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They're giving you a chance to win $15k and all it takes is delivering a 1000x speedup improvement to software that runs on a 250k CPU cluster? I'll pass, but hopefully someone els…

Even if it was, you still pay regular income tax on stocks which are given to you.

Agreed. Also most companies won't give you honest feedback on what you did wrong in the interview, especially w.r.t. soft skills. Join an interview prep class or mock interview wor…

I checked the table you linked and: Apple: 38 Banana: 51 Pineapple: 66 Watermelon: 72 vs. Ice Cream (premium): 37 Sponge Cake: 46 Frosted Flakes: 55 Snicker's Bar: 55 Fruits really…

For me, coding simple games was extremely valuable. First, you can publish them as apps, which is fantastic for resume building. But also its the best way I've found to practice al…

IANAL and this is not legal advice But yes, generally the terms of a work-for-hire contract specify an exchange of money in return for the work However, most NDAs are completely in…

Facebook ads: spent $1000, got 20 clicks and 0 sales Is that for real? Is everyone else's experience with Facebook advertising similar?

I think you're misunderstanding the meaning of 'stack' in "full-stack". The 'stack' in full-stack refers to a solution stack. You can read about them here: https://en.wikipedia.org…

I know it sounds far-fetched, but if someone develops a technology that can rapidly grow a wood-like material out of atmospheric carbon in such a way that entire buildings can be g…

See, this is the thing about population studies. 1. Millions of people live their life 2. Academics put people into buckets in order to count them 3. Other academics group that dat…

If this is true, I suspect (anecdotally) that it is only true for solving small problems that don't require serious thought, patience or diligence. In that experiment, the problems…

This thread really reinforces my respect for Altman and others like him. Of the 1,000 or so comments in this thread, hardly anyone managed to capture this simple, yet profound conc…

Permanently* *Until we act to start removing CO2 from the atmosphere through various carbon capture methods

Well, the assessment in NYC, unlike other places is actually pretty predictable and transparent, but not simple. If you are Class 1, it is 6% of FMV If you are Class 2+ it is 45% o…

The authors calls out: [Important note: here we are not using the term “confidence” in the technical sense used in statistics, but rather as an informal term for “subjective probab…