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I wholeheartedly agree with you. I'm suggesting that it might be time to have the counter conversation that just because it has numerical statistical analysis does not make it ML. …

I appreciate how convenient it is to have statistical analysis tools available directly in BQ SQL, but are linear and logistic regression really considered "machine learning"?

Honestly, those costs were the last thing anyone worried about. There were so many local donations of fuel, water, food, etc. Some of the folks I helped evacuate offered cash donat…

The interesting thing is we self-organized. If you had a flat bottom boat and a truck, you helped your family first. Then there were twice as many people asking for help. It was ea…

During the 2016 floods in the Baton Rouge area, I was part of this effort. Flooding disasters are fog of war. Victims are psychologically paralyzed with disbelief and loss, and the…

Google is the problem. I thought they didn't want to be evil.

If you have to ask this question, maybe you shouldn't have applied for the position.

Because Rust!

Regarding on-host filtering (edge analytics), my experience has been it's because of performance, and I agree with the security angle, too.

This is seriously cool, in my opinion. In fact, I've been working on something kind of similar in Go with more support for network monitoring and vulnerability management that woul…

Using DonorsChoose.org, we are very grateful to have this 1-1 match for schools in areas of the state that were completely flooded (90% of citizens flooded in one parish, 14 trilli…

I had a first interview with a company where an engineer walked into the room with an eight page C++ exam. No interview. No meet-and-greet-tell-me-about-yourself. Just write, using…

Maybe, but I doubt it. I've had no problem getting interviews and navigating them. But I don't really know because most companies don't respond to follow-ups asking for feedback on…

Wow! Thank you all for the positive comments and encouragement. I think it's helpful to us all to share these experiences to show that we aren't seeing these trends in isolation.

I'll add another voice to the job market for experienced developers and managers. It's terrible. I have an advanced CS degree, in-demand programming skills and leadership experienc…

Almost as funny as https://threatbutt.com/

That's better than the hipster references. Well done!

Bearded & Coiffed Hipster Stack (BCHS)

I'm sure I'll get downvoted, but God help us if science has become a data science hackathon.

I've been a remote worker for over four years, and my experience is this statement is partially true. With a laptop and wifi connection, I can work from any location where I am mos…

I think this nails it. In many ways, Microsoft is playing catch-up with Apple, Google, and Facebook. But they have good momentum right now. I, for one, am happy with the Nadella er…

> A few popular open-source projects don't necessarily speak to your talent as a programmer. If having source code and demonstrated traction for a few open source projects to revie…

It was fixed but isn't fixed. https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/19776

If you're sure you don't want the job, turn the tables and say something like "I have no clue. Can you show me?" Most likely, they don't have a clue either.