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Intel will probably be somebody’s subsidiary for less than $150B sometime within the next 3 years, pending DOJ approval. Company is absolutely cooked.
$150B is pretty cheap if it comes with ready-to-go chip fabs.
If you've ever wondered how to lose all trust from your user base, it's the words effective immediately.
People need time to move and this basically gives users until the first vulnerability. Thanks Intel.
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Always bet against Intel whenever it's something software?
Intel will probably be somebody’s subsidiary for less than $150B sometime within the next 3 years, pending DOJ approval. Company is absolutely cooked.
If you spit up chip design and fab, who would be interested in each? And is there enough x86 demand to keep the design side open? Windows on ARM is a thing, and data centers have been buying more from AMD than they used to.
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It's not that difficult. Choose boring over trendy. Simple over complex. Stability and quality over speed and quantity. There is a lot of software that fits and optimizes for the former. Just be smart and selective about your choices, and avoid compromising.
It's not that simple actually -- this kind of thinking might leave you working on mainframes in 2000 (or even now) which is obviously a mistake. It requires a certain taste. There's a skill involved. > Just be smart and selective about your choices, and avoid compromising. This is a very "draw the rest of the owl" kind of statement
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no, the message poster keeps his job, so expect more messages
Round after round of layoffs is terrible for morale and drives away existing good talent. Layoffs should cut deep... once. Corporations these days are rehashing the unwise, bureaucratic stupidity of decades past.
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How much notice did ppl get when sacked?
From my experience, none. "Utterly unfortunately, today was your last day with the company. A separation agreement has been sent to your personal email. Your corporate access is being revoked. Thank you for your contribution!" Being fired for poor performance is all about ample warnings, issuing a PIP, etc. The company wants the employee back on track. Being laid off is a situation that an employee cannot fix with th…
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect "a theorized phenomenon by which the future life expectancy of some non-perishable things, like a technology or an idea, is proportional to their current age."
Sure, but the counter is that you're going to be very late to some new foundational tech (ex. Kubernetes) that are legitimately useful. There are benefits to being early to a trend that has legs