Hacker News: slimshady94

New comment by slimshady94 in "UC terminates subscriptions with Elsevier in push for open access"

slimshady94 — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 21:04:33 +0000

Does anybody who actually works at Elsevier ever read these HN threads?

New comment by slimshady94 in "Nearly Half of US Female Scientists Leave Full-Time Science After First Child"

slimshady94 — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 22:59:37 +0000

Verifiable delay functions!

New comment by slimshady94 in "Ask HN: Work-life balance?"

slimshady94 — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 23:31:37 +0000

>When I get distracted and want to go on HN, most of the time I read a math book instead. That way I either learn math, or realize how much easier my startup is and go back to doing that.

Haha, this is an awesome hack. Thanks!

New comment by slimshady94 in "H-1B: Oracle favored hiring foreign graduates of US colleges over American grads"

slimshady94 — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 16:12:22 +0000

> As far as I know, while Chinese students are way more than India students in USA, Indian H1B holders are about 4~5 times more than Chinese

Source?

New comment by slimshady94 in "I interviewed at six top companies in Silicon Valley in six days"

slimshady94 — Sat, 19 Jan 2019 02:02:58 +0000

Reiterating my view, I feel like the interviewing grind has become akin to gymming - you go to your mental gym, build up your 'muscles' by doing pointless repetitive tasks AKA algorithms you'd never use in real life (probably like how bodybuilders would never need to deadlift 125kgs in their daily life). It doesn't directly help you do your job but you know bodybuilders have higher than average fitness levels. So in the same manner, devs grinding leetcode probably have higher 'fitness' levels (mostly a type of muscle memory for programming) than devs who don't.

New comment by slimshady94 in "Start with a Website, Not a Mobile App"

slimshady94 — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 17:34:55 +0000

I have a HN bookmark/icon on my home screen.

New comment by slimshady94 in "Ask HN: How can I make the most out of high school?"

slimshady94 — Sun, 30 Dec 2018 07:56:49 +0000

I know hindsight is 20/20 and it's easier said than done, but probably the best way to build social skills is to take up a group sport like football/basketball/frisbee/rock climbing etc. Or join a dance team/music band after a few lessons. Or take up volunteering. Any physical activity in which you're part of a team. This is very important, try to succeed in this as seriously as you study type theory because people skills are important for whichever career/life path you choose.

New comment by slimshady94 in "Ask HN: Did you learn any life changing lessons this year?"

slimshady94 — Tue, 25 Dec 2018 09:01:12 +0000

Immigrated to a new country and went back to school. Both academically and socially, learnt the same lesson - don't quit. Also learnt that there's a time and place for everything - if you miss that window of opportunity, it doesn't matter how hard you grind later on.

New comment by slimshady94 in "Data Structure and Algorithms Interview Questions for Programmers"

slimshady94 — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 05:11:28 +0000

I feel like the interviewing grind has become akin to gymming - you go to your mental gym, build up your 'muscles' by doing pointless repetitive tasks AKA algorithms you'd never use in real life (probably like how bodybuilders would never need to deadlift 125kgs in their daily life). It doesn't directly help you do your job but you know bodybuilders have higher than average fitness levels. So in the same manner, devs grinding leetcode probably have higher 'fitness' levels than devs who don't.

New comment by slimshady94 in "The Dangerous Fetishization of ‘Hustle Porn’"

slimshady94 — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 05:47:15 +0000

Don't you harbour dreams of having a startup and working with your own agency? Or pursuing a hobby like music or adventure sports seriously? You seem capable enough to do that well, why are you living life like a robot? Leave your job and travel the world with your girlfriend! I could even say you're wasting your productive potential - you could change the world instead of living this happy temporary life. /s

New comment by slimshady94 in "Ask HN: What are your crazy tech ideas?"

slimshady94 — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 20:59:24 +0000

Some kind of generic IoT sensor that you could attach/integrate with almost any physical object, that could open up that object for digital communication. And the sensor would have no/very long lasting batteries.

New comment by slimshady94 in "Ask HN: How do I study distributed sytems?"

slimshady94 — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 00:59:23 +0000

This is a mid-level (not too simple, not too complex) introduction about the basics that I found useful http://book.mixu.net/distsys/

New comment by slimshady94 in "My Parents Give Me $28k a Year"

slimshady94 — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 22:53:24 +0000

What do the children of poets and musicians study?

New comment by slimshady94 in "My Parents Give Me $28k a Year"

slimshady94 — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 20:58:29 +0000

Imagine alien algae start evolving on a barren rock in a remote planet. Some algae start out closer to water (better geographical location than others). These are the children of those lucky algae. That's basically it.

New comment by slimshady94 in "Tech Workers Now Want to Know: What Are We Building This For?"

slimshady94 — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 22:10:34 +0000

Well expressed. I look forward to the next world-changing movement/technology/culture that'll make google/facebook look like the IBM/Microsoft of old. Hope it'll be soon, so that I'm still young enough to enjoy the next counter-culture.

New comment by slimshady94 in "Tech Workers Now Want to Know: What Are We Building This For?"

slimshady94 — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 22:04:13 +0000

Ironically, it seems the 'banked' have become 'unbanked' after the recent speculative highs and subsequent crash of bitcoin prices.

New comment by slimshady94 in "Ask HN: What did you learn the hard way?"

slimshady94 — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 18:40:09 +0000

There's a limit to grinding it out alone. To grow as fast as possible, you need to learn from those who have already walked your path - you need mentors and good guidance. In both academics and business, social skills and gymming - to go fast, go alone, and to go far, go together.

New comment by slimshady94 in "Bullshit Jobs"

slimshady94 — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 16:55:15 +0000

I agree. If the women in my generation viewed sustainability and a low ecological footprint as attractive, all I'd do is work on global warming and poverty rather than study algorithms to make money.

New comment by slimshady94 in "Ask HN: How to deal with social anxiety?"

slimshady94 — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 13:20:51 +0000

I can empathize with your struggle.

>Anything that requires interaction with people makes me want to avoid it even if I actually want/need it

I used to think this was some rare personality defect or freak in my education/formative years. I later realized that it meant I was simply a bit shy/too accommodating of other people/not confident enough in myself to speak. Perhaps you can get over it by resolving to be more courageous and not shy away/put in the effort for interaction. It's an effort for sure - it takes brain cycles and effort to interact with others. Some people get this easier because of practice (through family/friends) and I basically assume I didn't get enough practice in childhood. TLDR; don't over-think it :)

New comment by slimshady94 in "Lessons from Interviewing 400 Engineers Over Three Startups"

slimshady94 — Sat, 07 Jul 2018 15:58:13 +0000

Psychometric screening is already used in some places actually.