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Not a robotics guy, but to extent that the same fundamentals hold— I think it's a degrees of freedom question. Given the (relatively) low conditional entropy of natural language, t…

Hey folks, OOP/original author and 20-year HN lurker here — a friend just told me about this and thought I'd chime in. Reading through the comments, I think there's one key point t…

We're actually hiring for no-experience positions too! (TBH, some of my best hires were no-experience, high-potential fresh grads who've turned into powerhouses.) I don't suppose y…

These numbers vary dramatically by location and specialty, e.g. a Marketing Assistant in Chicago has very different prospects (and expected # applications to job offer) vs. a Softw…

Right? We see it all the time. Waterluvian commented below about the hiring markets self-optimizing themselves to efficiency. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16702612 In short…

Definitely not just a promotion. We're a mission-driven company and a we've explicitly chosen as a company to share our learnings with folks (even if it reduces our competitive edg…

Hey guys, I'm the author of this post! (And also happen to be TalentWorks CEO.) A friend sent me this link, I'm happy to answer any Qs. Also, we're hiring. :) If you're sick of spe…

(Am original author) YES, I totally agree! :) — At Vittana (the org I founded), we joke there are only three ways to _really_ change the world. * religions: whether you believe in …

Thanks for the great critique, geuis. I'm absolutely in agreement with you about unpredictable markets, the massive power of market forces to effect change and that no one entity h…

You know, I was really trying hard to avoid the debate on patents since it wasn't very related to what I was trying to say. That apparently backfired. :) I'm pretty familiar with t…

Back up now.

No, my point was to make meaning -- not trivial stuff. There's lots of non-humanitarian efforts that create lots of meaning: * Facebook, helps me stay connected to my friends * Ets…

Am the author -- wasn't expecting HN frontage, yikes! ;) The site just went up a few days ago and is crashing. I'm on it.