is-is-odd

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 into the prompt. what techniques are there to handle a large amount of info like all the text from a book? this isn't available through the API

- 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 HN recommend? I don’t have much experience so I think finding a new job will be a struggle in this economy.

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 will go to my requests.

It was a spam message, the person’s account clearly got hacked.

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 interviewing again? I haven’t interviewed/done Leetcode in 6+ months.

Are new grads easy targets for layoffs?

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 technologies?

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 snappiness? And by that I mean, sometimes there will be input lag when I’m using the touchscreen, random apps taking too long to load/crashing, etc. Minor things, but the stark contrast between now and 3 months ago is shocking.

The surprising part is iOS 15 was a minor update - there are no features that I would conclude demand more processing power. So is Apple just not optimizing their iOS releases for a 3 year old phone? Or is this planned obsolescence?

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 textbook to take a deep dive?

I have ~6 months before I start working.