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Comment · 8 years ago
I make 290k total comp as a SWE III at Google.

I would make around 240k if my initial stock grants hadn’t nearly doubled in value since I joined. I will probably actually make less money once my 4 year grant runs out, all things being equal.

5 years total experience.

Comment · 9 years ago
I'm getting

  "Sorry
Because of its privacy settings, this video cannot be played here."

in both Chrome and Firefox. What's up with that?

Comment · 9 years ago
I find that mindfulness both reduces my stress in the short term, and causes me to reflect and choose to eliminate stress-causes in my life in the long term. Both effects are positive.
Comment · 9 years ago
The "Non-Timely Scotsman" fallacy?
Comment · 9 years ago
Er, no, bitcoin going up is nice if you hold bitcoin like gold, and irrelevant if you imagine actually using bitcoin as a way to do transactions. Bitcoin going up or down in value relative to other cryptocurrencies is orthogonal to the problem that it is inconvenient and expensive as a way to move money.
Comment · 9 years ago
Don't use the tool, then.
Comment · 9 years ago
This comes off as pretty biased. "Run its course?" - really? Remind me, did DeepMind use Probabilistic Graphical Models to beat Lee Sedol at Go? Does any of OpenAI's research use them?
Comment · 9 years ago
Which doesn't even take into account other serious externalities like smog.
Comment · 9 years ago
It's definitely possible that people complaining about phony apologies are doing a power thing... Hmm, maybe they want to take away power from people who do bad things?

It would be nice if there was some kind of way to signal true remorse, like a way of speaking with our bodies, a "body language".

No one says the behavior doesn't matter - but without an expectation of social cost (apologies, and further criticism and reputation loss when the apology is tone deaf and insincere), why would anyone care about behaving well? Demanding apologies isn't worthless - it's a power thing.

Comment · 9 years ago
For formulas, I find Anki to be pretty effective, because it forces me to recall the formula. I also try to put proofs and proof-techniques into Anki so I can maintain knowledge of an area without using it frequently.
Comment · 9 years ago
Really cool idea, thanks for sharing!
Comment · 9 years ago
You might be able to use https://opentimestamps.org/ to provide evidence over time (i.e. proving it wasn't fabricated all at once).

Still, that doesn't prove that the individual points weren't fabricated at the time.

Comment · 9 years ago
Why is integrity such a concern these days? Obviously they're pretending to have integrity for PR reasons, as should be expected. You're just creating an environment where people learn to fake integrity.
Comment · 9 years ago
Comment · 9 years ago
You can always back up to your password (at least, with TouchID).

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