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stevev··on Nvidia adds $277B in market value, Wall Street's largest one-day gain in history
I disagree.

Vehicles are one thing, AI chips are another.

One is a default investment for any AI tech company to survive.

Data centers will only grow from here.

stevev··on Tesla Cybertruck owners who drove 10k miles say range is 164 to 206 miles
Real Tesla Range = Advertised Range * 0.80
stevev··on The companies employees don't want to leave in 2023
It’s interesting that the top companies where employees leave often are tech companies. I wonder why this is?
stevev··on SEC charges Kraken for operating as an unregistered securities exchange
It’s congress’s fault for not defining the rules and for giving the SEC a hammer.
stevev··on Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence
Let the regulations, antitrust lawsuits and monopolies begin!
stevev··on Roundup herbicide ingredient connected to epidemic chronic kidney disease
Now try the US. It’s found almost everywhere and it’s in foods. A dumb human moment.
stevev··on My Unhealthy Relationship with Keyboards
I almost feel that people might be surprised if they knew just how extensive and diverse the world of custom keyboards truly is.
stevev··on My Unhealthy Relationship with Keyboards
Your enthusiasm for collecting and buying keyboards isn't considered unhealthy; it's akin to periodically upgrading a car. At best, it's comparable to exclusively sticking with sedans or small compact cars.

Mechanical keyboards or building custom ones, especially those with Cherry MX keys, are where the excitement lies.

You might not have had the chance to explore them all yet; there's an abundance of various types available.

stevev··on A journey into the shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trauma controversy
There are additional factors to take into account beyond simply labeling it as a rare condition. This includes the food or baby formula itself and the quality of water used. Given the frequency of formula recalls, there's a potential risk of obtaining a defective batch that could harm the baby.
stevev··on ‘Blue lights’ flash in sky moments before Morocco earthquake
Poor suggestion based on articles that you disagree with and how it was presented. I don’t understand why people jump to censorship as a solution to their own biases.

If you read the article, they’re only reporting on the light. No explanation was given. Are you now denying it never happened or that you just don’t like the outlet; since they’re two different things.

stevev··on Tech workers remain some of the highest paid in New Zealand
Specifically in the US, for the past 5 years there has been an influx of code schools and boot camps grads entering the workforce.

I want to say that we have an oversupply of non-traditional tech workers that were from these schools that couldn’t or didn’t sustain a job.

Now when companies are trying to find qualified individuals, there’s a challenge weeding out these from actual skilled and experienced individuals.

Combat this with experienced non-US tech workers who are willing to work for lower wages, makes locals finding jobs a challenge.

For companies looking to hire US-only workers, too many people are applying drowning out actual qualified individuals.

stevev··on Delta passengers fall ill while stuck for hours during blistering Vegas heatwave
Sitting on the tarmac and inhaling jet exhaust gases is dangerous.
stevev··on Ask HN: I am overflowing with ideas but never finish anything
I believe it’s motivation, interest and having some idea of an mvp; although a complete product of some kind is great and is the end goal, it’s best to not be overwhelmed and better to enjoy the process.

Anything worth your time will keep you motivated. Otherwise keep looking for that product or idea, you haven’t hit the big one yet.

Start the project using a new language, tool or framework that you’ve been wanting to try out or use; this will motivate you.

As you get closer to a mvp, things will get interesting. Keep the mvp achievable in a short time period; everything else that comes after are features, enhancements and tasks.

Each iteration you’ll find yourself with new ideas and tasks such as enhancements and features. Be sure to store these on something like trello. A checklist works!

Rinse repeat.

stevev··on The Leverage of LLMs for Individuals
Domain knowledge of projects becomes effective when apps gets complex. Asking the right questions to ChatGPT will warrant you answers to help you tread unknown territory. To ask the right questions is to first understand how your app is structured, know it’s major components, what’s potentially missing. It gets technical.
stevev··on Vice is said to be headed for bankruptcy
I agree. Some of the contents were amazing. Especially for a media company, try and keep those winners.
stevev··on Prompt engineering vs. blind prompting
The appropriate name for this is Prompt Designer, Model Tuners or Model Tuning imo.
stevev··on Prompt engineering vs. blind prompting
I’ll bet using ChatGPT for this will be more accurate at this point than human analysis and assumptions. So as to not waste time and effort, here you go; I’m sure this is much faster, efficient and I wouldn’t be surprised, others are already doing this:

Using a therapist ai as an example:

ChatGPT, I want you to help me create a series of prompts that I can use to better tune your model in order to serve humans.

The role I am trying to instill for your model would be that of an ai friend who cares about the interactive user. You will be friendly, caring, supportive but most of all, serve as a teacher in order for the user to grow intelligence.

stevev··on Ask HN: People who were laid off or quit recently, how are you doing?
Are Polkadot’s parachains an equivalent centralized approach? I’m trying to understand the problem you’re trying to solve. Sorry it’s a bit over my head atm. The blockchain space truly has lots of opportunities and work to be done.
stevev··on Ask HN: People who were laid off or quit recently, how are you doing?
Well said. This is the way, unless you work for yourself or with something you're passionate about. Sometimes, just meeting the bare minimum is all that's required or should be done. Anyone can be let go at anytime; we’re expendable.
stevev··on Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks
The 25-year import rule serves as evidence of how the United States has struggled in competition and developing vehicles over the past several decades.

Toyota and Subaru are present in the United States because there is an incentive to manufacture them locally, which serves as a valuable learning experience for the US.

Thus the United States' car manufacturers are either perceived as being of low quality or lagging behind their competitors, leading to the country being utilized as a third-party for inexpensive assembly.

stevev··on Google DeepMind
I couldn’t agree more.

Research is great, but when there’s no platform, nothing stands.

Among some of the biggest flop in history by starting so late.

We’ll have to see how their generative text to videos do.

stevev··on Ask HN: Is the job market brutal? or is it just me?
I believe the market has slowed down. The amount of recruiter emails I receive are now more sparse. I have been passively looking for new gigs and so far landed one interview and sent three applications. I’ve worked close with recruiters for years and understand enough how some things work.

After viewing the comments I see a few things that stand out.

People are mass sending their resumes. I think this shotgun approach doesn’t really work given the state of how many people are submitting resumes. You will get filter out.

The idea is to get you in front of hiring managers.

This is where recruiters come into play. Working with recruiters that has continuously placed candidates at job x is a better approach.

Write cover letters to the hiring manager. Your resume has to be tailored to the role. Write follow up letters showing your interest for the role.

Companies are willing to hire a less experienced engineer over someone with more due to their greater interest in the role.

If you think your experience alone is going to get you the interview or job, think again, FAANG engs are having a tough time securing roles.

You need to make it sound like there’s no other place you would rather work at for the next five years than there. However do this without sounding desperate but with great interest and a desire to contribute and offer something.

In a flourishing or surplus market, I wouldn’t normally do any of these as it’s not required. In the previous market anyone could get in front of managers without much effort.

However we are in dire times where companies are careful who they hire and one has to really stand out to be picked.

Be picky and don’t just chase anything, even if you’re desperate.

Gluck.

stevev··on False memories can form within seconds, study finds
IMO the test subjects are not recalling false memories; they are generating what they believe to have occurred and this is different.

The event is non-meaningful so the brain doesn’t record/file every detail about the experience; this of course would be different per individual.

Shocking the individual or tying an emotional response to the event may make it meaningful but probably won’t translate to the brain on its importance.

We are creatures of habit and instinct and if a human was to be trained on the importance of letter/pattern order recognition from an early age, they would most be more effective than a person who has ruled out the importance of such an experience or event.

stevev··on The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS
This is the way
stevev··on How to start a React Project in 2023
Try out https://vuejs.org/

It’s simpler to learn. Guides are phenomenal. Creator is a designer and author of Vite.

React is great in that it’s being developed by a great team of diverse engineers. However diversity comes with differing opinions of end user experiences.

In the world of product development and innovation, the role of a designer is often more impactful than that of an engineer, especially when it comes to shaping the overall user experience.

Designers possess the unique ability to understand the end user's needs, desires, and challenges, translating those insights into functional and aesthetically pleasing solutions. Their holistic perspective allows them to balance form and function in a way that elevates the value of the end product.

While engineers excel at the technical aspects of a project, ensuring that the underlying systems function properly and meet performance specifications, designers take a more human-centered approach. They focus on usability, ergonomics, and aesthetics, often serving as a bridge between the technical and the emotional aspects of a product. This ability to understand and empathize with the user is invaluable, as it ensures that the product not only performs well but also resonates with its intended audience on a deeper level.

Collaboration between designers and engineers is crucial, as their combined skills and expertise can lead to groundbreaking innovations. However, it is the designer's intuitive understanding of the user experience that often plays a key role in creating a product that stands out from the competition and truly resonates with consumers. By prioritizing the needs and desires of the end user, designers help to create products that are both functional and emotionally engaging, ultimately enhancing the overall success of a project.

Thus why the more granular and slower approach such as Vue is what I think is software framework done right.

stevev··on Reflections on a Decade of Coding
I have to say it, the author is probably great at programming, but poor at writing.

Reads more like a rant, diary with random analogies.

Too much noise in explaining their experiences and forethoughts which aren’t really helpful to the reader.

Perspective can be explained in one sentence and then move on to core pieces.

Apologies but get to the point.

Had to use ChatGPT to summarize the main points for one:

On Bad Advice

The programmer who wrote the post is cautioning other programmers about the dangers of taking advice from online sources without considering the context and details of their specific situation. They explain that much of the advice they have received over the years has been actively harmful to their programming abilities. They suggest that programming practices are mostly tacit knowledge, which is difficult to share and can vary depending on specific situations. The post argues that it is essential to consider the context and details of one's specific situation when seeking programming advice and not to rely too heavily on generalized advice.

stevev··on Chinese banks cause alarm as capital flight measures intensify
Well meanwhile the US is sending military aid targeting the donbas region, so what’s the difference?
stevev··on Introducing ChatGPT and Whisper APIs
Elon is making an open-source version. OpenAI either make it affordable or be left in the dust.
stevev··on Hackers interrupt Iran president’s TV speech on anniversary of revolution
It’s hard to enforce such ideologies on women who are exposed to the freedoms of their counterparts in other countries.

These morality police or institutions should have been long gone. Such strict rules would pave ways for abuse.

Suppression of cultural changes are bloody and will cost a nation years of progress.

They ought to embrace changes and unlock the abilities that lies in half of their population.

stevev··on What we look for in a resume
A resume should only be considered a template or an overview of the person’s experience and skills.

Anyone can put keywords, metrics and effective processes.

I’ve never found a comp sci undergrad to have any trouble learning. Lack of passion, yes but this doesn’t translate to poor work performance.

Ultimately it boils down to how well the individual will work with the team and management. It’s more of a personality question.

A great resume and the person could be a dick despite being technically able.

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