Lex Fridman is a guy who talks about being open minded and humble then proceeds to block everyone that doesn't share the same set of opinions. Seems only capable of asking the same set of questions as well.

Can you give examples? I don’t see how you can persuade people to see your point with this very hollow statement.

Just saw a tweet thread a couple of days ago and this question reminded me of the last tweet: https://twitter.com/Tweetermeyer/status/1341587206285053963 where a writer for The Drive and few others got blocked for questioning his research into Tesla's Autopilot safety

If you make this accusation, shoul should provide some proof to back it up.

I'm not exactly going to curate a list of blocks. All I will say is make any constructive criticism towards him, or one of the things he seems to love such as Musk and chances are you will be blocked. He seems to even block other researchers who have never interacted with him.

People with a platform and large audience have a really bad relationship with social media. Don't take it personally.

Can't anyone say anything negative even if it makes sense?

If you can't be bothered to get out of your comfort zone you will hit a brick wall fast as a programmer. I use to be like this guy but the more I decided to take the time to learn the more I began to enjoy learning to the point it has become a hobby to learn and try new things. It is quite empowering.

The worst part about Covid isn't the virus itself but the stupidity that surrounds it.

This is a great post. Not the text of course, but it's implications. See, the people you think are stupid actually agree with you on this point -- and very likely see you as stupid. Statically, both of you rarely engage the other, but when you do it's to belittle, not to engage and learn. ...and who can blame you - you both think the other is a moron!

2020 saw unprecedented partisanship; if we all continue to insult and dismiss each other, what does the future hold? Unless we can learn to look past our biases and see each other as human beings, it won't be pretty.

You are attempting to lecture me about something I am very much aware of.

That's makes no sense... Why do you do it? Are you trying to speed up the revolution?

The death and illness is pretty bad.

So much so that we can make jokes about the virus while a pandemic is still ongoing.

Can we at least not fade out downvoted comments?

This can easily be fixed with user CSS.

The issue is that anything that is faded causes negative bias towards that comment not that it is actually hard to read.

When it comes to education online I prefer these, where they publish actual university course lectures and assignments than what you can find on Coursera and alike. There is still a big gap in the quality and depth.

'sometimes' doesn't make sense. That would also just create more interest.

These blogs are just for procasinators to feel productive. If you landed the interview then it is just about practicing through a lot of questions. The time you finished reading this comment and this blog, some people out there have already completed a mock interview or a leetcode question. I wonder who made greater gains.

I agree with this.

I would add, these holier-than-thou FAANG interviewers writing blog posts about how to clear a FAANG interview are actually bullshitters. They want to feel good about themselves. So they write.

When push comes to shove, these same interviewers would clear the candidates who've pretty much memorized all the medium-level leetcode problems, but lie during the interview by claiming that they've never seen the problem before in their lives, but just happen to be "so good" they end up solving the whole thing in 30-35 minutes.

P.S.: The non-tech part is not that hard. Just don't be a dick.

>> P.S.: The non-tech part is not that hard. Just don't be a dick.

This is probably true for junior roles but gets much more important for senior roles or ones where they are testing out your potential to take on greater responsibility shortly after joining.

An answer to a vague behavioral question can make a ton of difference. EG:

Question: Have you ever managed people?

Answer A: Nope, always an individual contributor.

Answer B: No, but at my last job I took ownership of a project that involved coordinating work of 50+ developers, UX people, QA, etc to deliver.

Question A is technically correct and "not a dick" but if the person has it in them to figure out to provide answer B (assuming it's true) they are more likely to get a more senior job and make more money.

You can argue that the advice is BS, but I don't detect any moralising in it.

The whole topic around bias in AI is overblown. If anything is to come out to the real world and fails to be inclusive then Google will be swept off their feet by the competition and as long as that is the case then I don't see what I need to be so cautious about.

And problems such as political bias run far deeper than some recommendation system. I feel as though these things are just trendy to talk about.

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