kifler | 23 days ago | on: Malus – Clean Room as a Service
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kifler | 8 months ago | on: OpenAI prepares to launch GPT-5 in August
kifler | 9 months ago | on: Show HN: Peer. – The First Subscription-Based Social Network
And yet there is no actual policy posted.
kifler | 1 year ago | on: Scheduled tasks in ChatGPT
kifler | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: What is useful to know about a company and position before interviewing?
Just to name a few.
kifler | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: YC rejected twice. Why? How can we improve without knowing the reason?
Where is the money to be made?
What makes a freshman mentor qualified to actually talk about the breadth of a program or a career when they have little to no exposure of a full 4 year program or job-track?
There are a number of questions that aren't answered succinctly on your site (at least that 'pop-out' at me) or within your post.
kifler | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: YC rejected twice. Why? How can we improve without knowing the reason?
Additionally, some of the mentor responses lack a certain level of professionalism to be called a mentor. Example: "Question: Hi I am applying to NYU this fall. I have never visited NYU before because I live all the way in California. I was wondering if you could share your experience starting at NYU? Also any background info like where you came from, how was the transition, did you have to move far, etc.? Any extra information you want to add would be rlly helpful. Thanks in advance!
Answer: Absolutely! I'm from Chicago, Originally. (not the actual city, the suburbs. Fucking Suburbia, man.) I hope it makes you feel better to know that I'd never visited NYU before actually ..."
kifler | 10 years ago | on: Singapore Is Taking the ‘Smart City’ to a New Level
kifler | 10 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do you teach problem solving skills to software engineers?
Chances are, someone will say that they just bend over and tie them.
Point out to them that it isn't quite that simple - once they see that a problem can be broken down further to the point that you're telling your hand to put the lace against your index finger's first knuckle and the point of the middle finger, they begin to understand - then introduce your methods which they happily embrace.
kifler | 10 years ago | on: F-35 radar system has bug that requires hard reboot in flight
kifler | 10 years ago | on: SF tech bro: ‘I shouldn’t have to see the pain, struggle, despair of homeless’
kifler | 10 years ago | on: I worked at Amazon to see if anything's changed
kifler | 10 years ago | on: Mark Zuckerberg's plan for the future of Facebook
It seems to me that over a billion people are fine giving their privacy over to Twitter/Facebook/Instagram/<insert other company> but not necessarily the Government (of any country).
kifler | 10 years ago | on: Balsillie fears TPP will cost Canada billions
kifler | 10 years ago | on: Buffett FAQ
kifler | 10 years ago | on: Ask HN: When compensation includes equity, can I ask proof of valuation?
kifler | 10 years ago | on: How Google killed my startup
Google didn't kill their startup, their own naivity did.
kifler | 10 years ago | on: Uber's Original Blog and First Posts
Sometimes while en route to you, they'd pick up another passenger or the wrong cab would pick you up which would frustrate many of the drivers.
kifler | 10 years ago | on: Becoming a contractor programmer in the UK
kifler | 11 years ago | on: IBM's Watson will be used to make decisions about cancer care in 14 hospitals