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   by samcheng 8y ago

   https://www.weather.gov/timeline
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   by samcheng 8y ago

   Probably quite stable; this stuff dates back to the telegraph...
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   by samcheng 8y ago

   My favorite text-based weather report is definitely the "discussion" product from the National Weather Service. It gives some perspective, instead of just the numbers. Importantly, it commonly has a discussion of forecast confid
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   by samcheng 8y ago

   This is an interesting reaction to the "bootcamp" trend (and subsequent implosion). I think it has a better chance of succeeding: you might not need four years of university education to become an entry-level developer, but a few
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   by samcheng 8y ago

   I've recommended Ubiquiti to a few friends and neighbors looking to extend Wifi coverage to the back yard or outbuilding or garage. It works quite well, particularly if you have a wired uplink and PoE switch. I use it in a couple of o
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   by samcheng 8y ago

   RINSE | San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Chicago, Boston | Onsite Rinse provides technology-enabled dry cleaning and laundry delivery services in five cities now, and we're growing rapidly! We're hiring a Lead or Senior
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   by samcheng 8y ago

   According to this 2013 study, the daytime population in Palo Alto is twice the residential population. http://www.paloaltoparksplan.org/pdf/PTOSR-Demographic-Analy... It's pretty clear if you look at 'typical
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   by samcheng 8y ago

   For what it's worth, I moved here (in part) because of the large talent pool, but found it just as hard to hire here in the Bay Area as elsewhere. And maybe harder... Even though the talent pool is much larger, there is also much mor
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   by samcheng 8y ago

   The poster mentioned '3 bedrooms' which I'm guessing means a single-family residence. Houses are exempt from rent control.
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    by samcheng 8y ago

    Those in the Bay Area who like olive oil should visit a Sigona's grocery store in Redwood City or Stanford. They have dozens of different olive oils from around the world (suspiciously, few from Italy) with different varieties and pick
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    by samcheng 8y ago

    I don't think additional funding is enough. Funding doesn't appear to be the problem with respect to SF's homeless, for example.
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    by samcheng 8y ago

    Certainly not suggesting that - in fact, I ride this particular rail on the weekend every few months. It's never crowded on the weekend, except before and after baseball games. It runs roughly every hour (with a few additional express
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    by samcheng 8y ago

    It's commuter rail, not an alternative for tourists. I agree that the Millbrae station is terrible! That's due to BART - most of the other stations up and down that line are in the downtowns of Burlingame, San Mateo, Redwood City
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    by samcheng 8y ago

    Interestingly, many people say the same thing about our epidemic of gun massacres. Are there any mental health startups out there?
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    by samcheng 8y ago

    There is a perfectly feasible train connection to Silicon Valley (at least the western part of it). Trains are standing-room-only daily. The area around almost every Caltrain stop has already seen significant appreciation, of course.
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    by samcheng 8y ago

    Eudora had this awesome feature that detected if you were about to send a flame / testy short reply, and warned you against it. I seem to remember a “spicy pepper” icon? It saved me from embarrassment more than once. I hope the moder
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    by samcheng 8y ago

    Unfortunately not - I'm in Silicon Valley.
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    by samcheng 8y ago

    Thanks for this! I'm in the other boat - I have a pretty good experience base to start a company, but am waiting for the right subject-matter expert to come along with the idea, passion, and background to make the other half of the sta
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    by samcheng 8y ago

    Tesla handles this quite well. You stop driving, then open the door. This puts the car in park and engages the parking brake. Other stuff happens like the door handles present and the stereo volume turns down. Then when you close the do
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    by samcheng 8y ago

    The math is pretty poor in this article. Information and Communication Tech represents only 3% of global carbon emissions, and most of that is from giant server farms. This other article states that the embodied CO2 in a cellphone is rough
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    by samcheng 8y ago

    RINSE | San Francisco, CA | Onsite, Full Time Rinse is a technology-enabled dry cleaning and laundry delivery service, and we've been growing robustly for five years now. We're hiring for the following roles: - We're constant
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    by samcheng 8y ago

    The source FAA "circularization" data (for any object above a certain height) are interesting for other purposes as well. You can also see the meteorological masts put up to study potential wind farm sites, planned tall buildings
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    by samcheng 9y ago

    Is this an LTS release? 16.04 is fine, but it'd be nice to upgrade.
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    by samcheng 9y ago

    RINSE | San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Chicago, Boston | Onsite Rinse provides technology-enabled dry cleaning and laundry delivery services in five cities now, and we're growing rapidly! We're hiring a Lead Front-End
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    by samcheng 9y ago

    A bunch of his (lyrical) work is available for free from the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/browse.php?collection=GratefulDead&field... Here's a performance of the song mentioned in the article: https:&#x2F
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    by samcheng 9y ago

    RINSE | San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Chicago, Boston | Onsite Rinse provides technology-enabled dry cleaning and laundry delivery services in five cities now, and we're growing rapidly! We're hiring a Lead Front-End
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    by samcheng 9y ago

    RINSE | San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Chicago, Boston | Onsite Rinse provides technology-enabled dry cleaning and laundry delivery services in five cities now, and we're growing rapidly! We're hiring a Lead Front-End
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    by samcheng 9y ago

    Or street parking needs to make way for bike lanes, transit, and pedestrian space! To be honest, though, electrifying public parking isn't that outlandish either. Fairbanks, Alaska has done it for a while to power engine block heaters
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    by samcheng 9y ago

    This reminds me of some awesome documentary footage of a man who built a cabin in the Alaskan wilderness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYJKd0rkKss Alone in the Wilderness - Dick Proenneke The same dry commentary made riv
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    by samcheng 9y ago

    SLAC, at least, works by deflecting the electrons, rather than by slowing them down via Bremsstrahlung. https://lcls.slac.stanford.edu/overview The result is a nice, tight, collimated beam of hard X-rays. Pretty awesome!