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We have been focused on AI error distribution for the past year, and in our last research paper, "Architecture of Errors" showed mathematically that an AI solution needs a finite s…

Just 20 minutes one way adds up to 20 working days per year. That's 4 weeks of unpaid labor! People are unhappy about extra money spent on Air Conditioning or an extra office chair…

Sociopaths can pass this "trustworthiness" test at any time of the day even if they are wasted. More likely, they run the test on you.

I am constantly puzzled by people saying that AI is overhyped and fresh grads won't have enough jobs for them. Almost every real life industry: retail, logistics, construction, far…

The most recent example has been supply failure detection in sales timeseries data with intermittent demand. Ended up using approach described in The Longest Run of Heads by Mark F…

Western philosophy starting from Ancient Greeks has offered a variety of coherent life philosophies that both help with untouched wounding and ego-striving. The books provide cheap…

Given that a handful of names occupy Gold places in kaggle competitions, I would not call it luck. Given how hard it is to stay at the top on private set, I would not call it luck.…

Young have the freedom to risk, so they do. The most fail, but some survive. Older have less freedom, so fewer risk. Not as many fail, so some survive. We observe some young and so…

I'd like to add that the data comes from experiments, which are simplified versions of real life problems. Oftentimes, "irrational" behavior depends on the way simplification is ma…

Folks, thanks for bringing it up. I am running too. These 22 minutes every other day have helped me to stay cheerful for the last 3 years. Rarely, my knees give me a hard time, but…

The processes help coordination and accountability; if they may be improved, the team will improve. Will it become an ok one? It may.

Async standups are great even for on-site teams. First, people only spend half a minute to post it; manager needs half a minute to read it to know whats going on. After it is poste…

“Confront your own mortality, sooner rather than later.” Startupper or not, if you have family, get that life insurance; it is cheap when you are young.

Here is a great caltech lecture about why "simple" models have better out of sample performance. Jump to 28:00, if you want to get straight to the point. https://www.youtube.com/wa…

I wonder if it may be generalized to development teams. Do you think well-built REMOTE dev teams with effective leadership would perform better than dev teams that spend time on in…

Correct me if I am wrong. As you note, the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test is used to choose the "best fit" CDFs. The set of CDFs then used to generate a random vector, which after a covar…

It depends on what you want to test. Atm, testing an idea is easier than ever before, but shipping an MVP gets harder every day. To test the underlying idea we asked contractors to…

Surely appraisals regulation is just another instance of mortgage regulations. But is it not the over regulated mortgage market that blasted in 2008? Was it because of zestimates? …

Here is the best and the most honest comment on this thread. Just do it boys n girls. N see where it takes you. Nature, nurture, luck? One can't change these things, so just do it …

That is sure some good writing because it touches so many problems our generation face. I would like to point out the question mentioned, why are we different from the great genera…