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^This. It feels like some cheap ML recreating a fund-of-funds with some shorts that limit exposure.

This topic is so endlessly fascinating because it encapsulates debates on meritocracy, privilege, wealth, and recruiting that have a ripple effect across a lifetime. I attended an …

It's "lacrosse"... which I guess proves your point

I left EE and became a full-stack developer! No complaints about JavaScript here. Verilog should just switch to lambdas and get it over with.

Notes from the ground here. My undergrad was in EE at an "elite" school - I can say definitively that ~50% of the MS/Ph.d. students in EE were from China (with the other 50% largel…

From any options theory class you'll learn that you can create any complex position you want with options. If you want to synthetically create a future just buy a put and call at t…

And when the agreement completes they'll each gain +200 science.

http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/libor-scandal/

"even in research"? I agree with everything but this last point. Research is almost exclusively dominated by doctoral graduates - it wouldn't be reasonable to expect to land in a r…

As someone who uses Stan - I would recommend reading the Stan reference documentation, it's essentially a textbook. Also, get used to reading the Stan forums on Discourse. Happy St…

This comment cuts to basic point. Positions vaguely labeled "Senior AI researcher" are for research directors, not engineers. Taking a Udacity ML class and "teaching yourself some …

This is an exaggeration. Total compensation for returning interns at FANG may approach 120k salary, with stock plans and bonus compensation that max out at 20k additional value per…