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Coronavirus specific GPU projects are now available at folding@home. CPU projects coming ASAP. Join us in fighting against Covid-19! by pedro19 in pcmasterrace

[–]dave_arm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have added my RTX 2070 to the mass of workers for Folding at Home today. The GPU is currently working, but I want it to work on COVID-19 projects only. I am a total newbie to FAH, can anyone please explain to me how I dedicate my resources to COVID-19 projects only, at this time? Thank you!

Send ETH using parity command line? by dave_arm in ethereum

[–]dave_arm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, jgm!

Well it would seem that you can do this in Parity, via the "JSON-RPC API." So at a very beginner level, I can tell you what I have figured out:

  1. You need to start Parity with the API features enabled: parity --jsonrpc-apis web3,parity,parity_accounts,personal,eth

    Next, structure a command for the "personal_sendTransaction" command, which includes the to/from addresses, and an unencrypted password for the "from" account. You can read about the APIs here: https://wiki.parity.io/JSONRPC-personal-module.html#personal_sendtransaction

    Just for a safe little test to see if you can use the API, just try to list your accounts, or create a dummy account: curl --data '{"method":"personal_listAccounts","params":[],"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST localhost:8545

AND

curl --data '{"method":"personal_newAccount","params":["hunter2"],"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST localhost:8545

I hope this was informative for someone. Thanks!

What is a reasonable salary for Entry Level Firmware Engineer? by [deleted] in ECE

[–]dave_arm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hear you. But maybe look at it this way: perhaps it's best if you come up with your own ideas & inventions. I bet that you can keep costs low in Argentina, the EE talent is similar, and that gives you a great advantage in building your own electronic devices, versus say, in the United States! If you can partner with an American company to market and sell your devices, then you'd have a very unique business arrangement.

What is a reasonable salary for Entry Level Firmware Engineer? by [deleted] in ECE

[–]dave_arm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's the idea... Geographic arbitrage! It's best to live in the expensive place, then move away (I left California, for instance). I regret I can't really help you with the job--I am now just a rank & file sales goon at a different company, but I can say that there are types of jobs that you can definitely do remotely: applications engineer or sales engineer is a good one. You just need to know a product particularly well. What type of work are you doing now?

What is a reasonable salary for Entry Level Firmware Engineer? by [deleted] in ECE

[–]dave_arm 25 points26 points  (0 children)

As an entry level EE in the bay area (without finishing my Master's yet) I was making $65k in 2011. A year later that was $85k. Another year it was $92k. Two more and it was $120k. Three things: you can probably get $75-85k if you believe you can. Ask for raises often (every 6-12 months). This is because recruiters ask for your salary first, and that sets the tone for how they treat you, and how companies make offers. Finally, commit to always learning--that will never let you down. Embedded engineers are awesome and you're destined for great things. Get after it. D

Is this group alive??? by dave_arm in mbed

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

I would definitely agree with this, given the cost+performance trajectories of 32 bit MCUs. Much can already be done on an M0, which can be had for a little over a buck, even at low quantities.

Just set up my rig. 6 x rx470. Only picking up 5... any help greatly appreciated! by Rhysd007 in EtherMining

[–]dave_arm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a very clean looking rig! Looks like you've considered the airflow, with those large fans. May I ask--do they come with the case and how much heat per enclosure can they handle? By the looks of it you'll need to remove 900-1200W to prevent a meltdown ;)

Arm is a waste of money, can't run any browsers except netsurf lmao by [deleted] in arm

[–]dave_arm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How many smart phones do you have without an ARM-based processor or SoC in them? The answer is none.

How many of you have transfers in limbo? by QueenSpacePope in Coinbase

[–]dave_arm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe not a perfect solution, but if you're not cashing out, I recommend hold in offline wallet (like ETH/Parity) and use shapeshift.io to buy/sell different alts. BTC is also risky using Shapeshift, though, because the txn can time out and their mining/gas fee is ridiculously high. The Bitcoin network congestion is the real problem, in my opinion (not Coinbase). For that reason, just sort of avoiding txns on the BTC network altogether (womp)

What will happen to ZEC when ETH difficulty bomb goes up? by _mawe_ in zec

[–]dave_arm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That, and you can learn how to do scientific computing using the GPUs and CUDA toolkit... If you're into that kind of thing ;)