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Comment · 2 years ago
AI is not magic, and still constrained by math. If you need 3 variables and only have 2, AI isn't going to do it.
Comment · 2 years ago
Yep, they implement kernel level security, rather than obsessing over language.
Comment · 2 years ago
> (mean, median, mode, stdev)

You are taught this is 6th or 7th grade. The students just don't remember, or lack the ability to contextualize it in the workplace.

Comment · 2 years ago
I agree with the general idea of math and science. However the fields you mentioned are mostly useful for formalizing computer languages. If you want more concepts to use in actual programs, I think there are more practical areas to look in.
Comment · 2 years ago
The real fundamentals are graphs, trees, stacks, recursion, dp, etc. in other words, computer science.

If someone understands trees they can understand html in one sentence.

Comment · 2 years ago
> I don't want anyone thinking I support Musk

Enemy centered mindset. You both lose, but he doesn't know you exist.

Comment · 2 years ago
> Reading TAOCP is the least efficient way to learn about algorithms

"Learning the algorithms" isn't a binary checkbox. It's a gradient of thinking and math skills, ranging up to a researcher in the field. TAOCP is the only book I know if that will give you that depth.

Learning those skills is not for everyone, but can be extremely valuable, and open a lot more doors than graduating with a class of 10,000 other CS students.

> Can you share more about this, even IMO medalists go to undergrad first.

He was an "undergrad" whose first math class was graduate real analysis.

Comment · 2 years ago
I feel a lot of my faith in public health scientists was also burned.
Comment · 2 years ago
Being better than your peers always brings a warm feeling.
Comment · 2 years ago
They must work at Google
Comment · 2 years ago
Clicked in your first source. That “7 trillion” is a global number and already includes the writers speculations on the value of those other things

> The other 82 percent of fossil fuel subsidies were implicit. These included tax breaks for oil firms, but also the unpaid cost of climate change and air pollution as a result of burning fossil fuels.

Comment · 2 years ago
Please correct with your intended interpretation.
Comment · 2 years ago
Be careful. The indexers might hear this and reassure you that the S&P is only optimal with Uber included at exactly the date it did and the fund will fail otherwise.

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