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by pbourke 5y ago
Young also commanded STS-1, the first shuttle launch mission.
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by pbourke 5y ago
This is the type of delightfully practical advice that Keeps me returning to HN.
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by pbourke 5y ago
We run box-fan filters during wildfire season here in the PNW and change them out after the season ends. Last year they were quite gray after all of the fires. We run Honeywell HEPA cleaners year round and bring the box fans out to suppleme
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by pbourke 6y ago
> You'd get a printout of the results back hours later, or even tomorrow. See also “big data” and machine learning.
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by pbourke 6y ago
> The teacher learned: never give out free donuts again. Or do it either predictably infrequently (major holidays or whatever) or truly randomly.
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by pbourke 6y ago
> Python isn't great at anything specifically Python is the best language in the world for small tools under 500 lines to solve glue and data munging problems.
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by pbourke 6y ago
Wonderful! This bill has been submitted for several legislative sessions now, and it’s great to see it finally pass. I am really looking forward to getting fiber from our county PUD and finally ditching Comcast.
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by pbourke 6y ago
In no way, shape or form would a crypto implosion be anywhere near the financial crisis in impact. It’s just not systemically important. It’s essentially “phantom wealth” not underpinned by any economic reality - even more unglued from real
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by pbourke 6y ago
60% of Americans (roughly) own real estate. It’s by far their largest asset. What proportion of Americans own crypto and how much of their net worth does it comprise? That would show you how significant the wealth effect would be.
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by pbourke 6y ago
You are seeing one response in the various relief and reform proposals put forward by the Biden administration. Biden is following FDR’s blueprint of first relief then reform in response to a crisis. The refundable child tax credit alone ha
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by pbourke 6y ago
> Which is why it's so utterly toxic that corporate America runs on an interrupt driven system, with meetings sprinkled carelessly across engineer calendars. I agree with this statement and your other points. I’ve noticed a more ins
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by pbourke 6y ago
As an aside, I was interested to see these devices tucked into the waybill pocket on a shipment of vaccines (see photo): https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-canada-expect... I presume that they are continuou
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by pbourke 6y ago
Do you also sanitize your door knob, handle, pantry door handle, fridge/freezer handle, faucet controls, etc? Merely washing your hands when you’re done stowing items seems to be a better strategy. Also it doesn’t stand to reason that
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by pbourke 6y ago
I agree with you. Under normal circumstances you’d be able to meet people, go out to eat, take a trip, etc while WFH. For many people it’s basically been “house arrest” for over a year now.
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by pbourke 6y ago
What does this have to do with hipsters? Close to 400M visitors means this is the mainstream. Americans have flocked to their national parks since the first one opened. > like frank zappa said... america is superficial. no real culture,
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by pbourke 6y ago
> Replace bezos with another decent business person and I'm sure they would have made similar decisions along the way and ended up in a similar place today. I worked at Amazon for 6 years. I don’t think that’s true at all. Nearly an
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by pbourke 6y ago
> Canadians are generally sensible, chill folks. I see you’ve never lived in a Canadian city that has lost the Stanley Cup. Or in the case of Montreal, won it.
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by pbourke 6y ago
> What a wholesome response! FWIW the @CAFinUS account is a good follow, with a mix of history, humor, etc. Pretty good for a government account.
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by pbourke 6y ago
Well it was until January 8th or so.
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by pbourke 6y ago
> In reality fundamentalist literalism is a relatively recent (19th century) theological development I was under the impression that it began with the Protestant Reformation - specifically Calvinism (16th century)
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by pbourke 6y ago
It was closed for 8 years after the 6 day war.
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by pbourke 6y ago
Unfortunately the AI won’t be messing up any mundane details like that.
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by pbourke 6y ago
"This above all: to thine own self be true"
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by pbourke 6y ago
Ha - you’re right. I suppose I object to "Hi $FirstName!" becoming the standard in professional communication. Often there’s nothing exciting that follows that exclamation mark, and the comma has been the standard so far.
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by pbourke 6y ago
SF fart-sniffing startups must be hopping on some anxious calls right now.
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by pbourke 6y ago
I refuse, with every last fibre of my being, that fucking exclamation mark.
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by pbourke 6y ago
In the ideal case, a politician would do AMA style engagements where they take questions from the public and give detailed replies. Since that won’t happen for most politicians, I’ll take a televised press conference with some back and fort
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by pbourke 6y ago
For all of those, you’re probably looking at 2022. For some - enough that it feels much more like normal than it has in over a year - the middle of summer seems like a safe bet for most of the US.
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by pbourke 6y ago
> some experts predict that we will see more deaths this year as we attempt to resume normal societal activities while SARS-COV-2 continues to circulate. Some 35 million Americans - heavily weighted towards the most vulnerable - are full
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by pbourke 6y ago
Isn’t nuclear federally regulated today?

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