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holiveroson Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra

Same here, my M1 Max 64GB beats the s*t out of my work-provided M5 16GB :P

Best computer I've had in a long time.

holiveroson Ask HN: What are some cool or underrated tech companies based in Canada?

https://shakepay.com/ - Nice easy to use crypto Fintech

holiveroson Ask HN: How do you make time for side projects and Leetcode grinding

50-60 hours plus two small children, no way you can have side projects and live to tell your children the story in 10 years.

That is, start looking at your mental & physical health, start cutting hours, then you can evaluate investing time in learning something you want.

As for Leetcode, I’m no fan, unless you’re looking to get a job in a FAANG-like entity, invest your time in something else.

holiveroson Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2023)

Location: Mexicali, Mexico

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes, depends on conditions

Technologies: C/C++, C#, Go, Perl, PHP, Python, Agile, AWS, Kafka, Kubernetes

Résumé/CV: https://drive.proton.me/urls/QNKZQTT27W#P0BkLr6IblTf

Email: holiveros@protonmail.com

Computer Engineer with 16+ years of experience, focused on backend engineering for the past 7 years in adtech & gaming; besides that, I have expertise developing mobile videogames, web, geographic information systems, multimedia & network systems programming.

holiveroson Ask HN: Are “theoretical” concepts being lost by new engineers?

Same questions here.

This other day I was interviewing with a recruiter for a Go dev position, then she asked "what is a map?", couldn't believe such a basic question was being asked, proceeded to explain, then asked her why such a basic question; she said most applicants couldn't tell her what a map was (shock face).

Next question was "what is a hash table?", even more shock...

I'm a Computer Engineer who started to program when I was 12 in a 286.

holiveroson Backward Compatibility, Go 1.21, and Go 2

Even more fine-grained, https://perldoc.perl.org/functions/use#use-VERSION

> ... Later use of use VERSION will override all behavior of a previous use VERSION,

> possibly removing the strict, warnings, and feature added by it ...

holiveroson LastPass users locked out due to MFA resets

Probably mostly companies stuck with long-term contracts.

The global company I work at uses it, they have an enterprise-wide contract. Migrating to something else is just a massive PITA, extra costs & sure downtime.

holiveroson Notes on ExFAT and Reliability (2021)

Which driver / solution were you using?

holiveroson Another scientific body has debunked bitemark analysis

Mexican here, in my country these type of "evidences" are harder to support / enforce, as long as your lawyer / you are willing to provide enough scientific indication they're not reliable, those evidences are dismissed.

Of course, as any country, there's corruption at every level.

Wonder what's the stance of other countries?

holiveroson Terraform Labs Caught Moving $4.8M Through Shell Company

Hahahaha, spilled my coffee over this :P

holiveroson Adobe tricks users into a 12 month contract

Indeed, yet it sometimes gets annoying; you see a nice promotion somewhere only to find out "not available in Québec" :(

holiveroson Ask HN: How can I make a “kid's computer” today as good as an Apple II?

For gaming (and how to identify dark patterns) take a look at https://www.darkpattern.games/

holiveroson Ask HN: Is all of FAANG like this?

Hard to tell, I would guess most large well-established companies have situations / teams like this.

I work for a large videogame company, things are more or less the same, except we have two clear modes of operation among teams: * "production" (gameteams themselves), work in frantic mode all the time (crunch time being very common) * all other teams, work in glacial mode, technical debt is pretty high, same as your situation

When I started, it was my dream job. Years later...

Quite difficult to find a dream job and maintain that state of mind for long.

I would suggest you speak to your manager(s) and find / create some new projects, be creative and proactive.

Or, your current job may not really make you happy and you'll need to find something else to do.

holiveroson Onfim

I do find this post amazing, totally on-topic

holiveroson Exploding Head Syndrome

Have this one, usually it happens every few years; I've correlated it to stressful / extreme tiredness situations.

For me it's always: All black -> loud bang -> flash of light

A few times there were a heat sensation, tingling.

Once I hard punched a friend who was sitting beside me after "waking up":/

holiveroson Fountain pen inks: the good, the bad, and the ugly (2011)

Indeed... except, my eyes!!! The combo of font / size / spacing / coloring makes reading this site quite difficult.

holiveroson Personal info of 93M Mexicans exposed on AWS

It's not a signing code, votes are truly anonymous; it's the unique serial of the physical card and one of the various citizen IDs used in the country.

These numbers are typically abused in mass fraud for government monetary/physical goods assistance programs.