vowelless

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Current: Quantitative finance, NYC

Previously:

- UAV/Drone startup funded by ONR/DOD/DARPA. Semper Fi.

- kernel development at "big tech company".

- CS from "top school".

- Immigrant from the Middle East; former refugee. Proud American.

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Comment · 2 years ago
Yes, he is related to Geoffrey Hinton
Comment · 3 years ago
Where are these remote assistant human drivers located (country), and how have they been screened for temporarily “driving” vehicles in those cities (do these humans have American licenses? ). How is all this regulated?

Basically, I am curious if these remote assistant drivers are located in foreign nations without American licenses. And if so, how did you get them cleared to be able to “drive” cars on Americas roads?

Thanks

Ps: I took a cruise once in Austin and it needed remote assistance.

Comment · 3 years ago
… compared to GPT 1 and GPT 2 and BERT…
Comment · 3 years ago
I strongly second this. Abu Mostafa has videos and homework for this course too. This course was the one that made a LOT of fundamental things “click”, like, why does learning even work and what are some broad expectations about what we can and cannot learn.
Comment · 4 years ago
Why did you mention Andrei Jikh?
Comment · 4 years ago
The two books by Paul (host of that podcast) are fantastic. I cannot recommend them enough.
Comment · 4 years ago
Well, how much do you make? Compare your comp with the numbers on levels.fyi to see if you fit in the expected band.
Comment · 4 years ago
Does anyone know if comma.ai can use the lidar to improve its self driving car algos? In general, is this lidar sensor long range enough to help cars drive?
Comment · 4 years ago
Should the world seize the assets of Silicon Valley billionaires over the US invasion of Iraq, Afghanistan and other actions in MENA?

Probably.

Comment · 4 years ago
What if the person continuously says “smoking isnt bad for you. It’s actually great for you” on their podcast that is delivered by Spotify to hundreds of millions?

What about they say something even more egregious like “seatbelt laws are against freedom and they do more harm than good and so we should stand up against them?”

I dont care either way. But i think its not clear.

Comment · 4 years ago
I started to do this recently. It is amazing how motivated I am to walk/run because I want to know whats next in the book.
Comment · 4 years ago
Might I suggest doing some introspection?

Perhaps I “completely missed” the meaning of it. I hardly saw much discussion about the flaws of Korean society (and thus dont presume anything about it with my own biases — I didnt get the visual it was a “hellhole”). What I saw was a horrible father/son in gambling debt (his choice to gamble), a pretentious trader who overlevered and lost peoples money (his choice to be greedy), a bunch of thieves, and a crazy old rich man (clearly a sadist). I didnt see abject poverty that arose due to capitalism. I am trying hard to see how the free market got these people to be like that. Feel free to explain if you would like.

Then I saw these people constantly choose to be inside a messed up totalitarian system so that they could get cash. They were societys degenerates who were driven by so much greed that they joined this quasi commie / authoritarian system to get even more cash.

Maybe you are saying that for degenerates, a normal free market is a “hell hole” and thus they need this game. Ok, fair enough. But that doesnt tell us much about capitalism.

Comment · 4 years ago
It showed greedy, flawed people who _chose_ to leave a possibly capitalistic system (they actually dont discuss the outside world too much) and participate in a totalitarian hell hole as they are enticed with cash. Not out of lack of options, but due to messed up promises by the dictator in charge and their own greedy nature, or bad choices (like gambling debt, crashing a overlevered portfolio which is hardly poverty).

It is reminiscent of communist revolutions of the past where people choose to overthrow a system to establish a totalitarian system so that they can get some gain out of it.

Comment · 4 years ago
Lol absolutely not. They participate out of free choice.

Its a warning that people could choose to participate in a centralized, communist totalitarian system if they are encouraged to do so. It reminds us of the communist revolutions from the early 1900s and a lot of the leftist rhetoric from today.

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