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KuriousCat··on Ask HN: Which blog platform is suitable for personal blogging?
It depends, there are a lot of options including the age old blogger, wordpress, substack, ghost, medium etc. May be you can checkout substack (https://substack.com/for-bloggers)
KuriousCat··on Scientists discover laser light can cast a shadow
Interesting, Initially I thought it was a laser-laser interaction happening in vacuum.
KuriousCat··on Three Things We've Learned About Generative AI and Developer Productivity
What about the overall value of the code itself? Are the developers making similar amount of money using their code as they were before the advent of the LLMs?
KuriousCat··on Ask HN: My director got fired. His rival is taking his place. What to expect?
Trust your gut, keep the stock and find a gig where you feel welcome.
KuriousCat··on Ask HN: Career Advice (Need Help)
Do you have tough time to land a job even from the startups? https://news.ycombinator.com/jobs

Do you have any other constraints such as visa or work permits?

KuriousCat··on Ask HN: What is the current state of the art for transcribing with diarization?
Why do you think the space is stalled? There are quite a few apps in that space. https://github.com/juanmc2005/diart
KuriousCat··on Ask HN: Academics of HN, my partner cannot find a job
At that stage usually her PhD advisor or her PostDoc advisor or her own network should be chipping in... I am not sure how many years of experience she has as a postdoc, the few I knew ended up with 6-9 years of temporary postdoc positions before they got a tenure track job. Industry is bit more welcoming but might demand some amount of exclusive interview prep. Having said that, what are the other options if not a tenured track position that your partner might be interested in? Would you and your partner be willing to relocate to another country/continent? Did you explore stable positions at universities that are not highly rated?
KuriousCat··on Ask HN: As a manager, how to deal with a protegé?
If it is VP of Engineering and he/she is reporting to you, one option would be to delegate the responsibility to manage the senior SWE to the VP and make both accountable to deliver the results. I think you also might need to reconsider your position as a CTO, if a VP could simply bypass you like that you have bigger issues at hand than managing the protege.
KuriousCat··on Ask HN: As a manager, how to deal with a protegé?
Is that a VP of Engineering? If that’s the case shouldn’t it be the VP’s responsibility to get the things done? How did that appointment happen without CTO’s approval give that it is a small company?
KuriousCat··on Influence of a Large Language Model on Diagnostic Reasoning
I am a bit confused, how can GPT itself out perform the physicians? Who is setting the ground truth?
KuriousCat··on Tips for Building and Deploying Robots
I think part of the design craft is to ensure rapid prototyping and at the same time making sure that manufacturing is scalable. My question is more on how to hit the sweet spot where prototyping is fast and at the same time production pipeline changes are cost effective.
KuriousCat··on Tips for Building and Deploying Robots
This is solid advice, particularly #4 is the reason I have started building my own bots. I do have one question though, how to design the production pipeline such that it is easy to iterate on the bot design with minimal disruption?
KuriousCat··on ChatGPT redirecting me to other search engines
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/27/23892781/openai-chatgpt-l...
KuriousCat··on Ask HN: Resources about ML applied to moder physics
May be something like this : https://youtu.be/f5k0XY3kW0s

I would search for workshops or conferences by Sandia National Laboratories

KuriousCat··on On Impactful AI Research
If we are referring to PhD positions, that’s the case anyway. Many masters/PhD applicants have multiple papers these days.
KuriousCat··on On Impactful AI Research
I don’t think you would loose access to academia, actually it is the opposite. Academia would invite you with open arms once you have funds and/or the data :)
KuriousCat··on On Impactful AI Research
I did not say anything about making money in the current economy. Research requires funding and only way to have academic freedom is to have a steady source of recurrent income or funding. One way to get that is to please those who have money but give up part of your control on what you study. Other way is to monetize your knowledge and acquire a ton of money. You seem to misunderstand what I said or have very little clue on how the academia works.
KuriousCat··on On Impactful AI Research
I would say follow the money, create a product or service that generates recurrent income and channel that income to study the fundamental problems that would interest you. Owning a product or platform opens up for a lot of opportunities.
KuriousCat··on Ask HN: When should founders stick to their vision and when should they pivot?
Couple of questions, how did they end up with the money without having a clear product or a vision? How is making small bets related to pivoting?
KuriousCat··on Ask HN: What reasonable person would work as a founding engineer?
You can extend this argument to internal promotions as well, most companies expect you to first perform at the next level before you are considered for a promotion. Essentially it boggles down to being at the right place at the right time. The attributes you listed are not sufficient to run a company, you might require capital, you might require political support, you might require land or some natural resources and stuff that is not purely in your hands.
KuriousCat··on Ask HN: Recommendations for Eye Tracking Hardware?
I completely agree with you. There are many issues in that field. Though this might not also be a great fit just putting it out: https://github.com/chand-lab/openEyeTrack
KuriousCat··on Ask HN: Recommendations for Eye Tracking Hardware?
1. pupil labs: used to be more affordable but little bit more expensive 2. https://imotions.com/products/hardware/eye-tracking/eye-trac...
KuriousCat··on I fixed the strawberry problem because OpenAI couldn't
I think this analogy is not right. System 1 vs 2 in biology is in response to the need to preserve the life and run away from threats. For interactive question answer system it makes no sense to resort to system 1 kind of responses.
KuriousCat··on Ask HN: Why AI department needs data engineering team
May be you should seek more information and understand the basis for his stance. What assumptions did he make while hiring you? What changed? What are the data points that demonstrated your department is making it cumbersome?
KuriousCat··on Disclosure of wage or salary range by employer
What is the specificity of the range? Can someone publish a meaningless and wide range that does not effectively serve any purpose and be compliant?
KuriousCat··on AI Appears to Rapidly Be Approaching Brick Wall Where It Can't Get Smarter
We have barely scratched the surface of the algorithms that can satisfy all the attributes of significant learning. https://www.buffalo.edu/catt/teach/develop/design/learning-o... Although I believe, the much more serious issues are around the impact of deploying AI systems on the Human agency. These algorithms could potentially make any kind of change harder and could seriously cap human potential.
KuriousCat··on The End of Starsky Robotics (2020)
Have you experienced a pivotal moment in your startup journey where the promise of supervised machine learning fell short of expectations? Drawing inspiration from the challenges outlined by Starsky Robotics in their Medium post, "The End of Starsky Robotics," I am curious to hear your own encounters with ML in production. What hurdles did you confront, and how did you navigate them amidst the evolving landscape of machine learning technology?
KuriousCat··on Squarespace to Go Private in $6.9B All-Cash Transaction with Permira
How hard is it come up with community run maker spaces supported by the city for putting such things together? Not every thing has to be owned by large private companies.
KuriousCat··on Bill comes due for money-losing tech companies that borrowed billions
More than the loans, publicly traded companies must be regulated when they are loosing money. A lot of promises about future monetization are made with zero accountability
KuriousCat··on Ask HN: Will invalidation of non-compete increase attrition?
I don’t think so. It could be more governed by the opportunities. There is not as much startup and vc activity in Wa compared to CA.
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