Viewing profile — ethikal

Full ML Perf results can be found here: https://mlperf.org/results/

Box IPOed at $14/share but spiked to $23/share on the first day of trading. Assuming 50K shares (and ignoring the strike price / any upfront cost he might have paid), total additio…

For some benchmarks, take a look here: http://tech.marksblogg.com/benchmarks.html

It's not just about accelerating ML, specifically deep learning. There are many other enterprise technologies that can benefit from GPUs. One example: OLAP-focused databases (such …

Bullshit on what? Your argument makes no sense. He's not arguing that a 50K hour salesperson doesn't close more lucrative and more numerous amounts of deals than the 500 hour sales…

I think the author is writing under the assumption that there are diminishing returns as one gets better at a skill, when really the opposite is true. The number of topics you can …

Yes, see https://github.com/paperscape

There are ways around this. With ember it is possible to use browser history to mask the hash... http://emberjs.com/guides/routing/specifying-the-location-ap...

Great post! You mention that it is important to "be skeptical" - I concur and would add that it's helpful to approach the analysis from a non-biased standpoint. Even if you are goi…

Doesn't the article specifically point out that software engineering isn't encountering a shortage?... "It is true that high-skilled professional occupations almost always experien…

I feel the same way. I have to wonder - how much has negative sentiment from the hacker community affected GoDaddy's earnings?

Because existing businesses are afraid of change and politicians are afraid of possibly eliminating jobs. People are afraid of change because it means that they will have to adapt.…

The email they sent to current Prime customers was very classy and effective as well... Dear ________, We are writing to provide you advance notice that the price of your Prime mem…

I'm convinced that there's a whole new ecosystem of hackers that will exist solely to clone simple games which rise in popularity.

"Machine code? What's that?"

Thanks for actually doing the research on this. My "um, wow" was a response to people assuming Company XYZ's performance is amazing at face value. When serving static pages, it is …