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litzer

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    Comment #20802017

    I’m a meat eater and want to replace meat. It’s not just vegetarians. The factory farming of animals doesn’t sit well ethically with me, but meat has been a staple of my diet my en…

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    Comment #16338690

    Most people would consider software that "does software engineering" AI.

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    Comment #16338584

    > Software engineering is uniquely multiplicative because it's possible for a software engineer to create software that does software engineering. I think you misunderstood the O-r…

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    Comment #15313056

    Notice that none of these images are zooming in on pixels to get the comparison. The fight for quality among high end DSLR's is nearing the description of unnoticeable difference, …

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    Comment #15272515

    For anyone else like me who was overwhelmed by all the information and just looking for summaries: "In one sentence, how does it work? Payment Request API enables a user to complet…

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    Comment #15201156

    You have a number of comments that advertise this but never offer any reason alongside it.

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    Comment #15165786

    It seems to be a mistake on the author's part to allow himself to be exploited at first (working without having any of the promises in legal writing). It's unethical but not uncomm…

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    Comment #15106759

    This is a common thought: https://xkcd.com/927/ You could point to frameworks which have had majority usage at any given point and say those were the "right" ways at the time. But …

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    Comment #15012420

    Not sure about in general, but it seems like their residency program [0] gives a good shot at landing on the team afterwards and is accessible to "normal" people passionate about M…

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    Comment #14959812

    The FAQ answers this: " What background knowledge is necessary? Programming (expected): intermediate Python programming skills: work effectively with loops, control flows, data str…

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    Comment #14955496

    Right, but I'd consider that falling closer to the realm of general software engineering -- similar to tasks of collecting analytics of users or building infrastructure to get data…

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    Comment #14955300

    As somebody who's recently starting to learn more about ML, a lot of the work of an ML engineer does seem to be automate-able (not doing research or pushing boundaries but just app…

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    Comment #14905892

    I can't imagine that restricting disclosing which other companies he's worked for. I'm curious if it's a recruiting strategy he's trying.

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    Comment #14903023

    Out of curiosity, how come you seem to hide which companies you've worked for? In both here, your website, and LinkedIn, you only present a vague description.

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    Comment #14882190

    https://github.com/alixander/Ceruleum I had built this with the intention to sell it on the app store but ended up not wanting to bother with marketing and signing up. But idk, may…

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    Comment #14874204

    Any suggestions on finding small/local tech conferences other than Meetup.com?

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    Ask HN: What's the best way to talk to an expert directly for advice?

    For example, if I wanted to ask questions on a certain path I'm taking to learn ML or get advice on how to approach a certain problem

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    Comment #14740517

    Hi, just wanted to share this app I made to address a personal need. When I was working on a large feature, I'd sometimes upload to repo just to get the diffing UI and get an overv…

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    Comment #14712329

    > Turn Returns Into Repurchases That slogan took multiple passes to grok. The fact that the word after 'turn' is 're-turn' makes my mind go to the usual purpose of prefixing words …