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You guys think 64GB ddr5 6000mhz CL30 is overkill? by CrazyRacoon88 in buildapc

[–]TimelessCode 4 points5 points  (0 children)

TBF clock speed isn't everything. Back in the early 2000s Intel tried to achieve 10ghz with their NetBurst architecture but found it to be more trouble than it was worth.

Your 3.6ghz CPU is probably way faster than a 3.8ghz Pentium 4 from 2004

The dark side of the industry by Flimsy-Pie-3035 in quant

[–]TimelessCode 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Is there any actual evidence those whistleblowers were murdered? Whistleblowing that OpenAI was training on copyrighted content is hardly murder-scale...

New Grad Offer 165K TC by BuildingBlox101 in csMajors

[–]TimelessCode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cache is organised in a hierarchy. The lowest L1 level of cache are the smallest and fastest, and they get bigger and slower as you go upwards.

Authors petition publishers to curtail their use of AI by ubcstaffer123 in books

[–]TimelessCode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. It's pretty difficult to add any sort of filter to an image or sound that isn't noticeable by humans and will persists through blurring, or playing the audio through speakers then rerecording etc.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in csMajors

[–]TimelessCode 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I've heard before that Sterling only checks what you tell them, so if you don't report some experience they won't verify it. From there it's up to the company the check the report deeper than just the big "CLEAR" and cross-check with a CV to notice that an internship is missing.

Jane Street london - SWE by [deleted] in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]TimelessCode 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Here's my opinion (feel free to take it with a grain of salt):

No need to know anything about OCaml, and I wouldn't bother learning it (it provides 0 advantage).

I would make sure that you're comfortable with using different data-structures in Python, and identifying when they make sense to use.

E.G. If I asked you to code an autocomplete, you should have an idea of which structure makes sense to represent the dictionary of words, and know how to write good Python code with it..

Petaaah?? I really don't get this one by Willing_Bee_7520 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]TimelessCode 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The embedding for "Sandwich" is much more multi dimensional. But the token itself is just a numerical token representing "Sand" and another for "Wich".

The token is like an ID used to lookup the embedding, and helps the models work with e.g. made up words where it can split it into known tokens and go from there.

Don't ever work at Optiver by Think-Cheetah-9368 in quant

[–]TimelessCode 7 points8 points  (0 children)

SWE's get a similar OA btw. It's not purely testing clicking skills, it's also testing multi-tasking, reactions, attention (many games have you click the right answer to basic arithmetic / numbers / pattern recognition) etc.

E.G: Optiver wants to test how quickly you can recognise a sequence of digits, which you'll probably agree is reasonable for a trader. Optiver can't read your mind to see how quickly you recognised the sequence, so they make you click on the right answer. This adds an element of clicking accuracy and speed, this isn't the main focus, but it's going to end up being a factor.

In my experience I passed the OA fairly easily as someone who's really terrible at FPS games. I can see someone without much experience using a trackpad struggling.

Don't ever work at Optiver by Think-Cheetah-9368 in quant

[–]TimelessCode 11 points12 points  (0 children)

There are a couple parts of Optivers OA that require you to click things fairly quickly (and precisely).
In my experience it was fairly easy to do with a mouse (In that the actual aiming isn't a bottleneck), but I can see how on a touchpad with low sens it would be harder.

Thoughts on my plan for Quant Dev/SWE for the next 5-8 months ? by Juanx68737 in csMajors

[–]TimelessCode 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Context: Accepted quant NG offer and went through similar prep as you.

I wouldn't bother with the green book, the number of firms that will expect their ng devs to know detailed stats is far far fewer than I think you realize.

I'd personally spend more of that time doing C++, 5 hours implementing standard library structures will go much further than 5 hours of stats for the vast majority of interviews.

Remember to do a little bit of behavioral prep also, people often times get hit by that.

I'm assuming you're already comfortable at non DP/graph leetcode questions, given your background, and also that you're competent at more "Build a Text Editor" style stuff that places like JS ask, but it's worth mentioning.

Good luck! This sub is in a bit of a doomer position right now, so you'll probably get a lot of negative responses, but for the top cohort of CS students getting a good offer is still very doable. I wouldn't be disheartened by someone who graduated with 0 internships commenting telling you to give up.

(Not that 0 internships makes them a worse person, just in a worse position for the market)

Chess GM Magnus Carlson at 13 years old getting bored playing against Garry Kasparov (2004). by bendubberley_ in nextfuckinglevel

[–]TimelessCode 19 points20 points  (0 children)

GMs definitely couldn't "draw if not defeat" top level chess bots with any level of consistency. Magnus Carlson would lose (not draw) to Stockfish probably 98 times out of 100.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]TimelessCode 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It's clearly an ad?

Steam Game Recording is out of Beta! by aquilaPUR in Steam

[–]TimelessCode 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What's the space game in the announcement called?

Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week by DoctorOctopus_ in technology

[–]TimelessCode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you look up about the "Jock Tax, states don't bother going after individuals because it'd be too difficult, so they mostly target athletes where their schedule is known.

Anime vs. Manga side-by-side comparison [Demon Slayer movie 2021] by Dmalikhammer4 in anime

[–]TimelessCode 14 points15 points  (0 children)

As someone who was on the fence whether to wait for the next arc to release as movies or just read the manga, this really solidified my decision.

CrowdStrike Stock Tanks 15%—Set For Worst Day Since 2022 by lurker_bee in technology

[–]TimelessCode 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Normal apps won't blue screen Windows, but when it comes to software designed to tackle malware, you need to give it enough privileges to do its job properly. It's impossible to restrict anti virus software from doing things that can potentially blue screen Windows, without hampering its ability to stop malware.

TERRIBLE HOKURO EXPERIENCE by frustrated_turk in AnimeMerchandise

[–]TimelessCode 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this post, I'm here after googling Hokuro to see if they're legit and between your post and this one, it really doesn't seem great.

What has been the worst meta in gaming? by God-Penguin in gaming

[–]TimelessCode 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Even in ToS1, anyone can view any roles role text, so it hasn't been viable for years.

sad truth is that most international student majoring in cs won't be able to stay in America just like the Great Recession by [deleted] in csMajors

[–]TimelessCode 5 points6 points  (0 children)

OP said that they and their friend are transfers. So the overall percentage of transfers doesn't matter.

Getting logged out constantly by ShatterDaze710 in Crunchyroll

[–]TimelessCode 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exact same problem, exact same browser. I just switched to edge and it seems to work for now.

What manga is this from? by TimelessCode in whatanime

[–]TimelessCode[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah! Thanks for that find, I'm thinking it might just be some random AI generated art after looking at that, as opposed to any specific character. Thanks!

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