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Re: Lidl to Launch Rival to AWS

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Post by pgeorgi »

eru wrote: post #363
realityking wrote: post #185

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> In Germany we don't have any voting machines, never was even seriously discussed. It was quite seriously discussed and some were used during the 2005 election. You don't see any discussions about it today because the constitutional court put a stop to it. https://www.loc.gov/law/foreign-news/article/germany-constit...

Interesting! Yeah, voting machines are pretty unnecessary (for most voting systems). There's something to be said in favour of a method that any village idiot can understand and observe with their own eyes. Paper delivers that.

> There's something to be said in favour of a method that any village idiot can understand and observe with their own eyes.

For example that it's a precondition to fair and open elections? :-)

Re: Lidl to Launch Rival to AWS

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Post by oneplane »

luckylion wrote: post #384
why_only_15 wrote: post #284

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>It's very hard to build e.g. CPUs that will contain very advanced backdoors that are totally hidden but can easily be targeted remotely to gather information Wasn't IME a thing for years but people still don't have a great understanding of how it works?

Yes, but it's not hidden, people are aware that it's a threat. And these things do get checked at least, people fuzzing opcodes to expose hidden functionality. It's still generally a terrible idea, but it's not yet "backdoor in a box" like the (so far unfounded as I undestand) allegations against Huawei. Still, if I'm Cisco, I don't run my Wifi off of Huawei access points.

If you're Cisco you might not run a 1:1 competitor's products, but they do use Huawei hardware, i.e. LTE equipment.

Same goes for things like mobile phone manufacturers, they are competing with Samsung, but they will still buy Samsung LCDs for their own phones.

Samsung is a SoC manufacturer, but they will happily buy a SoC from Qualcomm. Same with DRAM, they make that too, but having Micron DRAM doesn't scare them either.

And the circle back to Cisco: they happily use Broadcom switch chips in their Cisco switches.

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Post by asjw »

ga2arch wrote: post #299
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That's a completely fair question. I'm a senior developer who works on distributed systems for one of the largest Italian private held financial institutions. To be completely honest I know almost nothing about finance, I just know how to make reliable software for them. I've been there for almost 4 years now, I started as a contractor but they offered a substantial yearly bonus to the base salary so I accepted the h…

Hi, I'm Italian too working in Milan, just wondering if you have any suggestions on how to get these kind of offers, i imagine they don't appear on public places like linkedin. if you don't mind we can talk about it via email.

Hello fellow Meneghino!

The usual advices apply here:

- you solve problems, sell yourself as that. It's okay to fill a résumé with technical skills, but also add something that tells potential clients/employers what you really do (developer is ok, experienced frontend designer/iOS developer is better) and what they can use you for. Sell your experience(s)

- if you're above junior (you are confident with at least one major technology) start charging at least 200-250 a day. Charge more if the rate is hourly. It is honest to ask at least for that. You usually will work 200-220 days/year so don't multiply your rates for 365 or you will be disappointed at the end of the year.

- remember that if you are doing contract jobs you are in charge of your taxes and retirement savings, so account for that in your rates. It's easy to dismiss a rate as "too high" until you start factoring in the expenses.

- if you find offsite jobs (you are sent to the client's office) add to your rates travel expenses and hotels/relocation if you have to move. Don't take jobs that won't accept it or will try to pay you a little more. You are payed for your job, they should cover any extra. Including lunches/dinners out. They are probably asking at least 2x to the client of what they are paying you.

- hire an accountant, they can save you thousands euros/year. It's worth the cost.

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Post by siscia »

marcinzm wrote: post #313
siscia wrote: post #279

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Honest question, Kubernets does not helps in closing the gap between AWS and Hetzner Cloud? I would think that an honest setup supported by k8s would, at least alleviate the need of managed solution? Are there AWS services without a competitive open source solution deployable in k8s?

Kube removes some of the infrastructure burden of running your own solution but not all of it and that's not the only burden. For example, I can deploy Kafka on k8s. I still need to know enough about Kafka to be able to deploy it correctly (zookeeper, etc.). I need to know enough about k8s to know how Kafka can run on i and to fix issues. I then need to know enough about Kafka itself to tune it, fix issues, manage it…

I would guess that we could just give an external company control over a kube master and have them run their operator, which in turn will spin up all the necessary pods and stuff.

You give a SSH certificate and you get back an IP address in your on-premises / cheap host with Kafka running along with monitors.

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Post by Trill-I-Am »

why_only_15 wrote: post #270
exdsq wrote: post #221

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Does that really work? What sort of experience levels are you talking about?

I have one year of experience at a FAANG and i posted on the HN "who is looking for a job" thread and got an email from a company.

Would you have gotten that offer with a year of non-FAANG experience?

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Post by verylittlemeat »

addandsubtract wrote: post #410
wolfgke wrote: post #339

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> I agree though about the big difference between the German and US management. I have a close friend that works at the regional Lidl HQ and she got reprimanded just after being hired for having used the singular "you" (less formal) instead of the plural "you" (I'm not sure how it translates into German) when addressing herself to her bosses on the company's hallways Using "du" instead of "Sie" for adressing people c…

Using the informal "du" over "Sie" is not anywhere near using the n-word in english. Raising your outstretched hand just above head hight to greet someone would be, though. Overall, using "du" is acceptable in 90% of social interactions. It's only when talking to people in higher positions or as a courtesy to elderly / unfamiliar people.

>Overall, using "du" is acceptable in 90% of social interactions. It's only when talking to people in higher positions or as a courtesy to elderly / unfamiliar people.

That is pretty much exactly how nigga is used.

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Post by asjw »

lultimouomo wrote: post #301
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That's a completely fair question. I'm a senior developer who works on distributed systems for one of the largest Italian private held financial institutions. To be completely honest I know almost nothing about finance, I just know how to make reliable software for them. I've been there for almost 4 years now, I started as a contractor but they offered a substantial yearly bonus to the base salary so I accepted the h…

Are the 100k before or after taxes and social security? That's quite impressive for an employee position in Italy, good for you! If you can say, how would you judge the competency of the developers working for your company? From time to time I interact as an external contractor with developers from banks/insurances et similar and the average level of their IT has seemed quite lackluster to me. In general I think sofw…

Before taxes.

I think developers in Europe in general sell themselves short, they feel like outcasts who have to go through suffering for having a better job than the average. I used to be like that, I would accept lower rates to not feel obligated to wear a suit and a tie.

Now I don't care anymore, still don't wear ties at work, I show up late in the morning (not a morning person, sorry!) but charge what I think is the right amount.

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Post by ahartmetz »

wolfgke wrote: post #394
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It's part of the brand, that advertisements which target young people / children, or else want to appear "cool", use the informal way of address.

That is true. Additionally, this is a clear signalling that Apple targets consumers and not companies. German Apple haters scoff that this informal addressing in Apple's commercials is a clear admission that Apple's products are not suitable for doing serious work. Such kind of informal addressing in advertizing is a very double-edged sword: Some companies (besides Apple also Ikea) use this kind of advertizing to bra…

Something funny that I noticed is that German PC gaming magazines are now saying "Sie" to their readers. I guess it makes sense - most of them are adults and some of them not even very young adults these days.

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Post by foepys »

eru wrote: post #325
TurboHaskal wrote: post #303

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I always struggled with this in Germany as a foreigner. Coming from a country in which the so called formal form changed significantly in the last decades and is now reserved to people you don't want to get along with (that's how politicians refer to members of other parties, or how customer support starts to address you after you tell them that you want to quit the contract), I always ended up using the informal for…

Many people who formally learn German as a second language (as opposed to just picking it up on the spot) seem to default to Sie. I guess that's what they teach in the Goethe institute. Defaulting to Sie seems like a safe default. At worst you get some funny looks for being overly formal, but you don't insult anyone.

It's also easier. When using "Sie" you need to use the infinitive form of the verb ("brauchen Sie etwas?", "werden Sie das so machen?") while when using "Du" you need to use the very special and complicated 2nd person form ("brauchst Du was?", "wirst Du das so machen?").
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