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urthor··on Intel's make-or-break 18A process node debuts for data center with 288-core Xeon
So TLDR is it competitive?

What are the dimensions and dynamics here vs EPYC?

urthor··on White House launches direct-to-consumer drug site TrumpRx
I mean, it's a typo?

Give them a break

urthor··on Tesla sales dropped 60% in Germany
The problem is R&D. Tesla absolutely is not and will not compromise on all that self driving car R&D and other engineering work.

And that's expensive.

urthor··on TikTok's CEO used to work for Mark Zuckerberg as a Facebook intern
And there's nothing wrong with that, now is there.
urthor··on In my life, I've witnessed three elite salespeople at work
That's honestly one of the best pieces of writing I've read in my life.

Can't recommend it enough.

Send it to all your friends. Everyone should read it.

urthor··on Tokyo is set to introduce a four-day workweek for government employees
A very important clarification.

Sounds like office workers only.

urthor··on Tokyo is set to introduce a four-day workweek for government employees
How does this even work in Japan after this change.

There's so many stories of corporate overwork.

Does the entire country just desperately want to work for the government?

urthor··on TSMC is having more luck building in Japan than in America
30 year fixed mortgages are actually not as good of an idea as you'd think.

I actually spent a significant part of my early career working with real estate economists.

A bunch of economists I know actually lost money fixing their mortgages in 2008. They fixed at too high a rate and weren't prepared for the low interest rates environment.

urthor··on From engineer to manager: what I love, what I hate
> My second advice is to always behave as if you are going to leave tomorrow. This will prepare your team and your peers and even improve your lifestyle.

This is very good advice.

urthor··on Why software engineers like woodworking (2021)
Because it's the complete opposite of being a PhD student I'd imagine.
urthor··on Why software engineers like woodworking (2021)
HA.

That's actually a remarkable statistic.

urthor··on Mozilla names new CEO as it pivots to data privacy
Well said.
urthor··on Building an antilibrary: the power of unread books
Ha. This is excellent.
urthor··on Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming (2009)
I must admit, I read this and failed to find any profound, deep way that these coders are different.

Seems like they just worked hard.

urthor··on Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software engineer job
What an extraordinary story.

That's hugely touching, I'll remember it forever.

urthor··on Five Kinds of Friends (2022)
AoC shouldn't take all of Christmas (it does however require quite extraordinary algorithmic prowess).
urthor··on Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Agostini, Krausz, and L’Huillier
Maybe for context, the fact that high-ranking public servants in the West are known as "Mandarins" should indicate the reputation of Chinese government officials for political intrigue.

The Big 4 novels contain a lot of public servants.

urthor··on Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Agostini, Krausz, and L’Huillier
Academic politics is something else.

I thought for awhile those guys got lucky and skip office politics.

Then I realize that PhD level IQs + pressure to get into the fancy journals means that the politics is 古典小說 tier.

urthor··on I paid for Sublime Text
I think to add to this.

If you're a fully employed professional of some means, which a huge amount of folk reading this are.

Pay for your shareware software. Usually with independent SaaS software, after I've used software for 6+ months or more, I pay for the lifetime license.

It's just polite.

urthor··on I paid for Sublime Text
Why is paying money for ethical, user-respecting software like Sublime Text a bad thing?

Sublime HQ the company maintains an excellent reputation, and does a wonderful job.

urthor··on Leaving Haskell behind
I find the issue is most of the niceties are also built into Rust.

Scala's perfectly good though, there's very little to complain about.

urthor··on China’s property giant Evergrande files for bankruptcy protection in Manhattan
Exactly this.

Consequence of capital controls.

urthor··on China’s property giant Evergrande files for bankruptcy protection in Manhattan
Excellent point about sovereignty and the absurd Credit Suisse merger.
urthor··on ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Prepared for 100k Concurrent Players, They’ve Gotten 700K
Or, Stardew Valley is FarmVille+ love.

Maybe that's the secret.

urthor··on Remote work requires communicating more, but less frequently
I'd chew my arm off to have that 40h a week pair programming experience to be honest.

Sounds like my dream job.

urthor··on Nvidia H100 GPUs: Supply and Demand
Honestly, that's a really excellent point.

Successful startups are successful because they do exactly that. Successfully.

urthor··on Engineers should focus on writing
I agree with this, immensely.

Your goal is to get your message across when your writing is skimmed.

That takes immense skill as a writer. Immense skill.

Paris Review is a great book to get an overview of mastering this skill.

urthor··on Pricing Money: A beginner's guide to money, bonds, futures and swaps
I deeply appreciate the green box. Thank you very much, look forward to the read.
urthor··on Ask HN: Is everyone becoming a Product Manager these days?
What a ridiculous statement.

Why did I read the comments section...

urthor··on Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella: All-In on AI for Future Success
Yes...
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