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fh973··on CERN aims to build €20B collider
This seems to imply that the LHC has done it's job? Would it be switched off in the foreseeable future? Does the CERN run other instruments or is its existence tied to the LHC?
fh973··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2024)
QUOBYTE | Santa Clara, CA and Berlin, Germany | Full-time | ONSITE | https://www.quobyte.com/

At Quobyte, we are working on the Data Center File System (DCFS), a highly scalable and fault-tolerant software storage system built around a parallel file system core. Customers use Quobyte DCFS for ML and HPC clusters in industry and academia, k8s and OpenStack infrastructures, streaming, web mail, post production, origin and CGI clusters, and as a scalable backend for SaaS products. There are Quobyte DCFS clusters which span thousands of machines and crunch 100s of GB/s!

Under the hood, DCFS is a full-stack storage system, written in Java and C++. The engineering work covers everything from kernel development over our own replicated database system design to distributed algorithms (Paxos!) and performance. In short: lots of real-world challenging and fun problems! We work as a highly efficient engineering team, and do mandatory code reviews, lots of unit and integration testing,

Santa Clara, CA:

* Customer Success Engineer

* Sales Engineer

Berlin, Germany:

* Software Engineer

* Sales Executive

* Marketing Manager

For detailed job descriptions please and application process, please visit https://www.quobyte.com/company/careers or write to work at quobyte.com.

fh973··on Why Germany Is Rich but Germans Are Poor and Angry
It's an alliteration that's understood by most Germans.
fh973··on Discord is laying off 17 percent of employees
Germany: not anywhere close. Typical is 0.5-1.0 monthly salaries per year of employment.
fh973··on Details on Xiaomi EV
Cars at the lower end don't have GPS, maps or cruise control.

Anyways, speed limit detection works with cameras, not with maps.

fh973··on Details on Xiaomi EV
There are still cars being sold for 15k-20k.
fh973··on Details on Xiaomi EV
At least in Europe, the industry has lobbied away the possibility of cheap cars. From 2024, "Intelligent Speed Assist" and data recorders are mandatory for new cars.
fh973··on Obsidian 1.5 Desktop (Public)
Syncthing has been working smoothly for my Obsidian directory.
fh973··on Japan automakers play catch-up in EV race
I found it interesting that even in Norway, the total share of EV is just below 25%. https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23939076/norway-electric-...
fh973··on Python Is Easy. Go Is Simple. Simple != Easy
You can write 90s object oriented code in any language.
fh973··on Google Drive files suddenly disappeared
For Gmail, Google keeps backups of mail boxes and their transaction log. This way they can rewind the mailbox over a period of weeks.

It's basically a continuous backup.

fh973··on Google Drive files suddenly disappeared
The article says it was restored from tape. And it was.
fh973··on Google Drive files suddenly disappeared
It's an entirely separate system.
fh973··on Parents are teaming up to delay their children's first cell phone
I think word the "phone" is obstructing the problem a bit. It's a lot of things, but being a "smart" "phone" is usually not in the top 10 of uses.

You can somewhat make it what you want it to be by restricting apps, but you can't restrict the content of the apps to have safe or non addictive content (is there such a thing as dynamic non-addictive content at all?).

fh973··on As child care costs soar, more parents may have to exit the workforce
In most of Germany, daycare providers are subsidized directly and the rate they can charge is fixed (depends on parents income). They are also quality monitored. The providers are usually small non-profit businesses.

Works well for the parents, but leads to low wages for the personell.

fh973··on A bold new look for the Gov.uk homepage
Do these folks now see single characters or will this adapt?
fh973··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023)
QUOBYTE | Santa Clara, CA and Berlin, Germany | Full-time | ONSITE | https://www.quobyte.com/

At Quobyte, we are working on the Data Center File System (DCFS), a highly scalable and fault-tolerant software storage system built around a parallel file system core. Customers use Quobyte DCFS for ML and HPC clusters in industry and academia, k8s and OpenStack infrastructures, streaming, web mail, post production, origin and CGI clusters, and as a scalable backend for SaaS products. There are Quobyte DCFS clusters which span thousands of machines and crunch 100s of GB/s!

Under the hood, DCFS is a full-stack storage system, written in Java and C++. The engineering work covers everything from kernel development over our own replicated database system design to distributed algorithms (Paxos!) and performance. In short: lots of real-world challenging and fun problems! We work as a highly efficient engineering team, and do mandatory code reviews, lots of unit and integration testing,

Santa Clara, CA:

* Customer Success Engineer

* Sales Engineer

Berlin, Germany:

* Software Engineer

* Sales Executive

For detailed job descriptions please and application process, please visit https://www.quobyte.com/company/careers or write to work at quobyte.com.

fh973··on -Werror Is not your friend (2017)
You can set this up with gerrit.
fh973··on I digitalized Berlin's registration form
German administration is already understaffed, and this will get much worse due to increasing retirement and additional complex regulations and laws.

They only chance is simplifying processes and make them more efficient (which includes "digitization"). But apart from staff, this needs strong leadership and expertise, and is made complex by the federal structure.

fh973··on OpenSSL 1.1.1 End of Life
No, not at all ! It can only be the case of the maintaining entity is the one that sells support. That's actually the definition of commercial software!

It may be the case for company-backed FOSS projects (that use FOSS as a marketing channel and have a business model around it). You might be used to that because Redhat, Elastic, Mongo, ...

But for very large number of FOSS projects, that's not the case. Either there is no paid support, or it is done by a third-party. But then this third party doesn't call the shots what's deprecated and what's backported where.

I was under the impression that OpenSSL is a community project, and now it appears that that's not the case.

fh973··on OpenSSL 1.1.1 End of Life
Who is OpenSSL and why do they sell expensive support contracts?

It sounds like 1.1.1 is only EOL if you don't pay.

fh973··on In Germany, 27 are in 'preventive detention' b/c they might do climate protests
State attorneys in Germany are not independent from the Ministry of Justice (because of that, Germany is currently not allowed to issue European Arrest Warrants). Also courts tend to confirm the status quo.
fh973··on Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users
Windows is effectively also the reason for the modular PC platform to exist. If peak Windows also means peak modular hardware, it's a dim future with closed Apple and Android-style hardware. Nothing's composable, OS is bound to the specific piece of hardware.
fh973··on KSMBD Declared Stable – No Longer “Experimental” – In Linux 6.6
Apparently this is a Samsung project. Why does Samsung invest resources in a project like this? They don't sell any storage systems.
fh973··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2023)
QUOBYTE Engineering | Berlin, Germany | Full-time | ONSITE | https://www.quobyte.com/

At Quobyte, we are working on the Data Center File System (DCFS), a highly scalable and fault-tolerant software storage system built around a parallel file system core. Customers use Quobyte DCFS for ML and HPC clusters in industry and academia, k8s and OpenStack infrastructures, streaming, web mail, post production, origin and CGI clusters, and as a scalable backend for SaaS products. There are Quobyte DCFS clusters which span thousands of machines and crunch 100s of GB/s!

Under the hood, DCFS is a full-stack storage system, written in Java and C++. The engineering work covers everything from kernel development over our own replicated database system design to distributed algorithms (Paxos!) and performance. In short: lots of real-world challenging and fun problems! We work as a highly efficient engineering team, and do mandatory code reviews, lots of unit and integration testing,

Santa Clara, CA:

* Customer Success Engineer

* Sales Engineer

Berlin, Germany:

* Software Engineer

* Customer Success Engineer

* Sales Executive

* Marketing Manager

For detailed job descriptions please and application process, please visit https://www.quobyte.com/company/careers or write to work at quobyte.com.

fh973··on America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow
We have also problems with that in Germany: Berlin is currently supplied with ground water from the Lausitz region. The ground water comes via the Spree river, and was originally pumped out to keep open mining pits dry. Nowadays in Summer it makes up for up to 75% of the river's volume (and therefore Berlin's drinking water supply). The mining pits are supposed to be closed 2038 latest, and the region generally suffers from a lack of water.

South of Berlin, Google wanted to build a data center, but couldn't because they couldn't get rights to water.

fh973··on America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow
The article at least adds (regions of) Kansas, Arkansas, D.C., Maryland, Utah, Virginia to the list.
fh973··on The Silicon Valley elite who want to build a city from scratch
I wonder how something like zoning works in this case. How would they be allowed to build anything in farmland? And it they got permission before, of course it raises prices.
fh973··on The Collateral Damage of A.D.H.D. Drug Shortages
Quite a bold over-generalizing claim.
fh973··on Auditory illusions with examples from Daft Punk
Björk - Dancer in the Dark
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