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austenallred

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About austenallred

Co-founder - Bloom Institute of Technology (YC S17)

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    Comment #37293704

    > deep learning vs crypto is a clear divide of rotators vs wordcels. "deep learning vs. crypto is a clear divide of math people vs creative people." > the former offends theorycel …

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    Comment #35865073

    File a chargeback on the credit cards

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    Comment #34413164

    1. You can add more 2. New RAM is not like old RAM. Macs are dramatically more optimized than they used to be. I have a MacBook Air (M1) with 16GB of RAM and it runs more smoothly …

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    Comment #34333342

    The stuff isn’t hand-wavy, the number of “this is a living wage” is

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    Comment #34326778

    Or - Spend less on stuff than they assumed is necessary in a hand-wavy calculation

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    Comment #34138564

    For me half of the point is that I can just dump everything into one place and not categorize or think about it

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    Comment #33980315

    Yes, but crypto didn’t steal billions of dollars. Individual companies did. A lot of people are still reasonably very excited about Bitcoin and crypto.

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    Comment #33979692

    A16Z didn't invest in FTX

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    Comment #33836564

    It's extremely, extremely regulated!

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    Comment #33834689

    > I don't think the people cheating ever got far enough to actually effect job stats. Yeah, some do a remarkably good job of cheating and would get into hiring stats for sure, but …

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    Comment #33834676

    Edit: It's too late to edit my comment, but I noticed an error we have sold ISAs with minimal recourse not at enrollment, but at the point of _graduation_; we would sell half at an…

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    Comment #33834548

    850 actual hours, butt-in-seat and required, or 850 scheduled hours?

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    Comment #33832367

    If I am interpreting the parent's comment correctly, he's referring to TAs (we called them "team leads") not instructors. Based on the context of the comment I'm assuming that this…

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    Comment #33832294

    I love the idea of CIRR but it is largely a failed institution. Their measures have changed dramatically over the years (the last CIRR event anyone at BloomTech attended resulted i…

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    Comment #33832127

    We should do a better job of getting more granular on that piece, because it really does matter, but the above isn't the right way to do that math to answer the question prospectiv…

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    Comment #33831608

    Sadly that’s not true. Even the very best of companies try to grow and occasionally miss and have to shrink, or layoffs would be far more rare.

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    Comment #33831550

    Hmm, it is interesting to me that sometimes when clear evidence conflicts with an existing mental model it’s easier to create imaginary evidence than to adjust the mental model.

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    Comment #33831282

    Which ones? The team that built our iOS curriculum is _literally_ the team that built the iOS curriculum at Apple. ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebhicks ). Honestly at this poin…

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    Comment #33830034

    I was not cheering, and my opinion is consistent; as money becomes much tighter companies have to rightsize themselves to the amount of revenue coming in. This is true across Silic…

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    Comment #33829993

    Our iOS curriculum covered memory management extensively.

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    Comment #33829977

    No, the fact that it was a trademark lawsuit is a matter of public record. https://dockets.justia.com/docket/california/candce/4:2019cv...

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    Comment #33829968

    Because of a trademark lawsuit https://dockets.justia.com/docket/california/candce/4:2019cv...

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    Comment #33829952

    The fact that we changed our name because of a trademark lawsuit is a matter of public record https://dockets.justia.com/docket/california/candce/4:2019cv...

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    Comment #33827762

    Feel free to point out where I lie