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Comment · 3 years ago
Man up and be professional. Your (trivial) work isn't a romantic relationship.
Comment · 3 years ago
Every programmer distorts the truth to preserve code he's already written. It's not pathological if everyone does it.
Comment · 3 years ago
Yes, a teaching assistant / course grader does exactly this.
Comment · 3 years ago
Accept two facts. One, everyone assumes you know and care about what they're talking about. Two, nothing that you or they do on a weekly timescale matters in the slightest to the bottom line.
Comment · 3 years ago
Besides two chicks at the same time? Nothing. I would sit on my ass all day. I would do nothing. -- P. Gibbons.
Comment · 3 years ago
it is your passion to make markets efficient

... said no one ever. Incidentally, Ray is certainly among the better funded outfits, but by now, everyone can see generalized MLOps is never going to happen. Nature of the beast calls for bespoke hardware and in-house dev.

Comment · 3 years ago
We don't do it for them. We do it to to bring closure for ourselves. Outside of death, it's usually "What have you done for me lately?"
Comment · 3 years ago
I dunno who this Alan Kay guy is, but he needs to get to the point faster.
Comment · 3 years ago
A two-year MS in CS is precisely that.

Most American universities allow precocious high schoolers to graduate in three years, but unless tuition money is a concern, a fourth year to soak it all in is worth it. Your working life is long -- one year is nothing.

Comment · 3 years ago
Have him borrow 75k from you, then split equity 50/50.

Most likely you'll lose your shirts, at which point, your buddy better translate his motivation and quick learning skills into 75k plus interest.

Comment · 3 years ago
Many twenty-something co-workers do co-habitate. Then they get married, and that's the end of that.
Comment · 3 years ago
don’t see this type of licensing often.

That's because it relies on people ignoring a $20 bill on the sidewalk.

Comment · 3 years ago
What would life be like if there was no electricity for six months?

My pacemaker would stop ticking, and I'd die. So no, I'm gonna go to as many bars, cinemas and video arcades as possible, and books can go suck it.

Comment · 3 years ago
Try being less verbose. Waste not, want not.

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