e_tm_ | 4 years ago | on: Nuclear startup Oklo gets thumbs-down from regulators
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e_tm_ | 4 years ago | on: US ranks last among 46 countries in trust in media
If you cannot see that, you are the problem.
e_tm_ | 4 years ago | on: Show HN: I wrote my own RTS game engine in C
e_tm_ | 5 years ago | on: Statement of SEC Regarding Recent Market Volatility
e_tm_ | 5 years ago | on: Idea Napkins, a place for your brilliant ideas
Good luck. Sincerely.
e_tm_ | 5 years ago | on: M1 Macs Review
e_tm_ | 5 years ago | on: My daughter was a creative genius, and then we bought her an iPhone
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”
e_tm_ | 5 years ago | on: Penetration testing and low-cost freelancing
The "reports" are absolutely hilarious. Even better, the blog post "analysis" is worse than the pen-test reports.
e_tm_ | 5 years ago | on: How to waste your career, one comfortable year at a time
Person with a software-hammer tries to hit the nail of basic psychology, motivation, and happiness. Misses.
Shame on me for reading it though.
e_tm_ | 5 years ago | on: The real prices of the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini
I guess the new definition is "somebody can technically purchase for this price, even if it is 1 out of a million, and requires a blood sacrifice".
I am not a marketer, but I assume that is the definition they are using.
e_tm_ | 5 years ago | on: The real prices of the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini
Every slide that has a price has the keyword "From" right before it.
e_tm_ | 5 years ago | on: Why books don't work (2019)
Delicious irony. Tell me about this in your text-only blog post.
e_tm_ | 5 years ago | on: 1SecondPainting: Generate abstract paintings in one click
The emotion and intentional abstraction of imagery no longer exists.
However, a deep net can absolutely generate more literal artworks, such as portraits, scenery, etc..
e_tm_ | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd not talk about them?
e_tm_ | 6 years ago | on: What DoorDash pays, after expenses, and what’s happening with tips
e_tm_ | 6 years ago | on: What DoorDash pays, after expenses, and what’s happening with tips
e_tm_ | 6 years ago | on: What Netflix’s ‘Great Hack’ Gets Wrong About Cambridge Analytica
e_tm_ | 7 years ago | on: Tether Says Stablecoin Is Only Backed 74% by Cash, Securities
e_tm_ | 7 years ago | on: Software-Defined Radio for Engineers [pdf]
Software Receiver Design: Build your Own Digital Communication System in Five Easy Steps
[0] https://books.google.com/books/about/Software_Receiver_Desig...
e_tm_ | 7 years ago | on: College May Not Be Worth It Anymore
I agree with your take about STEM majors being pushed due to both ROI potential and/or market demand for skills. I also agree that this is an unhealthy approach to education. However, I don't see this changing. I see it as the fundamental motivator of education for many people. Likely, the people to which I am referring are not readers of this site, who are of the highest skills in their respective fields (most likely technical).
I am interested in your opinion that "university does a decent job of making people credentialize in generally important concepts" but then following with your personal interest (later realized) in an education based on (and in) philosophy.
I think this actually reinforces my point, because the motivator is the credential, or some creditable skillset. This is the economic utility motivator I was referring to, rather than a more abstract education in philosophy or other arts. The skills gained from these more abstract educations are not as highly valued by their economic potential, however they could actually be more beneficial to both the person and society as a whole.
Academic experience does not equal Industry experience.