raz32dust

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by raz32dust 19d ago
The question isn't about entitlement at all. It's about decency. I agree, better to not allow people to stay too long on temporary status. But it was and is allowed today. So there are people who have been on temporary status for
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by raz32dust 20d ago
So you're claim of 4 countries isn't applicable to most people buying homes while on visa. Nobody on visa is buying a house in 1.5 years. People buy homes when they've been here for several years and have a permanent residen
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by raz32dust 20d ago
Curious how long have you lived in 4 countries beyond college? No kids, marriage, social life?
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by raz32dust 21d ago
I think one of the fundamental problem with h1b is that it is labeled as "non-immigrant" whereas for all practical purposes it is really an immigrant visa. Why would a person who is supposedly having rare skills come to a country
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by raz32dust 21d ago
It almost certainly is. Just too early right now.
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by raz32dust 1mo ago
Sad. I still use Dropbox personally and really like their use experience, but I just don't find enough use for it to pay for a service like that. The technology proved to be far too easy to replicate and they failed to build anything
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by raz32dust 2mo ago
I know but the point is that it worked too. You could argue one problem is harder than the other, I am not and expert so I wouldn't know. But at least it's clear the second result is also impressive, and didn't require much e
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by raz32dust 2mo ago
The top comment has a counter example though https://x.com/DmitryRybin1/status/2079904005652893709 I think it's not even about the ability to steer the AI. Just the ability to ask the right questions
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by raz32dust 3mo ago
If you present this as the alternative, I think there's a chance people might actually just get rid of it :)
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by raz32dust 4mo ago
I agree with the author that engineers need to recalibrate and say yes more often but the zirp connection is a stretch and unnecessary. Good engineers will say yes and no thoughtfully and will adjust to the new reality anyway. So it feels k
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by raz32dust 4mo ago
Does anyone have insight into how waymo is actually doing as a business? It seems to be unaffordable in the bay area. 2-3x the cost of Uber/lyft whenever I've checked. It is very cool, but I can't imagine they're doing w
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by raz32dust 4mo ago
It's marketing plus perception of how expensive it is. Most of diamond purchases are for engagement rings. Nobody wants to appear cheap. The expense and rarity is the point.
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by raz32dust 4mo ago
Google isn't doing this out of kindness. Sure charging for mail would give some bad press but Google can handle it in many different ways and they have in the past. They provide the service because it's valuable to the business. T
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by raz32dust 1y ago
What can we do to keep these companies accountable? This is so frustrating.
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by raz32dust 1y ago
This is vastly oversimplifying things. US would put tremendous diplomatic and other means of pressure if EU does serious harm to tech companies. US-EU and US-China relation is very different.
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by raz32dust 3y ago
In the elderly neighbor and shovel example, I don't see what's wrong, as long as it was communicated. It depends on the agreement really - for example, if the shovel guy was charging a little less for subscription than what it wou
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by raz32dust 3y ago
No software product that has actual paying users can afford to stop development like that. It needs to constantly keep evolving with the environment, or someone else will fill their niche quickly or it will just atrophy. That may require fe
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by raz32dust 3y ago
I don't get it. From an outside perspective, it feels like they must be raking in the cash - they take a large cut from subscribers and the number of ads is crazy. Viewership growth seems good [1]. The product seems solid and well-buil
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by raz32dust 3y ago
My experience was different. I was able to learn enough Spanish to survive in Peru for a month with just 6-7 hours in Duolingo. Different people may have different learning styles. When you're comparing to classroom, are you normalizin
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by raz32dust 3y ago
I am so tired of these patterns. Google Photos also does not allow any easy or good way to clean up junk. Why would they? They want you to run out of space so you can pay for their cloud storage. They also have low incentive to keep photo&#
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by raz32dust 3y ago
How is "firing people" more clear in intent than "Reduction in force"? Reduction in force/cutting costs is usually the intent. People getting fired is a side effect. "Firing people" is a more vivid picture
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by raz32dust 3y ago
illai in Dravidian languages
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by raz32dust 3y ago
"most accepted theory of physics is that the universe started from a single point": This is not true. The most accepted theory is that the universe was extremely dense, but it is not accepted that it was literally a "point&qu
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by raz32dust 3y ago
The article does not touch upon this, but there is a fascinating theory that life on earth originated in deep sea vents. Highly recommend reading the very accessible "The Vital Question" by Nick Lane for more on this.
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by raz32dust 3y ago
I was with you until "It is just customers in US are richer and are ok to pay more for the same service." How did you reach that conclusion? The other reason (which seems more likely to me) is that it is because the free market is
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by raz32dust 3y ago
Interesting way to put it, but is it particularly insightful? You're happy when you're doing things you think you should be doing, and what you think you should be doing is of course determined by evolution, modulo random mutation
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by raz32dust 3y ago
Wait what did Slack do?
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by raz32dust 4y ago
Why is it the corporation's fault though? We live in a society and governance structure which encourages corporations to consider revenue over everything else. Why would they act differently? What should Google do? Sorry I understand
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by raz32dust 4y ago
Given we spend a significant portion of lives at work, I think it's a good thing that people find life partners at work and a loss from remote work
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by raz32dust 4y ago
I personally consider Linear algebra to be foundational in AI/ML. Intro to Linear algebra, Gilbert Strang. And his free course on MIT OCW is fantastic too. While having strong mathematical foundation is useful, I think developing intui

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