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jpwagneron The Marshmallow Test does not reliably predict adult functioning

Think of the marshmallow test as a short story by a famous author. It rings with truth, but it's not "science".

Plagiarism will undergo a change in definition.

Your observation, while accurate, is a tangent. The point of the bibliography in the context of an academic paper is to reference the academic merit of the work. In the case of science, this would be reproducible experiments (ideally).

Perhaps you would prefer to include the generated text source as an author.

jpwagneron ChatGPT in Academic Writing

if it's not reproducible, it's not science

jpwagneron ChatGPT in Academic Writing

At some point the bibliography needs to reference the LLM itself which would need to be hosted indefinitely.

jpwagneron Inuits have hundreds of words for sea ice (2013)

^ nailed it

jpwagneron Solving Every Sudoku Puzzle (2006)

A long time ago I did high school math instruction. I used Sudoku for an initial introduction to proofs - something where the student knew they were implicitly going through a "proof" process.

jpwagneron Ask HN: What was your experience starting a tech consultancy?

Ran a consultancy for years

Most important advice I'd give is to liberally turn projects down and there are two positive outcomes

- you don't take on projects that don't make sense for you

- the best projects are the ones where the client is resilient enough to negotiate through your initial "no"

jpwagneron Portmanteau Generator

This is terrible fun, or dare i say "shitty-witty"

jpwagneron YC 120

is your framework a reference to David Brooks' Ted Talk?

https://www.ted.com/talks/david_brooks_should_you_live_for_y...

jpwagneron YC 120

i don't think you're imagining the selection process properly.

i think to get the right mental model, imagine instead that they only wrote "send a one-minute video and convince us to invite you".

jpwagneron The Spiral Language

https://github.com/mrakgr/The-Spiral-Language/commit/d75e304...

jpwagneron The Spiral Language

https://github.com/mrakgr/The-Spiral-Language/commit/51fe8b7...

jpwagneron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2018)

FØCAL | Cambridge/Boston | ONSITE, REMOTE-possible | f0cal.com

---FØCAL---

We are building a platform for development and testing your code on simulated and/or benchmarked hardware - with computer vision applications as our beachhead market. We liken it to "CAD for CV".

We have a great team and are growing (right now!) in a lot of areas:

- Product management

- Developers (full-stack, image processing, compiler experts, hardware, proserv)

Feel free to reach out - email in profile

jpwagneron Show HN: Strimpack – roll your own livestreaming portal, chat, subs, and forum

Love the narrative style!

  setup instructions

  1. Get a server. Not a tiny one.
  ...

jpwagneron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2018)

FØCAL | Cambridge/Boston | ONSITE, REMOTE-possible | f0cal.com

---FØCAL---

Build once. Build everywhere. -- computer-aided design for computer vision.

Next-generation HPC image processing backplane.

We have an innovative team and are looking for outstanding contributors in a lot of areas

- Product manager

- Developer (full-stack web services)

- Developer (image processing)

Feel free to reach out - email in profile

jpwagneron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2018)

FØCAL | Cambridge/Boston | ONSITE, REMOTE-possible | f0cal.com

---FØCAL---

Build once. Build everywhere. -- computer-aided design for computer vision.

Next-generation HPC image processing backplane.

We have an innovative team and are looking for outstanding contributors in a lot of areas

- Product manager

- Developers (web services)

- Developers (image processing)

- Developers (compilers)

Feel free to reach out - email in profile

jpwagneron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2018)

FØCAL | Developer | Cambridge/Boston | ONSITE, REMOTE-possible | http://f0cal.com

---FØCAL---

Build once. Build everywhere. -- computer-aided design for computer vision.

Next-generation HPC image processing backplane that delivers unparalleled performance and predictability, cloud to edge.

We have an innovative team and are looking for outstanding contributors in a lot of areas - feel free to reach out.

https://jobs.lever.co/f0cal

jpwagneron Konva – HTML5 2d canvas library for desktop and mobile applications

Been using this for a new project for a few months [0]. Cannot speak highly enough about it - Thank you Anton [1]!

[0] specifically the react package https://github.com/lavrton/react-konva

[1] https://lavrton.com/

jpwagneron Why Toys?

The best dichotomy I've heard for this is:

Are you building [Ice Skates] or are you building [Ear muffs]?

Ice skates allow you to do something new that you didn't even know you had a demand for. Ear muffs solve a problem that you were already solving poorly (with your hands).

[Business vs toy] is an insanely counterproductive mental framework which will create a false sense of security in founders who are actually building crap - just because you can play with it does not mean it has value.

jpwagneron Explore Wealth and Income Inequality in the World Wealth and Income Database

zinger point taken, but consider:

1 - compared to a rock, all humans are equal (note: this is not a political statement and has no relationship to theocracy)

2 - if a unit of food sits on the ground between two people, they are free to behave however they want, either can choose to pick up the food or not - this is liberty

3 - given that a unit of food when found will be split evenly (by some process out of an individual's control) their behavior no longer matters - this is not liberty

jpwagneron Explore Wealth and Income Inequality in the World Wealth and Income Database

Milton Friedman's three categories for human equality: equality before God, equality of opportunity and equality of outcome - the second is compatible with liberty, and the third is socialism.

jpwagneron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2017)

FØCAL | Cambridge/Boston | ONSITE, REMOTE-possible | http://f0cal.com/

---FØCAL---

Build once. Build everywhere. -- computer-aided design for computer vision.

Next-generation HPC image processing backplane that delivers unparalleled performance and predictability, cloud to edge.

We have an innovative team and are looking for outstanding contributors in a lot of areas - feel free to reach out.

  - contribute to a fast-paced venture-funded startup in an exciting field

  - get mentorship from senior developers

  - invent!

Please email (see my profile) with:

  - your development experience

  - technologies you hope to learn or things you find interesting

  - anything else!

keywords: Python, Computer Vision, Linux, Jenkins, SaltStack, Docker, Microsoft Azure, AWS, Devops, Cloud Architect

jpwagneron Is the Rise of Contract Workers Killing Upward Mobility?

"In a fixed career you have a chance to build something up, while in contracting you're often back to square one with each new contract."

When you are "contracting" (I assume you mean freelancing) you ARE working for a "company" - YOU. Your boss is you, your accountant is you, your assistant is you, your maid is you. If you don't give yourself a promotion, sure you won't "build something up".

What you describe is not inherent to "contracting" it's up to you. Some people thrive in that scenario.

jpwagneron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2017)

FØCAL | Developer | Cambridge/Boston | ONSITE, REMOTE-possible | http://f0cal.com/

---FØCAL---

Build once. Build everywhere. -- computer-aided design for computer vision.

Next-generation HPC image processing backplane that delivers unparalleled performance and predictability, cloud to edge.

We have an innovative team and are looking for outstanding contributors in a lot of areas - feel free to reach out.

  - contribute to a fast-paced venture-funded startup in an exciting field

  - get mentorship from senior developers

  - invent!

Please email (see my profile) with:

  - your development experience

  - technologies you hope to learn or things you find interesting

  - anything else!

jpwagneron Trump’s F.C.C. Pick Quickly Targets Net Neutrality Rules

totally agree. but my understanding is 'net neutrality' accepts this monopoly as a given and says the monopoly needs to be regulated. i think opponents would say - let's try to allow for competition (to break up the monopoly without central planning intervention).

jpwagneron Trump’s F.C.C. Pick Quickly Targets Net Neutrality Rules

I think you make good points. But by having additional compliance rules, it becomes slightly harder to compete with the ISP.

This argument, therefore, taken to a natural conclusion gives up on competition at the ISP level in favor of competition at the data level.

I think the counter argument is that by allowing for way more competition at the ISP level - there is no data level competition problem (the problem becomes how to allow for more ISP competition).

This side of the argument would love to see all users have access to 5 or more ISP choices where today more than 25% have access to 2 or less.

jpwagneron Show HN: Privacy-focused, ad-free, non-tracking torrent search engine

this is very likely related to letsencrypt certs used with certain firefox versions

jpwagneron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2017)

SevenLeague | Join the team | Cambridge, Boston, New York

Seven League Products is a consulting firm focused on helping companies move from the first version of their web/software product to a version that can scale indefinitely with their growth potential. We've built tools that support millions of users.

We are looking for team members who can contribute to development, design and client management.

  - learn new technologies

  - get mentorship from senior developers

  - contribute to a wide range of projects

  - learn about different businesses, industries, customers, motivations, problems

Please email (see my profile) with:

  - your experience

  - preferred working style

  - technologies you hope to learn or things you find interesting

  - anything else!

jpwagneron Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (January 2017)

SEEKING FREELANCER - Cambridge/Boston or Remote

---SevenLeague---

We are looking to expand our network of Developer Partners.

Developer Partners:

  - learn new technologies

  - earn good money for contributing to available projects (part-time or full-time)

  - get mentorship from senior developers

Please email (see my profile) with:

  - your development experience

  - preferred software technology stacks

  - technologies you hope to learn or things you find interesting

  - anything else!