Viewing profile — neelm

I agree. I think the distance in capabilities between great mathematicians can be so much more vast than other fields as well. Some of them need every step to be derived, while oth…

If he wants to succeed, he will need to reconsistute the board. That's a tough one since they appointed him, but otherwise it won't work. The type of transformation Intel needs to …

Have you measured the difference in speed in moving data to the GPU? For enterprise AI workflows this is a bottleneck to utilization, so improved speed can help reduce compute cost…

This is a great book to learn about the Silk Road in particular Central Asia and the role Russia and UK played in its transformation. It reads like a Game of Thrones novel. Interes…

The payments could increase in the future as this approach becomes more successful and the ROI is better understood. Before this most companies would give into the trolls. Now ther…

Something like this is going to be needed to evaluate models effectively. Evaluation should be integrated into automated pipelines/workflows that can scale across models and datase…

I tend to agree. Cory Doctorow has a good essay on how the deck is stacked against people who don't own homes. This doesnt include some of the health effects of loneliness and othe…

"The Big Sort" by Bill Bishop is a well researched book that explains the political fracturing of America. The topic is explains is expressed visually in these two maps, which show…

Yes that is true. You're exposing an assumption of mine which is that many of these companies will not necessarily IPO. However even when they do, they will be a lot more operating…

Yes. Not always easy to answer. Some factor of revenue growth, margins, how much capital the company has already raised, understanding the burn rate, how much has been spent vs dry…

This type of approach works well in image processing, where you can use C++ for the repeatable, hierarchical patterns and assembly for optimizing some key loops.

One of the reasons that you hear CEO's want a $B valuation is that it becomes "easier to attract top talent". I'm not sure that is valid. You want talent that believes in your miss…

Agreed. Society is at a point in time where many forget the reasoning for principles of the judicial system. The presumption of innocence in particular is critically important and …

Ben Horowitz's actual topic is the challenge of incentivizing management. His subject is covered very well by one of the best to write about this subject, Charlie Munger (Warren Bu…

The diagram of the Cost of a Petabyte is very interesting if it is true. It demonstrates the profitability of some SaaS models for selling what is a straight commodity. However it …

The other perspective is that a good number of very successful companies were founded in a recession / downturn: http://www.kauffman.org/newsroom/the-economic-future-just-ha... htt…

AirBnb seems like a startup is getting significantly more success. Why this person considers them to be more innovative than many other startups however shows I think a bias toward…