almost_usual

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1411.
by almost_usual 13y ago
There is about ~121,800 miles of track in North America owned by CSX, Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific, BNSF, and Canadian National. That's about ~4.9x the circumference of the earth. Seems like it would be quite expensive to build this
1412.
by almost_usual 14y ago
Awesome, really nice to have such great Clojure support
1413.
by almost_usual 14y ago
I remember reading somewhere the average swipe fee is 1.6% for cards. Don't know how accurate that is but I'm assuming it's not far off.
1414.
by almost_usual 14y ago
Fuck it, ship it. At least you're contributing to the world and bettering yourself.
1415.
by almost_usual 14y ago
I live in the Midwest and do not own a vehicle, some cities here have pretty good public transportation!
1416.
by almost_usual 14y ago
Probably Texas, or some Midwestern state
1417.
by almost_usual 14y ago
Out of pure curiosity do Palestinians or individuals living in Gaza have any type of warning for impending air strikes from Israel?
1418.
by almost_usual 14y ago
I experienced this exact situation a few weeks ago. Fortunately, I wasn't laid off but it did spark incentive for me to find a new employer. I landed a great position at a new company a couple weeks later and feel much happier now. I've hea
1419.
by almost_usual 14y ago
It shows motivation, there is competition that is willing to brush up on CS fundamentals, have a full time job, and practice interviewing.
1420.
by almost_usual 14y ago
> A nuclear holocaust would not kill all the humans. A major asteroid strike would not kill all the humans. A super-flu pandemic would not kill all the humans. A single short circuit, puncture, or virus could kill all the humans on Mars
1421.
by almost_usual 15y ago
I agree with this completely, I'm beginning to believe that these 'cool' and 'innovative' gadgets are beginning to strip away at the individual's creativity and existence. I'm not saying this technology wouldn't be cool or awesome to use, I
1422.
by almost_usual 15y ago
You could at least attack some of the major ASes. http://www.routeviews.org/
1423.
by almost_usual 15y ago
Welcome to the Midwest
1424.
by almost_usual 15y ago
Haha, sorry for the pointless comment but this is on point.
1425.
by almost_usual 15y ago
Your analogy doesn't make sense, Lisp and Java are both programming languages. Why not compare them? Also, learning Common Lisp can help immensely if you plan on doing any hardcore Clojure meta programming.
1426.
by almost_usual 15y ago
Probably would have better luck with super conductors
1427.
by almost_usual 15y ago
This guy is a great lecturer, I'm working through his CS161 videos right now. You can get a sample of what his lectures will probably be like here http://openclassroom.stanford.edu/MainFolder/CoursePage.php?...
1428.
by almost_usual 15y ago
The only way I could see this going down is if they have insiders already at Facebook
1429.
by almost_usual 15y ago
Funny because MongoDB was not built for scalability
1430.
by almost_usual 15y ago
used e3NxdL5CnspC42ut Thanks!
1431.
by almost_usual 16y ago
This could have easily been an April fools joke