aamar · HackerTrans

2 か月前議論

I agree with your take on reputation as a lagging indicator, and your take on PE. But a writer could also feel (if the reputation is truly out of date with the reality) that they ought to point out the disconnect, rather than triangulate between the two.

aamar

2 か月前議論

> So I had to be very careful what I wrote about Google

Can you say more about this? Do you think those tender feelings towards Google track some strain of values which Google still carries? Or does this statement reflect some fear of retaliation or conflict that would drown out the rest of your message?

Genuinely interested in how you think about this, especially in the context of this new book’s topic. Thank you for this AMA.

aamar

2 か月前議論

Yeah, IIRC that came up in the Q&A or over beer later.

aamar

2 か月前議論

The artist, JT Nimoy, was an Emacs user but still thought it would be fun to set up a dichotomy--some fun details on this blog. A few more details were shared at a talk at an HN meetup several years ago.

https://jtnimoy.cc/item.php%3Fhandle=14881671-tron-legacy.ht...

aamar

6 か月前議論

Post-acquisition, Google employees made a number of smart moves with good execution, including a viable comp model for the creators and music rights deals. Several moves I consider bad as well, but the good moves outweigh them.

Looking back, I’m still pretty amazed they got so much of it right. Which is to say, a good chunk of the value wasn’t in the value of YouTube itself but in what Google brought to the table _or_ a synergy between the two.

aamar

6 か月前議論

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aamar

昨年議論

Even with that paragraph, I still interpret the essay as deflationary. Even though the stone has some role to play (as a social trigger), it’s materially different than the carrots, onions, etc. (which provide actual nutrition and flavor). We can draw clear distinctions. The question is whether this difference-in-kind is real in the case of AIs.

I’d respond the same way to your hamburger vs. steak analogy. Sure, sometimes the LLM gives us a fine burger and not a steak, and it’s best for us to have the right attitude in that case.

But if LLM’s can produce “steaks” (that is, whatever talented humans do) in the imminent future, that has _enormous practical impact_.

aamar

昨年議論

I would ask anyone making these kinds of deflationary arguments to explain if the same argument can be applied to the best of human creative work. Humans also use the raw materials of others, whether that’s words, musical scales, genres, idioms, or anecdotes.

Where is the line between recapitulation and innovation? Is it a line that we think current LLMs are definitely not crossing, and definitely will not cross in the near future? If so, make that argument.

aamar

2 年前議論

What’s your reasoning?

There’s much more honor in being right for the right reason than for a wrong one.

aamar

2 年前議論

> How many homework questions did your entire calc 1 class have? I'm guessing less than 100…

I’m quite surprised at this guess and intrigued by your school’s methodology. I would have estimated >30 problems average across 20 weeks for myself.

My kids are still in pre-algebra, but they get way more drilling still, well over 1000 problems per semester once Zern, IReady, etc. are factored in. I believe it’s too much, but it does seem like the typical approach here in California.

aamar

3 年前議論

This is an instructive error. From my perspective, there was plenty of evidence even 15 years ago that community efforts (crowd-sourcing, OSS) only win sometimes, on the relevant timeframes.

So the “higher ups” were using too coarse a heuristic or maybe had some other pretty severe error in their reasoning.

The right approach here is to do a more detailed analysis. A crude start: the community approach wins when the MVP can be built by 1-10 people and then find a market where 0.01% of the users can sufficiently maintain it.[1]

Wikipedia’s a questionable comparison point, because it’s such an extraordinary outlier success. Though a sufficiently detailed model could account for it.

1. Yochai Benkler has done much more thorough analysis of win/loss factors. See e.g. his 2006 book: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wealth_of_Networks

aamar

4 年前議論

A good explanation of the incorporation doctrine, with citations: https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/incorporation_doctrine

aamar

5 年前議論

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aamar

5 年前議論

Cedar | Full Stack, Engineering Manager, Product Designer, Solutions Engineer & more | Full-time | REMOTE-friendly! (U.S.), with hybrid, or in-person in offices in NYC, SF & Salt Lake City | https://www.cedar.com/careers/

Cedar is a health-tech and fintech company focused on reimagining how patients engage with the increasingly complicated and expensive healthcare system. Full-time positions are open across multiple teams and tech stacks; many other roles available beyond those listed below. Our tech stack features React, Python, Django. We are a post-series D company with over $350M raised and growing quickly.

Engineering Manager: https://www.cedar.com/careers/view/?gh_jid=2572428

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aamar

5 年前議論

Cedar | Full Stack, Tech Lead, Engineering Manager, Product Design, Solutions Engineer & Architect | Full-time | Remote (U.S.), Hybrid, or in-person in offices in NYC, SF & Salt Lake City | https://www.cedar.com/careers/ Cedar is a health-tech company focused on on reimagining how patients engage with increasingly complicated healthcare systems. Positions are open across multiple teams and tech stacks; some key roles are listed below, with many other roles available. Our tech stack features React, Python, Django. We are a post-series D company with over $350M raised.

Engineering Manager: https://www.cedar.com/careers/view/?gh_jid=2572428

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Tech stack: React, Python, Django

Please reach out to Sandy (sguan AT cedar.com) or myself (anshul AT cedar.com) for more details!

aamar

5 年前議論

Cedar | Full Stack, Tech Lead, Engineering Manager, Product Design, Solutions Engineer & Architect | Full-time | REMOTE (U.S.) or Offices in NYC, SF & Salt Lake City | https://www.cedar.com/careers/

Cedar is a health-tech company focused on on reimagining how patients engage with increasingly complicated healthcare systems. Positions open across multiple teams and tech stacks, some key roles are listed below, but many other roles are available. Our tech stack features React, Python, Django. We are a post-series D company with over $350M raised.

Engineering Manager: https://www.cedar.com/careers/view/?gh_jid=2602137

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Solutions Engineer: https://www.cedar.com/careers/view/?gh_jid=2806490

Product Design: https://www.cedar.com/careers/view/?gh_jid=2563850

Tech stack: React, Python, Django

Please reach out to Sandy (sguan AT cedar.com) or myself (anshul AT cedar.com) for more details!

aamar

6 年前議論

See here[1] for a pretty good explanation. Importantly, your insurer treating the visit as in-network does not force the provider to treat it as in-network; surprise bills come from the provider, not the insurer. From that post:

If the insurer pays less than the out-of-network emergency room bills, the emergency room can send you a balance bill for the difference, over and above the deductible and coinsurance amounts you pay.

That “if” condition is usually going to hold, so a lot of surprise bills come out even despite the ACA rule.

[1] https://www.verywellhealth.com/get-in-network-rates-out-of-n...

aamar

7 年前議論

Frame Health | Senior/Lead/Mid-level Developers, Product Managers | Los Angeles area (Los Angeles, Hollywood, Santa Monica) | Full-time/Contract | ONSITE | http://framehealth.com

Frame Health brings the power of behavioral and personality science to enhance many aspects of healthcare, leading to better outcomes, economics, and patient happiness. Our growing company has exciting partnerships with leading national healthcare organizations. We're seeking strong generalist technologists, ideally with a data science interest or background. Front end, Back end, product management work available. Technologies: Ruby/Rails, Python, Javascript, and React. Please email: [email protected].

aamar

7 年前議論

Right, agreed that that’s a conflict; the latter point—primarily about aesthetic pleasure—isn’t quite right or is at least misleading. In my reading, Bloom values deep wisdom, formal excellence, and innovation—and these things are pleasurable, but also refract our deepest understandings of ourselves and others. He values these over more ‘politicized’ or culturally specific readings.

It’s a little—just a little—like the “art for art’s sake” movements, where the slogan says less about what art is for and mostly insists that art isn’t about its conventionally understood purposes (to morally educate, to record, etc.) and also not about the next dozen theories that might occur to you.

aamar

7 年前議論

Frame Health | Senior/Lead Developer, VP of Engineering, Product Manager | Los Angeles area (Los Angeles, Hollywood, Santa Monica) | Full-time/Contract | ONSITE | http://framehealth.com

Frame Health brings the power of behavioral and personality science to enhance many aspects of healthcare, leading to better outcomes, economics, and patient happiness. Our growing company has exciting partnerships with leading national healthcare organizations. We're seeking strong generalist technologists, ideally with a data science interest or background. Front end, Back end, product management work available. Technologies: Ruby/Rails, Python, Javascript, and React. Please email: [email protected].

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