skt5

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by skt5 1mo ago
+1. As an alum I've observed both: * kids who partied hard first semester since grades didn't matter only to struggle second semester * kids who benefited from this transition because they didn't go to Hotchkiss I ended up in
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by skt5 2mo ago
Wealth could be invested (impacts those borrowing), used on consumables (impacts businesses), or hidden under the mattress or equivalent (reduces the supply of money so acts deflationary). I would argue that those 3 are the main downstream
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by skt5 2mo ago
This approach does work when there's a clear answer but what about tasks where the correct answer is multi-modal? Incentivizing agreement works only for tasks where there's clear answers.
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by skt5 2mo ago
This likely means those consuming the outputs of Mechanical Turk don't have a good way to measure the value (aka quality) of the outputs. If they did - then they shouldn't care whether it's a human or a LLM. And if it's
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by skt5 3mo ago
Any advice for a senior/staff level FAANG dev working in ML tooling but not in the health space interested in this kinda stuff? What are good things to read, etc?
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by skt5 3mo ago
Fascinating. I feel like smart person + data (context such as health records, labs, insurance docs, etc.) + LLM -> some helpful tips for navigating the process. However, evaluating the tips on whether they are helpful or not would be h
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by skt5 3mo ago
> If you're a software engineer who cares about health, and have been sitting on the sidelines till now, I think the next few years are a really interesting time to make a contribution. do you have thoughts on what that looks like?
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by skt5 3mo ago
I'm in a similar boat too! I found verbalizing it with anyone who will listen helps the anxiety.
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by skt5 4mo ago
> I participate in some management-focused online communities. I know - slightly off topic - but would you be willing to share this list?
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by skt5 11mo ago
I used to use the docker + homebridge route but it became tedious to maintain. Instead, I connected it via the Google Home integration (requires an Insights plan) and then use my existing Starling Home hub to access it via HomeKit. This se
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by skt5 1y ago
The HHI [0] attempts to quantify that. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herfindahl–Hirschman_index
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by skt5 1y ago
isn’t that just an estate tax?
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by skt5 2y ago
59/60 - SDE 61/62 - SDE II 63/64 - Senior SDE 65/66/67 - Principle SDE (aka Staff) 68/69 - Partner SDE (aka Senior Staff)
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by skt5 3y ago
> the rest tried every trick in the book to get me to the dealership before they'd give me a price would you be able to list those tricks? I'm currently car shopping myself. how did you get them to give you a price without s
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by skt5 3y ago
> contractors can write off the expense there's an opportunity cost for that expense. it reminds of this episode of Schitt's Creek - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg1Uk60rBsc .
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by skt5 4y ago
both
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by skt5 4y ago
I wonder if for those who it was very obvious for "put their money where their mouths were" and bought a set of securities that would make them a ton of money on what was obvious when the obvious materializes in real life. then, w
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by skt5 4y ago
> create a management committee, possibly with a rotating chairship, and in general give the employees more say over the direction of the company they work for". this sounds very similar to a government where politicians are elected
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by skt5 4y ago
Income is evidence of a person's ability to pay. Credit history is evidence of a person's willingness to pay. I would expect a positive correlation between the two but relying on that correlation seems risky.
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by skt5 4y ago
This is what economists call the Laffer curve. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laffer_curve .
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by skt5 4y ago
I don't live in MN but there are also adult baseball leagues here but teams tend to consist of former minor league players, college, or high school baseball players who couldn't or didn't want to make a career out of playing
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by skt5 4y ago
This is an excellent recommendation since there are a few threads that specifically discuss this. I suspect your conclusion might end up being travel to the Mayo Clinic for a few weeks for diagnostic testing. Some employers have their own
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by skt5 4y ago
I know this is slightly off-topic but I figure I'd share an approach to picking a solid buyer's or seller's agent that someone told me about that might interest folks reading this thread. Define a geographical bounding box fo
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by skt5 4y ago
To go a step further - you probably don't even care about having the best air conditioner. You probably just want to reliably feel cool when it's hot at a reasonable cost.
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by skt5 5y ago
In economics, an externality [0] is a cost that is not paid for by the buyer or the seller but generally society bears the cost. For example, when buying a pollution machine - the cost to the environment may not be factored into the purcha
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by skt5 5y ago
What would stop someone from operating a currency exchange system? Ex: a market to buy and sell credits using USD
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by skt5 5y ago
This credit system sounds like another form of currency.
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by skt5 5y ago
The building value by the county assessor's office is considered a standard for depreciation schedules. While it might not be useful for selling the property or building it - it does have value for accounting purposes.
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by skt5 5y ago
Generally speaking no. When there needs to be major maintenance, each condo unit owner pays N% of the cost where N% is defined as your ownership stake (also your voting weight) in the condo. N is roughly your unit's square footage &#
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by skt5 5y ago
4Runners are notorious for holding their resale value well since they're known to be very reliable vehicles that can run 400k miles+ if you take care of them. You can put Land Cruisers in this category too.

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