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kyting
3y ago
Agreed and he performed very well in the movie, always pulled Arnold's leg but a crucial role in the team. Definitely a brilliant actor.
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kyting
3y ago
I haven't read it yet. It should be interesting to compare with Augustine and Russell's Confessions.
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kyting
5y ago
Kudos to you! Yes, good hiring managers with sharp vision will always want to hire new grades who is able to write operating systems, compilers or simulators from scratch. Having those essential CS skills are much better than having many bu
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kyting
5y ago
I purchased one in 1984 to learn CP/M and Z-80 assembly on the Apple II. Later I used it to learn Fortran and Turbo Pascal, and finally bought a PCPI Applicard to speed the things up. The Z-80 softcard could be one of the best cards in
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kyting
5y ago
> This is a classic pg argument—I can't remember which essay I think the essay is "How To Make Wealth" in Hackers and Painters by Paul Graham.
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kyting
5y ago
Kudos to you!
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kyting
6y ago
Unfortunately, there is no shortcut to challenge FANG types of companies -- you have to practice at least 200 leetcode problems, and able to solve two medium level problems in 45 mins. So practice more and efficiently is the key to success.
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kyting
6y ago
As a reader of both books, I couldn't agree with you more.
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kyting
6y ago
Netflix surely is here because their pay is in par with Facebook/Google.
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kyting
6y ago
Exactly, the Nevada Cobol was able to run under Apple II machine with Microsoft Softcard, quite amazing at the time.
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kyting
6y ago
RM Cobol, Nevada Cobol, Cobol-80..., what a good old days to use those Cobol compilers back on early 90s. old soldiers never die but fade away.
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kyting
6y ago
Can you do Leetcode medium level problems bug-free in 30 minutes? If yes you can try FAANG. I knew some people of your age (one is 59) were hired by Google -- they are all good in Leetcode. Companies nowadays want you to be good in domain k
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kyting
6y ago
I completely agreed with you. People who hate Leetcode, I am wondering, are those who refuse or lazy to devote hours per day to practice. Because of covid-19 there are overwhelmed programmers, newbie and veteran on the job market to compete
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kyting
6y ago
That kind of UX experience, OSish or design small app whatever can be learned very quick on job. However Leetcode skill is not -- you have to devote 2~3 hours per day to grind and practice.
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6y ago
Tick-Tock-Tick-Tock-Tock-Tock-Tock-Tock ....
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kyting
6y ago
Intel uses Synopsys Zebu ASIC emulator, which essentially has Xilinx Ultrascale inside.
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kyting
6y ago
Yes, in addition to that FPGA also appears under the hood of automobiles and electric vehicles.
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kyting
6y ago
Also P.J. Plauger's The Standard C Library
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kyting
7y ago
You can take a look at https://www.puttygen.com/windows-terminal-emulators , which is a good assessment on most popular terminal emulators for Windows. Personally I am using console2, which is quite good and fits my needs (s