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ponty_rick··on AI Coding assistants provide little value because a programmer's job is to think
If you use github, sure
ponty_rick··on What Is Entropy?
As a software engineer, I learned what entropy was in computer science when I changed the way that a function was called which caused the system to run out of entropy in production and caused an outage. Heh.
ponty_rick··on Google to buy Wiz for $32B
I can see how Microsoft and AWS would now favor Wiz competitors now (Orca, Palo, Crowdstrike etc)
ponty_rick··on Google to buy Wiz for $32B
The issue is a lot of customers are going to run away from Wiz now, due to all the Google uncertainty.
ponty_rick··on Meta Project Aria - Smart Glasses Research Kit
Why not just set up QR codes that link the location to your phone that the glasses can scan instead of a beacon? You could just as many as you want and slabber them on the wall.
ponty_rick··on Nuclear fusion: WEST beats the world record for plasma duration
If we figure it out, it might end up being cheaper than fission eventually.
ponty_rick··on BYD to offer Tesla-like self-driving tech in all models for free
China has better manufacturing prowess than the USA. Their scale is astonishing and they have an incredible ecosystem of components, logistics and labor to make manufacturing hyperefficient. I'm sure the government helps them out too, but one shouldn't discount just how good they are at manufacturing.
ponty_rick··on Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3B in Income
I don't think anyone in India is buying old American cars
ponty_rick··on Nvidia’s $589B DeepSeek rout
Pretty sure every vendor uses the kernel. There must be a reason behind none of them exclusively using the APIs.
ponty_rick··on Nvidia’s $589B DeepSeek rout
With the crowdstrike outage earlier last year it was incredible how many hidden security and kernel "experts" came out crawling from the woodwork, questioning why anything needs to run in the kernel and predicting the company's demise.
ponty_rick··on Nvidia’s $589B DeepSeek rout
Summarizing in Kevin Malone style - Nvidia good now. Later? No know.
ponty_rick··on Invisible Electrostatic Wall at 3M plant (1996)
I learned to touch things with a metal object like a key, so the charge spreads out across the part of skin holding the object and the pain is less.
ponty_rick··on TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday
IMO they should be for children under 15.
ponty_rick··on Apple will soon receive 'made in America' chips from TSMC's Arizona fab
Trains are pretty efficient as well.
ponty_rick··on Apple will soon receive 'made in America' chips from TSMC's Arizona fab
Would be interesting if China uses drones with technology from Taiwan to invade Taiwan.
ponty_rick··on Updates to H-1B
That would work in the short term. In the long term, jobs would leave the USA so companies won't have to deal with immigration uncertainties.
ponty_rick··on Updates to H-1B
Why not just auction on the candidate's salary instead of paying a tax to the government who will burn your money anyway.
ponty_rick··on Updates to H-1B
Only the base salary counts, not the total comp. That 280k/yr sounds like total comp - includes base+bonus+RSUs. The average base would be more along the lines of 150k-190k.
ponty_rick··on Bhutan, after prioritizing happiness, now faces an existential crisis
Data centers require an ecosystem of technology to exist - skilled manpower, fiber optic network, grid capacity etc, they're probably not up for it yet.
ponty_rick··on Pakistani religious body declares using VPN is against Islamic law
That title really needs updating in that case, it's very misleading.
ponty_rick··on WebSockets cost us $1M on our AWS bill
They're more pissed about the 1.2M they spent than about the 10k a month they saved.
ponty_rick··on Using an 8K TV as a Monitor
If its not too much of an intrusion, can you share a picture of your setup?
ponty_rick··on Microsoft and OpenAI's close partnership shows signs of fraying
Anthropic has the same with AWS
ponty_rick··on Microsoft and OpenAI's close partnership shows signs of fraying
Sonnet 3.5 is phenomenal for coding, so much better than GPT or Llama 405 or anything else out there.
ponty_rick··on I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
There is no cap on number of attempts. I think the 3 attempts you are referring to is the 3 year OPT after you graduate with a degree, companies usually try to sponsor during those three years while you're employed with them.
ponty_rick··on Tesla Optimus Bots Were Remotely Operated at Cybercab Event
AI is a pretty broad term - its been used for generations to mean something intelligent seeming that isn't human. Certainly, computers running precompiled instructions also falls in that category.
ponty_rick··on Show HN: A real time AI video agent with under 1 second of latency
Same thing happened haha. It was also weird for the virtual guy to constantly look me in the eye.
ponty_rick··on OpenAI DevDay 2024 live blog
> 11:43 Fields are generated in the same order that you defined them in the schema, even though JSON is supposed to ignore key order. This ensures you can implement things like chain-of-thought by adding those keys in the correct order in your schema design.

Why not use an array of key value pairs if you want to maintain ordering without breaking traditional JSON rules?

[ {key1:value1}, {key2:value2} ]

ponty_rick··on DOJ accuses Visa of monopoly that affects price of 'nearly everything’
UPI requires a one time password sent to your phone to work (via an app or text message, app being obviously more secure). Now, if you lose both your phone and your card, you would need to apply for a new card - hopefully your phone is password protected.
ponty_rick··on Ask HN: Is a Masters in CS/Engineering worth it for a mid-career PM?
Unless you're doing it for ease of immigration, I generally don't recommend it - a lot of University assignments use outdated tech and you end up not using most of what you've learned. The concepts are useful of course, but you could also read about them on your own time.

If you're doing it for ease of immigration though, I 100% recommend it, not just to get a work visa, but for a foreigner coming to the USA its a great way to get accustomed to American lifestyle, make friends in a new country and create a network and support system.

edit: spelling

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