evilolive

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by evilolive 7y ago
Americans are non-confrontational to a fault, sometimes they'll feign excitement about future plans to avoid "being negative" while you're asking. all the while having no intention to go through (and the defensive body l
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by evilolive 7y ago
could there be any simpler explanations like a modern renovation of the temple where this was added? are there other recorded appearances of this modern-looking but very-early bicycle in the region? why was there a gap in its existence unti
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by evilolive 7y ago
you can buy a quality bike from 10-20 years ago for ~$300 right now on a second hand website, and probably put $50 in maintenance / year. Lower quality, second hand bikes will be a lot less than that.
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by evilolive 7y ago
I've toyed with the idea of applying to comma, seemed like a good idea to learn tons in computer vision. but if anything Hotz himself would be why I wouldn't do it. I enjoy the roots of his f u attitude - but : we're so much
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by evilolive 7y ago
I'm reading this comment and I'm thinking : you're absolutely right, they should be! Yet. I have been in plane on fire and I did grab my backpack.. I didn't really act consciously, and somehow I had rationalized the orde
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by evilolive 7y ago
Ah just the uplifting words op needed for the battle ahead.
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by evilolive 8y ago
I think you can, you have to ask "I want to tip x euros" before the waiter puts your cc in the machine. It feels really awkward and so most don't do it
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by evilolive 8y ago
But with a lot fewer interesting things to do after hours, when done writing software
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by evilolive 8y ago
To quote koolba: "That [lifestyle] is not possible without a car." Living in a dense urban area, taking trains, walking, and biking. Goods delivered all in close vicinity. Large building with the opportunity to be more energy effi
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by evilolive 8y ago
yes, both ceo and cto recent mit grads
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by evilolive 8y ago
engage le jeu que je le gagne
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by evilolive 8y ago
the same nimby who voted no Bart in the peninsula in the late 60's because it would: bring "unsavory" ppl from the east bay "to my snowflake walled community" you can see the result of that now: diesel caltrain unad
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by evilolive 8y ago
as a european living in America I would somewhat disagree I've had more than one colleague who modifies anything on a menu until it's mostly meat, carbs & cheese
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by evilolive 8y ago
sounds just like your average truck commercial in america "Real men, drive really big trucks, and they look really manly. and cool"
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by evilolive 11y ago
It is definitely PR. Airware has invested a lot more into doing its own hardware, its own possibly certifiable low level code than doing exciting things (sense & avoid etc). Heck, no amount of money will let you write a single line of c
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by evilolive 11y ago
"each month you get an hour of my time" "Currently I’m limiting the service to four customers." Is this for a new book, the 4 hour work month ?
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Ask HN: White-label webmail for secure business-to-customer communication
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by evilolive 12y ago
I literally work in a team of 2, that also has a PM. We've been parachuted in another team's standup. We all know what the other member of the team works on, so the standup is clearly not for us but for a minute update to all the
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by evilolive 12y ago
They don't. Also one of the "managers" (that's his title), manages no one. He's a scrum master of sorts, who goes around interrupting people programming to remind them to move their tasks to "in progress"
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by evilolive 12y ago
I tend to have a problem with managers who think doing Agile™ yields a better quality product. I've done agile agile (the process being agile) before which worked great. 3 week planning with one to three tasks per week and weekly sync,
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by evilolive 12y ago
Could you describe a bit which type of satellite communication you use for that the ski use-case, and what is available as off-the-shelf equipment ?
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by evilolive 12y ago
This article talks about gridlock but somehow fails to address throughput, which is supposed to be the upside over the conventional 4-way stop. http://nextstl.com/2013/10/mythbusters-tackles-four-way-stop...