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if you upload a large pdf/txt of a book, it's able to be aware of specific content on any page far beyond the context window limit as per the API. so they must be handling the files differently than loading the contents…

- new grad - started 6 months ago - company stock has plummeted 90% - company never been profitable - company did layoffs recently but no tech roles impacted - newest team member so likely earliest to get cut? What does…

I got an instagram direct message from someone who I don’t follow and who does not follow me. It came directly to my inbox. How is this possible? My instagram settings say that messages from other people on instagram…

I start a new grad job in 3 weeks. The company went public 2 years ago, their stock exploded, but has since cratered. They recently announced a hiring freeze on most non-critical roles. I’m scared. Should I start…

I know there’s a lot of pessimism on HN about the speculative nature of NFTs these days. Are there any articles/books you can recommend that helped convince you about the potential and importance of these emergent…

I have an iPhone X that was blazing fast and had zero problems until (almost exactly) the launch of the iPhone 13 and iOS 15. So is it the case that iOS 15 demands just enough more from my phone to make it lose its…

Would you recommend learning the tech stack? The stack at the company is primary TypeScript with some Scala. I have some familiarity with TypeScript - should I continue to build projects to learn more or pick up a…