for hard science majors 3 - Watered down calculus for soft sc
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John Henry and the Broken Dishwasher(substack.com)
1 points by mathattack 10mo ago|0 comments
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by mathattack 10mo ago
I’ve seen this happen many times. It looks cheap and easy to spin up, then it grows out of hand and they kill you on the renewals.
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by mathattack 10mo ago
Fair enough. I guess my take is more that a CEO of a 100 person company should know who the best person for the role is. The CEO of a 100,000 person company is less likely. I’ve seen what you’ve seen too though: companies that haven’t gro

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