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by thumbsup-_- 3y ago
Yes that is also a problem. The best software is the one which is stable and isolated entirely such that no dependencies change and is also never upgraded. Nothing usually breaks in it. As an owner you buy the entire package hardware + soft
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by thumbsup-_- 3y ago
Even a case can be made for not charging for software maintenance and upgrades since the customer has already paid for that cost while buying the device (or just include it in the device cost). Take Apple as an example. Software upgrades ar
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by thumbsup-_- 3y ago
Can anyone share their thoughts on how does this compare to fine-tuning Llama2 13B or 70B which usually requires renting GPUs from one of the cloud providers? In case of openAI, the infra doesn't needs to be rented but the cost is cove
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by thumbsup-_- 3y ago
Yeah same thing. I have done the same with GPT-3.5. Simply ask it to output using provided schema only and give a few examples. Always outputs in provided json format
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by thumbsup-_- 3y ago
Seems like they operate like r/wallstreetbets which is if something is cheap, let's buy it as it can only go up, only to see later that it can go down further. A lot.
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by thumbsup-_- 3y ago
There is a new cancer cure every year for more than a decade now but still nothing really substantiates in terms of saving people's lives at scale. This research is promising but authors of such news should feel morally obligated to al
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by thumbsup-_- 3y ago
Well abortion rights were reformed by supreme court and not by politics.
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by thumbsup-_- 3y ago
the most frustrating thing about US immigration is that nothing changes. The American politics is deadlocked. Even though both sides agree that GC backlog is a problem, nothing happens because now in American politics only small inconsequen
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by thumbsup-_- 3y ago
You are reading between the lines and assuming that in every situation my only decision making criteria are there rules. Anyways, I knew while writing there will be people making such comments
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by thumbsup-_- 3y ago
I live by a simple rule, if it's an artificial chemical or if it's packaged, it's most likely bad for my body while anything natural is most likely good or ok. The fact is that humans are bad at long term impact studies. When
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by thumbsup-_- 3y ago
> Engineers are among the most privileged professionals on Earth. It’s great companies look to reduce costs. Lower cost of goods and services help everyone. Countries that meddle with the economy to keep incomes high end up having lower
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by thumbsup-_- 3y ago
it's still 60 days https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/alerts/options-for-nonimmigra...
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by thumbsup-_- 3y ago
100k years. Reality is that in 50 years the fuel will start leaking and then the cost of securing the vicinity/repairs will be too high for anyone to bear. Govt will try to ignore scientific warnings while some politicians will critici
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by thumbsup-_- 4y ago
Elon?
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by thumbsup-_- 4y ago
The barebones ReadMe makes me feel this repository was open-sourced against the wish of engineers and with a top down directive
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by thumbsup-_- 4y ago
>all of this, written by hand in C++, nothing off the shelf, very minimal dependencies (OpenSSL being the only one of note), everything running on Windows and completely bespoke Great engineering but this is the time you could have spent
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by thumbsup-_- 4y ago
Definitely op has no clue about all this else wouldn't have posted in a public forum like this
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by thumbsup-_- 4y ago
I know but there’s also a thing called company culture
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by thumbsup-_- 4y ago
Glad to hear your company is a good employer. This is just a guess but is it an Indian tech company? Culture is changing for sure but what’s happening at tech companies doesn’t shows the full picture (though it is also true the other way ar
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by thumbsup-_- 4y ago
Unfortunately not hiring married women with kids or asking women about their plan to have kids, not hiring older candidates or candidates with sick family members is a common practice in India. Glad that these evil companies are being calle
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by thumbsup-_- 4y ago
I don’t understand the point of this thread. Apple never said that advertising is bad. They just said tracking users across web is bad. When I use FB app, FB can still use my activity in their app to show me relevant ads, which they do. App
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by thumbsup-_- 4y ago
Because they were either designed in 90s or are being approved by people who are stuck in 90s. Like you still can’t use back/forward buttons, paste text on many indian gov websites
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by thumbsup-_- 4y ago
This is the problem with over the air updates. It gives car companies the ability to disable features at their own will. Another aspect is that software has bugs and an update can potentially also introduce problems in your car, especially
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by thumbsup-_- 4y ago
he is having sweaty hands now
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by thumbsup-_- 4y ago
Remember that career is a marathon and not a sprint. You can sprint in the beginning but you won't be able to finish the marathon at the same pace. Start taking it easy at workplace, if possible. Think about doing the right thing, lear
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by thumbsup-_- 4y ago
The fact that this comment thread is so long itself tells how big a problem this is.
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by thumbsup-_- 4y ago
I did my own promo packet at a large tech company and it was the most depressing, demoralizing experience I ever had. The packet had 10's of things mentioned in it to provide evidence for and I felt I have done 2-3 big projects and I&#
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by thumbsup-_- 4y ago
I'm a staff engineer at one of FAANG and I cannot afford a house in bay area in 2022 (only considering prices and not the recent rate hikes). It's Sr Staff+ in bay area now for affording a decently sized house in a decent neighbor
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by thumbsup-_- 4y ago
You are right. Till the time you have promotions tied with significant pay bump, you will have people working their a* off for promos and trying to do all it takes to satisfy criteria. >I guess you could switch the process to "promo
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by thumbsup-_- 5y ago
All they need is to agree to use "onion", "praise" and so. So much bad press for something that can be worked around so easily

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