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by jotux 10mo ago
#1: I am extremely skeptical they are paying that. I suspect this was put together by someone who has no understanding of federal pay systems. "$150,000 to $200,000" is already an erroneous number, federal salary is limited by fed
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by jotux 10mo ago
Before all of this happened the hiring I had to deal with when I was federal fell into similar buckets: 1. Completely inept or lazy people that couldn't get a job anywhere else (~50%) 2. Smart people that took the job because it was cl
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by jotux 10mo ago
>Granted, these were mostly with private contractors who mirrored the GS pay scale along with their supporting government offices. So they weren't federal jobs?
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by jotux 10mo ago
>What is the expected compensation for participants? Compensation varies based on experience level and agency placement. Annual salaries are expected to be in the approximate range of $150,000 to $200,000. Benefits include health insuran
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by jotux 11mo ago
For low voltage diodes you can use mosfets to get ultra low voltage drop, or just buy dedicated "ideal diode" components that are specifically for that: https://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documenta
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by jotux 1y ago
I read some articles when openai was first getting popular about them using cheap labor from English-speaking African countries (like Kenya): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34426421 I remember other articles specifica
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by jotux 1y ago
>NASA regresses so far that they are now unable to do anything by themselves... I keep running across this perception and I don't understand where it comes from. Overwhelmingly, like since the 1970s, NASA has not built anything per
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by jotux 1y ago
>> Houston has no zoning code >Too many and too restrictive building codes are bad, but no codes? Yikes You're confusing zoning codes (what land can be used for what type of structure, e.g., industrial and residential) and bui
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by jotux 1y ago
I work on a large C++ codebase for an aerospace application. The code is relatively conservative, and when we add things, we're generally conservative in our approach to add new things. Copilot (with Claude or GPT under the hood) const
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by jotux 1y ago
>I still use it as a fast version of what I would do myself This is how I use AI coding tools, but I've internally described it to myself as, "Use the tool to write code only when I am certain of what the expected output should
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by jotux 1y ago
I've used nova launcher on my pixel phones for maybe 6 years now. I specifically switched to it because I didn't like UI updates that moved things around -- I like to customize my UI and have it stay there after an update.
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by jotux 1y ago
In a previous job I pushed an STM32WL5 on a custom frequency over a private satellite constellation with a relatively large yagi antenna. Over 70k km round trip :D
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by jotux 1y ago
If you're going to use LoRa with an STM32, consider the STM32WL5x. It's an ST32L4 with an integrated SX12xx.
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by jotux 1y ago
>specifically, getting a purpose-built ISS taxi (the Dragon) built, tested, and launched. I still don't understand this. NASA funded the development of dragon and a few other companies through their Commercial Resupply Services (CRS
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by jotux 1y ago
>SpaceX making such leaps and bounds over NASA had to be a shot across the bow. SpaceX, which has been awarded tens of billions in government contracts from NASA, is making leaps and bounds over NASA? I think in 2022 almost 50% of SpaceX
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by jotux 1y ago
Trump specifically called the CHIPS act a “horrible, horrible thing.”
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by jotux 1y ago
I'm ~20 years into my career, currently working on a relatively complex C++ codebase for a space application. Internally we have copilot (gpt 4 or claude 3.7) and a custom ChatGPT (4o/o3) client we can use. It's great for aut
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by jotux 1y ago
A similar concept dates back to 30BC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_architectura Firmitas, utilitas, venustas - Strong, useful, and beautiful.
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by jotux 1y ago
Went on a cruise last summer, the internet on board was starlink. It was advertised at $30/day.
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by jotux 1y ago
> But most LLMs will cheerfully continue the conversation, and potentially make false promises Example: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240222-air-canada-chatb...
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by jotux 1y ago
Not if the file size is -∞ - 1.
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by jotux 1y ago
>Since 2022 I feel like this deserves a little more detail than just the year it was started. During Trump's first administration his Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) amended Section 174 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), but it starte
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by jotux 1y ago
An emotional analogy I've often made, related to EE, is automatic gain control. When you experience long periods of emotional stability without significant highs or lows, your brain applies a form of gain control. This makes the thresh
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by jotux 1y ago
Similarly good, but small mechanical component specific: https://shop.sdp-si.com/
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by jotux 1y ago
> One of the GCC developers told me explicitly that type punning through a union was UB in C, but defined by GCC when I asked I just was citing the source of this for reference.
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by jotux 1y ago
https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Optimize-Options.html#Typ...
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by jotux 1y ago
Saw this recently and thought it was good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRV_bgN92DI
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by jotux 2y ago
It's math-centric, but How to Solve It (Polya) is a good book on how to think critically and approach problems methodically.
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by jotux 2y ago
>As if Godwin's Law, it amuses me how not a single animal intelligence discussion on HN goes without a Children of Time reference, which has a race of uplifted animals the article mentioned - in this case crows At the time of writin
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by jotux 2y ago
Assembly instructions are English mnemonics. LDA->LoaD Accumulator, STA->STore Accumulator, ADD, SUB, JMP, MOV, etc.

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