jgoodknight

vor 2 Jahrendiscuss

I personally fight against this trend by almost entirely indexing on problem solving approach when I give leetcode interviews at my BigTech. For me at least it's possible to get a strong hire recommendation even if you only get a brute force solution. I only care that I think you could get to a solution eventually, and are professional in the way you get there.

jgoodknight

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

This is my second favorite HN comment of 2023

jgoodknight

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

That was my experience getting Java readability too! Only 1 time in 20 did it feel like they were making the code better

jgoodknight

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

There's a lot of negativity in this article and the comments. I'm married to an almost-partner at a prestigious consulting firm and they truly do care about their clients and has genuinely solved a lot of problems for them--well into their 30s I will add! So clearly the advice here is to only hire good ones, say maybe my spouse? ;)

jgoodknight

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

The graph really makes it seem like the small practices are getting screwed on reimbursement rates, but once PE takes over, they are in a better negotiating position to get higher reimbursement rates from insurance companies.

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vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

This is fascinating; I love hear pumps! Can you comment on why this might not have been done before? Maybe new materials make it possible, or it’s marginally more expensive but can be done with clean energy, which people have a premium on now?

jgoodknight

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

I am actually a huge fan of Snapchat, but they don’t monetize your younger sister very well because only stories has ads

jgoodknight

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_tower

Throwing molten lead down a tall tower was how round musket balls used to be made, so melted meteorite in the atmosphere being really super round by the time it gets to earth seems normal to me…. Those shot towers are all around Harvard

jgoodknight

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

Snapchat is not dead…

jgoodknight

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

Being comfortable saying 'I don't know' and admitting when I'm wrong.

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vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

The problem with studies like this and why they lack credibility is there probably wouldn’t have been a headline if the model didn’t spit out the result that wealth is created primarily by luck. They either wouldn’t have published the result, or they would have come up with a new model.

jgoodknight

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

They had me until they said “computer model” halfway through the first sentence. This study thus puts forth an interesting theory but hasn’t proven it, so the headline is hyperbolic.

jgoodknight

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

Consider trying to get an online second opinion from a hyper-specialist doctor at a fancy research hospital. For my own recent medical foibles, I have found it extremely easy to get second opinions at any hospital because now consultations for illnesses that don't necessarily require a physical examination can happen online. Furthermore, records transfer has gotten pretty painless. So perhaps once you've found an interesting paper or find a specialist at a prestigious research hospital, try to get your mom an online consultation with them. It doesn't even have to be nearby you!

I wish you and your mother the best. Over 20 years ago my mother succumbed to Ovarian cancer but there have been so many advances in cancer treatment since then it's a much better time.

jgoodknight

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

My main takeaway from Quantum Field theory in grad school was that the proton (and electron, etc really all subatomic particles) is just a useful fiction; much like a spherical, frictionless cow. It's just that in particle accelerators where it breaks down so it's a quite useful fiction. Renormalization[1] in field theory is really trippy...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renormalization