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by sanj 7y ago
One question I have when I see articles like this is: what are the downsides of this sort of person on a team? What kind of projects should they not be involved in? When are they the wrong person for the situation?
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by sanj 7y ago
Are you referring to The NY Times? I typically want to send traffic to the original content providers and creators.
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by sanj 7y ago
My son's Eagle Scout project is to collect unused TI-83/4, rehab them, and give them away to the incoming students. If you have any kicking around, drop me email and I can fwd to him.
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by sanj 7y ago
Let’s assume “several” minutes is 4 minutes. 240 seconds. Correcting 25 times in that window is <10s on average.
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by sanj 7y ago
That whole article read as some weird neo-colonial piece, blaming other countries training processes rather than a badly designed aircraft.
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by sanj 7y ago
How many honorary doctorates add up to calling yourself “Dr.”?
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by sanj 7y ago
My son is working on an Eagle Scout project collecting unused calculators so kids don’t have to buy them. Drop me a line if you’re interested in donating.
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First Offshore Flight of Makhani(youtube.com)
1 points by sanj 7y ago|0 comments
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by sanj 7y ago
In response to folks feeling that I'm being disrespectful of developers in other fields: you're right. And I apologize. By way of explanation, this phrasing came out the slide deck itself, which was used as part of a recruiting e
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by sanj 7y ago
For many years I gave a talk titled "Questions Engineers Should Ask" This list is missing the two most important [busines] questions: 1. How do you make money? If you can't understand, or the interview can't explain
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by sanj 7y ago
I swapped out my stock radio for one that supported CarPlay. The unit was only $250 and about an hour of effort. Within a week I bought another replacement for the other car. Best tech upgrade I’ve made in my life in a while. It really is a
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Filmmaker Mode(experienceuhd.com)
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by sanj 7y ago
Tip pooling makes sense because a restaurant experience is composed of the work of multiple players in the front/back of the house. DoorDash drivers don’t rely on other drivers. So why should a good driver compensate for the poor tips
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by sanj 7y ago
When I’ve tried to cut a jigsaw with a laser, the kerf between pieces was too large and it fit together a little too loosely to have that satisfying “snap” when pieces came together. Has anyone had/fixed that problem?
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Facebook Ad Library Fails(nytimes.com)
3 points by sanj 7y ago|0 comments
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Your “Financial Shock” Wealth(shift.newco.co)
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“Financial Shock” Wealth(shift.newco.co)
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New Mac Pro(apple.com)
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by sanj 7y ago
The suit argues that the law firm paid people to write the reviews.
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Why Neural Networks Work(technologyreview.com)
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by sanj 7y ago
Regen braking doesn’t use waste heat. It converts mechanical energy back to electrical.
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Did Lactose Tolerance Create the Wealthy in Europe?(economist.com)
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Recreation of neon sign with edge lit LEDs(m.imgur.com)
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by sanj 8y ago
I'm guessing that the valuation came from this joke PR piece: https://m.signalvnoise.com/press-release-basecamp-valuation-...
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How Not to Sort by Average Rating(evanmiller.org)
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by sanj 8y ago
link?
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by sanj 8y ago
I just bought an Osprey Pixel to have a minimal size for a laptop and not much else. Dirt cheap at $60 shipped!
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World Is Ours [pdf](usenix.org)
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by sanj 8y ago
The nose wheel was made 8in higher.
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by sanj 8y ago
I studied aircraft UX as my dissertation work. I’ll admit it is a few years out of date, but unlike JavaScript libraries, aircraft don’t change that fast. Here's my understanding/analysis of the situation: 1. Boeing was under pres

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