>> The 2-3 weeks I worked on Git to get that started for example.
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>> The 2-3 weeks I worked on Git to get that started for example.
http://fortune.com/2014/05/05/each-new-y-combinator-class-wo...
>> Y Combinator... creates more than a billion dollars of value with each class it graduates...Interesting that this effect does not show up for Java programmers.
>> expensive, hard-to-source hardware engineering skills.
Lots of hardware engineers have moved into software.
>> When you sell too early you don’t realize the full potential.
> >This has been true of so many Kickstarter projects, but has hit hard goods especially.
As someone with an EE/hardware background, though, I am deeply impressed at the efforts that succeed, sometimes surprisingly well.
>> give you news or trivia related to those things to help you out.
>> We can't even get people off SHA1 to SHA2 "because of lower performance." Somehow I doubt the "1 terrabit RSA key" would go over well with them.
I find Costco on-line to be a very credible Amazon alternative. Costco now fills the niche that Amazon did 2 years ago.
>> have to gains shipped off to billionaires in California?
https://getelapse.com: "An elegantly simple tool to help you focus on the tasks you need to get done."Like many big companies, they want to commoditize their products' complements.
"Smart companies try to commoditize their products' complements." https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/06/12/strategy-letter-v/
Fitting a model via closed-form equations vs. Gradient Descent vs Stochastic Gradient Descent vs Mini-Batch Learning – what is the difference?
How can I avoid overfitting?... >> Any ideas how we can get feedback from our new developers on how to improve?
www.danluu.com "The idea is to bring neural networks to the Internet of Things.
A lot of motion detection cameras take pictures of branches moving in the wind—that’s not very helpful” >> admit when they don't know something... encourage you to validate that with data
My experience is that people that won't admit they don't know something are not necessarily bad employees. Often they are capable employees, although this is a trait I rarely see in the best employees. However, I find they are toxic to a good work environment, since they won't listen to people who do know something.
They do seem to get promoted to management had a much higher rate :)
>> re-read a text book about a year after I had finished the class...
>> it really helped me deepen my understanding of the topic generally.
(from beginner to being able to make basic conversation)
>> I was motivated enough to spent 7+ months learning basic Mandarin
I have tried learning Mandarin, and found that in the same amount of time that you could be communicating (at a very basic level) in another language (even one considered 'hard' like Japanese), with Mandarin I am still trying to get tones right.
>> early programmable logic (PALs and PLDs) were easy to program with available documentation.
The main thing that has shifted is that the bar is higher. 10x more than an early PALs/PLD design is not worth much today.
>> I've done the "flip the chip over, super glue, and solder wire wrap wires to the leads" but its not fun.
I have done it many times, and I think it is fun :)
>> planting three avocado pips“Ungrafted” trees (like those grown inside from seeds) rarely produce fruit. In order to have an avocado tree that produces fruit, one must graft the seedling."
https://www.willsavocados.com/index.php/grow-avocado-tree >> It is astonishing how fast a computer is without the overhead most modern languages bring in.
Seems like there should be room for a language with slightly reduced set of Python features (Py--) which runs much faster.
>> I have given up entirely on interviewing for SV companies, and work 100% remote now.
>> Coursera course by Martin Odersky
Unfortunately, the next one in the series is not nearly as good.
>> top-tier reward of a t-shirt.