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fjdhcjjenxncnd··on I’m Done Pretending SF Tech Is Visionary
It's still very much a research implementation, but I'm making global black box combinatoric methods which can be used where analytic optimization methods are not available, e.g. multi-objective optimization.

>Maybe post under your real account.

I have no real account. I always make a new one every few posts partly for privacy reasons, and partly because I enjoy reading posts like your own. :^)

fjdhcjjenxncnd··on I’m Done Pretending SF Tech Is Visionary
Actually no. I'm making the software that did not previously exist. Others down the road can then use it to produce better performing products.

Passive aggressive word games aside, you really can't compare "reducing the global need for oil" to "snapchat for cats".

fjdhcjjenxncnd··on I’m Done Pretending SF Tech Is Visionary
My work is a bit meta at the moment. I'm making software that can take part designs and optimize their physical shape for better performance.

So the end result is more fuel efficient cars, faster planes, etc.

fjdhcjjenxncnd··on I’m Done Pretending SF Tech Is Visionary
If our economic system as we know it is no longer capable of delivering innovation, then something is seriously wrong and we should be reevaluating why we are still using that system.
fjdhcjjenxncnd··on I’m Done Pretending SF Tech Is Visionary
And this is precisely why I'm a mechanical engineer instead of a web developer, despite being very very good at the latter.