skarayan

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by skarayan 12y ago
It computes because it is detached, there is no feeling. To learn, we would need to first create something that is conscious, an ever-changing self. It needs to be in reference to itself, not some notion of compute in a detached paradigm.
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by skarayan 13y ago
We can reason subjectively from the perspectives of Mozilla/Google, or we can reason objectively from the perspective of people. The concern from people is always about too much power (control) in the hands of a select few. What choice
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by skarayan 13y ago
Actually, I was trying to be sincere -- our actions have consequences on other people and the world at large. The flip side is that we become observers when we don't take any action in fear of affecting the world. Other times, we may t
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by skarayan 13y ago
Just continue teaching people, like you are doing now.
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by skarayan 13y ago
It is interesting. He is intelligent and has a very good grasp on reality, but does not seem to know himself very well. (e.g. not being able to control his thoughts and visualizations/memories) It would be tremendous to master the sel
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by skarayan 14y ago
I think this is one of the reasons TDD/BDD have caught on lately, small refactors are easier to manage than changing large chunks of code. Looking back at my coding workflow early on, I would often get lost in my own code because I would at
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P != NP from the perspective of consciousness(sarkiskarayan.com)
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by skarayan 14y ago
Sensing is easier to model out than intuition. Intuition requires the self component because it comes from feelings and past experiences. The current algorithms are important too, but they do not model the self.
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by skarayan 14y ago
The problem is that showing explicit screens and granting authorization and doing all this stuff manually is not a viable solution. I think it is natural that companies won't do this, specially when they make tons of money from the current
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by skarayan 14y ago
The problem here is that the whole security model is upside down. No one else should see or have access to my data. I am sure that Congress could eventually interfere and set certain rules around the handling of personal data, but more lik
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by skarayan 14y ago
Bezos is trying to take over the world, like the guys at Google and Facebook. They are architecting the new world as they envision it. It isn't about just one industry or some obscure way of making profits, it is really about all of it.
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by skarayan 14y ago
Educated/uneducated may not be the right terms, but it is possible to have hindsight just by understanding the landscape. Privacy is becoming a large problem in the internet and encryption will likely be part of the solution. Without encry
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by skarayan 14y ago
In the large projects that I have seen, when I think about how much of the work being done is the core product vs frameworky stuff and/or integration, I think 100-1000x is more accurate. The pure business logic constitutes a very small part
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by skarayan 14y ago
What level of control do you have for authentication? I didn't see much info on this on the website.
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by skarayan 15y ago
Years ago at an interview, I answered this question with "Sometimes I get so excited about what I am working on that it gets counterproductive." :)
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by skarayan 15y ago
IMO, this shows how important each respective product is to each company.
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by skarayan 15y ago
I don't know about published, but I have been able to measure my campaigns by measuring people's feedback to my posts, clicks on links, total sign-ups, conversions, etc. Some things work better than others, but there is a definite feedback
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by skarayan 15y ago
I disagree with just about everything in this article. Social marketing works and it is measurable. In my experience, the first step is to gain followers or fans. The best way to do this is through targeted advertising. While it is possi
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by skarayan 15y ago
You're right, but we need more transparency. What are the skills of the 9% or so of people that are unemployed now? Do the majority of the unemployed people work at similar types of jobs? What was the reason they lost their jobs? These a
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by skarayan 15y ago
While the overall unemployment number is a good indicator for the economy, it is far from the best indicator. Instead of looking at an overall "jobs count", perhaps we should be looking at how the state of technology (or the job market) is
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by skarayan 15y ago
"It gets a LOT more into the nitty-gritty of personal politics" That's the feeling I get from the author's last few posts that have made it to the top of HN. It seems very superficial and focused on how he felt versus something substantial.
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by skarayan 15y ago
In my opinion, a reason for concern is different than believing their product is inferior. At the end of the day, this is business. In business, there are many ways to battle the competition. G+ is clearly gaining some initial traction and
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by skarayan 15y ago
Thank you, I will read it.
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by skarayan 15y ago
The problem for the web design community is that web design has become a commodity.
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by skarayan 15y ago
"Your example is a good one, but as others point out, the computer has been designed logically. Biology hasn't been." I'll do a little play on words here. Are you saying that biology isn't logical? Does it defy the laws of the universe, p
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by skarayan 15y ago
"Lots of smart scientists really believed that once the human genome was sequenced, we would have the keys to the biological kingdom." Here's my (a computer scientist's) view on the matter: Imagine that you have a relatively complex compute
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by skarayan 15y ago
We remember what matters to us. For example, ideas, concepts, and feelings matter because we shape everything around these things. But, how much do facts matter in comparison? To remember facts, we have to memorize the information itsel
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by skarayan 15y ago
Recruiters contact me all the time for startup positions in NYC, almost on a daily basis (no joke). They find me from my profile on LinkedIn. I would say that it is important to optimize your LinkedIn profile for a particular type of posit
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by skarayan 15y ago
I just don't think that comparing programmer salaries across the board makes much sense because of the different domains. Understanding the domain is often more difficult than understanding the programming language.
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by skarayan 15y ago
It depends a lot on the domain and your expertise of the business overall. For example, working for a non-profit is completely different than working on trading algorithms for a hot hedge fund where you also partake in creating the algos.

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