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Comment · 3 years ago
I’ve used my learning budget for music lessons on this site virtu.academy
Comment · 4 years ago
Learn In | Senior Frontend/Backend Software Engineers | Full-time | US Remote
Learn In helps companies establish education benefits and talent academies so every employee can build deeper skills precisely aligned to company needs. HR, Talent and L&D leaders use Learn In to modernize access to learning budgets and world-class programs, and to simplify the delivery of custom programs to employee groups.
We're hiring experienced engineers to help build out our web applicaiton. We have a React/Typescript frontend with a C#/.NET core backend. You don't need to know these technologies (I was new to the .NET world and have been pleasantly surprised) but need to have the technical knowledge and independence of a senior software engineer.
Our founding team previously founded a unicorn in the edTech space called Degreed so it's an excellent opportunity to learn startup best practices from an experienced team. We have a low meeting culture that prioritizes flexibility.
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Comment · 4 years ago
Learn In | Senior Frontend/Backend Software Engineers | Full-time | US Remote
Learn In helps companies establish education benefits and talent academies so every employee can build deeper skills precisely aligned to company needs. HR, Talent and L&D leaders use Learn In to modernize access to learning budgets and world-class programs, and to simplify the delivery of custom programs to employee groups.
We're hiring experienced engineers to help build out our web applicaiton. We have a React/Typescript frontend with a C#/.NET core backend. You don't need to know these technologies (I was new to the .NET world and have been pleasantly surprised) but need to have the technical knowledge and independence of a senior software engineer.
Our founding team previously founded a unicorn in the edTech space called Degreed so it's an excellent opportunity to learn startup best practices from an experienced team. We have a low meeting culture that prioritizes flexibility.
Links to apply are here: https://learnin.applytojob.com/apply/lCz8HhpKtW/Frontend-Eng... https://learnin.applytojob.com/apply/UJUnLOYbup/Backend-Engi...
My contact: andrew at company domain name https://www.learnin.com
Comment · 6 years ago
From the article:
“The authors found studies with high-quality design, such as those which used a group of active controls – children who did not learn music but instead learned a different skill, such as dance or sports, for example – showed no effect of music education on cognitive or academic performance.“
If you can acquire the skills you mentioned doing other activities then it doesn’t mean learning music is worthless just means music doesn’t hold a special ability to do it relative to certain other activities.
Comment · 6 years ago
Something that is not touched on in the post but the book The Color of Law touches on in depth is how single family zoning has strong racist motivations. There are many Suburban areas that had the exclusion of black people as a requirement for Federal financial support. These include areas such as Stanford/Palo Alto and Long Island in NY but the list is numerous.
Comment · 6 years ago
According to Wikipedia
Legislation = Legislation (or statutory law) is law which has been promulgated (or "enacted") by a legislature or other governing body or the process of making it
Qualified Immunity = Qualified immunity is a legal doctrine in United States federal law
Legal doctrine = A legal doctrine is a framework, set of rules, procedural steps, or test, often established through precedent in the common law, through which judgments can be determined in a given legal case
So it's a bit of a grey area, but I think the greater point stands that this is how court cases are decided vs. a law in the traditional sense that people think about laws.
Comment · 6 years ago
It's important to clarify. "Qualified Immunity" is NOT a law. It is judicial precedent. That means the Supreme Court made this up and courts don't go against prior rulings except in rare cases. Sometimes Congress creates laws to confirm judicial rulings or go against them and clarify their intentions.
The Supreme Court has ruled a lot of things that we would not allow to stand today. For instance, the Dred Scott Case [1] "In a landmark case, the United States Supreme Court decided 7–2 against Scott, finding that neither he nor any other person of African ancestry could claim citizenship in the United States, and therefore Scott could not bring suit in federal court under diversity of citizenship rules. Moreover, Scott's temporary residence outside Missouri did not bring about his emancipation under the Missouri Compromise, as the court ruled this to have been unconstitutional, as it would "improperly deprive Scott's owner of his legal property".
Comment · 6 years ago
Curious, what books did you buy? I’ve been getting interested in this sort of thing lately.
Comment · 6 years ago
I've thought about solving this problem with an ML approach like you all are taking but as you say never had the bandwidth because I was focusing on my "core missions". I'm no longer a heavy spark user but am very happy to see you all working on this!
It always seemed so inefficient to me to spend all this time hand tuning jobs only to have the data change and need to do the same thing again.
Good luck!
Comment · 6 years ago
Saga | San Francisco/Palo Alto, CA | Full time | Onsite or Remote OK
Open positions: Fullstack engineer, iOS engineer, Android engineer, generalist engineer with track record of learning quickly welcome as well
Saga helps people to save the stories of their loved ones on audio. See website or reach out for more information https://trysaga.com
We're looking for engineers interested in building consumer products. Curiosity about product or design is a plus. Caring about helping people to connect with family is a huge plus. Email me at [email protected] if interested.
Comment · 8 years ago
I think if 2 events are independent then you can use an eventually consistent DB like Cassandra and move on with your day. The importance of something like TrueTime arises when you have an example like in the article. Step 1: remove your parents from seeing your photo albums. Step 2: post your spring break photo album
Comment · 8 years ago
This seems like a good resource in general for understanding how to structure and communicate your ideas e.g. preparing a slide deck
Comment · 9 years ago
That stuck out to me as well. It kind of seems to me like they’re saying variable cost of goods sold increased
Comment · 9 years ago
The exact same. I read the whole article but averted my eyes and quickly scrolled past all the images
On June 7, 2000, the District Court ordered a breakup of Microsoft as its remedy. According to that judgment, Microsoft would have to be split into two separate units, one to produce the operating system and one to produce other software components. Microsoft immediately appealed the judgment to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. [1]
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_C....