einstok's comments

einstok | 4 years ago | on: New York City will make it mandatory for companies to post salaries on job ads

> Advertise lower salaries than you're able to otherwise negotiate

So if you are overqualified and confident in yourself, apply and negotiate.

> because companies advertising a job with high salary will have to wait longer

I think you have this backwards

> now they're able to openly collude

That's not a very stable equilibrium. I think they would instead openly compete

einstok | 8 years ago | on: A.I. Researchers Are Making More Than $1M, Even at a Nonprofit

Fake it till you make it dude

einstok | 8 years ago | on: It Takes Two Neurons to Ride a Bicycle (2004)

If you are going straight at a constant speed and you turn the handlebars clockwise your front wheel is going to go to the right. The center of mass will want to continue forward due to the momentum of the bike. Now your bike is leaning left.