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by aix1 4y ago
For software engineers, the expectation is to get to L4 eventually (new grads get hired at L3). I've not seen any concrete guidance on what "eventually" means in this context. This used to be L5 until a few years back.
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by aix1 4y ago
Yes, this is absolutely a false dichotomy. I live in Zurich, with access to varied nature (hills, lake, river) all within a 15 minutes' walk and lots of stunning scenery easily accessible by train.
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by aix1 4y ago
> Indian Passport Office won't allow more than 5 Passport applications from an account Wow, what a strange limit! I wonder what their rationale is for having it?
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by aix1 4y ago
Lead weights continue to be widely used in diving: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving_weighting_system (there's a section on materials and toxicity).
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by aix1 4y ago
Python is, and has always been, a strongly typed language. Do you mean "statically typed"?
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Ukraine Opens Russian Drone, Finds Canon DSLR Inside(petapixel.com)
8 points by aix1 5y ago|1 comments
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by aix1 5y ago
My experience has been the opposite, with Uber drivers displaying -- on average -- poorer driving skills than taxi drivers. (Probably location-specific.)
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by aix1 5y ago
I really like this design. The UK has a similar system, where there's always a line across the road whenever road users have to stop or give way. There are different types of lines [1] but even without knowing by heart what each of t
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by aix1 5y ago
Is there a picture/diagram you could link to that would show this configuration in more detail?
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by aix1 5y ago
The script should probably be using `mktemp` instead of potentially overwriting uninvolved files (even if they have `.tmp` in the name).
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by aix1 5y ago
Amazing information density, kudos to the author.
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by aix1 5y ago
That's just not true. I work in Google Research, and there's tons of stuff that's not driven by profit. https://research.google/
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by aix1 5y ago
Fair point.
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by aix1 5y ago
I have exactly this problem with my (admittedly much cheaper) TV. I find it very, very annoying.
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by aix1 5y ago
I have a TCL TV and had exactly this problem with an Android TV update that got pushed without me wanting it.
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by aix1 5y ago
> Why not just never connect it to the network? One reason might be if the TV channels are delivered over IP to an app running on the TV. One could move the app to a streaming box, but that would be largely functionally equivalent since
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by aix1 5y ago
I don't quite see the connection between GDPR and requiring Internet to function. Could you elaborate on your thinking here?
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by aix1 5y ago
And in terms of relative popularity of TensorFlow and PyTorch: https://www.assemblyai.com/blog/pytorch-vs-tensorflow-in-202...
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by aix1 5y ago
Thanks for the insight! I imagine there must be other costs, such as secure storage and transportation of cash? Also a bank might impose handling fees? (The latter in particular is pure guesswork on my part.)
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by aix1 5y ago
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24437715 (edit: fixed the link)
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by aix1 5y ago
This analysis ignores the cost to the merchant of handling cash. I don't know how high it is. I've seen various numbers thrown around but it's hard to tell what's accurate and what's not. What is clear, however, i
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by aix1 5y ago
It even has a name: natural sort order. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_sort_order
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by aix1 5y ago
> Gee whiz amazing. An increase from 15 days of PTO. If only we didn't much more than that in my much lower quality of life home country as a standard for tech workers. I am not saying 15 days of PTO is high (it isn't) but you&
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by aix1 5y ago
> There was no HR In a company with no HR, whose role is it to deal with employment contracts, ensure the company's compliance with labour laws and deal with personnel issues (which, at 500+ employees, probably arise more frequently
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by aix1 5y ago
VRM = Voltage Regulator Module in case others also aren't familiar with the acronym (I had to Google it)
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by aix1 5y ago
You really wouldn't want to use any of these algorithms on doubles (certainly not in the general case). Think of NaNs, infinities, operands that are vastly different in magnitude (e.g. try calculating (1e10 + 1e-10 - 1e10)) and so on.
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by aix1 5y ago
I guess it's similar to how we in the metric world would say "2000 kilometres" and not "2 megametres" (certainly not in an everyday context). > "a billion dollars" This is only tangentially related to y
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by aix1 5y ago
The "almost" makes it sound trivial but hides complexity, e.g. around leap seconds. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second
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by aix1 5y ago
I don't know how typical Google is, but it expressly tries to maintain a consistent bar for a given ladder/level[*] and L5 -> L6 SWE promos are pretty tough. It's often said that L6 SWE is a different job and not just L5+
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by aix1 5y ago
This sort of thing: https://polyfecta.com/personal-readme/

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