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> If people can self learn they will. I think doing so is much, much more difficult than others pretend like it is. I'm not sure. But what's definitely true is that it's WAY harder…

> That’s not an apples to apples comparison, as Lambda School’s schedule doesn’t align with a university schedule. It's apples to apples wrt income sharing agreements as an alterna…

I am skeptical that these income sharing agreements are so great. Especially in software. Lambda School has a 9 month program that takes a 17% cut of your salary for the first 24 m…

Recurrent neural networks for modeling physical systems are starting to really come into their own. We have a few exciting years ahead of us.

> Maybe you’re the one with the mental problem? I don't think this is helpful. Being able to either ignore or put up with office politics might be a pathology, but it's a pathology…

> If you are paid to perform a service based on the terms of a contract you are, by definition, a contractor. 1. "Contractor" means something specific in the Defense industry. Ever…

I recommend learning how to put up with these things. Just stop caring about them. Treat it like laundry or dishes. You don't have to enjoy it, and there's no reason to get emotion…

Long story short: both titles are too broad to be useful.

Grad students are treated poorly, but the same 2-3 field split in STEM is true there as well. E.g., CS PhD have plentiful $200K+ job opportunities after graduation and a relatively…

I work in this space and regularly interact with folks on both sides of that aisle. I would hire both. If you want to do anything serious in the space, you need the resources to hi…

I don't think it's money grubbing. I think it's a genuine attempt to connect with the zeitgeist and be relevant, paired with a fundamental misunderstanding about what's actually ha…

> Gen-ed humanities courses taught to giant lecture halls aren't quite the same as the much smaller courses the majors take This depends on the type of institution. Liberal arts an…

That QZ article gets a lot wrong. In particular: > if the tech bubble bursts, computer science may even be riskier than a humanities degree, which gives graduates a broader set of …

I know what your point is. My point is that the courts have considered your point and don't agree... and for good reason. Your legal analysis basically amounts to "I don't like tha…

Several million dollars is not a lot of money for a group this size. We're talking "travel to annual meetings and fund administrative overhead (e.g. security clearances are not che…

> The authors only claim... Bullshit! The authors wrote an article entitled "Bullshitters: Who Are They and What Do We Know about Their Lives?" That's the title of the piece. Not "…

This is definitely my feeling, but e.g. my BIL prefers gift cards (NFL Shop and BWW when in doubt) over all other gifts including cash. He doesn't like "stuff", but he's frugal and…

> The papers are mostly good, actually Not surprising. Computer scientists have a bit of experience with computation, after all. It would actually be more concerning if a bunch of …

> I used to work at a government lab. Most JASON scientists haven't worked at a government lab for decades. How is this relevant? > ...I've never heard a contractor... These aren't…

> If the police were buying That's not what is happening here. The police are not purchasing access like an advertiser would; they are receiving special access for the purpose of t…

If that were true, then wiretaps would be A-OK as long as 1) the phone company willingly plays along; and 2) the tap never physically intrudes upon the subject's property. SCOTUS r…

> the average citizen can hope to afford to go to None of the places you listed are cheap. The price of a steak at CF or Outback is about the same as the price of a steak at any "$…

> I thought it was only 1 or 2 people out of 8 who were problematic I think ahelwer meant the AI ethics space in general, not just this panel. As a researcher who has been working …