Big company vs. startup work and compensation
There’s a meme that’s been going around for a while now: you should join a startup because the money is better and the work is more technically …
Pharma CEO Martin Shkreli Arrested on Charges of Securities Fraud
32-year-old suspected of plundering Retrophin to pay debts
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Posted on 2015-12-17T16:27:52+0000
Fed Ends Zero-Rate Era; Signals 4 Quarter-Point Increases in 2016
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time in almost a decade in a widely telegraphed move while signaling that the pace of subsequent increases will be “gradual” and in line with previous projections.
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Posted on 2015-12-17T05:05:45+0000
Landmark Algorithm Breaks 30-Year Impasse | Quanta Magazine
Computer scientists are abuzz over a fast new algorithm for solving one of the central problems in the field.
How I started in web security
I get this question way too often. My answer isn’t going to be helpful for anyone: it was a black swan, but here is my s…
Hasnain says:
"So how can you start in security? Security of %thing% is basically finding logical flaws in implementations of %thing%. Hence to find flaws you need to learn everything about %thing% you want to exploit first."
Posted on 2015-12-14T06:38:01+0000
hello this is jeff
just bullshit
A US town rejected solar panels because 'they'd suck up all the energy from the sun'
A US town has rejected a proposal for a solar farm following public concerns. Members of the public in Woodland, North Carolina, expressed their fear and mistrust at the proposal to allow Strata Solar Company to build a solar farm off Highway 258.
Hasnain says:
Now this is just depressing.
"[redacted], a retired science teacher, said she was concerned the panels would prevent plants in the area from photosynthesizing, stopping them from growing."
Posted on 2015-12-13T16:15:48+0000
OpenAI
OpenAI is a non-profit artificial intelligence group.
Hasnain says:
Exciting times.
"AI systems today have impressive but narrow capabilities. It seems that we'll keep whittling away at their constraints, and in the extreme case they will reach human performance on virtually every intellectual task. It's hard to fathom how much human-level AI could benefit society, and it's equally hard to imagine how much it could damage society if built or used incorrectly."
Posted on 2015-12-12T00:19:34+0000
Volkwagen and the Blame The Engineer Game · Jacques Mattheij
Volkwagen and the Blame The Engineer Game December 10, 2015 Volkwagen is a house in deep trouble. The dieselgate scandal just doesn’t seem to go away and even though the company is now under new management it seems that things are getting worse and worse as time goes by. What I really don’t get is t…
Hasnain says:
"Until the moment VW admits to either gross incompetence or managerial involvement I’m not going to believe another word they say on this whole affair, they’ve lost each and every bit of credibility they had."
Posted on 2015-12-11T16:00:21+0000
How to become a GOOD Theoretical Physicist
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Hasnain says:
"It should be possible, these days, to collect all knowledge you need from the internet. Problem then is, there is so much junk on the internet. Is it possible to weed out those very rare pages that may really be of use?"
Looks to be a pretty great list at first glance
Posted on 2015-12-11T02:32:47+0000