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by plake 5y ago
Yeah, "left as an exercise" can mean anything from "this is an undergraduate exercise" to "if you understand both the field and this paper, you could write a different, much longer paper, and we both know this, so l
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by plake 5y ago
I think it will be quite some time yet. As a researcher, my objection to computer-aided proofs is not that they're hard to read -- you would of course write a human readable version to go with it -- but rather that they're extreme
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OpenAI-Powered Linux Shell Uses AI to Do What You Mean(riveducha.onfabrica.com)
9 points by plake 5y ago|3 comments
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by plake 6y ago
Also not an American, but the US left has a lot of controversial views that are nothing to do with the things you've listed. Surely you've heard of some?
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by plake 6y ago
Or perhaps that the pressures against legible expertise are worse in the US?
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by plake 6y ago
Exactly. It's one type of candidate, that the OP happens to like; you don't need this stuff to get hired. Personally my gut reaction to lots of side projects or social media is slightly negative, simply because my experience has b
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by plake 6y ago
I’ve seen this happen frequently in both iBooks and Apple Music, which is why I refuse to use either. I always assumed it was a DRM thing? Kindle doesn’t do this at all, and while Spotify does, it’s much rarer, and always waits until you ha
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by plake 6y ago
For UK sources, I'd suggest adding The Spectator. They're not perfect (some of their columnists strike me as fairly obvious shills), but overall I've found them the most intelligent right-of-centre source. For the Americans r
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by plake 7y ago
It probably depends on the candidate pool, but I've had a few interviews where the candidate can tell they missed the bar, and genuinely just wants advice on how to work on it. Definitely if they start trying to haggle, or pressure you
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by plake 7y ago
Because giving good feedback is hard work, and candidates won't always take it well (even if they don't sue). If the employer has already decided not to hire you, there's just not that much in it for them. For what it's
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The Wisdom of James Mickens(mickens.seas.harvard.edu)
2 points by plake 7y ago|0 comments
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by plake 7y ago
I never understood why some colleges set group work, it seems like such an obviously terrible way to evaluate people. Good students will end up doing all the work, and if you try to change that, the good students will lie about it to appeas