gymbeaux

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by gymbeaux 3y ago
I did
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by gymbeaux 3y ago
There aren’t really VBIOS updates for GPUs like there are for motherboards. They exist, but for the most part NVidia nerfs cards with driver updates. For a while, to mine Ethereum you just needed to use a specific GPU driver version. It rea
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by gymbeaux 3y ago
It’s overwhelmingly apparent to me that you haven’t had to seriously consider this problem of which GPU to buy in 2023/2024.
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by gymbeaux 3y ago
It’s not even remotely that simple. Well, I guess it is if you have infinite money. For the rest of us, VRAM is just the tip of the iceberg. There’s what you can actually order and get shipped to you, how much that costs versus MSRP, whethe
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by gymbeaux 3y ago
Yeah I went down the rabbit hole of trying to buy a GPU for local model training and execution about a year ago. My takeaway was “anything that starts with A is too expensive and often trades blows with a 3090 or 4090 anyway”. I ended up wi
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by gymbeaux 3y ago
I agree that Java isn’t pleasant to work in- but not because of the syntax. It’s everything else, like the JVM, Oracle’s shenanigans with licensing, etc.
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by gymbeaux 3y ago
We’ll never know
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by gymbeaux 3y ago
Thank you for the detailed response. I think there are lots of good tips in there. I don't know that I "list details that don't impact the job"- could you elaborate or give an example? One thing I certainly struggle with
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by gymbeaux 3y ago
You're the minority, from what I've read from others and experienced firsthand. Typically the technical interviews at companies (in the US at least) consist of HackerRank (either something generic a la leetcode or something made i
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by gymbeaux 3y ago
How do you aim to answer the question at hand? These things are on my resume, but I'm not "telling" interviewers about it. I go through their interview process same as everyone else.
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by gymbeaux 3y ago
I think you're making my point- the industry is biased towards candidates who (and I'm not saying this is you) can solve leetcode mediums/hards in O(log(N)) or better time, and people like me who spend so much time outside of
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by gymbeaux 3y ago
I posted my info in the last one of those threads and exactly one person reached out, for a role that did not sound appealing me that I wasn’t a great fit for. I have an active StackOverflow (top 18% this year), active Github, several tech
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by gymbeaux 3y ago
I think you’re making my case for me. All of that seems easy and straightforward to you, but not to me. It’s worth noting that I struggle similarly with C++ and Rust. I just think the syntax is harder to read than a Java or a C# or a Python
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by gymbeaux 3y ago
There's definitely something to be said for leveraging Bitcoin mining to balance off-peak demand with peak-demand, but the article doesn't mention anything about these mining operations shutting down for 1/3 or 1/2 the
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by gymbeaux 3y ago
I believe all practicing attorneys carry malpractice insurance as well as E&O (errors and omissions) insurance. I think one of those would "cover" the attorney in your example, but obviously insurance doesn't prevent poor
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by gymbeaux 3y ago
Many people I know, despite commanding six-figure salaries, are not able to really take a hiatus from work. Imagine if you had kids. If we were in just about any other first-world country, there would be a safety net for the unemployed. The
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by gymbeaux 3y ago
I don't really have a dog in the fight, I'm just trying to bridge the communication gap between you and the other guy.
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by gymbeaux 3y ago
Your example isn't representative of an entire language, though. It's convenient to your case to use class instantiation, one of the easiest things to do in any language.
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by gymbeaux 3y ago
Yeah what I'm saying is if I didn't try looking for a job in the last four weeks, I am not counted in that figure. So even though I have been unemployed for the last 6 months, I've apparently only been counted in U-3 as of Ja
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by gymbeaux 3y ago
I really want to lay into the people behind this because it feels like a cash grab probably using LLMs that others have built and made open-source. Personal feelings aside, the job market is such that this product probably won’t see as much
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by gymbeaux 3y ago
What is the source of the author’s angst? Are they a recruiter who struggles to find qualified candidates? A developer who feels they constantly work with 0.1x developers? I “unfollow” all 8 of those points and still struggle to find a job
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by gymbeaux 3y ago
Very few, especially in tech, want to unionize. There’s a lot of fear lately about job security and nobody wants to “fuck up” and be unable to provide for their families. Of course it’s a tragedy of the commons, but what are you gonna do?
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by gymbeaux 3y ago
What a bunch of nonsense. Almost by definition a public company can’t be the world’s best employer- what’s good for employees often is not “good” for the shareholders.
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by gymbeaux 3y ago
I think that last point is what they are referring to with the unemployment rate not counting you after some period of time, and it’s true- if you are “discouraged”, you aren’t counted in that unemployment rate figure that people like to re
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by gymbeaux 3y ago
I condone cheating on interviews. Don’t lie on your resume, but check GlassDoor for interview reviews- more often than not you see exactly what they’re going to ask you about. One interview I saw they ask candidates about SOLID principles a
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by gymbeaux 3y ago
10 YOE with C# and React being the bulk of it. My company canned most of the IT department/engineers in August after getting hacked a bunch the last couple of years. I haven’t seriously started looking until January, but wow. I posted
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by gymbeaux 3y ago
I’d say none. It’s just a coincidence that Chat GPT came out at the end of a bull market.
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by gymbeaux 3y ago
StsckOverflow for sure, but at quick glance: - vh is an interesting choice for units. I’ve been out of the game for a couple of years but I don’t think that’s what you want to use (or vw for that matter). - fonts are loaded from the device
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by gymbeaux 3y ago
Yeah. I don’t see this going very far. I think there’s always going to be a slight “lag” in your virtual office that will have you longing for the real thing…. Of course you can’t really even use it as a virtual office yet. They should focu
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by gymbeaux 3y ago
Shit, it’s true. Another example of how terrible Siri is. Hopefully soon Apple will replace it with an LLM and it’ll finally have a brain.

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