Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems'

From	T <T@invalid.invalid>
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Subject	Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems'
Date	2020-07-17 22:29 -0700
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On 2020-07-17 17:10, VanguardLH wrote:
> "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
> 
>> VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:
>>
>>> I think we used interns for 6 months: the contract length.  Never
>>> again thereafter.
>>
>> Why did you use them in the first place - was it because of some form of
>> state subsidy, of about that duration?
> 
> I wasn't in the decision loop.  At a weekly status meeting, our manager
> said, "Guess what?" followed by a groan.  Whenever he said that, we'd
> get quiet waiting for yet another edict from management.
> 
> Training (the same group that taught us) took care of classes,
> instructional CDs, and documentation but QA did the progress monitoring
> and tutoring to make sure the interns got up to speed in 2 weeks.  We
> stretched it to 3 weeks to also train them on our QA procedures.  They
> did okay during the training phase probably because it was similar to
> school, but more accelerated, like a seminar.  However, When they were
> on their own to do the actual testing, and despite the retro tests were
> complete (no decisions to make, and previously reviewed with feedback
> from outside our group to make sure any tech could follow them), was
> when they got, um, slow and "lost".  We changed from weekly status
> meetings to still doing those but with me going around to everyone (not
> just interns) to get a daily status update to see who needed more help,
> discover any snags, talk to the boss about possible resource
> reallocation, or gauge the severity of peril to our testing schedule.
> 
> Maybe our expectation was too high.  We had programmers that left
> because they couldn't take the stress or didn't have the flair for
> digging into a product to thoroughly test it.  I got offered a
> programming position but declined because it was too boring.  We had
> expection of getting and training new-hires, just as we were once, but
> the interns just never became adept.  Could be they knew they were going
> back to just school and they'd be leaving us hence no motivation for
> long-term motivation (although there was the prospect of getting hired
> if they performed well).  Would you keep going to the gym to stay
> healthy if you knew you were getting killed in 6 months?
> 

In my college, they mixed the upper tier and lower tier
courses.  Electronics 101 had about 200+ folks in it.
Standing room only.  At the end, there was only about
15 of us.  We all knew each other by name

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Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2020-07-14 08:39 -0400
  Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2020-07-15 13:42 -0500
    Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2020-07-15 19:48 +0100
    Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2020-07-16 09:37 -0400
      Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2020-07-16 14:19 -0500
        Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2020-07-18 12:18 -0400
          Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2020-07-18 20:46 -0500
            Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2020-07-18 23:40 -0400
    Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2020-07-16 11:35 -0700
      Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2020-07-16 13:28 -0700
      Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2020-07-16 16:01 -0500
        Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@gmail.com> - 2020-07-16 17:37 -0400
          Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2020-07-16 18:12 -0500
            Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@gmail.com> - 2020-07-16 19:31 -0400
              Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2020-07-17 01:29 -0500
                Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2020-07-17 09:55 +0100
                Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2020-07-17 17:52 -0500
                Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@gmail.com> - 2020-07-17 10:28 -0400
        Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2020-07-16 14:42 -0700
          Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2020-07-16 18:33 -0500
            Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2020-07-16 18:35 -0700
              Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2020-07-16 23:47 -0500
                Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2020-07-16 22:35 -0700
                Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2020-07-17 02:54 -0500
                Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2020-07-17 15:47 +0100
                Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-17 12:31 -0400
                Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2020-07-18 02:18 +0100
                Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2020-07-18 02:28 +0100
                Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-17 22:30 -0400
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                Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2020-07-17 22:33 -0700
                Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-18 02:09 -0400
                Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-17 22:30 -0400
                Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2020-07-17 22:26 -0700
                Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-18 02:09 -0400
                Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2020-07-18 13:04 +0100
                Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-18 11:57 -0400
                Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2020-07-19 16:11 +0100
                Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2020-07-18 13:54 -0700
                Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2020-07-18 09:51 +0100
                Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-18 11:58 -0400
                Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2020-07-18 17:30 +0100
                Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-18 12:48 -0400
                Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2020-07-18 18:29 +0100
                Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2020-07-17 19:10 -0500
                Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2020-07-17 22:29 -0700
                Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2020-07-17 14:06 -0700
                Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2020-07-17 19:32 -0500
                Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2020-07-18 02:21 +0100
                Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2020-07-17 22:23 -0700
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                General ramblings (with some Linux flavouring). (Was: Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems') "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2020-07-17 15:31 +0100
                Re: General ramblings (with some Linux flavouring). (Was: Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems') "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2020-07-17 15:55 +0100
                Re: General ramblings (with some Linux flavouring). (Was: Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems') T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2020-07-17 12:49 -0700
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                Re: General ramblings (with some Linux flavouring). (Was: Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems') "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2020-07-18 02:34 +0100
                Re: General ramblings (with some Linux flavouring). (Was: Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems') Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2020-07-17 14:56 -0500
                Re: General ramblings (with some Linux flavouring). (Was: Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems') "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2020-07-18 00:15 +0100
                Re: General ramblings (with some Linux flavouring). (Was: Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems') Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2020-07-18 10:39 +0100
                Re: General ramblings (with some Linux flavouring). (Was: Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems') T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2020-07-18 14:00 -0700
                Re: General ramblings (with some Linux flavouring). (Was: Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems') T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2020-07-18 14:07 -0700
                Re: General ramblings (with some Linux flavouring). (Was: Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems') T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2020-07-19 01:28 -0700
                Re: General ramblings (with some Linux flavouring). (Was: Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems') "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2020-07-19 15:09 +0100
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                Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-17 12:31 -0400
                Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2020-07-17 01:15 -0500
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          Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2020-07-16 19:06 -0500
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        Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2020-07-16 22:36 -0700
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            Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2020-07-17 12:50 -0700
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    Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2020-07-16 20:17 +0100
      Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2020-07-16 15:22 -0500
        Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2020-07-16 22:26 +0100
        Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2020-07-16 18:15 -0500
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          Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2020-07-19 08:19 -0500
            Re: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems' Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2020-07-19 16:39 +0100
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