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by jpindar 7y ago
If we allow encryption, how do we know that encrypted file doesn't contain AR-15 blueprints or school shooting plans? Think of the children! /s
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by jpindar 7y ago
This doesn't look like the road to the airport. https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8127579,-104.7167676,3a,75y,... Google Maps shows that the road ends there. There's a parallel paved road a mile south, which e
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by jpindar 7y ago
Did floppy drives all have the same interface? I know there were different data formats but were the physical drives all compatible?
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by jpindar 7y ago
Check out RGIII's examples. He seems to really enjoy doing it - he could absolutely make something funny. https://www.cameo.com/rg3
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by jpindar 7y ago
That's sort of how auto parts work. A lot of times they won't have something you order in the store, but they'll get it in their next daily delivery.
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by jpindar 7y ago
>Nobody with electronics knowledge is going to work for a dinky salary Unless they're a college student or a retiree.
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by jpindar 7y ago
If anyone wants to do this in Boston, contact me.
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by jpindar 7y ago
There are browser add-ons that do that.
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by jpindar 7y ago
How is that not stereotyping? Not all older people are like that.
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by jpindar 7y ago
Feeling like <person of a certain demographic> will have <unwanted quality> is the exact definition of <demographic>-ism.
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by jpindar 7y ago
>why would anyone 40+ is going to listen to a 20 something CEO? Because he signs the paychecks.
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by jpindar 7y ago
Are you saying only young people are "smart, fast learning, motivated, compliant, enthusiastic, loyal, and a good team fit"?
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by jpindar 7y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20252697 ('Better' meaning better from the point of view of an employer).
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by jpindar 7y ago
I swear, some companies go straight from intern to senior team lead.
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by jpindar 7y ago
And white men are just smarter and harder working! /s Listen to yourselves!
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by jpindar 7y ago
There's a post right here in this thread that says (only barely paraphrased) "That’s not ageism, younger people really are better".
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by jpindar 7y ago
It may be risky but I've started putting "working with legacy code and obsolete languages" in my list of skills.
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by jpindar 7y ago
According to the NRC notice, it's a JL Shepard Mark 168A https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/event-status/... There's some pictures of a similar device here: https://www.bnl.go
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by jpindar 7y ago
That exists. Search for "Dinner Cinema" or "Cinema Pub". They vary in quality of course.
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Let’s Cut the Hype About Robocars(eetimes.com)
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by jpindar 7y ago
In my neighborhood (New England coast) there are a number of buildings that are built on pillars, with the area underneath used for parking. Sometimes there are nonloadbearing wall panels installed around them to give some weather protectio
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by jpindar 7y ago
Slow boot is a feature from the manufacturers POV - it encourages you to leave it on all the time. If it's not on, you're not watching ads!
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by jpindar 7y ago
That's called an HTPC, and people have done it with many different types of computer. Kodi is probably the most popular software. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_theater_PC
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by jpindar 7y ago
Count me in, too. I'm an embedded systems developer/electrical engineer with considerable automotive experience. Contorting myself under dashboards isn't as much fun as it used to be, but I'll do it if I can make a diffe
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by jpindar 7y ago
In many cars that's easy to fix. Just replace one relay with a jumper. Standard wire terminals fit in the relay sockets so it's not a permanent modification.
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by jpindar 7y ago
I didn't mean to imply that this is the only way, just that it's a way that has worked for me. I've worked with embedded systems and with desktop software that was used by my employers (electronics manufacturers) rather than
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by jpindar 7y ago
Be willing to work for a company whose product is not software.
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by jpindar 7y ago
Do you mean a brand new car? There are older cars available that are in better condition than when they were new - but they won't meet today's safety and economy standards.
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by jpindar 7y ago
Yep. Here's a discussion with diagrams and numbers: https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/10979/moons-or...
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by jpindar 7y ago
One thing about biology I don't understand at all (not that I've ever really tried to learn about it) is how cells "know" what structure to build where. Can anyone ELI5?

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