itin
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Comment · 5 years ago
Can someone please explain to me the strategy behind raising 4 rounds within 12 months? Doesn't really make sense to me besides chasing the hype
Comment · 5 years ago
What a shame that this country has come to.
Comment · 5 years ago
I love this because it empowers people in the MENA region to establish financial security and grow their careers at global tech companies. This will hopefully unlock resources for the much-needed entrepreneurship growth in the region
Comment · 5 years ago
As pointed out in the comments, 6.033 is a good overarching course to learn about a lot of computer systems fundamentals. If you want to dig deeper into networks, OS, computer architecture, MIT has plenty of specific courses for those:
http://web.mit.edu/6.829/www/currentsemester/ https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-compu... https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-compu...
Comment · 5 years ago
This was such a fantastic class. The best part was Charles Lieserson's Leiserchess engine and the diet Dr. Pepper he drank in every single lecture.
Comment · 6 years ago
The cultural significance of the name is pretty ironic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazar_(amulet)
Comment · 6 years ago
I love Tanya Khovanova! She saved my ass when I was taking and failing linear Algebra in my freshman year. Amazing TA with a kind heart, great sense of humor, and lovely Eastern European accent.
Comment · 6 years ago
"First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me."
Comment · 6 years ago
I've been a fan of repl.it from the start, though I failed to see the utility that a senior dev/someone with compute resources would derive from it. With this new feature, however, I think repl.it will save developers a lot of time. Kudos!
Comment · 7 years ago
What matters more than leaving the posh job is to know what you're leaping into. Will the problem and company you work at be something you want to wake up and work on for the next 7-10 years? Are the founders people you love spending every moment of your waking hours with? Are they pleasant when you disagree with them?
If you have a current opportunity, it would be much easier to compare X with Y than talking about hypotheticals, so my advice is keep looking around for opportunities, and once one arrises think hard and then think again and then take the leap.
In the meantime, focus on becoming a kick-ass coder and/or product person and/or manager and/or fundraiser and/or marketer because these are all critical skills for building successful organizations.
I am currently a masters student doing a 4+1 year program in a prestigious school CS department. I know that if I go work at a big tech company, I will have no motivation to put in my 110% effort, so that's what influenced my decision to join a medium-sized startup. Besides, life is too short to be doing something you don't enjoy.
Comment · 7 years ago
specifically, I don't see where the last step G(h_t) = etc. follows from
Comment · 7 years ago
Is it just me or is the math here incorrect?