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by cbanek 7y ago
I never wanted to be a moisture farmer, I just wanted to go to Tosche Station to pick up some power converters! Although, realistically, it could still be useful in non-desert places? How about drinking water on ocean vessels?
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by cbanek 7y ago
Doh, you're totally right. Although still, in the desert, there isn't much water in the air even if it's really hot. https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/moisture-holding-capacity...
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by cbanek 7y ago
I work on a college campus, and now the students are back. They are the worst pedestrians to deal with. Many of them are distracted on their phones, and many will just start walking into the road in any random place, never even looking if
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by cbanek 7y ago
This is really interesting! As someone who lives in the desert, I would want one of these. But nothing comes for free - it seems like the output would be dependent on the humidity level of the air. If everyone was running these, would it
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by cbanek 7y ago
If you have one mission critical system, all your systems are mission critical. It's usually the link you don't expect or don't know about that screws you over. Like an email server, DNS, networking. At any level, a complic
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by cbanek 7y ago
> Also, with the incentive to accrue wealth removed, bank accounts are not a renewable resource. I don't think that people will stop trying to accrue wealth, it's more likely they will just do more to get around whatever regula
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by cbanek 7y ago
> People have been consuming large quantities of cannabis oil that were saturated in pesticides for over a decade without this kind of crisis. This. People have been vaping THC e-cig cartridges for years. Same for using other concentra
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by cbanek 7y ago
I also think it's interesting to think about when you might need to eject on the ground without moving (zero-zero). It's harder than you think, since you have to gain enough altitude to get time for the chute to open. https:&#x2
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by cbanek 7y ago
While hiring is inefficient and biased (some would say broken, which I won't disagree with), I think performance reviews are equally so. Companies don't really know how to evaluate performance well, and without bias. Many of the
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by cbanek 7y ago
I think you discount the social signaling that goes on at these daily meetings, which I swear is the point of most of them. If you're not paying attention, bosses will think less of you. So not only do you have to pretend to pay atten
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by cbanek 7y ago
I think the car industry is a racket because they frequently have lots of recalls that affect safety, but they often don't admit it freely. (like the Takata airbag incident) Same for requiring car dealerships, and negotiated pricing.
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by cbanek 7y ago
It's true that Google, Apple, and Facebook are now getting the treatment that Microsoft got a long time ago. But I'm not sure I agree that everyone would go free software if it didn't happen. If anything, I think another com
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by cbanek 7y ago
I wish I could say that was my experience. I had a daily scrum meeting for about a year that had at least 15 people, and everyone would take their turn to talk about each post-it note on the board. After standing for about half an hour, i
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by cbanek 7y ago
This also makes me feel even more strongly that the FTC should really clamp down on these very strict app stores. https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/amicus_briefs/app... Both the App Store and Go
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by cbanek 7y ago
> trace a single chain of events across platforms Since it sounds like you also control the app, maybe make an HTTP header that the app sends that has some kind of UUID for that transaction. When your backend gets it, keep passing it on
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by cbanek 7y ago
Ask the SEC.
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by cbanek 7y ago
I did not work for MSR.
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by cbanek 7y ago
I went to UIUC and worked at Microsoft for almost 10 years. I'm sure searching on LinkedIn will find plenty of people who have done the same.
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by cbanek 7y ago
I worked for a professor (in the sociology department, modeling knowledge networks) as an undergrad, getting paid 2x minimum wage as a junior while taking courses. Doing actual programming and CS work (python, websites, databases). As many
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by cbanek 7y ago
I thought it was learning things and getting a degree.
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by cbanek 7y ago
UIUC is in a cornfield. Highly ranked CS school. No problem with internships or speakers. We always had a great job fair.
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by cbanek 7y ago
> he says he decided to leave because Cooper bullied him, included yelling, swearing and intimidation. One person's dismissive and rude might be another person's intimidation. I think this is the tricky part. I think almost ev
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by cbanek 7y ago
> From 2000 to 2017, Austin’s population climbed about 45%, according to the Census Bureau and the City of Austin, as demand for housing contributed to a 72% surge in average rents. West Campus median gross rents outpaced the city as a w
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by cbanek 7y ago
Brilliant. Worthy of a Hugo. And at the same time, I feel like I've been infected by it.
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by cbanek 7y ago
Other than needing to safely store your gold somewhere. I'm guessing there's probably also some insurance you could get to protect against loss? With a bank these are generally "free" with laws that protect deposits.
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by cbanek 7y ago
IANAL but "Indian Law" is very complicated also as to what parts of federal law apply to reservations and which don't, and what sovereign rights the Tohono O'odham Nation has. https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
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by cbanek 7y ago
Indeed! I have always preferred the Thomas Cleary translations (he's done a lot of chinese literature), but this Mitchell translation is REALLY good. I'm a convert.
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by cbanek 7y ago
> This quote advocates for wise people to never try to convince other people, which would leave politics to unwise people. There's convincing with words, and convincing by example. "The Master does his job" - not necessari
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by cbanek 7y ago
Totally agree with this, and I'll take it one step further - if they trusted you and were on friendly terms, they probably would have already told you or asked you for help on what is going wrong, long before they quit.
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by cbanek 7y ago
Love this article! While it's a little basic, it might be good to go over the different small sat form factors? You could talk about the different launch possibilities and general issues with each different size class.

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