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by bluedino 3y ago
> It’s surprising that ships capable of doing this damage were probably regularly driving past it, and its safety as a thoroughfare depended entirely on those collisions not happening. There are cities with skyscrapers near airports, whi
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by bluedino 3y ago
Michiganders will also know the "Z Bridge", completed in 1988 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilwaukee_Bridge Sticking with the mid-western therme, the Chicago Skyway was built in 1958
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by bluedino 3y ago
The Bay Bridge in SF has been hit by numerous ships (as large as tankers)
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by bluedino 3y ago
>> and took a job at PCWorld (UK version of BestBuy?) doing repairs My first non-restaurant job (starting in high school) was Best Buy. Before they had the Geek Squad, they just had a generic tech area. You could get your VCR cleaned
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by bluedino 3y ago
How about "Dont send us a resume! We aren't a traditional company. Make a crazy video showing us your personality and why you'd be the best person for the job. Costumes are a bonus."
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by bluedino 3y ago
Let's do anecdotes. I just got calls back from two jobs I applied for in November and December of last year. Interviewed, got offers for both, had the luxury of being able to choose. Found it interesting that both places pretty much kn
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by bluedino 3y ago
I'd bet the race time data looks similar to weight-lifting data for certain thresholds, whether it's the number or plates or such. Goals people set and then they mentally stop themselves at that goal.
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by bluedino 3y ago
One similar thing is getting a 1099-MISC for 'side work' in the USA For example, I'll do some hands-on work for a former employer. Rack some network equipment, go investigate something, install some hardware...They take it fr
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by bluedino 3y ago
Imagine a printer in zero gravity just spraying printed pages around the cabin of the shuttle, since pages don't neatly fall into the output tray.
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by bluedino 3y ago
They acquired Bright Cluster Manager a few years ago, who would be next on their list to acquire? It seems like they want to provide customers with the whole stack.
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by bluedino 3y ago
If I zoom all the way with my iPhone, the camera-assisting intelligence will mess up numbers too
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by bluedino 3y ago
I like the versions of outlook from 97/2000, how clean, compact, and uncluttered they are. The core functionality hasn't changed much but there are so many random toolbars and crap plastered all over the place anymore. It's h
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by bluedino 3y ago
Anyone know of a discussion of say, 8 bit chess computers and their techniques and tricks?
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by bluedino 3y ago
In the Midwest, the "better" option is to buy furniture from "The Amish". Parents bought a living room set, it was double what a similar set would be at the local furniture superstore, but the fabric/cushions were a
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by bluedino 3y ago
My father in law was telling me the other day that he was going buy some NVIDIA stock because it is going to go up to 1,400
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by bluedino 3y ago
The other side of this is having a license for something, but other users at your organization are using it as well, but don't have licenses. The company will then want to meet and discuss licensing, and if that doesn't happen the
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SF voters send clear message supporting more aggressive response to drug crisis(sfchronicle.com)
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by bluedino 3y ago
> I bet there are a magnitures more software companies out there that have made people 100% of a million, vs 10% of a billon. After we signed with a vendor, the owner took us out on his boat one weekend. As we walked through the harbor h
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by bluedino 3y ago
Something that's easy to use.
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by bluedino 3y ago
I like the story about how Andy Hertzfeld 'sold' RMaker to Apple for one of the first LaserWriter printers ($7,000 USD in the early 80's) https://folklore.org/RMaker.html
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by bluedino 3y ago
I know a guy who got fired for doing this.
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by bluedino 3y ago
On the other hand, in my country we have the stereotypical lazy government employee who is overpaid and doesn't work hard. The government could then save money and provide better service for menial tasks such as "what permit do I
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by bluedino 3y ago
Ambrosia salad is very similar. Usually has coconut or marshmallows in there as well.
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by bluedino 3y ago
I remember in the Visual Basic days, guys got really creative with games etc they would build by just using standard Windows Controls (UI elements), and no bitmaps.
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by bluedino 3y ago
The limitations of cloud drives, for me, is the simple fact that they are seriously restricted by any company with cybersecurity policies. Our only choice is the lord and savior, Onedrive, since our BIG_COMPANY is all-in on Microsoft. S3 is
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by bluedino 3y ago
I think they are agreeing with it not reading as nicely. But you still need the comma. Otherwise it sounds like: "It is with great pleasure..."
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by bluedino 3y ago
I'm not sure what the exact 'rule' is here, but you wouldn't use a contraction in this sentence. It is, with ample RAM and the latest CPU.
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by bluedino 3y ago
Company policy, pretty standard with large "scientific" companies. Supposedly the requirement has been lifted but most team leaders and VP's are still reluctant. If the employee eventually fails they can still use "well,
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by bluedino 3y ago
I can't get hired at my current gig because I don't have a degree (but they'll let me be a contractor...). The joke is the PhD fellows and principals don't want some Linux hacker that never went to college fixing all the
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by bluedino 3y ago
One of the first people I know that "worked in computers" when I was a kid had a really fast 386 running Windows 3.0 I complained about how slow my 1 Meg 386 was and wanted a 486, he said he had 16 megs of ram (kind of insane at t

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