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nate_martin

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    >The first problem every startup solves is scalability. I don't think this is true at all. The first problem they solve is typically finding product market fit, which startups will…

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    >The compiler itself is to be developed in OCaml. These seems like a misstep that I've seen in a few other compiler implementation courses. For some reason these programming langua…

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    Comment #36887984

    It takes energy to remove carbon from the atmosphere. With abundant energy from fusion you could just remove the carbon added by humans.

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    Compared to Netflix and even YouTube, TikTok has an extremely tight dopamine feedback loop. Any buffering of a video after a scroll event could result in the user's attention being…

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    Comment #31790422

    Crypto soaks up excess liquidity like a sponge.

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    Comment #15412503

    This looks really cool, but I'm a little bit confused about why this needs to be decentralized. You could theoretically just implement this network as a saas instead of on top of a…

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    Comment #15171935

    It's a little annoying when companies put framework names in their job titles. Asking for a "react engineer" or a "boost programmer" will likely turn away a lot of people who would…

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    Comment #14061976

    The online matches only allowed 30 seconds per move.

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    Comment #13348484

    People have wildly different experiences there. Some hate it and burn out after a year. Others really like the work environment and get promoted quickly. One good thing I'll say ab…

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    Comment #13233044

    Might be smart to remove their logo from your site. I would expect a cease and desist if this gets popular.

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    Comment #13082719

    For someone familiar with the products, yes. But for someone new to AWS most of these options don't make sense. I'm looking at a menu with hundreds of options like Snowglobe and Be…

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    Comment #13082531

    So many new named services. AWS will soon get to a point where their product dropdown wont fit on a laptop screen. Maybe it's time to consolidate some of these services into more g…

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    Comment #13025080

    This doesn't address the root comment at all. Does Amazon actually think MXNet is the best? Or did they simply choose the next best thing that isn't already backed by another "big …

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    Comment #12438546

    "flatland" corporate structures don't really seem to scale. You eventually get to a point where the cost of coordination everyone needs to do is greater than the cost of having a b…

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...

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    Comment #12363599

    It isn't the same as doping in other sports. Climbers will often specify if their ascent involved O2 or not. It's still considered a big achievement in mountaineering to summit say…

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    Comment #11672020

    Maybe someone who works on deep learning could comment on what this provides vs other open source systems like theano, tensorflow, torch, etc.

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