In 2001 my car was towed from LAX parking lot because they checked the plate (they told me they scan all plates daily) and it came back as registered to a different make. Turns out the dealer made a single-letter…
> The problem with that is they'll find work for themselves to do, good idea or not, part of a coherent strategy or not. Isn't that exactly how Gmail came to be?
> I've never met a good, experienced developer who was a slow typist. You will. There is a reason "fast typist" was not a required skill in any software jobs I've ever applied for, and I doubt developer strength has any…
> Opting to drive around a (stationary, visible from a distance) bag in an unpredictable manner is literally how Waymo's first "at fault" accident occurred... There wasn't anything unpredictable about the behavior of…
> I understand that part of the employment contract is that ex-Googlers cannot bad-mouth the company. You understand this based on what? Out of curiosity, I just went through my employment agreement, and did not find…
> Do you work for Google? I do. I've also done 200+ interviews. > Googlers are known to come out to defend their employer on HN Well, sure. It's not because Google tells us to defend it though, but rather to state the…
4.0 is more like: I'll give up my job to get this person hired, she (or he) is that good.
There are no such incentives. When writing feedback, you simply look back at 20 other interviews where you asked the same question, and write "candidate X's performance on this question was was in {top,bottom}…
The article addresses this question: “I think this is the first time autonomous driving has been approached so strongly from a deep learning perspective,” says Tandon. “This is in contrast to a traditional robotics…
Has Tesla delivered L4 car yet? Elon's claims notwithstanding, Tesla may actually be half a decade away from L4. > It's pretty sad how far behind ... Maybe they are just trying to not over-promise and under-deliver?
Here you are using fixed passphrase and site name as the password, resulting in monosubstitution cypher, which is where the insecurity comes from. If you use site name as the passphrase and fixed password ("password"…
Waymo is subject to the same reporting requirements as everyone else. Google's reports will likely be transferred to waymo.com site soon enough, and new ones will appear in due time.
"While it was stopped" is the key. It's hard to argue that a car stopped at red light violates anyone's expectation of how a human would drive.
> I would personally never buy one of the Google (or any other) self-driving models with no controls. Google cars have the Big Red Button, which shuts off self-driving system and brings the car to a stop. What more…
Google just posted http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-mail-you-want-not-... "but sometimes these wanted messages are mistakenly classified as spam. When this happens, you might have to wade through your spam…
Not quite correct. Before the incident, developers could use Windows, Linux or Mac laptop for remote access. After, only Linux and Mac remain as options. In addition, a mandatory two-factor authentication was introduced.
Herd mentality is very likely. Many barns in USA are red. Most barns in USSR were not painted at all. Most French barns don't appear to be red either: http://www.google.com/search?q=image+barn+france
Google is full of horror stories about bureaucracies and abusive/ignorant/incompetent managers? It's true that there are a few disgruntled ex-Googlers that may give you this impression. But I don't believe you'll find…
"In the interest of fairness, Fog Creek's compensation policy is open, public, simple, and accountable. Many companies try to obfuscate the rules they use for determining compensation in hopes that they won't get caught…
Most Google engineers use Linux on desktops. For a laptop, you get to choose between a Mac and a PC Laptop (running Linux as well).
I wonder if you have much to add to http://www.amazon.com/Debugging-Indispensable-Software-Hardw... (which I really like). Rule 5: "Quit thinking and look" is (I think) equivalent to your "don't assume". Rule 6: "Divide…
Google has experimentally determined that interviews 5 through 7 provide negligible additional signal, and so they've been eliminated from the process. Contrary to latch's comment here:…
ex-Googler Piaw Na offers just the service you are seeking: http://books.piaw.net/negotiate/index.html
In 2001 my car was towed from LAX parking lot because they checked the plate (they told me they scan all plates daily) and it came back as registered to a different make. Turns out the dealer made a single-letter…
> The problem with that is they'll find work for themselves to do, good idea or not, part of a coherent strategy or not. Isn't that exactly how Gmail came to be?
> I've never met a good, experienced developer who was a slow typist. You will. There is a reason "fast typist" was not a required skill in any software jobs I've ever applied for, and I doubt developer strength has any…
> Opting to drive around a (stationary, visible from a distance) bag in an unpredictable manner is literally how Waymo's first "at fault" accident occurred... There wasn't anything unpredictable about the behavior of…
> I understand that part of the employment contract is that ex-Googlers cannot bad-mouth the company. You understand this based on what? Out of curiosity, I just went through my employment agreement, and did not find…
> Do you work for Google? I do. I've also done 200+ interviews. > Googlers are known to come out to defend their employer on HN Well, sure. It's not because Google tells us to defend it though, but rather to state the…
4.0 is more like: I'll give up my job to get this person hired, she (or he) is that good.
There are no such incentives. When writing feedback, you simply look back at 20 other interviews where you asked the same question, and write "candidate X's performance on this question was was in {top,bottom}…
The article addresses this question: “I think this is the first time autonomous driving has been approached so strongly from a deep learning perspective,” says Tandon. “This is in contrast to a traditional robotics…
Has Tesla delivered L4 car yet? Elon's claims notwithstanding, Tesla may actually be half a decade away from L4. > It's pretty sad how far behind ... Maybe they are just trying to not over-promise and under-deliver?
Here you are using fixed passphrase and site name as the password, resulting in monosubstitution cypher, which is where the insecurity comes from. If you use site name as the passphrase and fixed password ("password"…
Waymo is subject to the same reporting requirements as everyone else. Google's reports will likely be transferred to waymo.com site soon enough, and new ones will appear in due time.
"While it was stopped" is the key. It's hard to argue that a car stopped at red light violates anyone's expectation of how a human would drive.
> I would personally never buy one of the Google (or any other) self-driving models with no controls. Google cars have the Big Red Button, which shuts off self-driving system and brings the car to a stop. What more…
Google just posted http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-mail-you-want-not-... "but sometimes these wanted messages are mistakenly classified as spam. When this happens, you might have to wade through your spam…
Not quite correct. Before the incident, developers could use Windows, Linux or Mac laptop for remote access. After, only Linux and Mac remain as options. In addition, a mandatory two-factor authentication was introduced.
Herd mentality is very likely. Many barns in USA are red. Most barns in USSR were not painted at all. Most French barns don't appear to be red either: http://www.google.com/search?q=image+barn+france
Google is full of horror stories about bureaucracies and abusive/ignorant/incompetent managers? It's true that there are a few disgruntled ex-Googlers that may give you this impression. But I don't believe you'll find…
"In the interest of fairness, Fog Creek's compensation policy is open, public, simple, and accountable. Many companies try to obfuscate the rules they use for determining compensation in hopes that they won't get caught…
Most Google engineers use Linux on desktops. For a laptop, you get to choose between a Mac and a PC Laptop (running Linux as well).
I wonder if you have much to add to http://www.amazon.com/Debugging-Indispensable-Software-Hardw... (which I really like). Rule 5: "Quit thinking and look" is (I think) equivalent to your "don't assume". Rule 6: "Divide…
Google has experimentally determined that interviews 5 through 7 provide negligible additional signal, and so they've been eliminated from the process. Contrary to latch's comment here:…
ex-Googler Piaw Na offers just the service you are seeking: http://books.piaw.net/negotiate/index.html