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This is the thing. I don't understand how the company is going to function once all those folks become multi-millionaires. It is a really odd situation .. I don't know if something quite like it occurred. Even G, M and F had slower slopes I think in terms of stock price. Nvidia wasn't known to have the best engineers (not disrespectful but don't think it was as hard to get in as the other tech companies 4-5 years back). I heard a story that at Microsoft back in the old days, people would wear a badge saying FUIV (FU I'm vested).

You were a helpless, innocent kid once too :)

I've heard about the lotto system but assumed the school district would be obligated to bus kids (i.e. not force them to use public transit alone). The parents have issues with the school bus??

I visited Seattle the city proper recently, and also felt depressed. Not sure why I got that vibe. On paper Seattle is great, and no-doubt, the Pacific north west has good nature and tech-industry. It felt odd why Seattle felt "different".

I'm extremely miffed. Mulling leaving the country at some point in the near future, and that triggers a much higher tax bill (considered a deemed disposition). There is just no way to get ahead in this place.

I did not invest in the stock market properly in the last decade (mid-40s; tech income but just put it to paying off house - estimating this cost be at least 5 million bucks conservatively). Opening a stock account and will slow down paying off the house.

I am confused how all these things are able to interoperate. Are the creators of these models following the same IO for their models? Won't the tokenizer or token embedder be different? I am genuinely confused by how the same code works for so many different models.

Can any kind soul explain the difference between GGUF, GGML and all the other model packaging I am seeing these days? Was used to pth and the thing tf uses. Is this all to support inference or quantization? Who manages these formats or are they brewing organically?

Err .. the media people take visual quality and aesthetics very, very seriously. The Director has a vision and the tech goes to amazing lengths to support it. It is a different world as the original post said.

I also worked at IBM (Research) early in my career. Most folks I know left but some good folks went into manager/leader positions. I always wonder .. do manager/leaders get paid better at IBM (Research)? Cause the people are really good.

Oh .. Don Box? (remember reading his books on the Microsoft stack a lifetime ago) .. if this is the same person.

Looks pretty nice (high-level skimming of content .. I work in the field but more DL focused. Mathy ML is my nemesis).

Two questions related to learning in general:

1) I feel I have a good undergrad level grasp of ML but not at a grad level grasp. The math is a bit overwhelming. I am not a fan of conferences like Neurips. Any one else try to conquer this challenge and have a story to share?

2) A bit off topic but the XR course they have linked on the page is also cute. It lists both Unity and MRTK. I have a Hololens2 and am curious about spatial mapping and awareness (just to learn at the moment). Any suggestions on what is a good stack for this area? I have very little 3D graphics background .. unity seems a bit too high for serious work and an engine seems too level :(

Canadian banks are kind of bloated. The amount they spend on branch design is insane.

Same here. What sort of work do you do? I feel like I need a support group.

I'm a decade older than you, have a PhD, in corporate research doing AI and feel EXACTLY the same way.

Early on, I had multiple opportunities to make a life in the Bay area. I stupidly did not take those opportunities.

My coding skills are no longer competitive and I am competing (and getting out-gunned) at the highest level.

Some of the suggestions here to build something you care about feel to ring true. I am also mulling this. It is hard to make time for this later in life but I feel there is no other way. I am also mulling taking a big pay cut and relocate the family to the Bay area. It feels very risky but I feel I won't be able to live with myself.