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by dba7dba 8y ago
> The F35 lost radio communication after crossing the international date line the wrong direction IIRC, and the pilots had to use hand signals to land. From what I remember, the first time 4 USAF F22 were flying across international date
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by dba7dba 8y ago
When Toyota US HQ moved from CA to Plano, Texas, there were rumors that part of the reason was to purge out employees with low/no energy, initiative, output, etc. Employee with no output at work will most likely not bother with the who
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by dba7dba 8y ago
> That in turn was followed by a small exodus of many of the better engineers (since that's who is able to leave easily when things go south.) That is such an obvious outcome. When it seems layoff/low-morale seems to be coming
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by dba7dba 8y ago
Wifes Samsung S9 from Verizon has no Facebook app.
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by dba7dba 8y ago
I've heard only item not tossed/thrown around at FedEx/UPS/etc is any box labeled as hazardous material. Every other boxes are treated equally, tossed/thrown.
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by dba7dba 8y ago
I agree eGPU is a game changer , at least for me. Having the ability to use eGPU in my next laptop is now a requirement for me.
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by dba7dba 8y ago
>>> four jobs in four years That does look not so good to me tbh. 2 jobs in 2 years would look ok to me. But I guess it depends.
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by dba7dba 8y ago
>>> they feel a mysterious attraction and then promote the guy for a reason they can't really explain but can come up with a justification for. For a domain (tech industry) that is supposedly dominated by facts and numbers, th
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by dba7dba 8y ago
If you like what I said, please click on subscribe, I mean, upvote my comment. /sarcasm
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by dba7dba 8y ago
The irony and tragedy of modern capitalism. Everyone wants to get paid, but no one wants to pay. Since ones in power have more control, the top end up keep getting paid more, while the lower ends keep getting paid less. One example would be
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by dba7dba 8y ago
Umm, the Navy has do what they are told, even if they feel they don't have enough people/equipment. Also, which countries is US actively blockading illegally?
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by dba7dba 8y ago
> Since 2015, the Fitz had lacked a quartermaster chief petty officer, a crucial leader who helps safely navigate a warship and trains its sailors — a shortcoming known to both the destroyer’s squadron and Navy officials in the United St
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by dba7dba 8y ago
From my readings of US Navy of WW2 and personal experience in modern day tech companies, I think it's not just the bureaucracy that's at fault. Rather, the organization (actually any organization) by default favors those who manag
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by dba7dba 8y ago
> The probe exposes how personal distrust led the officer of the deck, Lt. j.g. Sarah Coppock, to avoid communicating with the destroyer’s electronic nerve center — the combat information center, or CIC — while the Fitzgerald tried to cr
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by dba7dba 8y ago
Los Angeles area had very advanced light railway system including Los Angeles Railway and Pacific Electric Railway Company up until 1960s. Check the map of Pacific Electric Railway Company, and you can see a railway running on the beach f
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by dba7dba 8y ago
> You are limited by who you are. By your appearance, mannerisms, speech patterns. Your clothing, body language, grooming and hygiene. Your ingrained habits of action, speech and thought. Your age - foolish excitable youth or cramped, os
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by dba7dba 8y ago
Some profs just over ordered books. Some students bought books from other privately owned book stores across the street. Some students dropped out of class and hence did not buy books that were needed for 2nd half of the semester. Above rea
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by dba7dba 8y ago
That reminds me of the time I worked in the stock room of student book store in a major university on the west coast of US in mid 1990s. The stock room was in the basement of the school student bookstore. Before and beginning of each semes
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by dba7dba 8y ago
Haha, that's interesting to hear. So if Sears invested in Microsoft in 1980, Sears of today could've been like Yahoo, whose investment in Alibaba kept Yahoo afloat a few more years but ultimately continued down the downward spiral
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by dba7dba 8y ago
Considering the tax loopholes and deals the super rich get, I actually have no problem with the small mom/pop shops doing what they can to get a break on the fees.
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by dba7dba 8y ago
As someone noted above, the ratio of administrators (especially in district offices) and the actual teachers teaching kids has narrowed recently. I remember reading an article of Michelle Rhee when she was head of Washington DC School distr
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by dba7dba 8y ago
It is a very curious thing that administrators in school districts are held in higher regard than the teachers. Programmers are held in higher regard because they do the actual work, if you know what I mean. Everyone else is in a support ro
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by dba7dba 8y ago
Few years ago I visited a large apartment complex about 30 minutes south of Seoul in South Korea. The complex has Dozens of 30+ stories high apartment buildings. Assuming 30 stories high, 8 units per floor, and 25 buildings, we are talking
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by dba7dba 8y ago
I am no expert but me thinks more lives have been saved due to the much increased safety in navigation due to GPS system, than the lives lost due to JDAMs. And not to mention the very existence of computer, CPU, internet and pretty much a l
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by dba7dba 8y ago
Connected politically or not means squat if you build a structure that collapses killing hundreds of people. At least I hope that is the case in any place under rule of law. Of course I would hate to see any kind of building failure that ca
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by dba7dba 8y ago
The entire modern economy seems to exist for, because of, and due to ads.
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by dba7dba 8y ago
I don't think a lot of rich are into making more money to be happier. But rather to have more than the guy next to him. It's treated more like a game.
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by dba7dba 8y ago
I think some rich people are not into making more money to be happirr but just to have more than the guy next to him.
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by dba7dba 8y ago
I am genuinely surprised no public announcement of any kind has been made by any politician of NY yet about this. Maybe some have and I just don't know? Or could it be that all NY politicians have been paid off by these entrepreneurs?
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by dba7dba 8y ago
Your friend will nod in agreement, but nothing will change. He went into the firm and is staying on mostly likely knowing what is going on, because the pay is too good.

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