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chris11 commented on Nvidia won, we all lost blog.sebin-nyshkim.net/po... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti

alright2565 · 6 months ago

Might help a little bit, by heatsinking the contacts better, but the problem is the contact resistance, not the wire resistance. The connector itself dangerously heats up.

Or at least I think so? Was that a different 12VHPWR scandal?

chris11 · 6 months ago

I think it's both contact and wire resistance.

It is technically possible to solder a new connector on. LTT did that in a video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzwrLLg1RR4

chris11 commented on Ex-Finance developers mock McKinsey's monitoring metrics efinancialcareers.com/new... · Posted by u/Terretta

plasma_beam · 2 years ago

Gergely Orosz has a very popular blog/newsletter and has posted on the McKinsey report.

https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/author/gergely/

https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/measuring-develop...

chris11 · 2 years ago

The newsletter is much better than the posted article. It's a detailed critique and discusses alternatives. Efinancialcareers posts a lot of low effort blog posts.

chris11 commented on Toyota has been developing a solid-state battery for EVs with a range of 745mi topspeed.com/toyota-745-m... · Posted by u/achow

MrVitaliy · 2 years ago

No, not really -- https://www.drive.com.au/news/volkswagen-group-cariad-execut...

chris11 · 2 years ago

You can custom order electric versions of random gas vehicles. Toyota can make an EV. https://www.zelectricmotors.com/tesla-porsche https://www.electricclassiccars.co.uk/

chris11 commented on Hollywood is on strike because CEOs fell for Silicon Valley’s magical thinking latimes.com/business/tech... · Posted by u/supertimor

taeric · 2 years ago

Extras have always gotten basically nothing, though? Quite often extras are "allowed to stand around" for filming of a scene that doesn't have a star in it for the chance of being on the big screen.

Or is that no longer the case?

chris11 · 2 years ago

It's not just extras. Jet Li turned down The Matrix Reloaded because they were requiring that he also sell the rights to the martial arts moves used.

chris11 commented on A Senior Engineer’s Guide to FAANG Interviews interviewing.io/guides/hi... · Posted by u/leeny

xyzelement · 2 years ago

I skimmed this briefly but I can't reiterate enough the importance of practice that the author mentions.

I am the same person when a FAANG hired me as I was 15 years prior when I first interviewed there (I also interviewed a bunch of times in between, for successively more senior roles and did better in the process each time.)

When I was young, I had some fixed mindset - I am either good enough or not. They will either see that I am good or they won't. Nowadays, it's obvious to me that it's my responsibility to make it easy for them to see that I am good. That's what practice is - it's you working on your ability to articulate your fit for the role. That could be your ability to solve problems at the whiteboard, honing your career story, etc - the point is that if you ultimately don't have something to offer, no amount of practice will help - but if you have the potential but don't know how to let it show, you won't get the job either.

chris11 · 2 years ago

> Nowadays, it's obvious to me that it's my responsibility to make it easy for them to see that I am good. That's what practice is - it's you working on your ability to articulate your fit for the role

I second that. As an interviewer it's much easier to pass someone if they directly articulate how they meet the question rubrik. For coding interviews that can mean explicitly communicating a methodical approach and covering edge cases. For behavioral that can mean clearly communicating a situation and it's impact. This does take practice.

chris11 commented on $900k Median Package for Engineers at OpenAI levels.fyi/companies/open... · Posted by u/zuhayeer

Solvency · 2 years ago

What I find more interesting is this:

A sole proprietor landscaper making $45-50K a year in California is paying $675 a year in annual registration fees just to keep his newish pickup truck on the road. Why newish? Because the people he's servicing trust a guy with a nicer work vehicle than a beaten down 30 year old Tacoma.

A $900k developer with the same pickup is also paying $675 a year.

Extrapolate this seemingly trivial example across literally EVERYTHING in life.

chris11 · 2 years ago

I don't think that's a fair example. I'm not sure what it's like to run a small business in California. But the answer to that situation is progressive taxation, and California has one of the most progressive tax systems in the US. https://taxfoundation.org/which-states-have-most-progressive...

chris11 commented on $900k Median Package for Engineers at OpenAI levels.fyi/companies/open... · Posted by u/zuhayeer

biztos · 2 years ago

Or...?

I mean, Netflix-style hunger-games management might be their thing, and if I got in there at $900K (I did apply!) -- then sure, I'd be working nights and weekends just to shine.

But even at infinite comp, above a certain size there will be dead weight.

chris11 · 2 years ago

Is Netflix really that bad? They aggressively state they quickly fire people. But I've also seen reports that their turnover rate is low, and they don't have a PIP culture. It looks to me like people are reasonably happy there for the most part.

chris11 commented on Quality of new vehicles in US declining on more tech use: study reuters.com/business/auto... · Posted by u/lxm

argonaut · 2 years ago

An infotainment is practically a legal requirement, since backup cameras are mandated by law in the USA. Since you already need a screen and a computer, you might as well add some more functionality.

chris11 · 2 years ago

Personally I'd really like to use that screen with google maps.

chris11 commented on SEC to Weigh New Artificial-Intelligence Rules for Brokerages bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/mfiguiere

taeric · 3 years ago

At face value, this sounds like pure moral panic. Did we have such fear when "algorithms" began to take over?

I'm all for regulations that can help keep things safe. I'm.... not clear on what sort of safety these rules are aiming for. Would love a solid rundown from anyone that can summarize well.

chris11 · 3 years ago

I'm not familiar with the rules. But if you train AI on customer data you might end up with something that looks like front-running.

chris11 commented on Dell in hot water for making shoppers think overpriced monitors were discounted arstechnica.com/gadgets/2... · Posted by u/isaacfrond

jerf · 3 years ago

I just straight-up ignore "sale" claims now, unless I have personal experience that says this really is a sale. This is mostly limited to groceries where I definitely know that the $4 bag of chips really is on sale at $1.50. Along with all the active deception, I also just count all the times I've gone price shopping for non-trivial things and the prices I see and how festooned with the word "sale" the page is is simply uncorrelated.

chris11 · 3 years ago

Manufacturers and retailers will also change models for sales. Black Friday sales are sometimes cheaper, lower quality versions. Discount clothing retailers sometimes get items made specifically for them. And that's ignoring bad QA. Patagonia just filed a lawsuit against Nordstrom Rack for selling counterfeit clothing.