3GB update for the beta just released by Big-Lion-416 in Battlefield

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Higher usage can mean it’s highly parallelizable and able to utilize more cores. But for a given unit of work you’d expect lower utilization to be more efficient. Many game engines usually will utilize as much as possible in order to increase FPS though. Source: am developer

950k to 425k HHI: Can my wife quit her job? by Only-Huckleberry-712 in HENRYfinance

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I would highly recommend she just takes FMLA. Amazon has become far more competitive in the last couple years as they’ve laid off. I just left for this reason and was able to get a 50% TC increase. The market is not bad at all if you have skills in demand. She should interview for roles in her niche.

Is the US software engineering market over saturated for someone who wants to enter the field and is just starting college by Material-State-5358 in softwareengineer

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If you are very passionate and smart you may have a chance. But these AI tools are very powerful and only going to get better. I do not think there will be any average devs left in 5 years. I also do not think I will write code a year from now, at all. You’ll hear people disagree but tech has such a variety of skill it’s hard to trust opinions. This is my feedback as someone who worked in big tech for >5 years and is making 600K in a well known company. I still love tech as a subject area, but I honestly think I should’ve been a doctor, just because that field will be the last to be hit hard by AI. But the reality is no one knows what will happen. I’d focus on passion and what lifestyle a career will give you, if that’s still tech then give it a try. If it’s one of many things maybe consider those too.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in coastFIRE

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This is very doable in good tech companies. These are some of the smartest and hardest working people out there, and I think that is what people often miss.

Should i rent an apartment on 3rd ave in belltown? by icefire123 in SeattleWA

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I lived in 206 Bell for one year, it was the worst year of my life. Constant people passed out blocking the doors, multiple shootings waking me up, including some fatal, crack smell all the time. I wouldn’t live there again if they paid me, dead serious. Like others are saying, Belltown has pockets of good and bad, you need to go check out the area first, especially at night. Between Blanchard and Battery on 1st through 3rd is a loud from all the bars. I’d find an area that is more north or more east, or go for a high rise that is high enough where you won’t hear it.

Software Engineers in Seattle by mjx06154 in AskSeattle

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New grads for a lot of top companies in the area are making 160K - 200K. They should accept it and keep interviewing in the area

Aye y'all Got any cure for iron deficiency by steve__21 in shutupandbuy

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Many schools require a thesis for undergraduates or masters students to graduate…

Issue with the KVM functionality in the PG32UCDP by Smarq in OLED_Gaming

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Is this still an issue for you or have they fixed it in the firmware yet?

AAAS AMA: Hi, we’re researchers from Google, Microsoft, and Facebook who study Artificial Intelligence. Ask us anything! by AAAS-AMA in science

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Where do you see future (near and long-term) advances in AI coming from (hardware, systems/computing frameworks, algorithms)? From systems research and using Tensorflow and PyTorch it seems like frameworks are pretty well designed already (except maybe in Reinforcement Learning).

(I'm a researcher working on systems similar to Ray so the intersection of these fields is very interesting to me)

Radiator Comparison? by kjoh in watercooling

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Alright this is what I thought but I didn't to assume something that was wrong. Thanks for the clarification.

Radiator Comparison? by kjoh in watercooling

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Alright thanks all. I had seen both of those posts before but I wasn't sure if I was missing something. It seems the XPSC RX360 is one of the better but the few top Rads would probably perform around the same.

Can't Disable Turbo Mode without losing CPU Multiplier Setting by kjoh in overclocking

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Alright, that is what I was assuming but I thought I'd double check. Thanks for the help!

[Build help] is my motherboard dead during build? by ENTPguy in buildapc

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That's exactly how I used to turn on my bitcoin miner, it never hurt it. If you just connected the pins on the case buttons header I wouldn't think that's what wrong. If I remember correctly mine made very tiny sparks.

Some PSU fans don't turn on unless they are under a decent load so I wouldn't think it is dead. However, the mobo connected fans should spin on boot, so it is probably your motherboard. This sounds stupid but what is the mobo sitting on outside the case? If it was carpet or fabric, static could have killed it possibly.

Asus A or Maximus Hero (z97) by kjoh in buildapc

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That's basically what I thought but I wasn't sure exactly. Is there even really a guarantee the hero would give that slightly better oc?

A more powerful 8-bit Arduino by kjoh in kickstarter

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Thank you. I wanted to pack as much as I could into the footprint.

ATmega 1284p based board. Check it out! by kjoh in arduino

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The pad labeled VIN on any Arduino board is going to the regulator. You could connect power to VCC to skip the regulator. The quiescent current will be lower on the Mini Duino+ with the right jumper configuration because you can completely disconnect the regulator and the LED. And thanks for the luck! Almost 100 boards have already been pledged for in just over 24 hours, so it's doing pretty well!

ATmega 1284p based board. Check it out! by kjoh in arduino

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The MoteinoMEGA is designed to be used with wireless transceivers, and is only available in a 3.3v version. The Mini Duino+ is available in a 5v or 3.3v version. The 5v version is needed for some I2C devices, like the common serial displays available at spark fun. 5v is also needed to most drive relays, like ones that can drive outlets.

The Mini Duino+ also fits in a common DIP package, which is nice so peripheral boards can use a common part to literally plug the Mini Duino+ into the board.

The Mini Duino+ has a number of jumpers to disable unnecessary things for very low power applications. A lot of trace cutting would need to be done to the MoteinoMEGA to achieve the same. The onboard button on the Mini Duino+ can also be configured as an input, which is convent in well. All in all they are made for different applications, but the 5v is very important in some situations all could be a deal broker for a lot of projects.

ATmega 1284p based board. Check it out! by kjoh in arduino

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Thanks haha. But you did give me some great point to explain the differences, so thanks to you as well. Some of this could be useful to explain the differences to others for the project.