The more certs someone has the more likely they don't know how to do anything.

It is much better to have a project you can talk about and reference that you run, or a bunch of them.

That, and know your data structures on demand, and you're golden in any interview process I've been part of.

There is an exception, and that's where a cert is mandatory - but those are more rare than people think.

This might be different without a degree - I have an EE - but it seems generally applicable based on my experience.

The storage is so massive, you never need to delete anything. Just design the file system accordingly.

I came out of retirement to work on AI.. at a name brand place.

The transition you describe is happening. Mid 2024 most of the tools start rolling out, by end of 2024 it will be clear things have dramatically changed. Not just code, but mangement.

What we call software development is going away by end of 2025, and it will be replaced by something else, but it isn't going to look like what it does now.

A decade ago, Bitcoin was $10.

It's $25,000 now.

There is only one ledger that matters, and that's Bitcoin, now backed by a 400 exahash network. It has one purpose, to tally and account for value. It is perfect, permissionless, money.

Keep being salty, I was salty after Gox - have to laugh about it - but I realized it wasn't going away.

Never know what might catch on. Maybe get some just in case. Or not.

What the US debt now?

Cheers.

I was coaxed out of retirement with a offer I couldn't refuse to help build large scale AI fabric for name-brand corps.

Job is remote. You can't find people with 30 years experience in networking right now, so nobody gives a shit where I open my notebook.

There is an interesting stalemate now. Executives are talking a big game but frontline Directors don't care as long as deadlines are met and people make a token effort to show their face once a week.

Remote is vastly more efficient and opens up the talent pool. It doesn't work everywhere, but it certainly works some places.

..and experience.

I have a bet going with some automotive engineers that AGI will solve level 5 self drive before existing approaches.

In 2016 I went to California to see NVidia announce their new GPUs. Their roadmap then clearly indicated human brain equivalent level computation being affordable by 2024-2026. What was not clear if the software models were going to be sufficient, and with the development and advances provided by Transformer-type networks it appears we have both parts of the equation.

Disruptive advance is not linear. Future is going to be weird.

There is only one decentralized, nation state proof, hard money. Bitcoin.

The sooner you realize that, the better.

Cheers!

Remember kids, itâ(TM)s still very early.

Bitcoin has two end points - a low nominal value or the global reserve currency. Every day the former does not happen, the latter is more likely.

Consider putting a small amount in to benefit from that asymmetric bet. Bitcoin value is not in the token, it is the network, in the same way tcpip packets are not valuable without a computer to send them.

Cheers!

AR is never going to work. I paid $5k to get rid of glasses. There was a literal lineup out the door of people doing the same.

I am not going to pay anything to wear glasses around again. I am not wearing contact lenses.

This will work when we can interface neuralink style; maybe; but AR is dead on the vine. VR works because you're not in the same place anymore when you're using it, so you don't care what you look like or what you're wearing - you're literally not there anymore. Ironically, VR is one of the reasons I had my eyes lasered, so I could wear the headsets without interference.

AR is a solution looking for a problem. It just isn't there.

Couple comments.

I was early. Real early. Lost more coins than most could bare to think about. Got salty.

Came back. Bought coin. Realized Bitcoin for what it is - a protocol for storing energy, digital value.

It's still .. very early. Those coins will be distributed; you can see it happen in real time on chain.

I'm writing this for posterity, though - it's still early, realize what Bitcoin is, realize it's dominance is as obvious as that of tcp/ip on the internet, and get on board.

Watching folks spout FUD here makes me amused, as I remember the old Linux days. Linux won too - just look at Android.

It's early. Buy some sats. Get some for your kids. Biden just printed another 1500 Billion. Fiat money is dying.

Cheers!

You can't fake energy burn. Thermodynamics is awesome.

It comes down to that. Bitcoin is going to replace central bank currencies, backed by wars, weapons, and opression. There is no more noble use of energy.

The code is on github, though - fork away. lol

Sorry you missed out.

It's still very early though. Bitcoin is going to be the global reserve asset; the only real question is when, not if that happens.

Biden just announced another 1500 Billion in printing to take the show to September. There will be another 1500 Billion then.

Bitcoin takes money out of the hands of politicians. This has positive and negative implications, but it's a force of nature now, and can't be stopped.

Canada has billions (B) in spot Bitcoin ETFs, notably BTCC, BTCQ, and QBTC. Perhaps Canada is more reckless than the USA? The land of good government and law and order? I don't think so.

The Fed is not protecting retail investors. This is comically laughable.

It's protecting the USD.

These are interesting times. Fidelity has a ETF proposal due for a final ruling early in the New Year. Grayscale is taking the SEC to court.

Gold and Silver markets are terribly manipulated - no issues there. Even when large financial icons are fined for breaking the law, manipulating these very markets with sophisticated schemes.

Nobody gives a damn about the average man.. but King USD will be protected.

Buy Bitcoin. Hodl.

Iâ(TM)ve bought $250 a week in Bitcoin since 2016.

Yes, the amount varies. Can you figure out the difference between variance and trend?

This week my wallet is varying in amount more than you likely earn in a year. Do you think this upsets me?

If you donâ(TM)t understand Bitcoin, thatâ(TM)s ok. But itâ(TM)s not going away.