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New comment by aok1425 in "Memory prices climb 500% in 12 months"

aok1425 — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 18:53:26 +0000

I like this idea! Perhaps folks will game less on PCs and consoles. But would they shift to playing on their phones? Or play less video games overall?

Also, when OpenAI's new device comes out, would people shift to talking to these small devices?

New comment by aok1425 in "Home alone: Remote work, isolation, and mental health"

aok1425 — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 22:18:36 +0000

The abstract doesn't say that isolation is negative (I think). It just says WFH folks are more socially isolated.

For some people, more social isolation is OK. For others, not so OK. YMMV .

I personally think that more socializing is better, if it's with people who I become better by being around. The tough part is knowing who's good for me, and how I can find them.

New comment by aok1425 in "Home alone: Remote work, isolation, and mental health"

aok1425 — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 22:15:07 +0000

The abstract of the article says that folks who have remote work are more socially isolated, even after work hours.

Maybe WFH allows folks to be more social with the people they want, but the abstract says that they socialise less overall, and are more socially isolated.

New comment by aok1425 in "In the long run, LLMs make us dumber"

aok1425 — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 05:08:48 +0000

Do you think it's like when driving with GPS first became a thing?

Everyone stopped learning the roads & streets of where they were driving, but it was OK to lose that knowledge.

GPS companies revised their products to adapt to driver mistakes, and today driving is generally better with Google Maps, even though sometimes it can be worse (no internet, or when a bug arises).

New comment by aok1425 in "S.F. apartment rents fell again"

aok1425 — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 08:15:21 +0000

I think the private guards are for the marijuana shops

New comment by aok1425 in "Why I Left the Data Science Realm"

aok1425 — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 03:11:40 +0000

Agreed! I think all new/aspiring DS should be told that even if we give a technically great argument, the PM/decision-maker might not adopt it. This surprised me & my colleagues when we first learned it.

I've heard of different DS organizational models, whether embedded in a cross-functional team like this DS, or on a DS-only team. The main downside I've heard for a DS-only team is that stakeholders just come to you for requests, and you don't build up domain expertise.

For embedded DS, how could we get them to have more decision-making power? The only solution I can think of for a product team is to have the PM have DS skills, which eliminates the need to have a separate DS on the team in the first place!

Why I Left the Data Science Realm

aok1425 — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 22:05:02 +0000

Article URL: https://rachekintech.com/2022/04/19/why-i-left-the-data-science-realm/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34252547

Points: 3

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New comment by aok1425 in "8-Year-Old Calls Out NPR for Lack of Dinosaur Stories"

aok1425 — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 22:52:57 +0000

I have the theory that if parents push an interest too hard, the kid will actually dislike that interest. So hopefully you can strike that balance / get lucky.

New comment by aok1425 in "The Death of Tony Hsieh: A Spiral of Alcohol, Drugs and Extreme Behavior"

aok1425 — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 05:15:13 +0000

A small startup where my friend worked (~200 employees) ended up locking up their liquor cabinet except for Friday afternoons. Sadly, one of the employees was alcoholic and was going there too often.

New comment by aok1425 in "Data science interview questions with answers"

aok1425 — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 18:58:21 +0000

I can try to help you pass the SQL round. I’m going through DS/Analytics Eng interviews myself. I’ve passed all of my technical rounds, but failed the final rounds so far. Email me at aok1425 at gmail.

New comment by aok1425 in "Robinhood now valued at $11.2B with new fund backing"

aok1425 — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 20:55:05 +0000

smh

New comment by aok1425 in "Ask HN: Something like Khan Academy but full curriculum for grade schoolers?"

aok1425 — Fri, 10 Jul 2020 19:04:55 +0000

Maybe junilearning.com?

New comment by aok1425 in "Some Useful Probability Facts for Systems Programming"

aok1425 — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 19:25:13 +0000

Probability is incredibly non-intuitive! If you're willing to run a marathon to become more conversant in it, spend the ~4-5 hours to run marathon on this course: https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/stat110/home

New comment by aok1425 in "Lime shuts in 12 markets, lays off around 100"

aok1425 — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 01:11:56 +0000

How are they slaves? They have the free will to decide if they want to work or not.

New comment by aok1425 in "A guide to difficult conversations"

aok1425 — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 16:26:04 +0000

My friend had recommended to me a book called Difficult Conversations: https://www.amazon.com/Difficult-Conversations-Discuss-What-...

New comment by aok1425 in "Glassdoor and its effect on workplace culture"

aok1425 — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 01:39:30 +0000

Best source of pay data I've seen is H1B pay info: h1bdata.info

New comment by aok1425 in "Dark Patterns by the Boston Globe"

aok1425 — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 05:47:37 +0000

WSJ only allows cancellation by phone as well

Reference Guide on Statistical Interpretation [pdf]

aok1425 — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 04:46:54 +0000

Article URL: http://www.fjc.gov/public/pdf.nsf/lookup/sciman02.pdf/$file/sciman02.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8502191

Points: 1

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