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by insaneirish 4y ago
PCalc is always open on my Mac, frequently used on my iPhone and, (of course) always in RPN mode.
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by insaneirish 4y ago
That's exactly the link I would have sent you. :-) Tim is an excellent teacher and the perfect example of this technique.
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by insaneirish 4y ago
This is a funny article. Others have mentioned that it's a little murky if the author is critical specifically of balloon framing or of stick built construction in general. The irony is that balloon framing is more feasible today than
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by insaneirish 4y ago
> Note that the SEC's is merely a civil action. The SEC can only bring civil action, for those wondering why it's a civil action.
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by insaneirish 4y ago
It's not useless. If the threat is that unloading a position will cause a dip in shareholder value of $X, but those actually in control believe their own thesis and operating model is worth more than $X, then they can choose to weather
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by insaneirish 4y ago
That blog I linked to is great; it's written by the principal of an HVAC design firm who is well respected. Green Building Advisor ( https://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com ) is a great community for such things, with a 99% resi
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by insaneirish 4y ago
> None of this really exists in the residential sector, but maybe it should. The requirements exist in the IRC [1] but are frequently not enforced in many jurisdictions. [1]: https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/2018-
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by insaneirish 4y ago
Well, hey, at least we know it’ll be another fun part of Matt Levine’s next post.
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by insaneirish 4y ago
> How in the world is a balance sheet not a report that is generated by a system, viewable by any executive? Did they not have a CFO or any finance people or accountants? Depending on your line of business, this is actually not a simple
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by insaneirish 4y ago
> They said in the iMessage announcement that it’d be an open protocol. Really duplicitous. Source?
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by insaneirish 4y ago
> I'd say that counts as probable cause, someone who downloaded the app probably committed a crime. What?! Is Apple a co-conspirator then? What about the people who did app review? Should we round them up and charge them, too?
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by insaneirish 4y ago
> Really wish the cops would download a list of who installed this app and find their location data on top of a map of reported thefts... Uh... So, I too found the website and couldn't believe how brazen the business is. I too was s
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by insaneirish 4y ago
> The human author of the text and this well-known blog is Stuart Deutsch, https://twitter.com/toolguyd I find him to be pretty reliable overall, and I believe he’s drawn ire from some manufacturers due to his honesty. H
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> always punch your holes first Anytime I'm drilling a lot of holes, screwing a lot of screws, or screwing any number of screws but with a high accuracy requirement, I pre-drill with a tapered bit (example: https://www.am
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by insaneirish 4y ago
Mayo is really not difficult to hand whisk. It's pretty much the only way I make it, which is once every week or two. Blenders are nice when you need a larger quantity, but for a small amount I find them to be a nuisance.
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by insaneirish 4y ago
Can't help for readers in Poland, but in the US, all I ever use are GRK screws, which use a variety of different Torx sizes. I primarily keep stock of their 'cabinet' screws which have a washer head useful for mounting all so
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by insaneirish 4y ago
Except the ones that can't, which infuriates me to no end. I was just saying to someone (after having stripped some Phillips head 8-32 screws that stripped by just looking at them) that it's amazing that the guy who invented the w
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by insaneirish 4y ago
> Question: Who owns the deposited assets? Don't the original owners have dibs? If you give your money to something that looks like a bank, walks like a bank, but is not actually a bank, don't expect them to be held to the same
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by insaneirish 4y ago
If you are a builder that executes these details on every project, the cost impact is manageable. When you consider that houses are largely financed and also have operating costs that are dependent on energy efficiency, better built homes m
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by insaneirish 4y ago
As a side note, Fine Homebuilding and its associated property Green Building Advisor ( https://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com ) are exceptional sources of information on quality residential construction. HGTV and similarly oriented
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by insaneirish 5y ago
Worth taking a look at construction focused tape and some real-ish world testing of them: https://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/article/two-wingnuts-de... https://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/article&#x2
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by insaneirish 5y ago
I have never owned an Element. I have never considered buying an Element. I would say I have above average awareness of the car market and am a competent DIY mechanic. With that preface, I have recommended an Element to multiple acquaintanc
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by insaneirish 5y ago
> I wish we had a Linux Foundation for automakers to have them collaborate and make exchangeable parts and open source computer systems. Their greed prevents any serious progress and regulations also make this difficult, but I don't
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by insaneirish 5y ago
Here's a talk Balaji Prabhakar gave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQSA99nrFEU . Looks like the clock sync part starts about 30 minutes in. Haven't watched this one, but might be complementary: https:/&#x2F
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by insaneirish 5y ago
> The figures (eg $21M) and names dropped (eg Stanford) are an appeal to authority, which does make me curious. They have the 'names' because they are a reputable group of people. They have been at this problem for a while, fir
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by insaneirish 5y ago
> Google is holding all your old free G Suite accounts hostage They are not holding these accounts hostage. You can export mail from Google. You can change your MX records to different servers. I've been bit as much as anyone by Goo
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by insaneirish 5y ago
Purpose built induction wok hobs can be very, very good, but there are two potential problems with a regular induction range and a wok: 1. For a round wok, you'd need an 'adapter' to hold the wok. 2. for a flat bottom wok, yo
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by insaneirish 5y ago
Yep. Especially common to negotiate a "make whole" which compensates for whatever equity and annual bonus you're leaving on the table to jump. And to put it another way, if you're moving jobs in financial services witho
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by insaneirish 5y ago
Oh boy! Where do we even begin? Let's start out with what the article spends the most time on: licensing. This is a giant self-own and a very long winded way of saying "Linux will ignore the best implementation of a thing because
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by insaneirish 5y ago
> Who on earth has ever ordered just a "large pizza for pickup"? Without specifying ingredients, type of crust, anything. LOL. All the time. Me: "One large pie." Them: "Anything else?" Me: "Nope."

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