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Re:Facebook: Free as in Bullshit
on Saturday December 19, 2020 @12:20PM (#25479034)
I don’t think you know anything about the ad business other than being an end user. “They replace worse and spammy ads”? What does that even mean? Your post is a spam.
Re:Microsoft Designing Its Own Chips for Servers, Surface PCs
on Friday December 18, 2020 @09:14PM (#25474367)
After M1, I am definitely holding out for Mac Pro rather than going the AMD route. I am sure there will be a ton of professionals thinking the same. While I’ve always cheered for AMD as a company, I think Apple will gain substantial market share in the next decade. And AMD just doesn’t have the resources to fight that wave.
Re:Microsoft Designing Its Own Chips for Servers, Surface PCs
on Friday December 18, 2020 @05:41PM (#25472966)
I know the direct impact is to Intel but think AMD just can’t catch a break. They finally have something going against Intel and now Apple and Microsoft will eat its lunch.
Re:I prepared for a decade to graduate in CS in three months
on Friday December 18, 2020 @11:17AM (#25468496)
That’s fair. I was also a math major so perhaps my concentration was a lot more theoretical in nature.
Re:I prepared for a decade to graduate in CS in three months
on Friday December 18, 2020 @11:07AM (#25468391)
As a CS major, I can honestly say the ONLY thing of value was a couple of algorithm classes I took. And even then it was from a text I could have read on my own. Unless you’re what I call one-percent talent, CS theory is not going to help you much in your career.
Re:When important components become scarce: CPUs, GPUs
on Friday December 18, 2020 @09:32AM (#25467418)
Isn’t it really the semi industry unwilling to invest because they don’t want to get burned just a couple of years down the road. I just don’t see this demand lasting.
Re:SEC charges Robinhood $65M for misleading customers about revenue s...
on Thursday December 17, 2020 @10:56AM (#25456698)
I trade in multiple platforms and I put in limit orders (RH doesn’t even allow market afaik). To be fair, I am probably not your typical trader since I’ve been a fintech developer in the past as well as have been involved in analyzing many SEC cases for/against major financial institutions. I will say this: it’s extremely hard to prove execution quality on options trading let alone doing it in 2020 when the market was so volatile.
Re:SEC charges Robinhood $65M for misleading customers about revenue s...
on Thursday December 17, 2020 @10:32AM (#25456435)
Govt cannot be an arbiter of what people do with their money. Period.
Re:SEC charges Robinhood $65M for misleading customers about revenue s...
on Thursday December 17, 2020 @10:30AM (#25456416)
I hate to break this to you but front running happens all the time in finance. In fact that’s the entire business model for bulge bracket trading desks. I know it’s easy to point fingers at RH but what they’re doing is very benign.
Re:SEC charges Robinhood $65M for misleading customers about revenue s...
on Thursday December 17, 2020 @10:23AM (#25456342)
I know what you want to say but that’s an awfully bad example. I would take out that loan 10 times over.
Re:SEC charges Robinhood $65M for misleading customers about revenue s...
on Thursday December 17, 2020 @10:03AM (#25456147)
I believe this is to punish RH for offering zero commissions. Especially on options. I seriously think what RH offers, for anyone who’s traded options on the retail side, is a game changer.
Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S. This Year
on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @03:06PM (#25434475)
Libertarianism changed a great deal in America in the past 20 years. It’s not what it used to be and has been usurped by the right wing and corporate types.
Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S. This Year
on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @02:51PM (#25434265)
I see a lot of “libertarians” on HN and SV in general.
Edit: Ok now I am getting downvoted because I called them libertarians when they’re libertarians.
Re:Best online communities for software developers
on Monday December 14, 2020 @12:35PM (#25420395)
And Github is missing? How can I take this list seriously? There’s a lot of golden nuggets when you dig through github. You also get immediate credibility checks.
Re:Ask HN: How do you prevent eyestrain with daily computer use?
on Sunday December 13, 2020 @02:49PM (#25409515)
I am going to suggest Eizo (and similar high end) monitors. High quality and uniform monitors do wonders for prolong use. You might also want to use greyscale-only on alternate days if your work can accommodate it. Last but most important, train yourself to blink 2x more often.
Re:Cameras and Lenses
on Thursday December 10, 2020 @06:30AM (#25372523)
As a hobby photographer, this is simply amazing and the most intuitive article I’ve come across. This is a must read.
I am curious, however, why we still can’t digitally reproduce bokeh. Apple is getting close. I thought LiDAR would theoretically solve that and could yield indistinguishable renders compared to analog lenses. That would be a game changer in my view and why I would like to see Apple develop a full-frame sensor coupled with their technology.
Re:FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization
on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @10:31PM (#25369326)
Monopoly = Lack of innovations. Isn’t Facebook the proof of that? What did Zuckerberg do since IPO? He bought a bunch of toys on shareholders’ dime. Including VR and crypto that was DOA. That said China will never catch up and it has everything to do with their political system.
Re:Coronavirus Could Push More Than 1B People to Extreme Poverty
on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @08:04PM (#25353983)
We’ve already had civil unrests this year in the middle of a pandemic. When people start getting laid off it’s going to add fuel to that fire. Government has already blown its load in terms of monetary and fiscal options. I especially fear for what could go down in EU. They cannot sustain another debt crisis. We are ripe for a rapidly deteriorating global financial crisis.
Re:Coronavirus Could Push More Than 1B People to Extreme Poverty
on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @07:54PM (#25353876)
The only reason why people in tech still have jobs (and why SV hasn’t blown up) is because the c-suite is getting rich off of stock market. When that party ends (likely in February/March timeframe), there will be a depression and civil unrest.
Re:Why I Love Tailwind
on Monday December 07, 2020 @10:25AM (#25332989)
I like Tailwind because it’s the best solution of the bunch at the moment. But I much rather work on iOS over HTML. Now why is that?
Re:Apple Preps Next Mac Chips with Aim to Outclass Highest-End PCs
on Monday December 07, 2020 @09:39AM (#25332488)
Likely 40% cost savings at best.
Re:Apple Preps Next Mac Chips with Aim to Outclass Highest-End PCs
on Monday December 07, 2020 @09:35AM (#25332458)
Hmmm...I wonder why that is. Maybe, just maybe, it has to do with the fact that high market concentrations yield subpar innovations. Apple is really the exception here because survival (by vertical control) is so ingrained into their boardroom and executive culture. Otherwise, monopoly will almost always yield minimal req’d/viable innovations. Worse yet companies will invest in frivolous projects doomed to fail (Facebook).
Re:Apple Silicon M1 Disruption
on Sunday December 06, 2020 @08:02PM (#25328324)
And we haven’t even seen what Apple can do for their “pro” line. I can’t wait till they roll out Mac Pro.
Re:Lambda: Turn Excel formulas into custom functions
on Sunday December 06, 2020 @03:01PM (#25326175)
They need to support Python.
Re:Diem – A rebrand of Facebook’s Libra
on Sunday December 06, 2020 @10:27AM (#25324062)
I still don’t see why anyone should use crypto in place of fiat. The space is dominated by commercial interests and they’re not at all focused on dislodging traditional financial institutions that are entrenched which is the source of all the problems.
Re:Billionaires Build
on Saturday December 05, 2020 @03:53PM (#25318230)
I’ve come to realize that you can’t be a billionaire without either being an ahole or extremely lucky (which means your success had little to do with your actual contribution). In order to accrue that amount of wealth in one lifetime from scratch you have to screw over a lot of people. Yet, our society rewards these behaviors and in fact idolizes them. We do not reward creativity, resourcefulness, goodwill, etc. In fact these behaviors are penalized.
Re:Radicle: A peer-to-peer alternative to GitHub
on Saturday December 05, 2020 @09:03AM (#25314614)
Physical infrastructure itself needs to be federal. I believe that’s the most economical solution. But it could be virtually decentralized.
Re:Stripe: Platform of Platforms
on Thursday December 03, 2020 @11:44AM (#25290848)
I’ve moved on to Square this year. They’ve been moving quite fast to shore up their online payment platform.
Re:What's new in Svelte (Dec 2020)
on Thursday December 03, 2020 @08:35AM (#25288645)
Can someone explain to me why we have so many front-end frameworks?
Re:AWS Lambda pricing now per ms
on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @06:26PM (#25271428)
I suppose I can ping it upon page visit (for web apps). That never occurred to me until now.