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by cbanek 6y ago
"Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one.&qu
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by cbanek 6y ago
"Matt also believes that Canon could have designed the camera to dump the heat toward the bottom of the camera and then sold a separate base attachment for videographers that provides vastly extended recording times." Seriously, t
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by cbanek 6y ago
Yes, this. I'm reminded of a great Captain Picard line after Data fails his game of strategema: "It is possible to make no mistakes, and still lose. That is not a failing. That is life."
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by cbanek 6y ago
I agree with your later sentiment, and think I shared the same at the end of my comment. But sometimes people try to do something that is actually impossible. Like praying away cancer or medical problems, or believing they have magic power
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by cbanek 6y ago
And here I read it as meeting. I'm glad I'm on vacation, but next week is the week of meetings...
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by cbanek 6y ago
I love this comment, and while I don't have kids, small kids seem to like me, and I seem to get along well with them. I love the using almost, and of course it's probably also a tone of voice and also showing attention. But I do
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by cbanek 6y ago
"‘Believe in yourself and anything is possible’? Nope, it’s just not true." This is such a great quote. I honestly hate people that spout nonsense like anything is possible if you just believe, and that if you don't, it&#x27
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by cbanek 6y ago
Yes! I'm so glad you mentioned this, this was utterly fascinating to me too. I don't think Covid is some miracle drug, but it's really interesting how different things can seemingly trigger the body's reaction to heal
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by cbanek 6y ago
This is a great story, told about Gust, with mucho gusto! There are so many underleveled people in organizations, and it's surprising how companies will shoot themselves in the foot over a few tens of thousands of dollars. And yet, n
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by cbanek 6y ago
Even this I feel doesn't work all the time. At least from memory, I remember some problems where on kubernetes if you look at nproc or cpuinfo, that will give you the number of processors on the host machine, and not necessarily the C
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by cbanek 6y ago
I doubt they would try to bury missiles under the ice. The US tried to build a base underground in ice in Greenland and it was was abandoned due to shifting ice. The last thing you want is your missile silo tipping over or squeezing what&
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by cbanek 6y ago
Also been a hiring manager but not OP. I would honestly say they are more related than you think. If you can't fit a narrative to your architecture or what you're doing, it will be hard to understand. It's important to kno
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by cbanek 6y ago
As I live alone, I got a cat. Best decision ever. She's really a sweetie and keeps me company. Even though technically the lease says no pets, my psych wrote a letter for an emotional support animal. No problem.
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by cbanek 6y ago
Acidburn: RISC architecture is going to change everything. Zerocool: Yeah, RISC is good.
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by cbanek 6y ago
On the random roadside attractions, who can forget Wall Drug? Get your free ice water! https://www.walldrug.com/
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by cbanek 6y ago
Yeah, luckily I have a box of medical masks (though not N95), for flu season, where I will give them to people or wear them myself, so I felt happily prepared in the mask department!
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by cbanek 6y ago
"Pandemic. It's been a while since the highly developed world experienced a devastating outbreak, but it may be premature to flat out dismiss the risk. In 1918, an unusual strain of flu managed to kill 75 million people." Wel
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by cbanek 6y ago
Yes you are so right! How could I disappoint Mr. Scorpion like that! ;)
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by cbanek 6y ago
There are some great products out there with great warranties (some are legendary, and often abused) and usually they say how long their product will last. Like the costco return policy, or the craftsman tool replacement. I found that home
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by cbanek 6y ago
I really hate HP, and I had family working there for a while. They lost their way 20 years ago I feel. And now that they've spun off the HP enterprise, I will never buy another HP customer product again. I also feel like it's re
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by cbanek 6y ago
As someone who worked at MSFT, Cape Feare felt right on. They really poured the sugar on, and are probably sorry it's not in the packets. I do love the monorail episode though, mostly because of the great song! I can hear it now... m
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by cbanek 6y ago
This is why I don't mess with crazy.
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by cbanek 6y ago
I don't remember where I saw this, but I thought I saw a display that you could step on and it would try to convince you to buy custom designed insoles? It used some kind of pressure sensor that would map your foot or something. I fee
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by cbanek 6y ago
You nailed it on the "assuming they do the job right." The other part is that there aren't any orbital tow trucks to get rogue or broken satellites out of orbit or out of colliding paths. Plus since you never know where it m
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by cbanek 6y ago
I'll be using the new kid, vi the 4th, or viiv.
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by cbanek 6y ago
While it seems like a lot of the advice in the article and the comments here is not about interrupting, I think the real point is right at the top "if you feel inadequate, don't." Now don't get me wrong, interrupting can
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by cbanek 6y ago
I was also wondering about the swimming pool! Is it meant to be one of those stationary lap pools or more of a lounging pool? Looked pretty small (although everything is on a submarine).
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by cbanek 6y ago
Please god yes. I live in Arizona, where we have already gotten rid of it, but being sane in an insane world is still insanity. (You still have to deal with everyone else doing it.) But as someone who spent a month fixing out a bug in Out
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by cbanek 6y ago
Oooo, a sarcasm detector, that's real useful! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ73Q4DwrGM
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by cbanek 6y ago
I personally love the random wikipedia links on HN. There are some really interesting corners that I never would have even imagined existed!

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