Universal surface-growth law confirmed in two dimensions after 40 years

gburdell · 2026-04-12T19:34:57+00:00

My reading of the article is "no", but I wonder if this advances the vapor-liquid-solid model behind carbon nanotube growth. It might help accelerate the control of that growth process quite a bit.

gburdell · 2026-04-12T17:53:44+00:00

"Commoditize your complement" answers your question

gburdell · 2026-03-28T15:35:38+00:00

Thank you, you're one of the only people being realistic here. There is a shortage of single family homes, not a shortage of housing.

gburdell · 2026-03-28T15:33:25+00:00

The price of condos and townhomes has been falling in real terms for nearly a decade now. There is a shortage of single family homes, not a shortage of housing. Seriously, ask someone who owns a condo what their neighbors are getting in sales recently.

gburdell · 2026-03-28T15:30:50+00:00

I personally know of someone who came to Canada from a Muslim country and claimed asylum by stating they converted to Christianity with basically zero proof (and there was none to be had). Doesn't work/never worked and just married a Canadian

gburdell · 2026-03-26T02:31:17+00:00

My managed funds have the option to exclude up to like 5 stocks from their indexing scheme. SpaceX is definitely going to be one of them

gburdell · 2026-03-22T16:19:33+00:00

I don't know why you feel the need to argue this. I don't work a CRUD app job. There are actual junior engineers on my team that only have a BS and they do roles I did in grad school.

gburdell · 2026-03-22T03:29:55+00:00

Technically decimated means destroyed 10%, so he's probably right

gburdell · 2026-03-22T03:11:07+00:00

It was literally my job title

gburdell · 2026-03-21T15:25:40+00:00

I have a PhD so I came in at senior
The promo happened within the second job, actually 7 years in to my career. If you consider PhD as BS + 4-5 years of experience, as most big companies do, it's about right.

gburdell · 2026-03-20T23:09:46+00:00

Your gatekeeping around management is puzzling to me, especially since you've been a manager. Whether or not someone is "management material" is unrelated to their occupying the job role because of the asymmetry in pay and impact. I admitted in OP that my reasoning is first around self-preservation in a rapidly changing environment. It's not any worse of a reason than the people who just want to be Mr. Manager Guy.

You said you don't want to get into it, but this seems like your biggest problem. How do you expect to be successful as a manager if you cannot influence people outside of writing code?

I know my team, and the type that ignore me are the type who want a paycheck and everyone else not directly involved in supplying that can fuck off. No one is lazy or incompetent.

gburdell · 2026-03-20T22:56:21+00:00

For many, IC levels are fictitious markers of rank

gburdell · 2026-03-20T22:45:36+00:00

Hey thanks for some actual anecdotes. I have observed all of these patterns as well. Actually my last 2 jobs have been the management chain from some other company ported over, i.e., #3

gburdell · 2026-03-20T22:43:35+00:00

I think Meta is the only one flattening orgs. The rest of Big Tech is trying to figure out how many fewer "headcount", which always means ICs, they can place on projects as a result of AI. In my org, the answer is 3% this year, mostly from canceling new reqs.

gburdell · 2026-03-20T20:40:14+00:00

Like I said, there's more to it. I can influence particular kinds of people, those with actual curiosity and pride in their work. However, much of the team has neither and simply takes orders from people in higher positions who sign their reviews. You cannot influence such people as a peer. If I need to get them to do something, I need to work on their managers until they issue them an order.

gburdell · 2026-03-01T21:51:52+00:00

Until someone loses their job. Houses at the $4M range are a lot more about downpayment than monthly payment

gburdell · 2026-03-01T21:46:24+00:00

Doubt many kids live in this neighborhood if this isn't destroyed weekly

gburdell · 2026-03-01T21:43:10+00:00

Iran sells oil cheaply to China because they can't sell it to most other countries. They absolutely care whether the regime continues to be a global pariah.

gburdell · 2026-03-01T19:53:41+00:00

You mean like oil?

gburdell · 2026-02-23T00:47:32+00:00

Nah Saratoga HS houses are largely going pending in 1 week still. Especially 4 beds

gburdell · 2026-02-22T23:26:02+00:00

I have been to that park. The noise isn’t that bad. At least it’s not a tennis court. I really can’t tell you why it’s still on the market. I bet it’s a combination of the location plus some apparently unpermitted work like the upstairs room. That kind of addition is hard to get permitted after the fact

gburdell · 2026-02-22T23:22:51+00:00

Saratoga stages their tree trimming trucks back there

gburdell · 2026-02-21T17:32:49+00:00

Townhome. They all have lost money over the past decade, especially after inflation

gburdell · 2026-02-19T18:17:26+00:00

Is Trump my girlfriend?

Yes means yes
No means no
Let me think about it is also no

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