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CodeSheikh

1,065 karma · joined December 2, 2014

Studied HW. Working in SW. Interested in communal tech -- tech that makes lives better.
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CodeSheikh··on In Battle to Recruit New Quants, Hedge Funds Outpay Banks
Is Financial Engineering still relevant these days? I thought it is all Data Science now.
CodeSheikh··on Boeing CEO ousted as 737 Max crisis deepens
Why don't they just kill the 737 MAX program and start on another aircraft? As a consumer it will build confidence and trust in me.
CodeSheikh··on The Bloomberg Terminal, Explained
"You’re not going to win the Super Bowl if you aren’t even playing in the right stadium." Terrible analogy.
CodeSheikh··on Amazon Kendra: Enterprise Search Service
So the idea is I feed all of the content for my website to Kendra (hosted in cloud) and whenever a user performs a search on my website, Kendra will return results to me via a REST(?) call and I can display sorted results back to the user, right? Is the index going to live locally within my ecosystem for faster retrieval of results and Kendra can do updates to the index via some push mechanism? To be honest instead of bootstrapping a solution with Lucene/SOLR-esque, this might be not be bad idea to ride your search on the shoulders of Amazon AI search giant.
CodeSheikh··on Amazon CodeGuru – Preview
$0.75 per 100 lines of code scanned per month. Wonder if it automagically ignores new lines and javadocs?
CodeSheikh··on Amazon CodeGuru – Preview
"Amazon CodeGuru is a machine learning service for automated code reviews and application performance recommendations. It helps you find the most expensive lines of code that hurt application performance..." I suspect if AWS is using customers code bases to train its AI models? Another source is to scavenge open source repositories.
CodeSheikh··on Cut global emissions by 7.6% per year for next decade to meet 1.5°C Paris target
" where we have never had as much access to information, large swaths of the population don't even believe global warming is _real_"

I completely agree. In this age of broadband internet, social media where information is at your disposal, we are not matured enough to handle this, speaking from micro-evolutionary perspective. And where we can not digest/process/retain information, we conveniently convince overselves that it might not be real. Sadly, we are doomed.

CodeSheikh··on Differences between expert and novice brains in mice: study
So let me get this, if too many neurons firing then it means it is a novice's brain and less neurons firing (targeted firing) means an expert, is that right?
CodeSheikh··on Apple has locked me out of my developer account
This guys wrote a ranty article without telling/hinting/speculating us what went wrong? I am sorry but I feel like you have wasted our time by making us reading your article and as a reader and a supporter of indie dev community I am unable to conclude if Apple has done any wrongdoing here.
CodeSheikh··on Ask HN: What is your favorite StackOverflow question?
I like the graphic examples in this question (besides the obvious attempts at answers): https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1050222/what-is-the-diff...
CodeSheikh··on Boise is why L.A. can’t legally clear its streets of homeless encampments
Build them tents on all of these golf courses. We have plenty of those in this country.
CodeSheikh··on Uber lays off around 350 more across Eats, self-driving and other departments
data analysts as in data scientists?
CodeSheikh··on Google Cloud Worth $225B, Deutsche Bank Says
I am interested to know the valuation of AWS. If the values are apart then it makes sense that AWS was ahead of teh game. If GCP has caught up then that would be blazing-fast improvement.
CodeSheikh··on India to Attempt Moon Landing at the Lunar South Pole Today
Welcome to the Moon, India!
CodeSheikh··on A Message about iOS Security
Is Uighur community the one that Chinese government is partaking in ethnic cleansing? Is it fair to deduce from this information that hackers were pro-Chinese govt?
CodeSheikh··on WeWork Isn’t a Tech Company
It is a real estate company to the very least.
CodeSheikh··on The We Company S-1
This statement though "The We Company is committed to being meat, single-use plastics, and carbon emissions free."
CodeSheikh··on New York City Neighbors Build Cheaper Way to Connect to Web
I applaud Brian Hall's dedication to NYC Mesh.
CodeSheikh··on Boeing 737 Max ordered by Ryanair undergoes name change
Boeing is not going to disappoint you when it comes to shady stuff. I think now I am going to avoid any 737 models from now on-wards.
CodeSheikh··on Amazon Seeks Permission to Launch 3k Internet Satellites
With right lobbying strategy and targeting lawmakers during campaigns, I have no reason to believe that Amazon cannot influence enough heads in their favor. Are government entities such as FCC are the absolute gatekeepers that we expect them to be? I am highly skeptical. Look how FAA handled Boeing's 737 Max and we ended up with two crashes. A company of Amazon stature and resources can easily influence and overwhelm FCC into giving them green light. For Amazon this is a two fold win; Blue Origin will finally have a purpose, and further domination of Amazon in farthest corners of the world.
CodeSheikh··on The rise of remote working will continue
I agree with "undesired socializing". Sometimes the peer pressure gets you. Especially the small talks in the kitchen area.
CodeSheikh··on Sperm-Donor Siblings: A Family Portrait
Their nose tip is a common genetic trait.
CodeSheikh··on PHP in 2019
Does one still debug using var_dump()? Disclaimer: I have not used PHP since 2010.
CodeSheikh··on WhatsApp security breach may have targeted human rights groups
These "extra-curricular" activities of Israeli govt's involvement with rogue entities cast a bad shadow on the tech culture of Israel. Something not good for brooding startups coming out of Tel Aviv.
CodeSheikh··on IRS Tax Calendar for Businesses and Self-Employed
Is it just the FF or the text is all janky?
CodeSheikh··on 40% of the top sellers on Amazon are based in China, according to research
Also worth reading into "Universal Postal Union", an agency within the United Nations that is responsible for managing postal service policies for its member countries.

"Under the current UPU’s treaty, China and other countries deemed a 'developing nation' receive a lower rate for packages shipped to the U.S. via the United States Postal Service."

That's why it is convenient to get $3 iPhone case from Chinese/Asian country seller at $0 shipping cost. Gotta love the loop holes, eh?

CodeSheikh··on Sony reveals PlayStation 5 details
What is a "3D audio"?
CodeSheikh··on The Horror of Hudson Yards Is How It Was Financed
"EB-5 is supposed to be a way to jumpstart investment in remote rural areas, or distressed urban ones". And most of the investors apparently are from China. Is China really strategically investing in important infrastructure all over the globe?
CodeSheikh··on Boeing 737 MAX crash and the rejection of ridiculous data
I refuse to take any US domestic flights on 737 MAX until it is decomm and engines are replaced with the ones that were intended for its body.

Boeing is not going to fly its execs on domestic flights for certain number of months to regain consumers confidence.

CodeSheikh··on Low-earth orbit satellites threatened by debris from Indian anti-satellite test
After conducting such tests what was India’s plan to remove such debris? Just because “they did it why can’t we do it?” rationale is not to support this act. They should be hold accountable.
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