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by GFischer 9y ago
According to another poster, it's a design error on the Hyundai Theta II engine. The i30 uses a different one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai_Theta_engine http://www.hyundaiproblems.com/tren
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by GFischer 9y ago
Some individual Google employees are very helpful and open. Unfortunately Google as a company and their corporate practices are nothing like that.
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by GFischer 9y ago
Wow, that's the kind of work/life balance most should strive for. Congratulations on making it.
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by GFischer 9y ago
It sounds really useful, but are you sure non-programmers will be able to do stuff with it? There's a continuum of automation software, non-programmers often find themselves comfortable writing stuff in Excel, and some become kind-of s
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by GFischer 9y ago
Some of those are still around (here in Uruguay we have a tool called Genexus that's been around for like 20 years and generates code in almost any language, the OP might want to look into that https://www.genexus.com/g
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by GFischer 9y ago
The cops had guns drawn (which I don't fault them for) This is one of my pet peeves, I believe lethal force should basically never be used by law enforcement (at least normal one, outside of SWAT or whatever edge case). If I ever be
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by GFischer 9y ago
Hemp has been legal forever, AFAIK, what would the difference be now? More supply?
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by GFischer 9y ago
In my country (Uruguay), marijuana is legal, but police still hate it. Headlines today here were about a 19 year old rural young person who was in the legal register (yes, you have to register to grow or purchase marijuana, not something th
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by GFischer 9y ago
In South America, tax evasion has evolved so much that there are software packages with built-in "under the table" accounting, and dual accounting (one for the state and the real one). Paying actual taxes is a fast way to bankrupt
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by GFischer 9y ago
Sounds reasonable, VR or AR need to be a means to a goal, not the goal in and of itself. I share that vision, I believe AR and VR will enable some truly amazing experiences and interactions - the currently limited means of communication of
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by GFischer 9y ago
When I read the description "Tinder for Books" I thought it would be something like GoodReads, with some kind of innovative interface. It's more of an alternate publishing platform, nothing to do with Tinder at all (other tha
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by GFischer 9y ago
I agree with your second point, not so much with the first, I've seen very intelligent approaches to video conferencing (only full HD video for the speaker, and dynamic upscaling-downscaling based on who's speaking), not to mentio
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by GFischer 9y ago
What country are you from? That is not the experience for people from my country (Uruguay, Latin America), nor for any of the high population countries, and it is highlighted in this article. I applied for (and was granted) an U.S. visitor
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by GFischer 9y ago
weapons manufacturers and oil companies. I refuse to support either of those industries That doesn't sound very pragmatic. I definitely would have qualms about working for a weapons manufacturer, oil companies not that much, but if I
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by GFischer 9y ago
I'm not saying it's a good idea, but I was impressed at some of the suggestions here: https://www.quora.com/If-you-are-told-that-you-can-only-spen... It's still near starving and probably very fucked up in th
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by GFischer 9y ago
If 'battle tested' was the most salient selling point we'd be on Series 60 or QNX phones. Actually, there are more Series 40 and Symbian phones sold today than iPhones - 350 million to 200 million (India / rest of Asia
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by GFischer 9y ago
I'm not sure about most banks, but some use other industry-specific software, there's one being developed in Uruguay for small banks and financial companies called Bantotal, which is written in Genexus, a 4GL language or metalangu
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by GFischer 9y ago
Yeah they definitely lied through their teeth about performance. I probably won't buy again. But it did have great battery performance. I switched to an LG G3 and it's battery duration is awful (it has way too much screen I guess)
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by GFischer 9y ago
I know nothing about music but it looks interesting :) congratulations on shipping!
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by GFischer 9y ago
I had a Huawei Ascend P7, and while its performance was a little worse than advertised (not really flagship power, more like a midrange phone), I was extremely impressed by its battery management (and the build quality was pretty good). It
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by GFischer 10y ago
Thank you :) . Makes the people investing in Vanguard happier then.
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by GFischer 10y ago
I know people that have accepted a pay cut to work from home. Anecdotal evidence, YMMV, etc :) . I've never been offered the chance (and sadly, I need the money).
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by GFischer 10y ago
It was amazing, and definitely what they could do with such little resources is breathtaking. One of the top games of my childhood. I had the original box and manual, I hope I still have them. What would be a modern equivalent? I guess the
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by GFischer 10y ago
Pretty close to finishing. Is Buffett still winning?
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by GFischer 10y ago
I'm not really much of an insider, I haven't used a travel agent either ! I'm just a developer who has recently entered the travel industry :) What I do think is that you're not getting much of a discount going online (a
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by GFischer 10y ago
Yep, travel agents can do that for you. I'll forward the suggestion of having this information (seat dimensions, extra legroom) more readily available to agents when booking (I work for the largest "traditional" travel agents
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by GFischer 10y ago
Salaries in Chile aren't that great though (except for some top-level talent I guess). I've been told about USD 3000/month tops. But it's definitely the best country in South America for IT talent. I live in Uruguay, and
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by GFischer 10y ago
That Pipistrel airplane is very interesting. Not having fuel makes it better in a light crash I guess (no explosion). I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to piloting, but here on HN I've read other stories on light aircraft and trai
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by GFischer 10y ago
Not all red meat is raised like chicken. Here in Uruguay, cows are free ranging, and it's some of the best meat in the world (they're also individually tracked, etc... that means you can track the individual animal but it also mak
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by GFischer 10y ago
Really cool reads. I actually got stuck on a tangent reading about the story of Trip Hawkins http://www.filfre.net/2013/01/seeing-farther/ I hope people do support the author (I've almost convinced mysel

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