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www.anthropic.com 1mo ago

How we contain Claude across products

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info.tokyo-digitaltwin.metro.tokyo.lg.jp 1y ago

Tokyo Digital Twin Project

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blog.sigplan.org 1y ago

Prompts Are Programs

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lethain.com 2y ago

Ex-Technology Companies

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spectrum.ieee.org 2y ago

Google Develops Quantum-Safe Security Keys

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www.bbc.com 3y ago

St John: The tiny island where Robert Oppenheimer escaped his legacy

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spectrum.ieee.org 3y ago

Wearable Robotic Assistant That’s All over YouCalico

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spectrum.ieee.org 3y ago

EV Startups, Running Out of Juice

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www.nature.com 3y ago

Why is India dropping evolution and the periodic table from school science?

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spectrum.ieee.org 3y ago

Timber the World’s First Wooden Transistor

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www.npr.org 3y ago

Art sleuths reunited a family after centuries apart

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nymag.com 3y ago

Amazon’s New Car Cam Takes Personal Surveillance on the Road

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psyche.co 3y ago

What happens if we make the Mona Lisa more symmetrical?

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www.technologyreview.com 3y ago

Why Meta’s latest large language model survived only three days online

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theintercept.com 3y ago

Student Infected with Debilitating Virus

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spectrum.ieee.org 3y ago

When AI “Played” Math, It Cracked an Internet Chokepoint

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nurse.org 3y ago

I’m the nurse who called 911 for help with staffing

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www.nytimes.com 3y ago

My Sad, Lonely, Expensive Adventures in Zuckerberg’s V.R

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news.ycombinator.com 3y ago

Ask HN: Examples of Code Reviews

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spectrum.ieee.org 3y ago

How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

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www.nytimes.com 3y ago

Doppelgänger Is Out There and You Probably Share DNA with Them

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www.nature.com 3y ago

Do two PhDs make twice the researcher?

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hbr.org 3y ago

Why Haven Healthcare Failed (2021)

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spectrum.ieee.org 4y ago

150k Qubits Printed on a Chip

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spectrum.ieee.org 4y ago

RISC-V Guns for Raspberry Pi, Legacy Chips

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www.visualcapitalist.com 4y ago

Mapping the Migration of the World’s Millionaires

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www.vice.com 4y ago

Facial Recognition Is Out of Control in India

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www.wired.com 4y ago

Welcome to the Great Reinfection

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news.ycombinator.com 4y ago

Ask HN: Organizing and Searching Personal Documents

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www.nytimes.com 4y ago

Face Search Engine Anyone Can Use Is Alarmingly Accurate

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I'm not so sure I would equate these layoffs as an end of an era. This is just exaggerated reporting by wapo.

In my opinion, these are corrections to the excessive hiring done in 2020. If you take each of the companies, the layoffs cane from bets which didn't make money. I don't think this marks as an end of an era.

With 7 people in the company, I would assume that you are close-knit in terms of trust. If that is not the case, then either you need to verify if there is trust or you have verified and there is some missing trust: I think this is underlying reason that you asked the question in the first place. I think this might present an opportunity for you to build trust.

Why I think you should share strategic information with your early employees? In my opinion, not sharing strategic partnerships to early employees misses the point of building trust with your early employees. Your early employees are in it for the experience of ups and down, and they will be benefit from both. Critical feedback from them is especially important at this time.

You will have situations where an employee or even a co-founder leaves, I think you have to be ready for that.

I agree with most, except the quality of my life.

I find my general quality of life to be better. Access to clean air, a great commute, education, a more relaxed lifestyle, better treatment for women in public in the US as compared to India

Of course this is highly contextual, but this my opinion

Nice article - Leet code style interviews give minimal signal. The fact that we use the word Leetcode makes me think the company is hiring for the masses and it's going to be a boring job. I call such a company a Dinosaur.

I think companies should offer a choice to interviewers if they prefer to give code samples , an at home problem solving or an in-person exercise. This addresses careful thinkers, adapts for anxiety during an interview.

I do appreciate when companies ask relevant questions that they have come across rather than mundane Sudoku questions.

I have interviewed with a few companies, and Stripe's interview style stands out. Coding questions are relevant day to day style questions.

I would say Google, Amazon and Facebook set this trend and have spoiled it for all.

Unfortunately, some companies cannot think on their feet to set a different approach. Maybe it's in your best interest to avoid these places.

I write to CEOs when I'm frustrated with a product or a service. The fastest response I've received was with Costco. I got a call within 10 minutes of sending an email.

Be true to yourself.

Enjoy your life. Work hard.

Treat others in a way you expect others to treat you

Be healthy and happy and don't stress. Wealth and prosperity will come

Learn meditation. I mean it

Help others. It is truly satisfying

This is a tricky choice. I think deep inside, you know the answer because the choice is deeply personal.

I faced a similar situation years ago. Go into debt with a much higher ranked school or exit debt free from a lower ranked state school. I chose the latter, because deep inside I liked the idea of being debt free. I didn't regret it.

I went to grad school at a higher ranked school with financial aid.

Here are my notes:

- Opportunities in research, and employment are better at higher ranked schools. So going to a better school gives you an edge initially.

- You will have motivated students in all the schools. It's your choice to build your circle.

- I did find the quality of instruction better in my grad school, but it highly depends on the course/Prof. you take.

- the location of the school does matter as well in terms of opportunity and cost of living.

I think some criteria you can think about:

- long term potential of yourself

- would you regret not taking MIT

- how much debt can you endure, would it affect you?

One piece of advice (take or leave). Whatever choice you make, make it a point to not regret it in the future.

Good luck!!

fwiw +1 good advice.

You need to trust without any reservations that therapy or counseling is going to help.

You might not gel well with a specific therapist, and there is a choice to get a different therapist or therapy until one works for you.

Also, this takes time

I have had to make these choice(s) before. Here are some of my thoughts:

Do what make you happy. A caustic workplace is not worth it. The levels at work to me are meaningless. Don't worry what other people think.

Your health (physical and mental) & happiness is priority 1. You can always save money and work with it intelligently - if you need help -- get an investment advisor.

Stress and being sedentary are two different things. Getting out of being sedentary does reduce the stress. Walking is a great way to start and it is often underrated. Have the implicit belief that it does.

Stress and anxiety is complicated. Different people (genetics etc.) react to stress and pressure in different ways. I would seek out a therapist who can help you on this.

Remember -- we are in a pandemic -- so it all adds up