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periya··on Poor in Tech
Intelligence is not completely due to genetics as you are suggesting and has to do more with socio-economic conditions. Read “guns germs and steel” for why human development through the ages has a lot do with just being at the right place at the right time.
periya··on My Experience at Apple
I disagree, such an approach completely desensitizes the human aspect of work and treats the people working as commodities that are expendable. Engineering is hard, teams might need to go through multiple iterations/generations to get the desired results. A better investment would be to develop the right engineering culture rather than Team A vs Team B duking it out.
periya··on Apple targets car production by 2024, eyes ‘next level’ battery tech: sources
Please don't waste people's time with comments like this.
periya··on Computer input latency from 1977-2017 (2017)
CSGO is CPU bound, I'd suspect maybe it has something to do with the CPU rather than the GPU.
periya··on Why is Apple's M1 chip so fast?
Also being on TSMC5 on top of significant micro architecture improvements ; ~630 instruction deep ROB, ability to queue ~150 outstanding load instruction and ~100 outstanding stores and huge TLBs which reduces swapping the anandtech article does a great job going into explaining this.
periya··on DoorDash S-1
You or I might have to privilege to choose our next jobs but for some people especially those in the services industry don’t have that and end up having to work doordash/instacart. Don’t attack the messenger when it’s probably easier for most people to stop using doordash.
periya··on iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro
What’s the RAM on the phone I tried looking at the tech specs page but I can’t seem to find it. Is it still 2GB?
periya··on 2020 Stock Market Crash
The assasination was the first trigger to the war. Is that incorrect? From my understanding after the assasination Austria-Hungary gave an ultimatum to Serbia and later declared war on Serbia.
periya··on Wi-Fi Alliance Brings Wi-Fi 6 into 6 GHz
I laughed way too hard at this.
periya··on Samsung TVs May Upload Screenshots for Automatic Content Recognition
That’s what I did, bought a dumb Samsung TV in 2016 off new egg.
periya··on Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Is Leaving the Company’s Board of Directors
Loads fine on mobile.
periya··on Huawei Manages to Make Smartphones Without American Chips
I’ve no dog in this race but I feel the selective outrage to Huawei and other chines tech companies hypocritical while America consumes more and more goods produced in China without batting an eye.
periya··on Jimmy Wales has quietly launched a Facebook rival
This exact reason has helped me stop frivolous purchases as soon as I discontinued my prime membership.

I hate paying for shipping and most of the time the items in my cart are < $25 at which point I ask myself if I really need this item. If I really need it, I go to the target/Wal-Mart near my place since they always price match. Not renewing my prime membership has been by very liberating!

periya··on Run Commands, the 'rc' in '.bashrc'
Whoa! Thanks for that tip, that’s an incredibly useful tip.
periya··on MITM on HTTPS traffic in Kazakhstan
The Govt of KZ in this case can monitor all internet traffic over HTTPS.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-in-the-middle_attack

periya··on Egyptian ‘bent’ pyramid dating back 4,600 years opens to public
Fascinating, is there a site with pictures taken on the inside of the pyramid.
periya··on Awk by Example
Thank you for this, I could not find the follow up to the first article on the IBM webpage.
periya··on Vim tricks
I’ve discovered q: when trying to quit vim in a hurry. You always keep finding new quirky things to do in vim but I guess the same hold true for other text editors like Emacs
periya··on Amazon shareholders reject facial recognition ban
That’s the other thing that doesn’t get mentioned more in these discussion. Governments can be bad actors and suppress citizens like how China is doing right now, no guarantee your own country won’t use it to suppress citizens who they don’t agree with.
periya··on Show HN: Who Got Game? – A Game of Thrones Death Pool (To Spice Up Season 8)
Login with Facebook, yeah that’s gonna be a no for me.
periya··on Why Does My Remote Control Need to Know My Location?
I have been on the fence of buying a Sonos because I've always loved the sound quality but I could never bring myself to spend so much on them, your comment along with comments in this thread have made my decision easier. I'm going to stick with my dumb speakers and avoid all the hassle that comes with "smart" devices.
periya··on I Hit $115k/Month with a Status Quo Improvement
Aka I’m going to assume no liability
periya··on How I negotiated a software-engineering job offer in Silicon Valley
Guess the OP files taxes as married filing jointly. That could cause a dip in the effective tax rate.
periya··on Intel: EUV-Enabled 7nm Process Tech is on Track
TSMC has already an alpha tape out using EUV. The tech may finally have arrived. https://www.anandtech.com/show/13445/tsmc-first-7nm-euv-chip...
periya··on Facebook reportedly discredited critics by linking them to George Soros
You hit the nail on the head. It's super easy to attack employees of these corporations when people won't even evaluate their decisions.

If you were to evaluate each of the big companies, most of them have done some really shady stuff to get a leg up.

periya··on India’s banking system is flirting with a Lehman moment
You’d to create a throwaway to make that comment? ‍️
periya··on How I Erased Facebook Comments and Likes
There is no advertising money in those fields.
periya··on FCC Accuses Stealthy Startup of Launching Rogue Satellites
ISRO has been around since the 70s
periya··on Trump administration cracks down on H-1B visa abuse
Why does being on a H1B prevent you from getting promoted to management ?

Source : Work at a big tech where several H1Bs have made it to the higher levels of management.

periya··on India has a hole where its middle class should be
Or you could not drive out and just pack your lunch from home.
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