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AD make some good chips. Along with Realtek they kickstarted the SDR revolution. No hype or trite SaaS products here, just good old school engineering. If only

AD make some good chips. Along with Realtek they kickstarted the SDR revolution. No hype or trite SaaS products here, just good old school engineering. If only they paid like they sold ads.

artemonster 5y ago
it annoys me to an unbelievable levels that all that CRUD SaaS crap is called "tech" nowadays.
- loxias 5y ago
  But think of the epic problems they needed to solve to get the protocol implemented using websockets in javascript so it can run in the iframe on the mobile browsers! Such engineering prowess! </sarcastic>
- auxym 5y ago
  We're veering pretty far off-topic, but, as a mechanical engineer working in research, yes. Develop a new ceramic material for advanced turbofan engines? Not tech. Web front end? Oh yeah, tech.
  - omneity 5y ago
    Isn’t that just called engineering?
    - jhgb 5y ago
      No, technology is the application of science and other knowledge to achieve practical goals. It started with agriculture, metallurgy, etc. thousands of years ago.
      - omneity 5y ago
        Your answer is very condescending. I am referring to startup industry terms. Tech for most web related activities, engineering or Deep tech for the others mentioned in this thread. Excerpt from the wiki[0]: > Deep (or hard) tech is a classification of an organization, or more typically a startup company, with the expressed objective of providing technology solutions based on substantial scientific or engineering challenges. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_tech https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_tech
- anthomtb 5y ago
  It’s annoying for sure. But, in fairness to those SAAS apps, ”tech”, as recognized by the mass audience, is short for information technology. Meaning conveying knowledge to another person as efficiently as possible. So that lame-sounding SAAS app might really be a small leap forward in transfer of knowledge. Even if the underlying implementation is something a high school student could figure out.
analog31 5y ago
I work in mostly "hardware" development. Long ago I made peace with the fact that there would always professions that pay more than mine, for doing things that I can't comprehend.
- madengr 5y ago
  Ha ha, and you are doing things for less that they can’t comprehend. Oh well, RF EE myself.

AD make some good chips. Along with Realtek they kickstarted the SDR revolution. No hype or trite SaaS products here, just good old school engineering. If only they paid like they sold ads.

artemonster 5y ago

it annoys me to an unbelievable levels that all that CRUD SaaS crap is called "tech" nowadays.

loxias 5y ago
But think of the epic problems they needed to solve to get the protocol implemented using websockets in javascript so it can run in the iframe on the mobile browsers! Such engineering prowess! </sarcastic>
auxym 5y ago
We're veering pretty far off-topic, but, as a mechanical engineer working in research, yes. Develop a new ceramic material for advanced turbofan engines? Not tech. Web front end? Oh yeah, tech.
- omneity 5y ago
  Isn’t that just called engineering?
  - jhgb 5y ago
    No, technology is the application of science and other knowledge to achieve practical goals. It started with agriculture, metallurgy, etc. thousands of years ago.
    - omneity 5y ago
      Your answer is very condescending. I am referring to startup industry terms. Tech for most web related activities, engineering or Deep tech for the others mentioned in this thread. Excerpt from the wiki[0]: > Deep (or hard) tech is a classification of an organization, or more typically a startup company, with the expressed objective of providing technology solutions based on substantial scientific or engineering challenges. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_tech https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_tech
anthomtb 5y ago
It’s annoying for sure. But, in fairness to those SAAS apps, ”tech”, as recognized by the mass audience, is short for information technology. Meaning conveying knowledge to another person as efficiently as possible. So that lame-sounding SAAS app might really be a small leap forward in transfer of knowledge. Even if the underlying implementation is something a high school student could figure out.

analog31 5y ago

I work in mostly "hardware" development. Long ago I made peace with the fact that there would always professions that pay more than mine, for doing things that I can't comprehend.

madengr 5y ago
Ha ha, and you are doing things for less that they can’t comprehend. Oh well, RF EE myself.