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811.
by lutorm 10y ago
The article says 2500 is the new number, 5000 the "old story".
812.
by lutorm 10y ago
If it's so rugged and dependable, why does he need to buy a new one every couple of years?
813.
by lutorm 10y ago
Yeah, it's normal, and it usually ends up getting sucked backward, presumably due to the turbulent airflow in the space between the end of the vehicle and the engine nozzles: Echostar: https://youtu.be/zEfEBJfD_RE?t=18m
814.
by lutorm 10y ago
I agree. While I'm overwhelmingly convinced that climate change is real and due to anthropogenic emissions, there is clearly a place for people who aren't convinced of the evidence to poke and prod at the research. However, it sho
815.
by lutorm 10y ago
Not a relevant metric. If there's one thing the world has plenty of, it's area.
816.
by lutorm 10y ago
That argument sounds precipitously close to the reasoning that led to the Challenger disaster: "Even though this isn't supposed to happen, we've seen it before and it was fine" leading to a slow eroding of safety margins
817.
by lutorm 10y ago
But I will never refactor another 800 line case statement with 26 early exits, 14 double negatives, and 90 unintelligible variable assignments inside a 23,000 line module. Never. But there's the sign that they really need you.
818.
by lutorm 10y ago
Perhaps you are not aware of this, but there are numerous studies that show bias, for example random shuffling of names on resumes and resumes with female names are rated lower than those with male names. Whether this bias is conscious or u
819.
by lutorm 10y ago
My question would be: why do you want a following? Personally, I have practically zero views on my blog, but that's OK. I'm writing about niche things that I hope will help anyone who finds themselves in the same situation in the
820.
by lutorm 10y ago
I find the vast majority video blogging long-winded and rambling. This isn't particularly surprising, since it's much more work to shoot and edit a video to be short and to the point than it is a written work, but unless there&#
821.
by lutorm 10y ago
Yes, insurance premiums and deductibles also funds a vast bureaucracy and profits for the insurance industry...
822.
by lutorm 10y ago
The consolation is that it is always much quicker to build the second of something than it is to build the first one, because you know exactly how to do it. I like to say that I could have done my PhD thesis in 3 months rather than 5 year
823.
by lutorm 10y ago
This isn't just true for web development thought. If you worked on building some piece of hardware, a few years later you'd be hard pressed to see any of that hardware still around. I guess you can keep one on your shelf as a meme
824.
by lutorm 10y ago
Do you state that based on evidence or ideology? I don't think it's true, any more than it's true that every worker wants to work at whatever job hapens to have the highest salary. People are not fungible seekers of maximal p
825.
by lutorm 10y ago
Well, I am attacking payday lending, and I am for replacing it with a comprehensive welfare state. I don't know if I'm a "mainstream American liberal", I'm barely American, but maybe it would behoove you to be a
826.
by lutorm 10y ago
I'm not sure what point you are making. Even if competition in the payday loan market is so fierce that there's zero margin, it still remains that the rates will be high enough to help trap people in poverty, and having people nee
827.
by lutorm 10y ago
Totally disagree. Do you think pawn shops, payday lenders, and high-interest credit card issuers would benefit if their customers became wealthy enough to not need their services?
828.
by lutorm 10y ago
Yeah I didn't mean to imply you could get work out of it, just that it's a system with zero dissipation, so it would seem to be a perpetual machine "of the third kind" as referenced by the post above. (If you don't
829.
by lutorm 10y ago
A superconductor is sort of a perpetual motion machine for electrons, isn't it?
830.
by lutorm 10y ago
Would you say the same thing about doing an Ironman, or climbing Mt Everest when you can just get helicoptered to the top? Part of the attraction of doing things like these lies in proving to yourself that you can do it, and by doing this y
831.
by lutorm 10y ago
Hawaii state parks are free -- for residents. Tourists usually have to pay. That seems like a good strategy.
832.
by lutorm 10y ago
Does not work for Clear Air Turbulence, which can be severe enough to make people fly out of their seats, too. I've been in planes where the CAT was severe enough to have lifted me out of my seat if I hadn't been buckled in, and
833.
by lutorm 10y ago
You don't need to wear it tight (like you do with a car seat belt), we're not talking about tens of G accelerations like in a car crash. All you need is for it to prevent you from flying up out of your seat.
834.
by lutorm 10y ago
I'm not saying the risk is particularly large, at least in a large aircraft. However, the inconvenience of buckling your seat belt is practically nil, so the value proposition is pretty clear to me.
835.
by lutorm 10y ago
This is a reminder that the announcement that you should "keep your seat belt fastened at all times when you're in your seat" isn't just something someone made up. It's a small price to pay in case you ever encounte
836.
by lutorm 10y ago
Gases have viscosity...
837.
by lutorm 10y ago
I can think of a few reasons. First, because personalized instruction and discussion makes a big difference in actually gaining real understanding. Second, because most people won't push themselves as hard on their own. Third, because
838.
by lutorm 10y ago
If that's true, why does any single doctor in the entire country take Medicare patients then?
839.
by lutorm 10y ago
it's not a serious competitor to nuclear power How can you say that off-hand without knowing what the costs are? It's not at all obvious to me that building 3000 concrete spheres with turbines and a bunch of PV panels is any har
840.
by lutorm 10y ago
You forgot convincing the Mexicans and Canadians that they are better off giving up their sovereignty... unless you planned on pulling a Hawaii.

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