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by mbonnet 2y ago
How does it reboot if it dies?
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by mbonnet 2y ago
When I lived in Sierra Leone, a common Christmas carol translated to "Merry Christmas, we didn't die".
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by mbonnet 2y ago
A/V is the final frontier, not P ?= NP
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by mbonnet 2y ago
I'm from an agricultural region (though more ranching than crop farming). This is absolutely the case. Everyone got fucked over by John Deere and is now extremely wary of such things.
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by mbonnet 2y ago
This was often supplemented by burying a fish or other animal near/in where the Three Sisters were planted, providing ample nutrients for less perishable foodstuffs to grow.
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by mbonnet 2y ago
This is a decent idea to do every few years. I may make my own version.
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by mbonnet 2y ago
Plenty of knowledge has been lost. Can you read Linear A?
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by mbonnet 2y ago
I took a class called Computer Architecture in 2019 that was half Armv7 assembly programming. The tests were handwritten. It set me up for so much success in my subsequent career of embedded flight software. I have also never again reached
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by mbonnet 2y ago
Windows 95.
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by mbonnet 2y ago
On the contrary, I have found that Rust postings receive fewer but much higher quality candidates.
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by mbonnet 2y ago
When I lived in Sierra Leone circa 2012, a lot of expats had phones like this. Ruggedized, could handle anything - dust, falling into a silty river, anything. Many a game of catch were played with them.
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by mbonnet 2y ago
Dedications are what you make of them. If you like it, it's a good dedication.
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by mbonnet 2y ago
I love that https://naya.lol/unicorn is the cats page. This is wonderful. Sharing this in the company Slack like a boomer.
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by mbonnet 2y ago
Expected mission lifetime is often a function of "if thing X, Y, Z goes wrong". As you get past X, Y, and Z, mission lifetime will grow significantly. For example, for the James Webb telescope, its expected lifetime was limited by
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by mbonnet 2y ago
Hell I'm still majorly spooked by The Waters of Mars.
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by mbonnet 2y ago
correct. and the idea here is to put up at least some form of barrier to entry, because any good guidance is also nuclear warhead delivery guidance at a certain point.
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by mbonnet 2y ago
Formal verification is nice, but requires crazy skilled people at high cost. It's not always practical/feasible to have as part of your SWE process.
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by mbonnet 2y ago
I agree with this in principle, but some things can only be mocked, like AWS interactions in a test/CI environment.
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by mbonnet 2y ago
At some point, the piper will come for companies that rely so heavily on open-source software they do not themselves financially support or contribute to.
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by mbonnet 2y ago
This is a good way to get the wrath of God rained down upon thee.
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The "Best" Library: A C++ STL Replacement(github.com)
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by mbonnet 2y ago
soon != now.
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by mbonnet 2y ago
Having more than one thing capable of doing something is an advantage in a field as uncertain as spaceflight.
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by mbonnet 2y ago
Good. The diamond industry has destroyed multiple countries, one of which I lived in (Sierra Leone). Screw em.
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by mbonnet 2y ago
Only in the innovation fund thing, not the company at large (going solely off the article)
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by mbonnet 2y ago
You're fundamentally misunderstanding the use case. Using an iPad Pro with a small keyboard is a small form factor, often doesn't add to the load in a student's backpack (most of them have iPads for note taking anyway), etc
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by mbonnet 2y ago
Since dosage seems to not have been addressed, my sleeve work shall continue unabated.
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by mbonnet 2y ago
because the reality is, some nations have nuclear weapons and colossal economic power, and some don't.
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by mbonnet 2y ago
I'm struggling to see the use case the same way I did for Z Flip type phones.
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by mbonnet 2y ago
Some of the best climbing in the world is in karst topography. The best known is in Central Europe. Far away from that is the Texas Hill Country, which while possessing incredible rock, is almost entirely privately owned. Central Texas coul

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