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by kevindong 5y ago
Seems like a EU-centric version of PCPartPicker but with a much broader array of products that it tracks. https://pcpartpicker.com
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by kevindong 5y ago
It's still the case in most (all?) of the US. However, it's generally pretty well accepted that the documentation requirements are lax and that parents can opt out for a variety of reasons. When I was in school (both K-12 and coll
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by kevindong 5y ago
Checked exceptions are horrible to work with, but they require the programmer to do something about them at the level immediately prior while as unchecked exceptions could just bubble up to an unexpected point in the stack which is arguably
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by kevindong 5y ago
On the other hand, it teaches rapid prototyping and just trying out theories since each theory is fairly cheap to test out. There's a somewhat popular TED talk on how kindergarteners frequently outcompete adults in the marshmallow chal
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by kevindong 5y ago
I don't entirely disagree. But the situation is what it is. The reality is that Java at this point is a mature platform broadly supported by many, many stakeholders. Its benefits and issues are, in general, decently well known and unde
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by kevindong 5y ago
For Java at least, the language server built into IntelliJ is comically further ahead than VS Code + extensions.
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by kevindong 5y ago
The acquisition is entirely in stock, so very little actual cash is changing hands. According to the Afterpay investor relations site, Afterpay's gross revenue for FY21 (ended June 30, 2021), assuming constant currency exchanges rates,
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by kevindong 5y ago
> If everyone in NYC switched to electric heat, the grid would certainly fail. Not to mention cost of heating in the winter would balloon to comical heights. Housing costs would also increase, but to a less degree, since utilities are a
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by kevindong 5y ago
One of Apple's core values is delegating very few choices to the end user. But the choices that are present are generally good. There is such a thing as too many choices.
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by kevindong 5y ago
My school's CS grad students [0] currently get a net stipend of $17,664/academic year ($19,188 stipend minus $1,524 in mandatory fees) if they are either a teaching or research assistant. In my college town, that's a tight bu
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by kevindong 5y ago
I don't think you should be directly comparing UPS and Amazon drivers in this instance. Amazon can pick and choose where they have contractors make deliveries (e.g. non rural areas with higher population densities). UPS serves almost e
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by kevindong 5y ago
When I switch apps (e.g. Youtube, Netflix, Plex, etc.), the switcher has several rows of media that I must scroll past. That media usually comprises of media that I am not subscribed to and would have to pay to access (e.g. mostly random sh
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by kevindong 5y ago
I bought a mid-range Vizio about two years ago. Vizio has progressively made its OS more and more laggy every few months and filled it to the brim with unblockable ads. Software updates would regularly break things for a few days/weeks
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by kevindong 5y ago
I use NYC's bike share system (Citibike) quite a bit. Unfortunately the app's map of bike/dock availability [0] requires a lot of scrolling and tapping to get info, in my opinion. It definitely looks pretty, but it's not
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by kevindong 5y ago
It's not mandated anywhere in US law, but the vast majority of reputable retailers (e.g. Walmart, Amazon, Target etc.) have very generous return policies. They're usually far more generous than 14 days. As you might expect, there
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by kevindong 5y ago
A decent chunk of HN is anti-SaaS in my experience.
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by kevindong 5y ago
Even when I was looking for my second job out of college, I submitted dozens of applications and there were several times when I was unsure if I had applied for a job or not (not every job portal sends confirmation emails). Once you get int
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by kevindong 5y ago
> Proprietary centralised services like Slack, Discord, WhatsApp, etc. dominate, most likely because they have the marketing budget for it. They dominate because they're better for end users who don't mind giving up compatibili
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by kevindong 5y ago
> If energy consumption per-transaction is more your speed, that’s ~35Wh/tx The improved energy consumption is still a lot. For reference, a 2019 16" MacBook Pro has a 100 Wh battery. In other words, 3ish transactions would ful
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by kevindong 5y ago
If I really strain myself, I can tell the difference between 128 and 320. But I never put that much effort into listening/appreciating music.
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by kevindong 5y ago
I live in NY(C) which has container deposits. I don't personally know anyone that bothers trying to redeem the container deposit. I personally don't because it's really not worth my time at $0.05 per container. Particularly w
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by kevindong 5y ago
Can you link to such a document (one that details the spec for only recent versions of C++)?
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by kevindong 5y ago
Then what's the point of smart contracts? If you always must have some form of repudiation/reversal mechanism, you might as well go with the traditional contracts. You could argue there will be lowered costs in the happy path wher
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by kevindong 5y ago
Friday, 2012-10-26: NOVA Bank has failed Monday, 2012-10-29: checks will be issued and mailed no later than this date That's just an incredible feat of bureaucracy.
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by kevindong 5y ago
Per the BigQuery docs, GCP charges $5 per TB of data read. Which works out to be $0.50 per query if said query reads 100 GB of data. It feels expensive, but then again running and maintaining a big data platform is inherently very expensive
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by kevindong 5y ago
The DoJ press release has the actual crimes listed: > Kail was indicted May 1, 2018, of nineteen counts of wire fraud, three counts of mail fraud, and seven counts of money laundering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 (mail fraud), 1343
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by kevindong 5y ago
What are you going to track without using some kind of holder? Personally, I only bought one AirTag (along with an Apple leather keychain, for my keys). I don't generally lose items large enough to have some kind of pocket/holder
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by kevindong 5y ago
One of the core parts of Apple is having fewer choices, but striving to have the available options be good options. Apple doesn't always succeed with picking the ideal middle point between too few and too many choices (most frequently,
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by kevindong 5y ago
Functionally, the vast majority of the Amtrak network is already the rail equivalent of Essential Air Service (EAS, gov-subsidized passenger air routes). Including government subsidies on a large percentage on routes. The NEC is the only Am
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by kevindong 5y ago
In the tech industry (for companies that employ at least several hundred engineers), we have https://levels.fyi which is far more helpful than having a firm salary range will ever be due to the prevalence of stock/bonuses i

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