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phanon Former Intel CEO says splitting Intel isn't good for the U.S.

How do you think Intel started construction on fabs in Arizona? Couldn't have done it without the CHIPS act

phanon Former Intel CEO says splitting Intel isn't good for the U.S.

Compared to other companies that are developing their own chips? Hardly moot at all. The CHIPS act is the only thing keeping Intel afloat lately.

phanon Former Intel CEO says splitting Intel isn't good for the U.S.

Intel would barely survive, possibly even declaring bankruptcy, if it weren't for all the subsidies they receive from the US Government.

phanon Toyota got mocked for rejecting EV hype – not anymore

That grossly ignores the majority of rural america where public transit systems will never effectively serve their needs given the economics

phanon Post Mortem on Cloudflare Control Plane and Analytics Outage

If you actually worked with datacenters you'd understand that what PGE and Flexential is unacceptable as well

phanon Post Mortem on Cloudflare Control Plane and Analytics Outage

Your operational reviews must be lacking at AWS then (surprise surprise) then because there are so many instances where something will be released in alpha yet the documentation will still be outdated, stale and incorrect LOL.

phanon European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batteries

You must be joking if you think its just a BOM adjustment and a small cost... way to oversimplify the actual implementation

phanon Slack’s Incident on 2-22-22

memcache router interface broker

phanon Privacy-Respecting Software

Pretty useless and subjectively biased list.

phanon DoorDash S-1

It is hard to believe a company that has been guilty of stealing tips in the past.

https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/8/20/20825937/doordash-tippi...

phanon Ask HN: If I've already taught myself to code, should I still get my CS degree?

I think you should finish the degree. For two reasons you have a scholarship / can do it without taking on debt and with recent events the job market will be tough for everyone.

I have a bachelors in a non-STEM field, and am self-taught (been working for ~5 yrs now, a few years as an IC and then now been an engineering manager for almost 2 years). I manage people who have bachelors/masters in computer science, and having the degree both grants you more job security and leeway in negotiating better compensation (I've seen qualified people without a degree get passed up/not been compensated as fairly for their skills). My company has a 'education benefit' so I've been looking to go back into school to get my masters in software engineering - maybe this is the year. But in my opinion/perspective, the degree opens up so many more degrees compared to if you didn't have it.