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More than 70% of the employees are probably Sales/Support/Service -- on par with any large enterprise firm (Think Cisco/Salesforce/ServiceNow etc)

Public perception of what it means to be convicted has shifted with this election. Thiel of all people wouldn’t care if he is doing business with someone who is convicted, as long …

He’ll get pardoned. It’s a Thiel company.

Since when does he care about freedom? He was shadow banning content that he disliked on X, all the while boosting takes he approved of. Sure, he owns X and can do whatever he want…

He wrote one of the most quoted passages as a comparison to the mother of his kids. Most SV women don’t live up to this woman, whom he was lucky to get with, according to him. You …

He’s a white guy founding a company with the biggest tech backers on the planet. He will fail upwards; he will be handsomely rewarded.

How do you know he wouldn’t have been hacked to pieces if he wouldn’t have supported the Saudis?

Finally, a post that goes beyond a tutorial. This is great!

Can you be more specific in terms of issues with ML Lib? I'm thinking of using it with Spark cause of big data requirements, but have heard MLLib in particular is highly unreliable…

I'd show my source code if I were you -- for one simple reason. Most data science teams in large enterprises suck. Even teams that have technical chops, I can tell you with experie…

I'd show my source code if I were you -- for one simple reason. Most data science teams in large enterprises suck. Even such teams have intellectual brain power, I can tell you wit…

How to share a secret by Adi Shamir. Simple, elegant, short and highly impactful.

It isn't merely about dropping the investigation, it is also setting the tone. The investigation can be denied resources for years, or whatever the investigation reveals can be und…

I don't see anything coming out of this or the earlier exposes. They seem to be doing fine, and will continue to thrive. Viva Tech-Bros!

Actually it's not the body shop's fault -- I had a similar experience with my Model S. The parts are all special and tailored. The parking sensors, for instance, are unique and hav…

I recently had a very similar experience with my Model S, although it was a month as opposed to multiple months that the author faced. I had a front bumper issue, and by all accoun…

Why can't the index subsystem itself have a backup then? When the primary subsystem is being restarted/rebuilt, the secondary takes over.

Well, what if Thiel supports David Duke or comes out as a holocaust denier -- would you still claim that Thiel's professional career can't be at stake?

+10000 I've always maintained that Wall Street is way fairer to its employees than the Valley. Most investment banks and hedge funds offer great bonuses to their traders/analysts a…

He was an advisor for an analytics startup I used to work for. Really unimaginative and uninspiring. Zero vision. I was very surprised how he was appointed as an advisor (and got a…

He's a contrarian for the sake of being a contrarian. He never grew up beyond 16. It's not worth bothering about what he says or means.

The article hints at a larger problem that underlies all data-science-as-a-service outfits: pricing for profitability. How can you price the generation of insights so that you; Pal…

The US should staple a Greencard to all PhDs and Masters students in the STEM fields. Most grad students have some support of funding (NSF/NIH etc) and it makes sense for these stu…

Totally agree! If I had a dollar bill every time I had a senior exec (VP-level) for large orgs ask me what 'probability' means, I wouldn't need to be a data scientist anymore! The …

I don't think so. People behind Theranos from the VCs to the media are too powerful. Nothing much would change, I reckon.