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Comment · 5 years ago
Comment · 5 years ago
Thanks for this answer - this is what I was looking for. I think you make a great point that the regulator needs to constantly adapt to the changing market, and this may be the case with Big Tech if it becomes more heavily regulated it seems. Otherwise companies may become regulated into bankruptcy maybe because the regular cannot keep up with the pace of change in the industry.
Comment · 5 years ago
Does anyone have any insights into how the railroad industry fared after it was broken up? I'm curious what the impact of the overall industry was as a result of the Sherman Act.
Do we think that had the railroad industry remained monopolized that the US today would have more high speed railways or more advanced rail services?
The author seems to draw a comparison between railroads and Big Tech, and I wonder if we can make the same guesses about what the outcome of the tech industry will be after more antitrust regulation?
Comment · 5 years ago
I wish they kept their Mailbox app as well - I really enjoyed using it (https://www.theverge.com/2015/12/8/9873268/why-dropbox-mailb...)
Comment · 5 years ago
I often find myself responding with "interesting" when I haven't yet formulated an opinion - to me it's an indication that I'll have to get back to you on how I feel about it. I haven't found another synonym to use as a response, and I often catch myself constantly saying "interesting" over and over. It's interesting.
Comment · 5 years ago
I heard this phrase in Shanghai and never knew it may be a curse - thanks for sharing this - I usually say this every once in a while but maybe shouldn't
Comment · 5 years ago
I found this blog to be very helpful for understanding lockfree algorithms: http://www.1024cores.net/home/lock-free-algorithms
Comment · 5 years ago
I always had a hard time remembering the regex syntax and form until I learned about scanners/lexers/tokenizers and finite state machines. Then it really clicked and made a lot of sense.
Comment · 5 years ago
Thanks for sharing those tips!
Comment · 5 years ago
Which tool do you use to follow users on HN?
Comment · 5 years ago
Sowell's "Controversial Essays" was helpful for me to understand the conservative mindset a little more. He comes from the Chicago School and Milton Friedman.
Comment · 6 years ago
It depends on the courses you pick. With your Math MS, you might actually do really well in the Machine Learning/AI courses that they offer. The projects are mostly in Python and a lot of students do not have a CS undergrad, so you won't be alone there. https://omscentral.com/ is a good resource if you want to see per-course reviews on what the courses are like or how much programming you do. The systems engineering courses (compilers, distributed systems, operating systems) are heavy in C/C++, but the machine learning courses are heavy in Python (AI for robotics for example, which is a great course). You can go to Udacity or Youtube and check out the videos if you want to try it out.
Comment · 6 years ago
It heavily depends on the courses you pick. I'm a full time employee (9-5 job) but no family and I usually dedicate a hour or two of my mornings and early evenings to the course as well as a couple hours every weekend, but I pick what others consider to be the more intense courses (compilers, distributed systems, operating systems). I also go all in on these courses since you get out of it what you put in.
This site is very accurate when it comes to the hours per week breakdown on courses: https://omscentral.com/ You'll see that some courses are drastically easier than others, the more intense ones being more rewarding. In all, you can make it as hard or as easy as you want and pick your courses that way. Having the BS in CS (I do) helps since you may recognize some of these topics from undergrad.
Comment · 6 years ago
I second this - I'm 3 semesters into the online MS in CS program at GATech and it's been a huge level up for me. I highly recommend the investment IF you have the time - it is a large time commitment.
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