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by kgermino 6y ago
This is MagSafe on iPhone, a completely unrelated product that happens to have the same name as the old laptop power connectors.
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by kgermino 6y ago
Not sure what happened here, but it's interesting. It doesn't seem to have any connection to reality (as far as I can tell he’s still the president). Anyone know more about these pages?
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State.gov says 'Donald J. Trump's term ended on 2021-01-11 19:49:00.'(state.gov)
7 points by kgermino 6y ago|5 comments
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by kgermino 6y ago
> On a personal note, me and most of the people I know think more in terms of miles than years. I think that partly depends on how you drive and where you live. I'm in a snowy climate: my engine might have no problem going 250,000
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by kgermino 6y ago
It really depends. My outdoor activity levels are way down. I used to hit 2-3 miles a day just going to work, lunch, the grocery store, meetings, etc which I don’t get anymore. It’s not that I don’t have the Time to make it up, but there’s
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by kgermino 6y ago
> This would allow for useful ports be added to the body, and then fill the remaining space with battery. More ports would be nice (I'm hoping but doubting that we can get some more ports on the pros once the cooling system can be s
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by kgermino 6y ago
IIRC he was wearing a seatbelt, just loosened a bit. That seems forgivable given they were flying at altitude
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by kgermino 6y ago
I think dang would agree. 1) there is a more link at the bottom of the page, Dan started making these comments because the UI is too subtle and a lot of people miss the link 2) I believe that he’s said they are working on performance improv
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by kgermino 6y ago
As someone else said, it’s tied to how many songs you listen to. Hypothetical: I mostly listen to Spotify during workouts so I only have about 200 streams a month. My coworker has a top 40 playlist running all day so they have over 2000 str
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by kgermino 6y ago
> But it's still like that in rural areas. A kid can explore the wilderness with her dog on a Saturday and not be expected until dinner. Crime is much less of a concern where there are far fewer people. The air is cleaner, the sky i
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by kgermino 6y ago
I’d much prefer going to the laundromat over not having a dishwasher.
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by kgermino 6y ago
I think it’s mostly paying the vendor who manufactured them. The tickets were created, the vendor wants to get paid, but CEC doesn’t want the product and is in bankruptcy so they are trying to pay ~$1MM less than full price to settle with
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by kgermino 6y ago
Yes, but faster is usually better in this case. Over simplifying, there are a lot of situations during take-off and landing where stopping isn't an option. During landing, the extra speed helps you take-off and try again (go around) w
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by kgermino 6y ago
I believe first offense is a crime in every state except Wisconsin.
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by kgermino 6y ago
> Also, the take-off being easier, it's not conceivable that a machine couldn't do it. The reason there is no such machine today is exactly because it's easier, so pilots never need any help. I don't think it's j
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by kgermino 6y ago
^W (control W) is actually delete the last word in Unix systems.
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by kgermino 6y ago
But FEMA can't prevent attacks, they only show up after something happens so there’a no incentive for the agency to focus on terrorism from that angle.
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by kgermino 6y ago
That’s definitely an issue, but I don’t think it applies here. It looks like the bridge that failed is a road bridge to carry cars over the tracks. The US driving infrastructure has a lot of issues, but you can’t say we’re “out of practice”
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by kgermino 6y ago
I think the biggest factor is timing (although backups should also be on a second system). In short, if anything that happens to the files is immediately copied to the "backup" then you don't actually have a chance to recover
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by kgermino 6y ago
I also wonder how much of it just comes down to serving a small dense area vs a large varied one. If you can focus on the cheapest customers to serve and avoid the overhead from needing to cover a large area it should be at least a little c
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by kgermino 6y ago
It also avoids a lot of cultural/communication problems. Even when everyone speaks the same language, words have subtly different meanings in different cultures. This is true across NA as well, but SF vs Atlanta is much closer than Chi
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by kgermino 6y ago
> States are going to have to coordinate with Federal ? No more than they already do. I have to file my state and federal returns separately today (and I don't think that's different for anyone who has to pay state income taxe
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by kgermino 6y ago
> Tax rules change almost weekly sometimes more for states, this requires fast acting changes to the workflow engine, coordniation with IRS etc. But, the tax rules are changed _by the government_. I'm no saying I think the governmen
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by kgermino 6y ago
> Although the case against the teen was also investigated by the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice, the Hillsborough State Attorney’s Office is prosecuting Clark because Florida law allows minors to be charged as adults in financia
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by kgermino 6y ago
> Early in my career, I learned a simple 'demo day' rule: never demo things that aren't end-to-end done. I take a different but similar approach when I run into situations where I want to get something small in front of a
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by kgermino 6y ago
> Right/conservative political philosophy is fundamentally not. > Conservatives believe that even if we are all human, we do not all have enough in common to be able to form a cohesive, coherent society. Conservatives believe tha
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by kgermino 6y ago
> They care more about famous YouTubers and TikTok stars. It sounds like they’re still interested in celebrities, it’s just a different set of people than older generations expect. I wonder, is that gap new or just part of the cycles of
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by kgermino 6y ago
(Big fat disclaimer: I don’t understand anything I’m about to say) Wouldn’t the windows be broken _behind_ the plane? In my mental model, you’re flying below radar so anyone on the ground will know you’re there anyway. If you’re sub-sonic p
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by kgermino 6y ago
Abolishing single family zoning won’t do anything to prevent you from buying a single family house. The vast, vast, majority of houses will still be detached single family. It’s just allowing the option to build an in-law unit and rent it o
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by kgermino 6y ago
They get paid by the cable companies (or YouTubeTV style equivalents). It’s not too much (~$0.40/subscriber IIRC) but it obviously adds up. They don’t get that money if you use an antenna, but that’s a small market compared to the inte

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