wolfmanstout

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by wolfmanstout 1y ago
This doesn’t make ARC a bad benchmark. Tech giants will have a significant advantage in any benchmark they are interested in, _especially_ if the benchmark correlates with true general intelligence.
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Show HN: Repo-guide – AI-generated docs for codebase exploration and onboarding(github.com)
2 points by wolfmanstout 2y ago|0 comments
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by wolfmanstout 17y ago
Google isn't forcing anyone to use their services on the Android. Unlike the iPhone, the app API exposes all the device functionality used by the Google-made apps, so any other company could easily build a competing ecosystem for the Andro
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by wolfmanstout 17y ago
I understand some of the downfalls of postmodernism and I won't defend it, but I'm not going back to rationalism, which influenced the Nazis, or Platonic or Christian Essentialism, which has marked humanity in negative ways for too many ce
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by wolfmanstout 17y ago
When you have those moments where you do actually get things done, are you still focusing on the mundane tasks? That might be why the inspiration isn't lasting. Set aside a small amount of time each day to work on some creative task. Don'
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Google and "Don't be Evil": Interview with Eric Schmidt(marketplace.publicradio.org)
1 points by wolfmanstout 17y ago|0 comments
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by wolfmanstout 17y ago
Sure, they get a job when they're 20, but what about ten years down the line when their language/framework-specific training is obsolete? Also, it's hard to imagine that such narrow training is going to produce creative engineers. Although
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by wolfmanstout 18y ago
Notice that Krugman provides very little hard evidence to completely discard the entire school of thought of the Austrian economists. He even sneers at them using blatant straw-man attacks: "some people probably are attracted to Austrianis
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by wolfmanstout 18y ago
The article sneers that "seven out of 10 rank themselves “above average” in academic ability." This bias is not specific to Gen-Y: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Wobegon_effect
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by wolfmanstout 18y ago
Your suspicion is correct. I just got hired by Google as a new grad software engineer. New grads might have a better shot in situations like this, because they are cheaper. Many companies made the mistake of not hiring them during the la