Peter Norvig
Peter Norvig
Peter Norvigis an American computer scientist. He is a Director of Research at Google Inc., and used to be its Director of Search Quality...
keys decision passionate
How can you make informed decisions ... ? The key seems to be to gather experts who are knowledgeable and passionate about the subject matter, and have them cooperatively discuss a series of questions designed to explore the limits of technical feasibility. They must strive to reach the best decision rather than to persuade each other.
crazy truth
There is a lot of truth in there, but there's also a lot of crazy stuff. We just don't tell them which is which.
users
We thought it was very important to keep our users out of jail.
hand kinds position records
We didn't want to be in the position of having to hand over these kinds of records to the government.
information personally
They don't have personally identifiable information but they do have IP addresses that are potentially identifiable with an individual.
thinking design want
I think test-driven design is great. But you can test all you want and if you don’t know how to approach the problem, you’re not going to get a solution.
feet choices let-me
Let me just say that, if you ever have the choice of putting your words in powerpoint or having them carved into 30-foot high marble, I'd say go for the marble.
ak-47 people belief
My belief is that PowerPoint doesn't kill meetings. People kill meetings.
memories style special
Pascal and C are special-purpose languages for manipulating the registers and memory of a von Neumann-style computer.
ak-47 tables powerpoint
Using PowerPoint is like having a loaded AK-47 on the table.
succeed models
All models are wrong, and increasingly you can succeed without them.
data algorithms
We dont have better algorithms, we just have more data
cheating team school
When I was in school, working as a team was called cheating.
teacher motivation inspiration
Peers can be the best teachers, because they're the ones that remember what it's like to not understand.