Nelson69

There is a lot of truth to this. Find "design partners" early in the process and build the MVP for them. After several iterations of making requests and providing feedback that you action on, they're a lot more willing to buy, especially if you give them a sweetheart discount.

Unless it's some sort of bauble or obviously useful tool to them, I think it'll be difficult to sell MVP without any of their input.

After 30 years, I don't think spam is going to get solved with email.

That is a particularly good memory.

No idea but I suspect the "unified" on chip memory is very very quick.

Some friends and I were BSing about the "pro" level parts, it you can graft 2 or 4 M1s together, use off chip RAM and then treat that onboard 16GB like cache? We're talking about some game changing stuff.

Has anyone calculated the carbon foot print of parsing JSON?

It's more than morale, it's just being a good human.

If a promotion is coming down to how someone got thanked by a peer, if that's the differentiator like some of these poster are suggesting, then it's probably not a great place.

Be a good human, thank people and express gratitude whenever they help you. Our culture has become so jaded in some many ways that it actually sort of disarms some folks. they will help you more in the future. When someone asks for help, help them, stretch to do it, it can be hard to ask for help so make it worth their while to take that risk. Give praise, it costs you nothing. It will pay dividends in the long run, big ones that you probably can't imagine yet. Being someone that people like to work with is huge...

I'll get myself some down voting here... I kind of like asking questions about data structures and algorithms. I don't see them as simple black and white questions though. I see several values: 1) If you're a "computer science" degreed person, I expect basic understanding of basic algorithms and data structures. As for your basic job stuff, things like Java have multiple implementations of maps or hash tables you should have some idea when to pick one vs the other. I don't think that's off limits. 2) I like to ask a couple challenges or questions that sort of make the interviewee a little uncomfortable, not to get the answer but to work with them on it and see how they work through that situation. I intentionally try not to be cruel but I want them to think, I want to communicate with them as they sort through it, I want to see how that stuff goes. I've had 60+ minute conversations about engineering a professional grade hash table and the different things you have to consider, that's good stuff. The 3rd thing, and this is maybe more subtle, there is a gigantic difference between implementing quick sort and qsort in glibc, the same can be said about most algorithms and data structures and I think at least a cursory knowledge of that is an indication of some wisdom. Should you be asked to implement data structure x or classical algorithm y, understanding the mechanics beyond simply copying it out of a text book indicates some wisdom.

I think this program is generally well intentioned. I directly know organizations that benefited from it and it absolutely helped cushion the blow of initial lock-down. I also think that any time the US federal government is offering out free or low cost money it is imperative that we look closely and carefully, especially when the program was thrown together in a week or two.

"Need" is probably not the way to look at this, anytime there is "free money" there will be incredibly wealthy businesses and organizations with "need." There is a school of thought that you should "always need" free money. I think that's just business. I think the actual distribution is where you look.

It would be completely foolish, ATMO, to believe that every organization, bank, and business were treated equally or fairly in this process. We already know that banks like Cross River handled what appears to be a disproportional amount of the approved "loans," presumably because they are a slick fintech business. When the dust fully settles, I would be shocked if the distribution of the funds or the forgiveness was in any way egalitarian, the country just isn't. I fully expect that it will be another mechanism in which certain classes benefit from the US system and others will have been overlooked. And maybe there will be another excuse, minority owned small businesses may not have been as "well banked" as others or something and your choice of bank will be another differentiator. I've heard a couple stories of orgs that didn't even get applications from their banks until the fund was depleted. There will be some great success stories too, I'll reiterate that I think the program is based in good intentions. I just can't see it being executed fairly though, not when they're actually debating on whether the Bubba Wallace noose was a "hoax" or not and the president chimes in...

> Pentax is probably in trouble too. They don't even have mirrorless offerings.

I think just about all of the older guard are in trouble. Things sounded pretty ominous for Nikon last year and I'm sure COVID-19 isn't helping camera sales. https://petapixel.com/2019/11/12/nikon-says-its-cameras-need...

Phones keep getting better.

Can they not buy insurance for this?

A while back I helped a startup that was doing managed video services, specifically internal surveillance. A very logical "service" for them was to have actual humans review and verify various incidents and so they staffed up a small team of hourly video watchers.

It was a culture shock. Things like acceptable workplace attire were issues; and there was no store-front or exposure to customers, it was just what's acceptable in a professional office. Someone quitting with no notice wasn't uncommon. I think the most shocking aspect was most lived in this sort of land of grand illusion, they had no concept that there were non-hourly jobs or workers building the system they used. All of them lived in a fairly delicate balance, a small inconvenience like some car trouble was potentially life altering for them. We did these somewhat terrible Thursday night deployments (think 4 hours most of the time) and more than a few times some of these guys wanted to "help" to get some overtime pay, they were incredulous at the idea that we didn't get paid extra for that. Everyone deserves dignity and respect but it's also easy to see how these untrusting sorts of institutions come to be.

The big difference between ordering on Amazon and walking in to a Walmart is you have to look some of those people in the eye in Walmart. Credit to Tim for shining a little light on this. I've sort of thought that we might be in for a wave of 21st century unionization, I think the floor is a lot lower than that though. It's hard to imagine what could spark a cultural shift that would unite workers in today's world.

They did. AMD had a very strong position against the Pentium IV era offerings from Intel. They took it on the chin for a couple years and then the came out with Core2 and pretty solidly handled AMD for a while.

AMD doesn't look nearly as one dimensional as they did then, power consumption wasn't as interesting and Intel came out with a low power play; this time AMD seems to have offerings in every category that are compelling. It's really hard to bet against Intel with their long history though. I wouldn't be surprised if they come out strong when they get their process stuff sorted.

I was consolidating a lot of backup media over the winter break a few months back and I actually saw some "XF86Config.good" files that I saved from the early 1990s...

It's actually quite amazing how far we've come.

He's cashed in on this theft to the tune of "$50m-$100m" what would it take to constitute mallace?

Sure, he's not building war weapons or anything like that, but he stole the IP and he made an F* ton of money from it, specifically selling it to competitors. That seems like about the only malicious thing you could do with that IP, if you ask me. Being not malicious would be if it did that for free.

What are the odds that he ends up living kind of normal after this? Like living in the suburbs in a 2500sqft house and commuting to some job that pays $130k? I think close to nil.

Wasn't "Roadrunner" powered by Cell? What's Cell doing these days?

+1 These seem like they'd be perfect for it.

I tend to agree, I think if IBM were to release some core designs to go with it then they could potentially spur something interesting.

I really see it two ways, the fact that Talos has real hardware that isn't priced up in the stratosphere (it's not cheap, but it's not insane) and then the ISA being opened. Those are giant steps for a company like IBM. At the same time, as big as those steps are for IBM, they seem like pretty small steps in terms of taking on the world with this stuff.

Throw in something like the full G5 design? We might be talking about something different.

I don't know about the Conti belt but the Gates has been rock solid since they introduced the center track guide. The first wave did have some problems unless the pullies had guides, they could slide off.

For what it is, I love it, it's not a racing bike though. I'm curious about the mtb uses with a Rohloff hub, it's a fair amount of weight.

I've had a Spot ACME with belt for about 6 years. I've used in on my daily lunch ride 4+ days a week. I was worried about all that stuff, I love the bike and was worried about nothing.

Belt damage? They put these belts on motorcycles, it's possible to damage them but they are insanely durable, probably stronger than your typical chain. Somewhere I picked up a staple on mine, I'm going to get it replaced but I've done several hundred miles on it with no issues.

The IGHs are a different matter, they're pretty sensitive and if you get them off a little bit they work but your shifting will be hosed up. Bike shop fixed it all though. My advice? Don't mess with it, get it set up, make sure the little connector on the cable is tightly attached and you probably won't have issues, I had some slip on mine.

I've been running Conti touring tires with some mixed tread and pre-slimed tubes, I've not had flats but I've worn out 3 or 4 sets of tires. It's not a big deal to change it though. It's a commuter bike so it has bolts rather than quick release skewers, I'd use slime and maybe even kevlar liners if you get a lot of flats and just make tire changes a wear issue. It's a heavy bike, it's not a carbon roady by any stretch but it has been as close to zero maintenance as any bike I've had. It's actually required more maintenance on the disc brakes than the drive train, they were getting a little squishy but just rebleed them and they're good again. The only "issue" I've had was when I got a lot of dust on the belt, it was kind of squeaky for a while.

This carbon/ceramic drive shaft is kind of interesting. I always thought that the chain to pully and gear touch point was where the friction loss was, not interlink on the chain itself. For years and years, they've offered bigger pullies for reduced friction. This drive shaft will still have a similar touch point; also seeing as how both pieces rotate, it looks like there could be side to side friction as the cog on the shaft touches the gear on the wheel and they both rotate unless the cog and gear have some very special shaping that I'm not seeing. As the cog rotates, when it first can engage the gear, just the tip will be touching the gear but as it continues it will push more of the tooth on the cog in to the gear, am I wrong on this?

People seem to interpret it a few different ways. The idea of "checking out of society" really appeals to some and he's heroic for doing it. Fight Club has a similar, almost cultish, following.

Compiling pypy is memory intensive, I don't believe it can be done in 2GB which is where most of the really affordable ARM devices seem to cap out.

Plus there are a ton of over 64 folks on there...

Riddle me this: why would they lie? Shareholders could sue, since they try to infer some value from it there could be other legal consequences. If they only had, say 1billion daily active users instead of 1.56billion, would that really water their value down much? I don't see a competitor coming to eat their lunch that would rationalize lying about that stuff.

Their MAUs and DAUs exclude insta and whatsapp. Bottom of page 4 of their 10Q.

I wonder if there is sort of the uncool factor going on. People might "use" FB but it's not cool to post very often or admit to it. 1.56B DAUs, that's 20% of the planet, if you include whatsapp, I think it's staggeringly more. Either they are somehow lying about their numbers and risking potential shareholder lawsuits or it is like shopping at Walmart or eating at McDonald's where the "cool kids" never admit to it but very clearly a good sized chunk of them still do. Lying about the numbers just seems sort of silly to me.

It's odd, none of my same age friends post much on FB; it's vacation brag pictures, various life events or children's milestones sort of stuff. At the same time, messenger might be the best way to contact many of them, better than SMS.

Anyone remember the 3d printed gun stuff from a few years back? I think this isn't very different from it. You can take these raw pieces and explain how they are simple and good and draw these simple ethical conclusions from them, but then you add it up and the bigger picture doesn't feel quite the same way. 3D printers are good, sharing 3D printing plans is good, it's good to help your neighbor, no regulations and we're experiencing tremendous growth in the 3D space, people are inventing new stuff, starting new businesses, etc.. all good stuff. but letting any jackass off the street print a working gun when we have how many mass shootings a year? People don't feel the same way. All the pieces are totally okay until you've got a more questionable global intention, and how can you regulate intention?

Google using the data to train models is just a tool, it's a baby step, they aren't doing that to sell the models or in and of itself, they're doing it so that they can generate data that they might consider theirs and not yours from your voice data and then feed that in to other systems which generate tremendous profits for them in ways you don't even know. They have intended uses already. Is it a remotely fair question to talk about ethical training in this context without some idea as to the intended use and distribution of the meta data?

That's not a fallacy he fell victim to, that was campaigning and electioneering. It was hot on the tail of a big news expose about $600+ toilet seats and $40 bolts that the pentagon was buying. Plus America was starting to accelerate the the transformation in to a services and information based economy and we not just knew but were planning on sending manufacturing to Latin America. That waste had real resonance with workers and a lot of other folks at the time. "They're sending car manufacturing jobs to Mexico and the eggheads are studying cow farts.. (with some giant sounding number of dollars)" They still do this, you don't have to google far to find criticism over how much it cost for the Obamas to vacation in Hawaii or what the secret service spends at Mar-a-Lago.

Now there was no way Ross was going to go through the budget and pick out the crappy wasteful things, but that message had legs. Enough such that congress doesn't do a budget anymore...

It's as old as time...

Eamon Javers' book Broker, Trader, Lawyer, Spy covers some cases of this sort of thing. One I can easily remember is a hedge fund flew private planes around taking areal photos near power plants. Coal fire power plants store their fuel out in the open and they buy it by the train-load, so they were able to time the market based upon when power plants were going to make large coal purchases, as they do it when their piles of coal reach a certain size. I don't remember the numbers quoted in the book but they made money doing this, it was a couple percent.

It's only unfair if you think your 401k or personal trading account is/can/will grow anything like what hedge funds do. This coal market manipulating fund, they put money in, flying planes around and taking pictures isn't free, then they did analysis on the pictures which wasn't free, then they put real money in to the market to bet on it moving a certain way... which they are really only allowed to do because there is a counter-party that is willing to take that bet on. If it were really egregious, you could argue that the folks buying energy at incrementally higher rates are getting the shaft and that's not really fair but their energy provider could be smarter about when it orders up fuel. Once it goes public, the players and market tend to react to it

If we were to realize Breakthrough Starshot, then it'd be right around the cusp of how long I'd think we could maintain institutional interest in it. 60 years to get there, 12 years to get the signals back, so 76 years. If you worked on it right out of college and longevity stays around where it is, you might live to see some pictures. You definitely could tell your grand kids about it though.

It seems technically possible, it is just a matter of paying for something like this and pinning hopes on the next generations to follow through with it and appreciate it. It seems like if we had that sort of will, climate change and some other issues would almost be non-issues.

hahaha. "drink tickets" I don't honestly know if it's a cost thing so much as some trick HR has convinced people will limit their liability if something bad were to happen. Every time I see that done, it seems like there is a little black market for them the develops, some folks don't drink or leave the party early and people tend to accumulate more than their 2 or 3 tickets.

This company no longer exists but they routinely demanded 6 days a week effort as a matter of principle (if you put the hard work in up front, it pays dividends as the project goes on... and then they just add stuff near the end of the project) Some people left, morale was terrible, what did they do? The C-level staff that a) had limited culinary ability, and b) nobody really wanted to spend time with made a special dinner for everybody, it was quasi mandatory on a Friday night. The CEO even gave a speech about how they could have just taken us to a nice restaurant but it felt more personal and special for them to make and serve us dinner.

To make it even better, there were some vegans in the mix and they didn't have anything that they could eat.

I was just going to say that "Newspeak" in 1984 basically seems like exactly what is going on with "fake news."

On the surface, it just seems absurd and fascinating in a certain way that we can have video footage of the president saying one then and then he can just claim it's "fake news" and a sizable chunk of the populous seems to be cool with it.

I went all metric when we started the new millennium. I try to do all my personal measurements in metric. It has been my own personal battle to make progress, every little bit helps..

It's funny how life fights with you though. My wife and I share a scale in the bathroom, it's a fitbit wifi thing and she finally laid down the law, it uses pounds now. Chasing 130lbs is somehow more satisfying than 58.9 or 59Kg. Our electronic outdoor thermometer is in Fahrenheit now too; this one sort of pisses me off, metric is simple, below 10 you need a coat, 10 to 20 probably want a light jacket, 30+ is shorts because it's hot. Mind you, she is an actual scientist, a real deal scientist that works on viruses and immunology, which is somewhat frustrating. You wouldn't believe the fit she had when our electronic human thermometer was found to be metric... When you call the doctor because your child has a fever, it is better to use whatever units the doctor uses.

I suspect that major new papers could probably start using metric units with translation in parens and only the wingnuts that think the papers already harbor a liberal bias would say anything about it. Other than temperature and like human height, you can toss out metric measurements to most folks when they ask something and they seem to absorb it well; from time to time you get a question or push-back, rarely I'll translate the unit for them. We're at the point where people just need to see it more. It would be an interesting experiment if some media organizations started to make metric more prominent. Hell the US military uses it, mostly for NATO reasons... we could probably somehow put a patriotic spin on it.