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    Comment #21644581

    I think the main question I have about these smaller, "lottery ticket" networks is that they are being trained over and over on the same problem as the bigger network, and are bein…

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    Comment #20924186

    I wonder if a pullback by WeWork would potentially close the "window" for IPOs meaning other tech companies that want to go public but haven't so far will have to wait longer.

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    Comment #20482767

    Its pretty smart to use neural networks to exploit the non uniformity of the data, but I thought they were going to have replaced just the hash function part of a bloom filter, ins…

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    Comment #20121304

    Just how some criticize Bezos and Zucherburg for building massive fortunes with either terrible workplace practices or the invasion of privacy of millions of people. not all wealth…

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    Comment #20121047

    This is probably extremely cynical, but does floydhub have a vested interest in promoting genetic algorithms because they can take long times to train, especially with neural netwo…

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    Comment #20121021

    While I see the point of being financially independent and generating positive-sum wealth, some parts of this argument are bullshit. Most people I have talked to attacking those wi…

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    Comment #19855431

    This isn't completely on topic but ... I wonder what happens to a company's culture once the employees see the stock absolutely tanking. The probably aren't fully vested, and so ar…

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    Comment #18852046

    This might be a naive comment, but isn't that predatory pricing. By dropping prices to zero and trying to purposely hurt your competitors, you effectively gain a monopoly on that i…

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    Comment #18811701

    I think we are seeing this drain already occuring actually. The popular news sources are all reporting that millenials are struggling to buy homes and build savings, though this ma…

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    Comment #18811097

    I don't see this here, but could a student debt bubble result not in a wave of defaults but as a contributing factor in a market slowdown or recession because the average borrower …

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    Comment #18031442

    As much as a Google replacement would be great for competition, it would be extremely difficult. Google was able to scale with the web gradually through anti spam and proprietary s…

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    Comment #17983770

    I don't see why this would be smart move for Google/Larry Page at all. If He goes, either he will fail, which would be disaster similar to Facebook for Google, or he will come out …

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    Comment #17868579

    This. The amount of social anxiety and peer pressure from constant liking causes so many people on insta and fb to conform to popular opinion or get into harsh arguments with hatef…

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    Comment #17679801

    Just curious, what kind of diet is considered "Western"? I would assume you are talking about diets high in sugar and carbs, but I'm sure other Eastern cultures eat plenty of high …

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    Comment #17424963

    Is that such a bad thing? The web has allowed the sharing of high quality content across the world for little to no cost, but has also created so much noise for the average user th…

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    Comment #17334952

    I'm not quite sure about this, but aren't the products you have mentioned also have the same problem as Netflix. Spotify is able to provide lots of music options, but for how long?…

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    Comment #17316938

    Hey, just skimmed the news article. Seems really interesting, but the lack of information on compute requirements is concerning. Also I wonder what the latent factors and the speci…

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    Comment #17139533

    > AWS is already a large and fast growing business. But isn't AWS the same as Amazon, just instead of selling a new vacuum, its selling cloud compute? Its still e-commerce, just re…

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    Comment #17015133

    > Maybe a possible partnership with Waymo for level 4 driving tractor trailers. If I am not mistaken, Waymo is already an offshoot with Google, so Google already has a strong footh…

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    Comment #16063335

    Thanks so much for your help, I will definitely contact some people in the industry and try to find some options for this summer. I am currently looking at Apple summer camp, and I…

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    Ask HN: Recommendations for tech internship programs for high schoolers

    I am a high school freshman, and I have experience with Machine Learning (Keras, Tensorflow) and Distrbuted Systems (Apache projects) and web development. I was wondering if anybod…