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by dsq 3y ago
I remember reading about this when i was a kid. And I'm not so young anymore.
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by dsq 3y ago
No, he abandoned it. Nothing stopped him from doing it, there was room and no stringent objections from anyone. He did have another hobby though, which he did during his working life and continued it for twenty years after.
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by dsq 3y ago
Sounds nice, till you recall that the closer the equator the better for launching. This is why Cape Canaveral was always used for launches and SpaceX built their new port in Brownsville. These are the closest points in the UsA to the equato
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by dsq 3y ago
From my own experience and by observing those close to me I conclude that if it's not something you already do, you won't be doing it when you have free time/ money. An older relative collected scrap metal saying that when he
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by dsq 3y ago
Great. How does Hacker's keyboard work with the surface duo? Do you have any insights/pros/cons for using this keyboard with a folding phone?
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by dsq 3y ago
"You didn't think they actually spent ten thousand dollars for a hammer and thirty thousand for a toilet seat, did you?" Hopefully this is the explanation.
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by dsq 3y ago
What keyboard do tou use for text input?
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by dsq 3y ago
Wouldn't that be misandrist?
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by dsq 3y ago
This is the case in most of the developed world. 2-5 giants and another few minnows. The US banking sector with thousands of independent banks is unique, at least in the West.
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by dsq 3y ago
Exactly. And speed. "Getting there firstest with the mostest".
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by dsq 3y ago
At some point when stymied in my career I thought of getting an MBA. I plunked down (while pulling shifts in an exhausting job) with a 20 dollar GMAT prep book and studied for three months. Got 760 out of 800, first try. No fancy tutoring.
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by dsq 4y ago
What form would magnetic levitation take? Could we have silently cars, floating houses, flameless rockets, etc?
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by dsq 4y ago
That's interesting. I didn't know that whether fusion power would be available depends on room temperature superconductors. Is there a simple explanation for that?
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by dsq 4y ago
For a non physicist, what in room temp superconductors would be the holy grail? That is, what would open up that is currently off limits? Is it “only” better transport of electricity, or would completely new things become possible?
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by dsq 4y ago
Looking back to 2009, have the predictions played out? Have the businesses that were started in the ebb of the previous recession been more successful than those started in flush years?
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by dsq 4y ago
As a litle kid I loved Mad magazine and Al Jaffee, even though it took me a long time to realize that each segment had an entirely different artist. I would look at the back cover without folding it to guess what was hiding there. RIP and Z
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by dsq 4y ago
Thanks for the pic. Actually much more exciting than the artist's imagination.
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by dsq 4y ago
My impression is that one grows headcount to get VC funding. So there is a rational incentive, albeit perverse, in overstaffing.
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by dsq 4y ago
I recently read somewhere that WFH had a positive effect on birth rate, specifically among educated women. Found a link: https://www.axios.com/2022/10/19/remote-work-baby-boom-ameri...
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by dsq 4y ago
The number of nines required for manned missions is far larger, so not a good comparison.
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by dsq 4y ago
One the other hand, US birth rates improved during Covid, particularly among college educated women, while birth rates in China are falling far beneath replacement rate. So while each employer may prefer their worker in office, on a nationa
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by dsq 4y ago
> love the fog and wind I think that the original perception of California in general and San Francisco in particular as having good climate is based in the pre-air conditioning era, when no effective artificial climate control existed.
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by dsq 4y ago
Perhaps a matter of taste, but the older buildings are more attractive visually which raises their desirability. 1930s Art Deco beats steel and glass. They are also very centrally located in the inner core.
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by dsq 4y ago
I don't recall harassing anyone, whether near a charging station or otherwise. Please qualify these sweeping statements. Not “men” in general.
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by dsq 4y ago
The free default apps on iOs have gone down in relative quality just as more and more paid apps become available. Pure coincidence?
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by dsq 4y ago
One of many reasons I'm considering returning to Android.
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by dsq 4y ago
Pale skinned people in too strong sunlight develop folic acid deficiency which in turn causes birth defects. This is probably the main reason paleskins cannot thrive in tropic regions without supplements, at least for pregnancy. https:&#x2
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by dsq 4y ago
That wil be the only choice going forward, that's for sure. No more cheap money for quite a while.
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by dsq 4y ago
If I had to compare the standard modern workplace (I've been at a few) with the building of the railroads, of course I’d prefer the standard. Sitting n AC pressing keys is better than being crushed by stones or heavy metal bars, all in
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by dsq 4y ago
This is the first time I have read the term “tape out”. Please clarify for non-semiconductor people, thanks.

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