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by cbanek 7y ago
Anyone else reminded of the DeLorean from Back to the Future? It's got that circle kind of thing in the back where the fuel goes? Same for the Mr. Fusion! And just a few years after the famous Hill Valley lightning storm in 1955! May
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by cbanek 7y ago
Despite not having any information on American Airline's website, I was able to get my money for a cancelled flight last year from Europe to the US (due to technical problems on the plane) by just doing the contact us form and putting
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by cbanek 7y ago
Well, I'm glad nothing has changed over there in blue badge land. I remember when they added the feature to outlook that would warn you "you're about to reply to x number of people." But I guess that got lost along the
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by cbanek 7y ago
This is just my feeling from watching the markets for a while, is not financial advice, isn't necessarily the best, etc., etc.. I still think we have further to fall, but when we do, I'm looking to put money to work. It's h
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by cbanek 7y ago
> The 71-year-old Microsoft veteran confessed his love of whiteboards on Wednesday evening during a Hacker News Seattle Meetup. Sounds like a great meetup!
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by cbanek 7y ago
Have someone else independently code up / compute the number from scratch and compare against it. Likely you'll come up with a different number, then figure out which one is right (you'll probably find both are still wrong).
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by cbanek 7y ago
Well, I guess it depends on the interpretation of the rules. The point of contention seems to be the valuing of assets, which of course FB has incentive to not value highly: > The IRS argues that Facebook understated the value of the in
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by cbanek 7y ago
I really hope there is some law against companies actively spying on people, as it sounds like happened in the article, but I struggle to think of where this falls legally. The thought that companies could start to take an active, vengeful
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by cbanek 7y ago
Marketplace actually did a video about the air duct cleaning service scam a while back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O13Vv4n__J8 It's really good, and they traced it all the way back to the call center (with an insi
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by cbanek 7y ago
With my luck, I found a bug. If you press one button for an answer, then press another one, I find that the button is not selected, but the length of the button is shortened. It's strange. After clicking again it seems fine. Other t
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by cbanek 7y ago
Good listening skills: Reflective listening, active listening, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflective_listening https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_listening
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by cbanek 7y ago
And of course, my other favorite Zhuge Liang story is when he passed away, and there was the Battle of Wuzhang Plains: "A dead Zhuge scares away a living Zhongda (Sima Yi)." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battl
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by cbanek 7y ago
Other than the obvious, like sleep and eat better, I would say getting rid of long, recurring, useless meetings was a big change. Status meetings in particular I find to be quite useless. Having my day broken up by a few meetings is a lot
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by cbanek 7y ago
Not only that, but it will be floating away for a very, very long time (unless it manages to hit something along the way). It blows my mind to think that even if we manage to destroy ourselves, that both Voyagers, Pioneer 10 and 11, and Ne
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by cbanek 7y ago
Yeah, it's tricky to see for sure. I don't pretend to have all or even some of the answers here, but since you asked, and it's a great question, I'll take a stab at it. First, I'd just make sure that people are hap
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by cbanek 7y ago
> LGBTQ people were treated well, and in no way discriminated against, or at least in a visible way at least.... As a minority LGBTQ person, let me say it's almost never in a visible way, but trust me, it is there. It's usually
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by cbanek 7y ago
As someone who watches the financial news, it almost feels more like baseball statistics, where they say something like, "this batter on sunny days in April has an advantage against left-handed pitchers." While it may be true, it
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by cbanek 7y ago
That sounds amazing, I have always wanted to visit Japan! A change of scenery, and especially international travel I've found to be a great palette cleanser. Have a great trip and try to not think about work!
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by cbanek 7y ago
I'm sure there is probably someone who is worried about job gaps and actively looks for them, but I think in general I might notice a gap if I was trying to tally up someone's years of relevant experience on their resume.
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by cbanek 7y ago
Sadly, I think this is normal. I also find that after about 2 years, I start itching for a new challenge. You learn the most at a new job, new role, new team, just because everything is new. After a while, you learn a lot about your comp
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by cbanek 7y ago
As a person who's reviewed a lot of resumes, I don't actively look for job gaps, so I probably wouldn't notice. I'm more interested in what technologies you use (role), and what you've done in the past (experience)
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by cbanek 7y ago
This is some great advice. I totally agree with the "it feels natural and ad-lib but it's not." If something is really well organized, one topic will naturally flow into the other (also, it's easier to adlib with well
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by cbanek 7y ago
Was this the device that Whistler used in the movie Sneakers? I guess that was more of a keyboard or monitor though...
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by cbanek 7y ago
I've got to shill for yet another all you can eat Polish buffet in Chicagoland that has been open for 40+ years. Warsaw Inn. That buffet is really amazing. So good! Go there. Eat all the different kinds of pierogies. But also, they
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by cbanek 7y ago
I absolutely love HN, what a small world. I worked on the 360 software and thru the Kinect days! I'd love to hear more about this space elevator, feel free to email me.
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by cbanek 7y ago
Are they also getting rid of VOR for navigation? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHF_omnidirectional_range (Sorry, paywall is blocking me)
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by cbanek 7y ago
I totally know what you mean. I have a couple of boxes of stuff like this, where everything has a meaning. I try to cycle my shelf with the random things. (I thought I was the only person who did this :) )
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by cbanek 7y ago
Just another study about expertise and how it can maybe not be beneficial: https://www.bmj.com/content/357/bmj.j1797 From "Physician age and outcomes in elderly patients in hospital in the US: observational s
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by cbanek 7y ago
> Tangent: When Stumpf stepped down as CEO, he did so with a $134 million retirement package. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2016/10/12/well...
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by cbanek 7y ago
Not only can you, but many people have: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_motion#Patents

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