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manscrober

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    Comment #45181458

    a) 2022 is not too long ago b) this was a first important step to usable ai but not scalable. I'd say "RL training" is not the same as RLHF.

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    Comment #34730390

    tesla superchargers are generally cheaper than standalone charging network providers, UK energy prices are indeed insane, UK consumer rights are abhorrent now that they've left the…

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    Comment #34730331

    Many EVs are actually priced competitively for their specific segment. The issue is that there are 5-10 y/o used ICE cars that are obviously much cheaper, and EVs are generally sho…

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    Comment #34522198

    I haven't been to india myself, but giving the UK as a low cost of living example is laughable

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    Comment #34513241

    And literally all of them are not from the past decade.

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    Comment #34513198

    My experience is opposite to what you described. I got into faang with minimal leetcode grind and didn't have to jump many hoops. The career move not only removed the unnecessary b…

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    Comment #34347946

    This is the first ever AR product/page that made me actually want to buy the thing

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    Comment #34265136

    EVs might be less efficient, but not by multiple orders of magnitude. A google search indicates about 5.8 to 125 Wh/km per person. I don't think traveling with trains changes the o…

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    Comment #34236108

    My parents in Germany are paying 0.50€/kWh this year. How much does a typical household use in austin?

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    Comment #34163790

    I don't know about tesla since I haven't had a chance to drive one yet, but the number of bugs especially in the interface but also in driver's "assistance" in other cars(VW, BMW) …

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    Comment #34148165

    e.g. comes from "exempli gratia" - roughly "for the sake of an example", or shortly "for example". In other words the "gratia" part already includes the "for", you don't have to wr…

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    Comment #33938043

    No good solution existing doesn't mean we should implement useless measures that restrict freedom. Assuming a similar percentage of car washes and hairdressers launder money( simil…

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    Comment #33937804

    I agree with the sentiment in this case, and I do think 10k is ridiculously low for this restriction and the premise of this helping money laundering doesn't sound very convincing …

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    Comment #33937634

    you don't pay tax on a used vehicle

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    Comment #33814966

    >Worse still all of those libraries are deprecated now, so if I want to do it again, I'll need to start again from scratch and select a new animation library. This is why I stopped…

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    Comment #33799837

    I wouldn't be too sure. Of course this is anecdotal, but the one Startup that actually replied to my application and said that they were about to make an offer just said they were …

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    Ask HN: Career path choices/FAANG in Europe?

    TL;DR Should I take an SDE FAANG offer in Europe over focusing on ML(with a new degree) or trendy languages (e.g. Rust) through startups(similar TC) or contracting(zero freelance e…

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    Comment #33399049

    Do you have data/studies for either side? Genuinely interested in this, because intuitively it makes sense - sleep deprivation amplifies emotions - but I also have experienced firs…

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    Comment #33075773

    Also non-US? Compensation band would be outstanding for European standards. Also, are the LLM/RL/Rewards requirements binding or can I just apply with any ML knowledge or even just…

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    Comment #32678583

    Does Remote US mean only US applicants or are you also open to, say, a night owl from Europe?

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    Comment #32151089

    Coming from Germany, I was shocked at the property prices in the UK. Living here for a short while, it seems to me that cost of living at a certain standard is higher than or at le…