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by donretag 8y ago
Call me jaded, but this article is pure click bait. Everything is an attempt to make money for the other, including writing click bait content. (monetized by increased brand exposure)
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by donretag 8y ago
Not all soil types allow for underground construction. There are numerous cities in the US with no basements or other underground structures since the soil will not allow it.
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by donretag 8y ago
The site should just be banned for spamming https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=vega_empire
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by donretag 8y ago
Each game (from the ones I recognize) fit on a single 5.25" 360KB floppy. We barely think in megabytes anymore.
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by donretag 8y ago
The TSA employees did not care about Pre-Check. They said that it was an international terminal (I was flying domestic) so there was no Pre-Check. The only perk I got was to be able to go through the old style detector. I still needed to re
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by donretag 8y ago
During my last flight out of JFK, I was told there is no TSA pre-check line, so I had to comply with the non pre-check rules. Global entry only covers the line for the passport check. You still need to due the next line for luggage (hello L
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by donretag 8y ago
It also happened to me. Signed up using an Outlook webmail account, residential IP, Firefox with Incognito Mode and Ghostery. Once your account is disabled, the ability to delete (oops, I meant deactivate) your account is gone. I emailed su
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by donretag 8y ago
"As one of the few white men around, he's in demand as an actor." A few years ago, I traveled around Africa, including Uganda, using public buses (an adventure in itself) and they would frequently show movies or music videos.
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by donretag 8y ago
Why does the BBC not use the NASA acronym?
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by donretag 8y ago
Exactly. I am an American citizen, but was still drafted into another country's army.
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by donretag 8y ago
Venture capitalists need to be close to the CEO, who in turns needs to be close to the initial team. The Bay Area is popular because that is where the VCs are.
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by donretag 8y ago
Exit row seats are now premium seats that have a surcharge.
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by donretag 8y ago
I had two issues with the Amazon deal: 1) LIC (including transportation) cannot support 10K+ workers 2) The deal was done in secret You need to invest money to make money. I have almost no issues with the subsidies and I have voted Libertar
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by donretag 8y ago
I am glad I am not the only one. Podcasts are simply not for me. I am FAR more efficient at reading content than listening to it. Not even close. And since I am a massive music fan, I rather listen to music than listen to talk. There is so
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by donretag 8y ago
Our sites are down because our clusters have no data. We reported the issue to Elastic long before they updated their status page.
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by donretag 8y ago
Fakespot needs to get into the Glassdoor game. They already analyze Yelp. Some companies are just not subtle about their reviews, just like on Yelp. You will see a flurry of positive reviews posted within days from each other. Or some have
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by donretag 8y ago
Even the Xperia compact phones are now pretty big. The previous Xperia X compact is now sold out in most reputable stores. I would love a small phone.
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by donretag 8y ago
I used the wrong wording in my reply. The level of talent is good, it is the tech scene in general that is weak. I get recruiter emails constantly from companies in SF, Seattle, NYC, etc, but rarely from LA. There are simply not enough co
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by donretag 8y ago
I live in LA and I think the level of tech talent is abysmal. At the Java meetup this week, eight people showed up. EIGHT. In the Bay/SF/NYC, there would be over a hundred. I have been to tech gatherings, where I would be the only
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by donretag 8y ago
Welcome to the world of a software consultant. No BS interviews, people actually believe you when you say you can code. The best fulltime jobs I had had interviews in the same way. Quick meeting to ensure that I am not a psychopath and to t
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by donretag 8y ago
Battery Park City was built on landfill using material from the World Trade Center.
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by donretag 8y ago
I never succeeded with the Pimsleur approach. I need to see the language written, and not just listening to audio.
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by donretag 8y ago
They look really skinny compared to a New York bagel.
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by donretag 8y ago
Sorry, I said Bay Area instead of Silicon Valley. I like Oakland quite a bit. Sunnyvale? Mountain View? You can keep your stock options.
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by donretag 8y ago
But the actual Bay Area is boring. You pay the premium in SF and NYC to be close to arts and culture, both of which are lacking in Silicon Valley. And good luck getting a date if you are a guy.
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by donretag 8y ago
It is not just the cost of living, it is the homeless defecating on the streets in San Francisco that gets to me. Enjoy your SF lifestyle! I do laugh at the Y Combinator job postings that appears on HN. I have actually very few emails from
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by donretag 8y ago
There are several factors why LGA has a 1500 miles flight radius restriction (with Denver being the only grandfathered exception), but the primary one is due to the length of the runways unable to cope with larger planes on cross-country ro
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by donretag 8y ago
No push notifications is an added bonus. I do not want notifications. None. Zero.
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by donretag 8y ago
I have been using a Mac exclusively for years and I have never once even logged into the App Store. Don't need it. Never once did I need something that was found only on the App Store. My Mac complains that I need to log in in order to
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by donretag 8y ago
Since then, most of AWS transitioned back to Seattle and the CT team focuses on some of the tooling around AWS. I interviewed with Amazon in CT and I regret not accepting the job offer. Seems like that office will really be picking up.

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