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atomicnumber1··on Fifty or Sixty Years of Processor Development for This?
Why do we have to go below 10nm at all? We'll have hard physics limitations. Can't we improve on other frontiers? Say more cache?, better design ? More cores? Etc. I don't know.
atomicnumber1··on Ask HN: What are the best MOOCs you've taken?
CS50x (Introduction to Programming) [1]: Very well structured. Excellent and very Enthusiastic Teacher & staffs. It was the most fun MOOC I took

Learning How to learn [2]: Life changing. I wish I did it sooner.

ops-class (Operating Systems) [3]: This is by far the toughest MOOC I've taken. The Assignments are really tough. Although not impossible. Just the right amount of tough, I guess. I'm currently in the last few weeks and I've really enjoyed it every bit so far.

Interesting (Not Yet Completed): Introduction to Quantum Physics (2013) [4]: My god, I just love the teacher's enthusiasm. After few lectures, I realised I need to first brush up on classical physics before moving further (which obviously was the requirement that I ignored).

[1]: https://www.edx.org/course/cs50s-introduction-computer-scien...

[2]: https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn

[3]: https://www.edx.org/course/cs50s-introduction-computer-scien...

[4]: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP61-9PEhRogn...

atomicnumber1··on Book: Mathematics for Machine Learning
Ok, I don't know about book but 3blue1brown on youtube has some really cool videos on intermediate maths. He's videos are more about understanding the underlying concepts rather than formulas.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw/pla...

atomicnumber1··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2018)
Do you sponsor VISA for internationals ?
atomicnumber1··on Windows chief Terry Myerson out as Microsoft reorganizes
Reading all these comments concludes...

Windows 10 - Nightmare

macOS - Slow & buggy.

Linux - No Apps & Games, Frequent changes in fancy GUIs

I think we've run out of options here. It's 2018 and we still don't have a solid Operating System. This is really sad.

I just hope fuchsia takes off really well.

atomicnumber1··on Logs in High Sierra Show Plaintext Password for APFS Encrypted External Volumes
Very Interesting. Thanks!
atomicnumber1··on An AI app that generates quizzes from a photograph of a texbook
Not exactly.

A. They probably cache only for a little while B. They aren't republishing it

atomicnumber1··on Intel Fights for Its Future
Yes. Although, Qualcomm is also investing in cloud and servers market and if they get successful (rather arm in general) could hit intel hard.

What are your thoughts on that?

atomicnumber1··on Chrome 68 will mark all HTTP sites as “not secure”
I've a simple text blog hosted on GitHub pages. Github Pages doesn't allow https for custom domains. Am I screwed?
atomicnumber1··on How Apple Built a Chip Powerhouse to Threaten Qualcomm and Intel
Considering that Microsoft is doing it, it's not unlikely. But, they seem to also push iPad forward.
atomicnumber1··on An Experimental Course on Operating Systems
https://www.ops-class.org
atomicnumber1··on Ask HN: Uses for old Mac hardware?
This. Also, I recommend you upgrade to SSD before donating.
atomicnumber1··on Microsoft launches Windows 10 on ARM
With Microsoft partnering with Qualcomm, won't it just increase the monopoly of Qualcomm? Is it even possible to increase monopoly?
atomicnumber1··on After 37 years, Voyager has fired up its trajectory thrusters
Officially you're correct. But from the start the people working on it had planned/designed it to go further.
atomicnumber1··on System76 ME Firmware Updates Plan
This is excellent! Thank You for doing this. Someone is listening.
atomicnumber1··on The backstory of Alexa’s Indian makeover
Considering how successful we have been in speech recognition in recent years, I think this will a next big challenge for speech recognition.
atomicnumber1··on Bitcoin hits $10,000
Yes. But, it'd difficult to liquidate and spend bitcoins too without scrutiny.
atomicnumber1··on Bitcoin hits $10,000
People from the start have been predicting the death of Bitcoin and yet keeps going strong. What going on here ?
atomicnumber1··on Ask HN: I'm lonely. Are there any video chat support groups for solo founders?
Great answer. How does one find their level?
atomicnumber1··on Apple Begins High Sierra Automatic Rollout
I see lots of complaints about High Sierra being buggy and pain in the butt. But I've had no such issues. Infact I've found it to be really polished and breeze(as was too be expected). So much so that I upgraded my file system to apfs. And mind you, I'm running Hackintosh. And, I seemlesly upgraded it from Sierra.

P.S. I'm sure now that I've mentioned it, something's about to go horribly wrong.

atomicnumber1··on Backdoor with root access found from OnePlus phones
Yes. And NSA/GCHQ just doesn't involve itself with any tech companies in the U.S and EU respectively.
atomicnumber1··on There are over a billion outdated Android devices in use
Maybe Fuchsia is an effort to solve such issues? But it won't see the day of light for at least 2 or 3 years.
atomicnumber1··on Backdoor with root access found from OnePlus phones
I didn’t knew that engineer mode app could be used for such malice. I bet they didn’t either (btw I know that they should have been more vigilant about what goes into the consumer device). And this app is developed by Qualcomm. I just think that they forgot to remove from user builds (which btw is a bad sign).
atomicnumber1··on There are over a billion outdated Android devices in use
Google kind of does that but OEM does not seem to implement them into their phones.
atomicnumber1··on Fused Video Stabilization on the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL
A. They are already working on one. I expect it to arrive with Pixel 3 next year.

B. It's really hard to develop your own SOCs let alone get it right. And, it'd be difficult to catch up with Apple's lead, but If'd to bet on someone, I'd bet on Google.

atomicnumber1··on Gmail Launches Add-ons
Have you tried inbox?
atomicnumber1··on SSL now available for Tumblr blogs with custom domains
I've https for custom domain for like a month now. Please check again.
atomicnumber1··on Duck Duck Go: Illusion of Privacy (2013)
>Conspiracy just means multiple people working together in secret toward some common goal.

I checked various dictionaries available online and all of them have a common definition like "a secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful."

atomicnumber1··on Google signs agreement with HTC
So, a billion dollars for about a 100 engineers.
atomicnumber1··on Google debuts Tez, a mobile payments app for India
This. I don't understand why government is actively pushing their schemes, when supreme court clearly tells it to not.
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