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Some blog posts are for the ages, others are ephemeral. The Mole acknowledges this post’s place in the latter category, yet still feels it appropriate to write today about what he heard yesterday even if it is relevant only until tomorrow. Last night’s meetup — yes, the third this week — was hosted at Yelp under the… Continue reading All your MLBase are belong to vapor

The Mole is a retiring and self-effacing sort, quick to minimize his own acheivements (such as they are), so he will stipulate without hesitation that Dr. Alexander Gray is more accomplished and more knowledgeable about machine learning than he is.  But the Mole has also known quite a few members of the National Academies —… Continue reading The urticating roots of the Skytree

Last night the Mole attended a pleasant talk by Mark Noworolski on Streetline‘s smart parking system.  (The talk was presented through the good offices of the IoTSiliconValley meetup, capably organized by Drew Johnson and Elle Wood, and hosted by Hacker Dojo.  </shoutouts>)  While the talk was not particularly technically demanding, the Mole was quite impressed by… Continue reading Is that a hockey puck under your car or are you just glad to have a parking space?

The Mole’s grandmother was born in another country, one where English is not the native language.  We will return to this point later.  Our immediate point of departure, however, is that the Mole is currently burnishing his credentials in pursuit of a return to more technical work and has, to that end, been taking online… Continue reading On a Whinge and a Parser

There was some surprise at the beginning of this month that Marissa Mayer was personally reviewing every candidate being hired into Yahoo.  A lot of people, particularly the ones who calculated the ratio between a typical software engineer’s annual salary and the price of the 15 minutes she might spend reviewing a resume (see her… Continue reading Heisenhiring: Marissa Mayer and Paul Krasner