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by tinktank 8y ago
As a general rule, no. A lot of the preprints assume a detailed (grad level) understanding of the problem and they explain just enough to frame the problem in order to introduce their solution. I wager someone going down this path would g
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by tinktank 8y ago
emacs + tramp
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by tinktank 8y ago
This problem messes with me too. Arcane knowledge only applicable to a specific version of a product, in a specific way.
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by tinktank 8y ago
RIP Paul Allen
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by tinktank 8y ago
Interesting, I'm a SWE trying to pivot into EE. I would love to talk to you in detail about some things that might make you more valuable but I'd like some info about what you actually do. Any chance you'd reach out to me a
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by tinktank 8y ago
What's the net worth of an L6 for 8 years at Google?
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by tinktank 8y ago
How did you get your first freelancing/consulting customers? Would love to do this, missing the clients.
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by tinktank 8y ago
Do you have any opinions on an X280 vs an X1?
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Ask HN: People who went from “can't” do doing it. What changed?
1 points by tinktank 8y ago|0 comments
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by tinktank 8y ago
One additional point I'll make -- if the company baulks or treats you poorly if you ask for market-rate think long and hard about whether you want to work for them. It usually indicates a toxic internal culture.
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by tinktank 8y ago
They are getting you cheap and you should be aware that this is a common tactic in the UK. They know you will not know going rate/be willing to take a paycut to get into the UK so your best bet would be to (1) work out how much you ca
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by tinktank 8y ago
I see what you did there. And I approve.
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Ask HN: How do you stay fresh on the basics of computer science?
2 points by tinktank 8y ago|0 comments
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by tinktank 8y ago
Google people -- It doesn't work!! I will click a label only to get an empty window with no emails
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by tinktank 8y ago
tell me more.
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by tinktank 8y ago
Get a partner who is just as invested as you (deferred equity over a number of years works well) and lean on them for some of the management functions.
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by tinktank 8y ago
Surely the moment I have a vulnerability that allows me to execute code (via a buffer overflow or similar) I have the ability to run the code that adds that feature? In my understanding even if I have a piece of code that just loops printin
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by tinktank 8y ago
Your response confuses me so I must be misunderstanding it. Code is code, all I need is an indirect jump to a pointer somewhere in memory to run the arbitrary code I've installed to compromise the system, so why are unikernels not susc
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by tinktank 8y ago
Thank you very much for your response. Some follow-up questions, in the same order as your responses: 1. So, in production, we do this all the time with the kernel. We have specific .config's that we use on a per-app basis so I'
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by tinktank 8y ago
I have never really got unikernels, maybe someone could educate me? - There is the argument of reduced attack surface/typechecked safety. I get that, but I don't see how this is different from compiling custom Linux/NetBSD k
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by tinktank 8y ago
How long did it take you to do this? Did you have previous experience with all the various aspects (compiler, FPGA, instruction set etc) before or did you build it up as you went along?
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by tinktank 8y ago
Sorry I meant $12K a year!
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by tinktank 8y ago
Good luck! You taking in any tiny amounts of seed funding? (10K or less?)
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by tinktank 8y ago
> It doesn’t matter how much I make: at the core I’m still a poor kid in a rich world. Does this tend to bring destructive tendencies? I earn well over median income and have investments etc. I still live cheap enough to be self-suff
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by tinktank 8y ago
Well said and very true.
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by tinktank 8y ago
Dude, I feel you so much. I got into computing because I loved it. I used to write TSRs and hack binaries for the fun of it. I did a degree, got a PhD in it, got into academia, saw the pettiness and the money being made all around me, ev
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by tinktank 8y ago
IN the datacenter, yes. Not many big deployments around.
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by tinktank 8y ago
Very helpful, I'm going to pick up on these immediately. Thanks again.
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by tinktank 8y ago
I would love some more references please.
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by tinktank 8y ago
Wow, what did they do to you that you're done with software?

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