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Article URL: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-scientists-laser-shadow.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42145919

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Article URL: https://news.squeak.org/2024/11/15/recovering-from-frozen-images-in-squeak/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42145916

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Article URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2024/11/14/ai-travel-influencers-instagram-cenizaro/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42145906

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Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-11-12/elon-musk-s-new-project-running-trump-s-us-government

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42145902

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Article URL: https://app.chathub.gg

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Article URL: https://fgiesen.wordpress.com/2024/11/14/mrsse/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42145869

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I am from south asian country.

Parents are forcing me to do masters in data science and analytics. I want to do masters, but not in my home nation. And I don't really have money for doing it in Europe/US. My best bet has been on getting Assistantships and merit-based scholarships per semester. However, I do realize it's extremely competitive and luck is a huge factor as I've some friends who got C grades in engineering getting RA in the USA.

I've a bachelors degree in computer science. And I must say it left a lot to be desired for me in terms of both knowledge and grades.

Pros of masters degree:

- Get good grades and apply for abroad for scholarship.(But extremely impossible to get good grades with full time job).

- Good connections in data field as there will be lots of eager to learn students.

- I've been self learning stuffs like data structures, algorithms, database, programming, distributed system etc. This degree will provide me with a structured approach to learn all these.

Cons of degree:

- No free time.

- Money wasted upto 7-8 lakhs. The cost of masters degree is only 4 lakhs, but I would need a laptop/desktop+books and it'll definitely amount to that much. (Note: 1 lakh=1000 us dollars). (Surprise, there are no libraries in my country)

- Can't seek a better job while at studies due to lack of time, so I'll be stuck with a job that pays me 300$/mo for the next 2-3 years..

- Extra unnecessary pressure of assignments, exams, internals, project etc on top of job. The job is lax though.

- No time for self learning.

If I join masters degree, this would be my schedule:

6 am wake up

6.30 am- 9.30 am-->Classes of masters degree

9.30 am-10.00 am-->Reach office

10.00 am-6.00 pm-->Work

6.00 pm-9:00 pm-->Self study at study room

As you can see this is extremely unrealistic and unhealthy schedule. However my parents think "I should struggle a bit more" lol. They stupid so much.

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Article URL: https://spatialpixel.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42145835

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Article URL: https://www.pavlina.me/you-zag-when-others-zig/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42145819

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Article URL: https://domainmarketplace.app/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42145808

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Article URL: https://coached.com/essays/add-creativity/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42145802

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How useful are a bunch of programmers in the wild in 2028? How much coding can they do? What level of tooling is sufficient for them to do their work?

Is there someone out there that can code with only paper and pencil?

It might be hard for them to run the program, but do they exist?

What level of tooling is sufficient for them to do their job?

A laptop and IDE comes to mind. At this point they should be able to write programs and run them locally for the tribe to enjoy, right?

They should surely know everything about the language. All the tips and tricks, because heaven forbid if they get stumped somewhere...

But that is where "the docs" come in, right?

So we have to make sure that they have the official docs available on the laptop. That would solve a lot of issues...

I would think that would be cause for great celebration around the campfire. They did not even touch a plugin, or load a dependency. And they pulled it off without any internet. It's like magic...

So let's affirm that that is the needed kit. We'll pop in some solar for the heck of it. All set.

Someone else enters the room. Not a coder. They have the same hardware, but their software is a bit different.

This person has the sota small language coding model. We will hope and assume that they have improved a bit since 2024. Not an unreasonable assumption...

They start speaking into the device and popping up games and apps like nobody's business. In fact, they are hosting parties where the local tribespeople are having a go at it themselves. It surely helped that translation has been soundly defeated by these artificial brains.

Those parties are a riot. Everybody is having a lot of fun. Including the coder who now uses their laptop to stream whatever they downloaded inbetween coding sessions, for regular movie nights.

The end.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42145800

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Article URL: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-to-start-killing-off-vbscript-in-second-half-of-2024/

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Article URL: https://acceleratedcloudstorage.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42145786

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Article URL: https://www.universetoday.com/169284/new-study-examines-cosmic-expansion-leading-to-a-new-drake-equation-1/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42145768

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Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/13/nasas_jet_propulsion_laboratory_layoffs/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42145765

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Article URL: https://observablehq.com/@one-campaign/climate-finance-hypocrisy

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42145757

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Article URL: https://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/STS/Executive_Summary/PROTEIN_RFA_EX_v1.7.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42145556

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Article URL: https://www.ambionics.io/blog/lightyear-file-dump

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Article URL: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/salesforce-service-disruption-causes-outage-at-five-data-centers/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42145543

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