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by bavcyc 13y ago
Read Graham's Intelligent Investor, there are also books which provide examples or slight alternatives to Graham's approach. Also sites similar to Mr. Money Mustache may provide guidance that is helpful to you (or not). Regarding
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http://www.tjpottertrucking.com/trucking-oversized-loads/hea... ... if a plane can carry that, then transport by air is possible. The Antonov An-225 Mriya could probably carry a large transformer. IEEE (or the manufac
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by bavcyc 13y ago
The Laffer curve might apply to more than taxes? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laffer_curve To quote Captain Renault "I'm shocked..."
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7366185
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Regarding Chartered Engineer, i.e. US Professional Engineer; it can be helpful in certain industries but my home state (for example) has exceptions for engineers working in manufacturing of products such that a software/hardware develo
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by bavcyc 13y ago
Recruiters can ask for anything they want, but you don't have to give it to them. Some places will match salary but otherwise bring you in at a lower level. You could explain that the market research that you have done shows the offer
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by bavcyc 13y ago
I had a traditional, i.e. one that wanted salary history and other non-relevant information, recruiter tell me during a discussion that person x at linkedin says you should provide this information. This is when I realized that linkedin in
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by bavcyc 13y ago
use your favorite search engine with the article title to access it.
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I was thinking about ordering and I need accurate color. Now I'll wait until the color is accurate before ordering the 4k monitor. Thanks for posting this article.
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Capacitors are typically used for power factor and voltage correction. A minor correction on what theysayso wrote. If the line is long enough, voltage regulators are used to increase the voltage at a certain point. Phasing for lines is ch
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by bavcyc 13y ago
I think the US uses 10% spinning reserve for generation (might be a NERC requirement?). Some plants (gas and certain hydro) have fast response times. Others (coal, nuke?) have a longer response time. The biggest issue with wind is that th
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Typical transmission design is a loop for redundancy. Distribution lines will have loops, for the feeders, with an open point such that it is actually a radial system but one that can be fed from 2 substations/circuits. Laterals are
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by bavcyc 13y ago
The school I attended had Bioengineering which was more ag-bio engineering. It is something I'm looking at learning more about specifically the gene/biology coding aspects. My $.02 is that you are in a good position to learn comp
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The SF water supply has some interesting politics: https://www.baycitizen.org/news/water/raise-rent-hetch-hetch...
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by bavcyc 13y ago
While I'm not intending to develop for a mobile app per se, I think I have to keep it in mind as I'm learning. One question I have in that regard is how to make an app that is most useable for the widest audience?
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Thanks. I'll look the sites over and see which one will work best. I'm sure I'll have more questions, but I'm glad to know that 'slack' is available.
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I can perform system admin work and what I consider basic scripting. Today's task for instance is downloading debian 7, installing, adding beautiful soup and playing with it to obtain data for statistical analysis related to sports. M
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Ask HN: Getting started with a web app
6 points by bavcyc 13y ago|10 comments
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by bavcyc 13y ago
No you would not multiply the total cubic feet by 2 and divide by 54 to find the total cubic yards. If you multiply by 2 then you will throw your calculations off. The table is figuring a cross sectional area then adding the next cross sec
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by bavcyc 13y ago
I turned it on after reading this askHN and it was interesting, but I think I'm more thankful for not seeing a bunch of the dead links and comments.
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http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=lab&#3... and have more information
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Certain state have laws which state that anything your create on your own time with your own equipment is yours regardless. I think CA is one of those states, but I have not researched this lately. Never use company resources to do any of
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by bavcyc 14y ago
Continue pursuing the degree part time until you are at a point where you can go full time. Especially look for courses that compliment what you are learning in the work place. There will be a point where you realize that continuing schoo
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by bavcyc 14y ago
Look at the LG Prada, released late 2006 -early 2007, has/had a similar home screen to the screen shown in the article that was used for the patent. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG_Prada I think multiple paths have led to similar (not cop
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by bavcyc 14y ago
I used the iPhone for 6 months (work phone) and purchased a Samsung model as a replacement (in the 2 weeks). I'm not sure how you could confuse the 2 phones. The functionality of the two are different enough that confusing the two is diffi
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by bavcyc 15y ago
Thanks. I do not have specific questions at this time, it just seemed too good to be true. If I was building a web application then I would avoid MSFT but using MSFT hardware is much easier than developing my own or hacking stuff to work w
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Ask HN: Anyone have comments on Microsoft's BizSpark?
11 points by bavcyc 15y ago|7 comments
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by bavcyc 15y ago
Regexes are a handy tool to know regardless of the language. And something I think is worth learning. Mastering Regular Expressions is a good book to read as Mr. Friedl does a good (great?) job of explaining the pluses and minuses of regul
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by bavcyc 15y ago
No article on the US debt is going to be neutral. Someone posted an interesting video the other day: http://www.kpcb.com/usainc/ The Heritage Foundation has a different take on it: http://blog.heritage.org/2011/07/28/the-truth-about-obam
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by bavcyc 15y ago
Filter on URL would be the first step, if it is a duplicate URL submitted then point the submitter to that story. Could also use recently, i.e. last week or 24 hours, to compare stories at submitted URLs such that if someone submits a story

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