I would put forth that Google isn't a search company anymore. They spend more resources filtering out all the junk on the web. Search is a secondary function for them. The end-user doesn't see the filtering; publishers…
Cocaine makes you very vigilant. I became a photographer because I had some friends who were socialites and had VIP access to clubs. Their various club owner friends liked my photography, so I just started showing up…
I was considering that. I don't have any sales background, but I can communicate what's good and bad about software/systems fairly easily. In my career I've also had to "sell" complex ideas to management, and I've had…
I took two breaks from tech. One was for grad school, which I dropped out of after 3 semesters. Like some others in the thread I found academia to be pretty bad. You're paid shit and treated like a peon. The work was…
These are based off my current experience in transitioning to a management role. I'm still a dev, but my manager is "testing me out" for a management role. - Keep current on technologies, what your team uses and wants…
I've taken sertraline, venlafaxine, bupropion and fluoxetine. Fluoxetine is the only SSRI I experienced no withdrawal from. I was on a low dose (10-20mg) though, and it mostly worked (went from severe depression to…
My company's style is a culture of consensus. No one really "gives orders," because that's too aggressive, and someone might feel hurt. I find it fucking awful. If there's disagreement about something, usually another…
SF needs to worry about its own transit issues. MUNI stops at rush hour are poorly serviced. I can't get on most of the trains that pass through Civic Center, so I usually end up going inbound to Montgomery or…
These modifiers are always a touchy point with me. They aren't applied consistently and imply greater experience and ability, when they often signify time spent at a company or political acumen. Over my 15 years in…
Only if computing power catches up to handle the rapidly increasing rate at which data is produced. But as computing power increases, that also affects the rate at which data is produced. So, I firmly believe most data…
It is. We were specifically dealing with ESL/second-language learning though. Long term retention is necessary for fluency. If you want to pass a driver's exam or material you don't really care about beyond passing a…
This is the subject I tackled in grad school. It was super interesting, because many people still believe that memorizing stuff is best if you cram for an extended period of time. Showing them that just a few minutes of…
This is the reason why I don't fear government surveillance as much as corporate surveillance. The government simply can't process all the data they collect. And the value of obtaining information from the data can be…
I can't find a closer image of the west Portland area, so I can't comment on the nature of those commutes. I live in SF, and at work my team consists of ~16 people. Of those 16 people only 3 live in SF (city/county).…
> support vector machines and Bayesian learning have been around since the 70s/80s (ninja edit: SVM's since 1963! Markov Chains 1950s, Bayesian Learning/Pattern recognition sine the 1950's), but adoption has been slow…
The important thing about the PhD is that you've become an expert in conducting experiments and research. It really doesn't matter what ML techniques you've done, as long as you know everything else associated with…
I've seen for rent signs up for over a month in some very desirable locations. That's a change from 2 years ago when I was looking for a place. But the rents are still pretty high for new buildings. The developments…
My current team suffers from disgust of Taco Bell programming. I love it, and I push hard to use it for the projects I lead. I've even had other leads scoff at my use of Python because "the GIL will throttle your…
Then that academic can make a company out of it, and charge $2000/hr. :) The issue is academics cashing in on their research. I think this is fine in general. Having been through grad school I've worked with professors…
Yeah. It's almost laughable how little you need to process high volumes. Our stack was PHP/memcache/MySQL, a closed-source front-end cache/web server, and a custom mostly-MVCish framework. I introduced Redis to the…
Pornhub doesn't generate most of their money from subscriptions. It was never their primary business model to do that. It's mostly ad and referral revenue. I also think most tube sites run on thin margins or even at a…
It's largely the reason why I left. As I learned more about the industry it was less palatable. They do take steps to shield themselves and reduce their liability. Let's face it, if you're a top dog at a large porn…
Big porn companies are very serious about PCI compliance. They also closely monitor their fraud numbers. If a MID (merchant ID) goes above 5% (volume or cash amount) fraud, the processor could get fined by…
It was amazing. Half of devops was stoned during work hours. I actually think it helped, because they usually had their hands full and probably needed stress relief. In spite of being stoned, they were far more…
The only stigma I experienced was self generated. I wouldn't tell people where I worked for a while. However, after that period of shame, whenever I told someone I worked in porn, they had a positive attitude and dozens…
I would put forth that Google isn't a search company anymore. They spend more resources filtering out all the junk on the web. Search is a secondary function for them. The end-user doesn't see the filtering; publishers…
Cocaine makes you very vigilant. I became a photographer because I had some friends who were socialites and had VIP access to clubs. Their various club owner friends liked my photography, so I just started showing up…
I was considering that. I don't have any sales background, but I can communicate what's good and bad about software/systems fairly easily. In my career I've also had to "sell" complex ideas to management, and I've had…
I took two breaks from tech. One was for grad school, which I dropped out of after 3 semesters. Like some others in the thread I found academia to be pretty bad. You're paid shit and treated like a peon. The work was…
These are based off my current experience in transitioning to a management role. I'm still a dev, but my manager is "testing me out" for a management role. - Keep current on technologies, what your team uses and wants…
I've taken sertraline, venlafaxine, bupropion and fluoxetine. Fluoxetine is the only SSRI I experienced no withdrawal from. I was on a low dose (10-20mg) though, and it mostly worked (went from severe depression to…
My company's style is a culture of consensus. No one really "gives orders," because that's too aggressive, and someone might feel hurt. I find it fucking awful. If there's disagreement about something, usually another…
SF needs to worry about its own transit issues. MUNI stops at rush hour are poorly serviced. I can't get on most of the trains that pass through Civic Center, so I usually end up going inbound to Montgomery or…
These modifiers are always a touchy point with me. They aren't applied consistently and imply greater experience and ability, when they often signify time spent at a company or political acumen. Over my 15 years in…
Only if computing power catches up to handle the rapidly increasing rate at which data is produced. But as computing power increases, that also affects the rate at which data is produced. So, I firmly believe most data…
It is. We were specifically dealing with ESL/second-language learning though. Long term retention is necessary for fluency. If you want to pass a driver's exam or material you don't really care about beyond passing a…
This is the subject I tackled in grad school. It was super interesting, because many people still believe that memorizing stuff is best if you cram for an extended period of time. Showing them that just a few minutes of…
This is the reason why I don't fear government surveillance as much as corporate surveillance. The government simply can't process all the data they collect. And the value of obtaining information from the data can be…
I can't find a closer image of the west Portland area, so I can't comment on the nature of those commutes. I live in SF, and at work my team consists of ~16 people. Of those 16 people only 3 live in SF (city/county).…
> support vector machines and Bayesian learning have been around since the 70s/80s (ninja edit: SVM's since 1963! Markov Chains 1950s, Bayesian Learning/Pattern recognition sine the 1950's), but adoption has been slow…
The important thing about the PhD is that you've become an expert in conducting experiments and research. It really doesn't matter what ML techniques you've done, as long as you know everything else associated with…
I've seen for rent signs up for over a month in some very desirable locations. That's a change from 2 years ago when I was looking for a place. But the rents are still pretty high for new buildings. The developments…
My current team suffers from disgust of Taco Bell programming. I love it, and I push hard to use it for the projects I lead. I've even had other leads scoff at my use of Python because "the GIL will throttle your…
Then that academic can make a company out of it, and charge $2000/hr. :) The issue is academics cashing in on their research. I think this is fine in general. Having been through grad school I've worked with professors…
Yeah. It's almost laughable how little you need to process high volumes. Our stack was PHP/memcache/MySQL, a closed-source front-end cache/web server, and a custom mostly-MVCish framework. I introduced Redis to the…
Pornhub doesn't generate most of their money from subscriptions. It was never their primary business model to do that. It's mostly ad and referral revenue. I also think most tube sites run on thin margins or even at a…
It's largely the reason why I left. As I learned more about the industry it was less palatable. They do take steps to shield themselves and reduce their liability. Let's face it, if you're a top dog at a large porn…
Big porn companies are very serious about PCI compliance. They also closely monitor their fraud numbers. If a MID (merchant ID) goes above 5% (volume or cash amount) fraud, the processor could get fined by…
It was amazing. Half of devops was stoned during work hours. I actually think it helped, because they usually had their hands full and probably needed stress relief. In spite of being stoned, they were far more…
The only stigma I experienced was self generated. I wouldn't tell people where I worked for a while. However, after that period of shame, whenever I told someone I worked in porn, they had a positive attitude and dozens…