@christinaqi 🤷🏾♂️ I showed up on time for my in-person MIT interview. Interviewer’s first sentence (before I even introduced myself) was “oh great another Indian kid who - let me guess - wants to major in Computer Engineering”. Went downhill from there. 26 years later, that still hurts.
@yungtesh@wesbos https://t.co/0RuNOat740 … the binary, which represents the entire Facebook application, is approximately 1.5GB in size … After exploring several solutions, Facebook came up with the idea of using BitTorrent, the popular peer-to-peer filesharing protocol.
@mattwensing Post IPO I tried to test drive an Audi A5 at the Burlingame dealership in the Bay Area and the dealer just straight up wouldn’t let me. I even borrowed my coworker’s Boxster and wore a button down shirt. It was humiliating. I’ll never buy an Audi. No such nonsense with BMW.
@pixeltrix@alexbdebrie@QuinnyPig The external monitor causing overheating in clamshell mode is definitely a thing. Behavior can depend on which specific GPU you have (Radeon 5300M or 5500M) and the external refresh rate (try forcing 60hz). Or just give up and get an M1/M2…
I love finding delightful NY characters who make me less jaded. Adam Dressner was an attorney at prestigious law firms, taught himself to paint with an "oil painting for dummies" book and is now forging an impressive career as an artist. https://t.co/F58CBptcRu