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by VLM 4y ago
One of the strangest misconceptions I've seen on HN and in general is some variation on the incorrect theme of "all the money is gone except the FDIC insurance". The last I saw from Moody's was they're expecting &qu
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by VLM 4y ago
I used to use examine to find direct links to medical journal articles about the latest supplement research, but they've locked away all the details so I have to run dual monitor with examine as a lead generator and search for articles
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by VLM 4y ago
Is this what they mean by submarine marketing? Because I've been a gym rat since the 80s and never heard of this site, and never heard anyone at the gym mention it, and never heard anyone in any other fitness group mention it. Other
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by VLM 4y ago
Its kind of assumed by building inspectors that 'new' (post 1970s) lacing is fire retardant. Plenum rated velcro is available but unfortunately both costs more and looks absolutely identical to the flammable stuff, so building in
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by VLM 4y ago
Good quality lacing means the craft will probably be working. The worst case scenario is a tangle of cables hanging all the tension on one individual cable then apply a nice 9 G load with vibration and it snaps. Also good lacing in minimal
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by VLM 4y ago
Will HR permit hiring someone who was downsized or it not currently working in that role with that job title? Its all about risk minimization, not workforce maximization.
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by VLM 4y ago
Were the new hires more successful or were the hiring managers more successful? Note the hiring managers are the ones picking the criteria. My guess is a dev who passes leetcode but fails to produce is not seen as reflecting upon the hiring
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by VLM 4y ago
> a kind of new matter with unusual property There should be more planets with photosynthesis than intelligent life. Better first step would be to accumulate a long list of planets with anomalous oxygen levels and then focus on those t
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by VLM 4y ago
Kraus's radio astronomy textbook has or used to have a chapter on this topic. Its all a matter of distance. I never had a problem detecting legacy NTSC analog TV from the east or west against the backdrop of the sun out to dozens of
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by VLM 4y ago
> I'm also in the last year of my PhD in a sub-field I have never envisioned myself in I can only help in a tiny little way, but I hope it helps. My go to intro question for profs when I was in school, was asking the topic of their
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by VLM 4y ago
Has anyone considered the supply vs demand problem or perhaps there's a better way to phrase it? Yes, that is a VERY attention grabbing presentation for consumers. Why is it dead in the market? Lets consider the SUPPLIERS. I would love
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by VLM 4y ago
They will during the next lockdown when its give permission or don't order food online to eat.
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by VLM 4y ago
Yes, it'll be used for workplace monitoring to generate easy to measure and rank KPIs for review time. Research indicates the ideal reading speed for corporate PR emails is 40 wpm and your teamwork KPI at review time will be stack rank
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by VLM 4y ago
The other way around, for sure, to distract and make you look back at the thing moving in the corner of your eye.
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by VLM 4y ago
It has to be about shopping because pr0n actually drives new tech and that venue would not be pr0n friendly. I would imagine this would be an obvious easy sell for CAD, so there must be something wrong with it, perhaps a patent, holding bac
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by VLM 4y ago
Not just immediate sales, but a long term revenue stream. Toyota will make $0 off selling me replacement heated seat switches because I don't have them. Their only hope of a revenue stream is to carefully engineer the valve cover gas
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by VLM 4y ago
Zephyr project uses west and its interesting to read its justification for developing a tool to avoid using git submodules. https://docs.zephyrproject.org/1.14.1/guides/west/why.html
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by VLM 4y ago
An interesting meta observation is that google searches and machine learning can find a lot of stuff, but I couldn't find a path between the drive to rationalize and the drive toward cognition although the two are obviously in some way
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by VLM 4y ago
Unfortunately in contrast, academics are fans of yesterday's newspaper headlines, conspiracy theorists have repeatedly proven to be fans of tomorrow's newspaper headlines. However, big brother has never lied to us and only the wor
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by VLM 4y ago
The MC14500B processor folks (Usagi, others...) would likely enjoy getting their hands on this. That chip is basically a one bit version of this two bit processor. A one bit ALU means programs for the 14500 tend to be quite long. I am sur
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by VLM 4y ago
If you're bored and into financial "stuff" look up the returns of the typical ESG sector fund, then compare the return to the "YALL" ETF. I still laugh at the ticker symbol for "YALL". Sometimes you just
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by VLM 4y ago
Yes, sealed container vs open air. If we stored natgas in scuba tanks that could get exciting... ironically there are people considering powering auto engines with compressed natgas... must be very exciting in a fire LOL.
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by VLM 4y ago
My point is even the best refrigerant powered by coal or even "rando outlet power on average" is less green than the worst Peltier cooler powered by a solar panel. So as per OPs original claim that if we ban every chemical more h
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by VLM 4y ago
The problem is defining "water". The 7 in pH 7 meaning neutral comes from 1 in 1e7 molecules of water having broken apart and ionized at any given instant. Like the Taylor Swift song says, they're never ever getting back tog
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by VLM 4y ago
Somewhere around one ten millionth of the water you drink is currently ionized. You better hope it is, anyway. Go ask a chemist what pH actually means. Non chemists seem surprised to discover that essentially all water is partially ioniz
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by VLM 4y ago
The meta goal of greenwashing means you can't use Peltier coolers as it would take insane amounts of power to replace a condensing fridge, like dedicated circuit 15 amps. They're very inefficient... if you're burning coal.
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by VLM 4y ago
Texas state code requires machine rooms for ammonia systems to get 30 air exchanges per hour, same state building code requires houses to be under 1/3 air exchanges per hour. I'm a little fuzzy about the later, pretty sure about t
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by VLM 4y ago
People are scared of the sealed container explosion. An external butane leak would be about as harmful as a leaking cig lighter. Internal leak? A perfect mixture of butane and air the size of fridge would certainly take out a wall, maybe a
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by VLM 4y ago
I worked at a telco a long time ago and was indirectly involved in the installation of a data line to Costa Rica and do not recall anything like the antics in the article. I would imagine its some kind of status symbol to have your company
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by VLM 4y ago
MGRS military grid reference system works the same way, more digits more precision. There's a mil-sci-fi novel (forgot name, can't google) where some artillery officer thinks its funny to be a dick and give out ten digit grids &qu

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