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I've hired a person without even a bachelors. They competed in Kaggle competition relevant to what we were working on, and were one of the top competitors. I reached out, hired, an…

I got the same impression. The world rewards non-conformists deeply if you do it right. Doing it right is mostly finding something that contributes value to the world. A non-confor…

You're not "infected." You have a copyright violation. It's the same as if you violate the terms of a commercial licensing agreement. The resolution is damages in both cases, not a…

And look at the stunning success Microsoft has had over the past decade! Much of that is a result of stupid policies like this one.

That's funny. I work in industry, and we have a lot of GPL flying around. How do you folks get away without Linux (including Android)? It seems like you're in industry, but you're …

Puncture proof bike tires work extremely well. I have Continental Top Contact tires. Except for overinflation (my fault), never had a flat over thousands of miles. They feel nice t…

I did this before I had a family. Now, it's the first flight out. Sometimes I'll fly in a day early to get over jet lag, but that's usually working in a hotel room.

I agree with the sentiment about Uber, but there is a substantial difference. Uber will close them down when it stops to make business sense. A research professor is expected to be…

Nice. I'm looking around the NREC web site. At the top, it is "research professors," with similar abusive quasi-academic positions. Maybe this will give some incentive to move from…