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ja3k
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In an infinite walk in 2 dimensions you return to the same point infinitely often
- Costco should get into web services. Kirkland Cloud would clean up
- "No man steps in the same river twice for he is not the same man and it is not the same river" hits a little different every time I hear it
- It's 20 lines of python. A random walk in Z^5. I liked how it looked.can yall pls tell me the lore behind your profile pictures
- School trains you from a young age that progress can't be made during normal working hoursi used to think i was a night owl, but in reality i was just procrastinating until the evening to get my work done, and justifying it by calling myself a night owl. i bet most of you "night owls" out there are in the same boat but too afraid to admit it to yourselves.
- Just answered an algo interview question in 10m which the interviewer clearly thought would take the whole time. Then he pulled out another question which I ultimately failed to solve and he said "Don't worry I've never seen someone solve it and don't know how"
- I have passed interviews at Google, Palantir and IMC and in all cases I didn't know any of the questions I was askedLeetCode interviews donโt actually test problem solving skills. They test memorisation and explanation skills.
- Life pro tip: when you get to the airport early, especially if you have a connection, go up to every gate going to your destination and ask if you can board. Legit works ~40% of the time
- What are good examples of long term trends that abruptly stopped?New wild extrapolation just dropped. Here is 4oโs meme on it.
- People will tell you we're so much richer than our grandparents. But when you adjust for inflation you see a different story
- Replying to @rickyflowsinyouThat's a particularly great example because people also forecasted doom as a result of the trend continuing
- Replying to @touchmoonflowerHonestly wasteful of the trees to not hold onto their leaves. Evergreens are true communists
- NEVER SAY THE FIRST NUMBER IN A NEGOTIATION. You may think 350k is some super stretch salary but they were planning on offering 200M and zuck is laughing all the way to the bank
