devnulll

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by devnulll 4y ago
> Discrete mathematics is indeed crucial to understand computer science. FAANG engineer here, having worked in multiple companies you would recognize as a principle (or higher) engineer. I've also taken Discrete math when I was a CS
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by devnulll 4y ago
The Big Players put atomic clocks in the datacenter, and provide multiple mechanism's of time synchronization. Google Spanner was the first to do this, back in... 2007? https://www.theverge.com/2012/11/26&#x2F
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by devnulll 4y ago
Humor aside, many years ago I had a 1:1 discussion with Vint Cerf (2003?) about interplanetary networks. He was thinking deeply on this topic, and I had some interesting and relevant input. His focus was primarily on Store and Forward routi
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by devnulll 4y ago
Isaac is pretty amazing. His topic selection is like a peek into my brain. I wish he had a team of content producers working with him, rather than having to do so much re-using stock footage.
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by devnulll 4y ago
> However, our finding that AI can accurately predict self-reported race, even from corrupted, cropped, and noised medical images, often when clinical experts cannot, creates an enormous risk for all model deployments in medical imaging.
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AI recognition of patient race in medical imaging(thelancet.com)
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by devnulll 4y ago
I open discussions with recruiters - typically Exec Recruiters who are normally cold/warm-calling on LinkedIn - and the conversation goes like this: * "We have this amazing CTO / CIO / VP Role." * "What's
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by devnulll 4y ago
I am a huge fan of YouTube Premium. Youtube has become the de-facto video platform in our household, having totally displaced traditional shows. To pay $10 per month to have unlimited content w/o ads is perfect. I don't understand
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by devnulll 4y ago
The meta-point is that the usage of complex words is off-putting to those trying to learn something for the first time. There's always an element of "I don't know what this is, so I can skip it" but better to keep topics
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by devnulll 4y ago
We've been using this one: https://www.w3schools.com/html/ He's had no trouble at all following along and using their tooling. I've been mostly hands-off. I'm about to graduate him from "do it
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by devnulll 4y ago
One of my kids - 10yrs old - has been wanting to learn basic HTML and "programming". We've been going through the W3C with no trouble, and he's learning at an amazing rate. This tutorial is way beyond anything he could a
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by devnulll 4y ago
GitHub pages seem to be about the simplest way to do this today - bringing the goodness of basic source control, simple issue management, and related.
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by devnulll 4y ago
The software engineering jobs you get in your 40s and 50s pay more than most NBA of NFL players will every make.
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by devnulll 4y ago
One day I'll retire and go back to school. The idea of learning Math - really learning & understanding Math - as a fun pastime is so appealing. What's stopping me now? That sweet overpaid SDE salary and the endless obligations
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by devnulll 4y ago
As others have stated, legally, minorities are a protected class. Discrimination on the basis of race is illegal.
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by devnulll 4y ago
Parent here, of 3 pre-teen kids. My experience is that having kids has brought a joy of learning and exploration like little before. We constantly visit flight museums, train museums, and do unusual things like joining Facebook 4x4 groups a
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by devnulll 5y ago
Redmond from Jan to June vs Fiji? Seems an easy choice if you're without children and concerns around their schooling. I think the engineers who work there would jump at the chance. :)
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by devnulll 5y ago
The tension between "Follow the Law" and "Drive like a human" is interesting. On the one hand, humans violate the law all the time: Rolling Stops, Speed Limits, Driving without Registration / Insurance, Passing on t
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by devnulll 5y ago
For the amortized cost of 1 strategic modern bomber, or a submarine, or an aircraft carrier, the DOD or US NRO could easily just pay SpaceX to do this. At the nation state scale, this constellation has proven to be trivially cheap. The resu
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by devnulll 5y ago
The good chargers hold 8-16 batteries, so there's always a set on there being charged. The chargers seem electrically smart and maintain the batteries well. This process works wonderfully. We've got ~100 Enloop's of various g
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by devnulll 5y ago
> "You can’t return empties, so you can't free up the chassis required to move full containers out of the port. And because you're not pulling the containers out of the port, you're not able to return empties to the p
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by devnulll 5y ago
The PR for the fix is here: https://github.com/teslamotors/light-show/pull/3/files Amusing. :)
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by devnulll 5y ago
Valhalla is a good example. It's a great experience on the modern platforms with SSD/NVME drives, but really rough to play on the older HDD consoles.
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by devnulll 5y ago
I actually thought this was a link to your blog at first. Took me a moment to realize it wasn't you. Your May posting on Metastable was excellent, although your (now ancient) article on volatile variables and atomic processor operation
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by devnulll 5y ago
> In any large company, the team you're negotiating comp with is almost entirely unrelated to the team you'll actually be working with I've a few data points on this, and disagree. Hiring Managers (and their managers) have
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by devnulll 5y ago
> Current FAANG engineer here. I totally disagree, and the numbers support my case. My organization saw a jump in productivity when switching to WFO accompanied by a considerable increased in job satisfaction. You're moving the goal
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by devnulll 5y ago
> [...] found it very weird, and outright unbelievable, that someone was arguing that commutes were "far more effective for unwinding". Ex (multi) FAANG engineering director here. I personally find that a 30 minute commute home
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by devnulll 5y ago
Atmos for music is - I hate to say it - just a fad, at least for now. Nothing touches a good stereo recording. Not the latest Atmos mixes from The Weekend, not a remaster from Rush or REM, and certainly not the weird Atmos versions of old M
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by devnulll 5y ago
I've been on both sides of this. At large FAANG companies, I've seen candidates leave $100k+ on the table, as they simply accepted the first offer (on-hire stock awards and signing bonuses). On the other hand, I've seen candi
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by devnulll 5y ago
I bet this goes the other way, especially at the exec level. That is, the best indicator of startup success is past startup success. Certainly funding is easier, building the team is easier, and the emotional decision making is easier. The

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