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1. 31.▲
   by davidkuhta 6y ago

   Not OP, but thanks for taking the time to share, this is an awesome list.
2. 32.▲
   by davidkuhta 6y ago

   Just mentioning for those interested, but dissuaded by the $949 design fee comments in this thread, SparkFun is providing a temporary discount: > To encourage you to give ALC a try, we’re offering 50% off the design fee on all new orders
3. 33.▲
   by davidkuhta 6y ago

   [Poe's Law]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law ) in the wild!
4. 34.▲
   by davidkuhta 6y ago

   A wild false dichotomy has appeared ! If only there were other companies with competing products which would assuage one’s concerns regarding privacy and/or anonymity and guard against Luddite lifestyles. “Must sell well...hill to die
5. 35.▲
   by davidkuhta 6y ago

   Morgan Freeman narration "While not always true, in this particular case, the answer to that question was most definitely yes". Even if you hadn't any, industry experience isn't some magical pedagogical panacea. Muc
6. 36.▲
   by davidkuhta 6y ago

   You didn't hear about the recent acquisition? This is to support their new biotech program: "Pool at Bethesda".
7. 37.▲
   by davidkuhta 6y ago

   I found it less click-baity and more a sly reference to the perception of the theory by its contemporaries (particularly Feynman in his QED book): "…is technically called ‘renormalization.’ But no matter how clever the word, it is what
8. 38.▲
   by davidkuhta 6y ago

   Definitely made his mark and I can only imagine the feelings of imposter syndrome he had. Fun anecdote for those who aren't familiar: He's one of the players in Space Jam whose playing talent is stolen by the Monstars.
9. 39.▲
   by davidkuhta 6y ago

   Hat tip to @nfriedly from back in 2011: FYI units on OS X doesn't recognize millilightseconds, but you can do this: You have: 3 lightyears / 365 / 24 / 60 / 60 / 1000 You want: miles * 559.21802 &
10. 40.▲
    by davidkuhta 6y ago

    For fans of the "Rich Purnell Maneuver" from The Martian, check out the NASA paper: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/201500...
11. 41.▲
    by davidkuhta 6y ago

    Thanks for sharing. Did a quick reformat: |------------------------------------------------------| | Dimension | Old | New | |------------------------------------------------------| | Height | 4.
12. 42.▲
    by davidkuhta 7y ago

    To be fair, full context tempers that sentence: > I’m not even going to go into it. I don’t want to end up on Hacker News again bitching about Catalina. I just hope I’ve stuffed this post with enough keywords so that anyone else searchin
13. 43.▲
    by davidkuhta 7y ago

    Not great, not terrible
14. 44.▲
    by davidkuhta 7y ago

    BFS is big flame search for anyone unfamiliar with the term.
15. 45.▲
    by davidkuhta 7y ago

    TIL: Per the article, this 256 limitation also applies to number of users in WhatsApp conversations and the maximum block height of a Minecraft world.
16. 46.▲
    by davidkuhta 7y ago

    Tegridy
17. 47.▲
    by davidkuhta 7y ago

    In fairness, I suspect it depends on what you're juggling. I could envision someone juggling management of an electric car company and a space exploration technologies company making bank.
18. 48.▲
    by davidkuhta 7y ago

    Not OP, but curious, are those quotes actually from privacy policies or just hypotheticals?
19. 49.▲
    by davidkuhta 7y ago

    So is it accurate to say Pi-hole blows the doors off your previous news consumption experience?
20. 50.▲
    by davidkuhta 7y ago

    doh! Thank you!
21. 51.▲
    by davidkuhta 7y ago

    doh! Thank you!
22. 52.▲
    by davidkuhta 7y ago

    Along those lines: > Bitty & Beau’s Coffee is more than just a place to grab a cup of coffee – it’s an experience. While the shop is run by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and the customers love the products,
23. 53.▲
    by davidkuhta 7y ago

    Yeah, I remember setting a SlickDeals alert for a "Titan Xp" and watching inventory disappear because I didn't get to their site within 2 mins.
24. 54.▲
    by davidkuhta 7y ago

    One word for those interested: Horses
25. 55.▲
    by davidkuhta 7y ago

    Metaling with the internet!
26. 56.▲
    by davidkuhta 7y ago

    or the great Walmart "sale" of 2013 where everything was ~$9.
27. 57.▲
    by davidkuhta 7y ago

    Mountweazels and Paper Towns! "Fictitious Entry" is a fun read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictitious_entry
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    by davidkuhta 7y ago

    Thanks for the insights!
29. 59.▲
    by davidkuhta 7y ago

    Out of curiosity, as a non-fintech Elixir/Phoenix dev, what particular facets of Elixir/Phoenix are fintech startups finding attractive/useful?
30. 60.▲
    by davidkuhta 7y ago

    The performance improvements that came with the Quantum update were what convinced me to return to FF.