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by dundercoder 11mo ago
> A fighter jet and a helicopter based off the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz both crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other, the Navy’s Pacific Fleet said. >The three crew members of the MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter
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by dundercoder 11mo ago
Chlorinating the water would have adverse effects on material strength and longevity. Even irradiated and heated to 50c, I’ll bet there’s some extremophile bacteria in there somewhere.
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by dundercoder 11mo ago
Had a buddy on a nuclear sub drink water from the primary coolant loop when he joined the team. While I do see this as a form of hazing which I am morally opposed to- 8oz (.237 liters) of primary coolant in a properly maintained pressurized
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by dundercoder 1y ago
At my last gig it was Notion, and I hated it. I prefer markdown in a repo for developer docs. Confluence was ok A well set up google doc structure worked the best but was tedious to set up and I don’t love living on google.
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by dundercoder 1y ago
That was some serious musicianship right there!
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by dundercoder 1y ago
We read to them from the time they were born. Simple stories and picture books at first. I think exposure is key, but I’ve also found that kids learn way more with what they observe than what they are told to do. So they see mom and dad rea
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by dundercoder 1y ago
We don’t let our kids on to TikTok, but all their friends are on and it surprises me how much they take whatever advice is shown them as gospel. Lucky for me my kids will tell me “Hey, Johnny said the best way to get ripped is X” so I get t
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by dundercoder 1y ago
I’ve loved working in nim. I’ve only written some toy projects so far but it’s fast. Anyone find a good ide/language plugin for it?
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by dundercoder 2y ago
I find that the yogurt is thicker when I initially heat it higher. My understanding is it changes some of the proteins, resulting in a higher curd yield.
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by dundercoder 2y ago
Visually impaired guy here, always excited to see things that make my life easier. Also great that it shows blindness is a spectrum, not a binary condition.
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by dundercoder 2y ago
This and the linked comment were very helpful to me. Thank you!
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by dundercoder 2y ago
The phone company has long cooperated with government. And while I’ve never heard of anything, the post office _is_ owned by the government in the US.
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by dundercoder 2y ago
So many times the solution is to be kinder to yourself. I love this.
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by dundercoder 2y ago
Kudos to you! Even just being more aware of your mental state is a step in the right direction. Reminds me I need to be more proactive in this area. Dunno if it helps, but just know most of us are at least a bit of a mess. Life is messy. I
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by dundercoder 2y ago
Personally, I think it’s easier to be extreme than balanced. Like a see-saw (or teeter totter depending on where you are) it’s way easier to sit on one end or the other. To try to stand on the middle and balance is hard. A friend of mine me
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by dundercoder 2y ago
Edited OP to clarify, but mainly this. Work/Life balance, workplace politics, ethical practices, managers who care vs will do anything to get ahead, executives who are in-touch with the day to day of the company, do you get treated lik
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by dundercoder 2y ago
I have found that platforms are almost always compared to AWS as it is the most mature. Azure still doesn't have complete feature parity with AWS, and GCP doesn't yet have feature parity with Azure or AWS. So in terms of importanc
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Ask HN: Do you love where you work? (>=medium size companies)
4 points by dundercoder 2y ago|3 comments
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by dundercoder 2y ago
Have you used retool? What was your experience?
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Ask HN: Graduating from gsheets without going full ERP
2 points by dundercoder 2y ago|4 comments
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by dundercoder 3y ago
For anyone interested, there is a great book based on the infocom game called The Zork Chronicles by George Alec Effinger. I’m presently working with the rights owner to produce an audio version of the book.
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by dundercoder 3y ago
Honestly that’s the reason I stayed in backend work. Frontend seemed to be too much like the English language- more exceptions than rules, only changing nearly constantly. I’m grateful to those who have the patience and skill for it.
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by dundercoder 3y ago
Does anyone know how these averages are calculated? Is it a straight average of the temperature of each square mile of the entire globe, or are there weights for regions or terrain types?
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by dundercoder 3y ago
I disagree, but I have the advantage of knowing the whole story of how they are raised, while you are extrapolating the entire experience from a couple paragraphs about reading text messages with my child.
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by dundercoder 3y ago
>do you care to understand/show interest in what your kids are doing. This I think precisely embodies what works and what doesn't. If this is your goal, you'll figure out something that works.
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by dundercoder 3y ago
That's a fair point, and I don't mean to insist that my way is the best way. It works for us, it surely won't work for all. But I am certain that with some effort on the part of the parents to be intentional, a good system ca
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by dundercoder 3y ago
I've worked in tech for 20+ years and I have 4 young kids. We allow our teenager use of a locked down smartphone, with a clearly explained zero expectation of privacy. We don't allow any social media on the phone itself. YouTube a
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by dundercoder 4y ago
Personally I would say don’t set arbitrary limits. I knew of a blind guy who played a computer game very well because it had such a rich and responsive soundscape.
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by dundercoder 4y ago
Blind guy here (<5 degree visual field) the app is fantastic. I get a little emotional when I consider how many people volunteer. In a sighted world it makes a huge difference.
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by dundercoder 4y ago
I love python. I really do. But when I see speedups like this from Rust, Nim, or other compiled languages, it makes me question my life choices.

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