Exactly.. Considering the model that generated their exercises was also trained on Stack Overflow data, one may say, not all but what you definitely need for LLM training is Stack Overflow data. People keep getting it granted but I dont think it will continue that way for a long time.
Jobs had black turtlenecks as a signature style. I think Zuckerberg sees Jobs as a role model and imitates his practice with hoodies. What else could he choose to look "cool"?
I don’t think saying PhD is good or bad in general makes sense. It depends on what alternatives you have on your hands. If you are from a third world country and PhD is the only chance to take you a batter place, it makes sense. For the ones who already live in a decent country, it only makes sense if you are very very passionate about being an academician and you should carefully question the arguments making you passionate about that. I think doing PhD is much tougher now than 1983. There is a huge literature you gotta scan and there will be so many other people from both academia and industry working on similar topics so it is very difficult to make an original contribution that is satisfactory enough for the most. Especially in engineering, hot topics having an application area are already studied by the high tech firms. One can work in one of those companies and still can do research, which can be more satisfactory since you can see it applied to the real life. Plus, you will have strict deadlines, much better salary and the time you spend there will be considered as a work experience when you make a new job application. So, in the end of the PhD, there is a risk of finding yourself where you started and asking yourself where you did wrong, especially if you didn’t consider the after-PhD phase during the PhD (wrong topic and wrong supervisor choice, not building connections, not doing an intern in a related company etc.) However, having a supportive supervisor with good connections can hack the game and put you some levels up.
I have the sense that a PhD in computer science is harder to obtain now because the field is more mature, there are many more people working in it, and it just takes more time and effort to get to the point that you're doing original work.
Also, my impression is that, in the USA at least, the economy is fundamentally much more fragile, with the disappearance of the middle class. Someone starting out now does not really have the luxury of doing something purely out of passion. The penalty for needing to change course is much higher now. I think.
I disagree with you on the role of industry in computer science research. In the 80s, there were many companies in which research was happening: Xerox PARC, IBM, Digital, and to a lesser extent at other computer companies. I worked at Computer Corporation of America, a mid-sized software company, in the mid 80s (after UMass, before startups), and they did some amazing, DARPA-funded research in databases. Now it's Microsoft and IBM. Oracle, Apple and others are obviously doing leading-edge work, but I think those efforts are more closely aligned with products. I think there was far more pure research done by software/compute companies 30 years ago.
Is there any application built with Trigger.io? I must use a few applications built with a framework before giving it a try. I should see which UI components are out there and how they make feel.
2 Gbps chips have been already demonstrated years ago. Imec from Belgium just showed a 7 Gbps chip (http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4372113/IMEC-transce...). It looks like we will have 60GHz technology in our mobile phones soon but probably it will be short range as a replacement to Bluetooth considering the high attenuation and human-blockage characteristics of 60 GHz waves. It is interesting to think of possible applications that can make use of this large bandwidth in short range. We will probably see some digital kiosks in airports to buy and download movies in a few seconds.
Calling others stupid is just a toxic thinking which tricks our brains to rely on easy and quick-fix pseudo “feel-good" but it is an addictive dangerous practice for our mental and general health in long term.
Your "internet privacy" is protected just fine as long as you don't use the company's network, e-mail, and laptop. And as long as you don't go sharing all your things to everybody (twitter, f-book).
In a number of countries, companies don't have full rights to snoop on employees' network communications, even at work. In Denmark, I believe email is considered quasi-private. A boss can read an employee's mail, but must go through a process where the reason they need to do so is formally documented.
"Now, courts are increasingly taking into account whether employers have explicitly described how email is monitored to their employees.
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Yes this is why all contracts have been updated. It's in most new contracts. (The 'fine print'). Best thing to do is not use the company e-mail privately (if you value your privacy that is).
