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megamix··on Study mode
"Under the hood, study mode is powered by custom system instructions we’ve written in collaboration with teachers, scientists, and pedagogy experts to reflect a core set of behaviors that support deeper learning including: "

Wonder what the compensation for this invaluable contribution was

megamix··on Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years (1998)
The joy of seeing Times New Roman, HTML and CSS.

I'll finish the article in 24 hrs - 10 years approx.

megamix··on US AI Action Plan
AI? Never heard of him
megamix··on Show HN: Tinder but it's only pictures of my wife and I can only swipe right
Love it! What about the legal stuff? That Match group is notorious for running after every little violation of their patent or name collision.
megamix··on Ask HN: What strategy if planning to exit Software Engineering?
Hah I think times are changing for some fields. But I wouldn't enter any other field without qualifications. ChatGPT? Never heard of him.
megamix··on Ask HN: What strategy if planning to exit Software Engineering?
Yeah I think what I meant was work that appear to be useful while it only looks good on paper but doesn't provide real value.

Regarding your second comment, I agree about realistic alternatives. I think these are options that could be anywhere. Even if it's for a short period of time to try something different. Maybe it'll widen perspective and opportunities

megamix··on Ask HN: What strategy if planning to exit Software Engineering?
Thanks for taking the time to reply. I think moving into companies where IT as cost function would be detrimental. Or do these have strong engineering culture? Reason I say that is because I used to have experience with online retail within - that was a pain! Always someone in a hurry to deliver the next feature.
megamix··on US Copyright Office found AI companies breach copyright. Its boss was fired
Tell that to Snowden.
megamix··on High-school shop students attract skilled-trades job offers
So…no back pain? :)
megamix··on High-school shop students attract skilled-trades job offers
Yeah I’m not talking about Kernighan & Ritchie et al. More like the big boom, zero interest rate and the huge demand of SWE that occurred 2010 onwards.
megamix··on High-school shop students attract skilled-trades job offers
I agree with that, the physical labor has been studied and experienced for quite some time now. But we need to look forward and see if there might be changes we cannot comprehend yet.

For example, we cannot yet google the software eng retirement age or the like. Assuming we started in 2005, average dude 25years old then hasn't retired yet and we don't know either where he/she's gone in 2035/45.

megamix··on High-school shop students attract skilled-trades job offers
They (270K) can still create new businesses though?
megamix··on High-school shop students attract skilled-trades job offers
You assume desk jobs still exist in 10 years?
megamix··on High-school shop students attract skilled-trades job offers
Yes, continue and elaborate? Mental (white collar) work has more of that feeling of dread I think. Maybe physical “overtime” has a physical limit, not sure how often you push yourself into burnout in those fields? Curious and asking here, don’t read in too much here.
megamix··on Car companies are in a billion-dollar software war
Are the PM women or not qualified?
megamix··on Ask HN: How much do you care about CVE in your team?
And in what industry/sector (possibly markets) are you mainly operating in ?
megamix··on 4o Image Generation
Are these models also based on copyrighted material? Can anyone provide a brief explanation if the datasets are scraped or CC super-public-images ?
megamix··on London's Heathrow Airport announces complete shutdown due to power outage
Does that count only the actual airport? It doesn't count the potential business travellers contributing to the economy in different ways. Like if half of the financial sector were due to arrive at Heathrow, where would that be in the analysis?

Just to downplay the importance of Heathrow through numbers is a bit absurd.

megamix··on OpenAI asks White House for relief from state AI rules
Can anyone also use copyrighted source code, e.g. from OpenAI?
megamix··on OpenAI asks White House for relief from state AI rules
Can anyone also use copyrighted source code, e.g. from OpenAI?
megamix··on Building an open-source Wi-Fi Mac layer for the ESP32
I’d like someone to explain this to me as I find this interesting. I have tech background but the OSI model is not something I’ve interacted with directly.

Some questions I come to think of

1. Why ESP32 made it closed? 2. What does the MAC layer in the OSI model make it so important to either make this closed/open source ?

From the article: "security auditability", possibility for features not supported, make research into Wi-Fi networks with lots of nodes more affordable.

E.g. ESP32 is proprietary, but it doesn’t limit the connection to certain routers, but could it be made to be?

megamix··on Should managers still code?
It depends on the company and how much is reflect in the paycheck
megamix··on The Demoralization is just Beginning
Uh oh, go read Taleb if you want to know about economists. They are also behind some of the chaos we have today.
megamix··on BMW Group Product Catalog–Historic Models
Fascinating history. Do remind yourself and read about the history of BMW at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_BMW too. They also made aircraft engines and motorbikes (still).
megamix··on BMW Group Product Catalog–Historic Models
Yeah I wonder how they created/sourced that info
megamix··on Show HN: I got laid off from Meta and created a minor hit on Steam
Thanks!
megamix··on Substance in broccoli, celery inhibits graying of black hair
Im going green!
megamix··on Show HN: I got laid off from Meta and created a minor hit on Steam
Hi

Thanks for sharing this, I was first struck by the fact being laid off from Meta, I mean 10yrs of service and then laid off. I'm glad you did well and recovered after that.

I'm curious to know about the technology behind, did you use a framework?

megamix··on Using uv as your shebang line
if it has Rust in it, then...
megamix··on Nobody cares
Now this is another Luigi right here
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