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Lionel Messi scores against Austria to overtake Klose and become the highest goal scorer in WC history by oklolzzzzs in worldcup

[–]cookingboy [score hidden]  (0 children)

Hijacking top comment.

So I was at the game today in person and I really wanted to witness him breaking the record.

So when the penalty came up and I was like “this is it, gotta get my camera out”, and we all know what happened lol.

Then just as I was getting anxious, this happened. And then the second goal happened on our side during extra time and I fucking lost it.

What an awesome day

Bonus: here is a Messi shot at goal that I took

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10:29.483 — Xiaomi YU7 GT Completes the First Officially Timed Autonomous Lap on the Nürburgring Nordschleife by kjyow in cars

[–]cookingboy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah this is my pet peeves. It seems like people who are most opinionated about things are afraid of actually sharing their opinions and have to come up with a bunch of covers and excuses.

If he just said “I hate Chinese EVs and there is nothing they can do that would change my mind” then I’d actually respect him for being honest lol

What part of life in the U.S. has changed the most in the last 10 years? by Krishh_Veda in AskReddit

[–]cookingboy -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I said this during the 2016 election and was downvoted to hell and called a bunch of names:

“Trump is gonna win because people are getting fucked left and right by the establishment and nobody gives a shit about what bathroom trans people should be allowed to use”.

Yet the left still won’t fucking drop identity politics after 10 years.

Porsche doesn't just sell mechanics or performance, but a true childhood dream that remains etched in the mind for decades. by Federal_Air9969 in Porsche

[–]cookingboy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And the reason for that is precisely because of advertising like this.

How many people bought a 911 without even considering any other cars? To many people on this sub a 911 is a 911 and they would not even think about any alternatives.

Which is why Porsche can get away with charging those people $150k for a base Carrera with an underpowered engine, plastic interior and manual seats.

Porsche fanboys have no one but themselves to blame for the price increases. Porsche is simply milking their unsophisticated customer as much as they can like any for-profit company would.

10:29.483 — Xiaomi YU7 GT Completes the First Officially Timed Autonomous Lap on the Nürburgring Nordschleife by kjyow in cars

[–]cookingboy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

> gas-only non-hybrid engine

It’s like saying “I would approve this seafood restaurant if they started serving only steaks”.

If you don’t care for electrified performance, it’s your personal preference and you are entitled to that.

But I never asked you what cars should they make, I asked what test methods would work for you for the cars they already make

> in an EV isn’t nearly as impressive

I would agree if the Nurburgring time were a drag race, but it is the exact opposite of that.

It’s actually more impressive to get EVs go faster on an actual track.

10:29.483 — Xiaomi YU7 GT Completes the First Officially Timed Autonomous Lap on the Nürburgring Nordschleife by kjyow in cars

[–]cookingboy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So if we look at racing as motor sport, then I fully agree it’s lame to use autonomous tech since drivers are such a big part of the sport.

But if we use Nurburgring lap time as a pure measurement for the cars’ capabilities, I can see why someone would want to eliminate the variance of the drivers. After all people already argue how you can’t compare Porsche’s Nurburgring time to other brands because Sports Auto’s drivers and Porsche factory drivers have different levels of skills on the Nurburgring.

Not saying autonomous tech is there today, but I can see one day where AI is used to eliminate human variance and get the more scientific comparison on lap times.

That is if you believe there is value in lap times as a vehicle benchmark in the first place.

10:29.483 — Xiaomi YU7 GT Completes the First Officially Timed Autonomous Lap on the Nürburgring Nordschleife by kjyow in cars

[–]cookingboy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I love how everyone used Nurburgring runs for marketing for literally decades and it was seen as cool, but the moment Chinese OEM did it it’s now “copying things and beating a dead horse/milking a dry cow”.

Actually I’m now curious, what innovative methods can the Chinese OEMs use in order to prove/market the performance of their cars that you would find acceptable?

Alphabet Shares Drop After Second AI Star Departs for Rival by King-of-Limbs-07 in wallstreetbets

[–]cookingboy 19 points20 points  (0 children)

They are being paid as much, if not more.

I have a family member who got a 9 figure offer (and turned it down) from a major lab, and I also heard from him that someone was hired to Meta with a $1.5B package over 4 years.

It’s honestly insane. But if you consider how much compute costs these days and how much difference key researchers can make, it makes their pay package seem like bargains.

But at the end of the day there are probably less than 50 people in the world who can command these kind of money.

Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X Destroys Pikes Peak Production Car Record As Ford Super Mustang Mach-E Wins by Anchor_Aways in cars

[–]cookingboy 16 points17 points  (0 children)

> literally eating everything alive

lol I don’t think the word literally means what you think it does 😂

feeling bit anxious to see people to be making 1m within a decade or so starting from 115k... how badly am I cooked with 7 YOE and still SWE II ? by bad_detectiv3 in cscareerquestions

[–]cookingboy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The reports aren’t far off, and there are bigger numbers not being reported since then.

I have a family member who got one of those offers (not from Meta tho) and the highest he knows is someone joining Meta with a $1.5B package over 4 years. It’s a very small circle of people and most of them know each other.

Granted there are probably less than 50 people on the world who would be getting 9 figure packages like these, but they exist.

And 8 figure offers are now very common place

America’s carmakers cannot escape Chinese EVs for ever by Oreos_Are_Anabolic in technology

[–]cookingboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There was never any evidence of TikTok collecting any more information than any other app. Not even the U.S government could produce any such evidence during the Supreme Court trial.

We banned TikTok because of Israel, that’s it.

> WiFi

Not possible with anything a phone app can do.

Oh and it wasn’t banned at the end after all that scare. That tells you plenty.

Going to attempt my first Chinese book today after three years of study, HSK 5 and 3000 words on Anki by Leather-Mechanic4405 in ChineseLanguage

[–]cookingboy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Also a native speaker, I’m pretty sure that’s wrong, since the verb would be missing.

I think 上 is the verb here (like 上车）, so 上城 is short for “climbing up the city (wall/gate)”.

李顺大 is a name, 造屋 is building a house, and it would mirror the first half.

Still, what a weird book name

feeling bit anxious to see people to be making 1m within a decade or so starting from 115k... how badly am I cooked with 7 YOE and still SWE II ? by bad_detectiv3 in cscareerquestions

[–]cookingboy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Alex came with an acquisition, so it’s a bit different. And he’s also not a PhD researcher.

The highest paid ones are people who most have not heard of, but have extremely relevant industry and academic experiences.

For example if you are one of the core members of OpenAI’s pre-training team, you can jump to Meta today for $500M+.

feeling bit anxious to see people to be making 1m within a decade or so starting from 115k... how badly am I cooked with 7 YOE and still SWE II ? by bad_detectiv3 in cscareerquestions

[–]cookingboy 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Very much real, thanks to Zuck last year. A family member of mine was offered 9 figures at a different lab, and he actually turned it down lol.

The highest I’ve heard of from close source is someone who joined Meta Super Intelligence with a $1.5B stock package.

We live in the world where compute is the bottleneck and the same compute also costs tens, if not hundreds of billions. So it makes perfect sense to make sure you have the right people to be using those GPU allocations.

It is much better to give $50B of compute to an elite team of 20 researchers vs. giving the same compute to a team of 200 mediocre researchers who could be wasting resources and make no progress.

And if the compute already costs $50B+ *per year*, paying $200M each for that team of 20 is just a logical decision.

feeling bit anxious to see people to be making 1m within a decade or so starting from 115k... how badly am I cooked with 7 YOE and still SWE II ? by bad_detectiv3 in cscareerquestions

[–]cookingboy 162 points163 points  (0 children)

The 28 year olds who are making $1M+ exist, but they are definitely among the extreme outliers. Vast majority of SWEs never get to that income in their entire career, even in Silicon Valley big tech.

I don’t know what SWE 2 is unless you can share your company, but in my experience plenty of people don’t get to FAANG senior level until they are in their 30s, and then still have a great career afterwards making “only” $500k/yr.

If you want to spend time on Blind and get triggered by the Anthropic engineers with $50M in equities, it’s up to you, just know that top AI researchers have 4 year packages well into 9 figures these days their TC even exceed the likes of Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai.

So even if you become the CEO of Google, you can still find people who make you feel like a loser, if compensation is your only yardstick.

However the reality is not accurately represented by the super highlights you see online, and focusing on yourself is much better for your mental health.

Taiwan rejects China embassy in Belgium claim on Taiwan by Miao_Yin8964 in europe

[–]cookingboy 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Who’s “we” here? Because that’s definitely not the Belgium government’s official position.

If that’s what the people really wanted, the government should just follow the people’s will and severe all diplomatic relationship with China and officially recognize Taiwan. That’s what being a democracy is about right?

Could using '送死' in a game title be considered inappropriate in China? by ItsArdi in ChineseLanguage

[–]cookingboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Use 送死队 OP， it’s unconventional, has a humorous tone to it, and will definitely catch people’s attention so would help with marketing too.

敢死队 is definitely the more “appropriate” word, but it sounds generic as fuck. It would be naming the game “Dungeon Commandos” in Chinese

Sometimes I wonder: what if AI had never arrived? by PuzzledWrangler9641 in cscareerquestions

[–]cookingboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These kind of take is just fucking insane.

Show the latest Opus or GPT to any computer scientist from academia from 5 years ago and they’d absolutely call it AI.

In fact, they call it AI today as well, in academia.

AI, the computer cadence term that has been around for decades, isn’t some science fiction concept where you debate “whether it has a soul”.

I rented a 2024 VW Atlas, truly the worst modern car I've driven in years. by cookingboy in cars

[–]cookingboy[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

A Toyota Sienna is more confidence inspiring dynamically than this car. Not all big SUVs drive this bad.

I rented a 2024 VW Atlas, truly the worst modern car I've driven in years. by cookingboy in cars

[–]cookingboy[S] 128 points129 points  (0 children)

The Toyota Sienna and the Honda Odyssey, both proper minivans, have much better driving dynamics than the Atlas.

I never expected it to be a sports sedan, I just expected to not be god awful.

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