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"All models are wrong, some are useful"

I did a 10 session package (got it on sale) that focused on (distributed) system design and ML system design. I felt confident in the coding piece, but I didn't have the opportunit…

The citations are listed in the pdf document linked in the Twitter thread.

Sure, it is generally wise to keep your guard up when reading things on the internet (or any source). That's fair enough. But at the same time, I don't think it's unreasonable to e…

TBH this post should probably be taken down, or at least explicitly stated as an April Fools joke in the title. I almost didn't come to the comments section, and I didn't read all …

I have a pretty good relationship with my boss (not a CTO, but a member of the executive leadership at my company). I definitely do consider her a mentor to me, and I am certain th…

I'm guessing "Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Google, Twitter"

This is exactly the conclusion that I came to before I also left astrophysics for industry. In order to outweigh all the cons of working in academia, you really have to have a deep…

This is not a direct reference to the linked Nature article (which is essentially a review article, I think), but Taleb is definitely a fan of Peters' work [1]. [1] https://medium.…

I did a week-long silent meditation retreat in Thailand a few years ago. I thought it would be difficult for the same reasons you mention -- I tend towards night-owling and loathe …