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by eulers_secret 4y ago
Another great option is https://github.com/oobabooga/text-generation-webui The 7B model will run without changes on a 3080. The 13B 4-bit model also runs on a 3080. This Reddit post has the instructions I followed: ht
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by eulers_secret 4y ago
This isn’t my experience. I’ve interviewed many seniors in my time, and also gone on many interviews as a senior. Networks fail people all the time. Mine failed me because I was at one company for a decade(switching teams), and my entire ne
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by eulers_secret 4y ago
I rarely respond to super recent comments, but you're 100% right. What SO didn't expect was that their real purpose was as feedstock for LLMs that will consume them and surpass them entirely.
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by eulers_secret 4y ago
I hope I can add a custom prompt to every query I make some day(like a setting). I’d for sure start with “Do not use emojis or emoticons in your response.”
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by eulers_secret 4y ago
Only ones I can think of are that Clang has better(ish) error messages, and clangd language server is cool. Used to be Clang was faster than gcc (both compiling and the apps generated), but according to Wikipedia they now trade blows. Some
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by eulers_secret 4y ago
I’ve been pricing out a truck+trailer combo to work remote and see North America. I’m starting to get serious about it and it’s really exciting. Remote offers so many possibilities for a more enriching life. I’d for sure take a 20 or even
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by eulers_secret 4y ago
> What are the symptoms of elevated CO2 levels? Why can't you feel them and need a monitor to tell you you are unwell? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide#Below_1% The most convincing evidence is from
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by eulers_secret 4y ago
This is my experience. I worked for over 10 years doing Linux Kernel driver implementation. At Intel. When I quit last year my base was $120k (150 TC). I couldn’t afford a house in the HCOLA I’m in. Remote wasn’t an option. For me a house i
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by eulers_secret 4y ago
I’d ask ChatGPT to do it for me, but it’s permanently at capacity.
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by eulers_secret 4y ago
When I was doing Linux driver dev, it was expected new hires would take 8-12 months to ramp up and start to contribute (usually not well at first). When I asked the Mesa devs how long ramp-up was I was told around 12-18 months. When I was w
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by eulers_secret 4y ago
The exterior light I park next to at my apartment went out- I thought it wasn’t a big deal. In 1 week my catalytic converter was stolen. A week later the light was fixed (big job, corrosion spread in the wires). Never had an issue before no
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by eulers_secret 4y ago
When I’m gaming my cpu (11700k) puts out about 50 watts (some cores moderately busy). The gpu (3080) puts out 320 watts!!! Tbh I like it in winter, warms my living room up nicely. In summer I just run my aircons more, but I also usually gam
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by eulers_secret 4y ago
This hasn't been my experience, but I wouldn't hesitate to pull up ChatGPT on my phone to pass a recruiter-enforced no-feedback no-engineer AI-graded prescreen. I'm fully ready to get my writing tablet and work through my tho
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by eulers_secret 4y ago
Agreed, it's also a waste of my time to do a bunch of research, figure out of I'm a "fit", customize a resume, go through the onerous application process (already have to do this) to just be rejected by the HR world filt
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by eulers_secret 4y ago
Agreed, I like the term “niceholes” for these people - got it off Reddit. Just follow the rules, be predictable on the road.
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by eulers_secret 4y ago
Yeah, but one can have many fulfilling connections with people who are no help to your business. Yes, connections are a part of “worth”, but the money you can make off them (or through them) is not necessarily.
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by eulers_secret 4y ago
I’m planning to smoke weed less frequently (daily -> weekly), get a job, exercise more, and learn to sail! Happy New Year!
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by eulers_secret 4y ago
Depends on how you rent. I went through and calculated my total housing expenses for the last 15 years- they’re about $120,000; in my area that’s a (minimal) down payment. It’s less than a year of salary. I’ve had all appliances replaced,
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by eulers_secret 4y ago
Wow, I read “Once you observe the darker side of human nature in the technology industry, you cannot forget or unsee it.” And then I hit the (skippable) paywall. I laughed, goddamn this is funny. An article about how exhausting this shit is
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by eulers_secret 4y ago
Posting here to plug jellyfin (and swiftfin in TestFlight) - it’s really nice to have a full FOSS option on the AppleTV/iPhone. My issue with Plex is their unceasing dark patterns and attempts to monetize users. Forcing centralized acc
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by eulers_secret 4y ago
You're definitely correct, I've learned a lot while practicing leetcode. Especially about my chosen language (Python). I do feel I'm a better engineer because of it. I don't think much of what I've learned will be u
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by eulers_secret 4y ago
For what it’s worth in my 15+ year career I have also never had to do leetcode interviews… until now. Part of it is that I’m pivoting from systems software (Linux kernel) to webstuff. I have zero network here, if I wanted to do systems agai
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by eulers_secret 4y ago
This is exactly what happened to me when I quit. “Now I’ll have time for my projects!!” Instead it’s been “Grokking Algorithms”, “The Competitive Programmers Handbook”, Alex Xu’s “System Design”, and enough leetcode that I’m actually doing
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by eulers_secret 4y ago
Wow, I had no idea assisted suicide due to economic circumstance was already a thing. It's so tragic that society has failed many people, and now instead of the extra help they need, they're just given the option to be killed outr
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by eulers_secret 4y ago
IMO, the 'why' is due to how mature the industry is - it'll absolutely be the future for every profession, given enough time. It's the natural distribution of wealth in our society: Few have too much, most have not enoug
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by eulers_secret 4y ago
Your argument is that the philanthropy of the ruling class will fulfill the required redistribution of wealth? So far it hasn't worked out too well...
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by eulers_secret 4y ago
> Interview cheating has always been there, but it is generally so rare that it isn't a real concern. You're the person they're trying to fool, so if they cheat successfully you would never know. You've never seen o
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by eulers_secret 4y ago
Yes! This site can be extremely toxic because of the VC bent. If someone made a competitor that had just-as-good tech discussion without the VC “value-add”, I’d never come here ever again. I also like seeing so many of the ruling class get
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by eulers_secret 4y ago
Apt-news made me finally leave Ubuntu after over a decade. I went to Debian and Arch depending. Seeing ‘apt update’ shill r/Linux was the last straw after forcing-snap, forcing-Amazon ads, Wayland vs Mir, etc. I should have left years
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by eulers_secret 4y ago
This is exactly what happens, just like the old XKCD: Now there are N+1 competing standards. It's why I have to check /etc/profile, ~/.profile, /etc/profile.d/*, ~/.bashrc (or whatever shell), /e

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