themiddleupper

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by themiddleupper 2y ago
Mentioning that a poc is successful only because of their colour is harsh. Maybe they bring value and have qualities that other candidates did not have. DEI only widens the pipeline, no private company lowers their standards.
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by themiddleupper 2y ago
The company i work for does not have any quota and neither does meta. There is no lowering of standards to hire somebody, just more effort to get wider application pool and outreach programs to schools. Also DEI is not just based on colour
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by themiddleupper 2y ago
I suspected it was not good news for RISC V when Qualcomm got involved. They are going to split the RISC V ecosystem.
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by themiddleupper 3y ago
It is important here because it takes away the moral high ground. It is also important because those who did it previously have not faced any repercussions, so why would anybody hesitate to do this.
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by themiddleupper 3y ago
I believe most of the value in the ISA being open source would be captured by hyperscalars and companies like Qualcomm. With companies like Qualcomm involved, I am afraid they are going to do the whole embrace, extend and extinguish strateg
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by themiddleupper 3y ago
Are they open source?
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by themiddleupper 3y ago
This seems to have been a prank to prove the contest was asham But in much more "authentic" contest, what determines if a wine is better than another? Are they not just different taste and liking them or not is a person's sub
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by themiddleupper 3y ago
The RISC V fanboism is rampant here with bunch of them repeating their marketing slogan in the comments. There is nothing inevitable about RISC V. If anything it has lot of mountains to climb before it can be considered a challenge to the e