is Google intentionally sabotaging Windows ( mobile and desktop) platforms? surely they have apps for smaller eco systems than Windows ( eg YouTube on most smart tvs) so that can't be the only reason.. and given Apple is not going to be nice to google anyways better to integrate more with Windows?
Any suggestions? It has 500GB HDD on it. Windows doesn't seem to work very well for some reason. Need it for browsing, editing, youtube, etc. tc:400k
Watched some videos on YouTube of M1 mac being able to deliver 45+ fps with Windows based games. If its so much better, are discrete GPU's done for ? Edit : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRPPLrlUeSA
I enjoyed watching YouTube but YouTube literally bombed me with ads. Every video pause is filled with two ads. Skipping the first one wonāt skip you for the second one. If you navigate to another YouTube page, the ads come with you in a smaller window. The survey ads now load with an opening, extra ...Read more
Working on legacy stuff of Windows codebase, h1b with low ball pay. Studied system design from blogs and YouTube for a few months and interview with a few companies but got no offer. Feedback is like system design not strong or experience not good fit. Should be good for most of coding interviews ...Read more
I don't get it. They seem like small subset potatoes next to Google and Amazon in particular (Prime Video, Stadia, YouTube, Twitch). They also seem to be more of a content company than a tech company at this point. Seems to me like multiple orgs have more of a claim to being on this list, most clea...Read more
You can't meeting and press conference your way to a killer product. That's why very few products at big companies are made when it's not a startup. Google Search - Google was a startup when it made this Google Maps -acquired Microsoft Office -acquired YouTube -acquired Microsoft Windows -first...Read more
Hey folks I live right next door, like literally other side of the window to Meta in Playa Vista, Los Angeles. Corner of Google, YouTube and Meta trifecta. Looking to sublet for the month of December till the second week of January but dates are completely flexible. gorgeous 1 bedroom, in newer bu...Read more
do folks like using browser tabs for sites like fb, messenger, whatsapp, Twitter, Amazon, YouTube, Gmail etc or prefer apps. I prefer apps, I like being able to share to/from an app, notifications, individual icons on Taskbar ( always one click away to finding the content I need) even advanced fea...Read more
I mean _pleasure_. Like some people enjoy swimming with dolphins, skiing down a slope, visiting a new place, opening a window into a pleasant breeze, rampages in dota, getting higher than the empire state, murdering other people, etc. For me, a movie/experience that makes me cry == work. Does wor...Read more
Hey everyone! Question for anyone whoās really good at system design: I have a final round interview with Square this week for a senior frontend role. Iāll be asked to design a Hotel Booking system. Do you guys have any suggestions on things to point out or areas of the design that may be more imp...Read more
many tech companies, although they solve real people's problems, do not deserve the recognition. For example, Uber, Netflix, Airbnb, Meta etc They solve one problem really well but they just pay high TC because they have the monopoly in that business and charge a lot of people money. Real tech com...Read more
Somehow i feel like .. i am spending days doing nothing. Just lie on the couch post breakfast and keep scrolling Instagram stories / Blind posts , youtube videos, binge watch stuff on Netflix or keep eating, staring from my apartment window into the sunny blue skies, talk with family over phone and ...Read more
Mainly Mac user but canāt use it without a monitor recently. Use chrome book but itās broken too and looking for a new laptop mainly for coding with IntelliJ, leetcoding, reading, and watching YouTube system Design , TV shows. Not into gaming or photoshop. Basically something for learning, intervie...Read more
Happy Monday! Hello, I am an analytics engineer mostly working with semiconductor test data, financial data for BU, automating few manual task and creating pbi dashboards. I use Python and SQL mostly I report to a director and everyone else surrounding me are managers who are experts in electrica...Read more
#Top 5 Updates of the Week: * Tiktokās new program in UK āFulfilled by Tiktokā takes a stab at Amazon & highly differentiates it from other apps. * Youtube launches ānew & returning usersā metric for Creators. * Twitter (X) CEO says the platform is close to breaking even. * Facebook Groups will ...Read more
So after having failed some interviews in the past I realized that the level of preparation and knowledge needed for coding interviews is high. I want to share what I've learned so far after doing 204 leetcode problems because hey we've all been at a point where we need help. Particularly those that...Read more
I have a search service that writes the frequency of queries for the last 1 min to Cassandra as shown below. Now I need to aggregate the frequency for the last 1 hr i.e., calculate sum of frequency for each query in the last 1 hr. Assume that the number of unique queries in 1 hr window is 5 million...Read more
Iāve put in a lot of effort, grown and Iām still a reasonably slow coder. Iām trying to nail down why the other folks on my team are so much more productive: - better debugging skills? I spend a crapload of time debugging, sometimes a couple hours on a something silly like a C++ seg fault. I hack my...Read more
Been grinding leetcode for the last 2.5 months, where I study 1-2 hours a day every day. Have only completed 60 so far (36 easy 17 medium) + 7 on Grokking. The reason it's so little is because I would spend a week on each topic trying to understand what it even is via YouTube videos before attemptin...Read more