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by starpilot 6y ago
I had a small package in customs in Chicago for three months recently. Seems to be the norm in these times.
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Is it possible to cut glass with scissors underwater?(youtu.be)
23 points by starpilot 6y ago|4 comments
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by starpilot 6y ago
If you ever bought a car, your lifestyle would likely be very different/shifted, and your anticipated viewpoints might not hold. It's like saying, "If I was vegetarian, I would like these foods." You have no idea what yo
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by starpilot 6y ago
Yeah, it's a little harsh for a story titled "Escape from x." The story pretty much ended when they decided to turn around from the fire, point 3 in their map: https://www.jmeshe.co/escape-from-creek-fire&#x2F
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Gender reveal parties have started two forest fires(twitter.com)
3 points by starpilot 6y ago|0 comments
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by starpilot 6y ago
That's because we are in the cool zone: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pkypdg/were-all-living-in...
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by starpilot 6y ago
Don
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by starpilot 6y ago
My friend is in his 50s and had it (tested positive along with his girlfriend who he lives with). He said he felt crappy for about a week, then got better. Moderately athletic and mildly overweight, but not obese. No lasting effects on his
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by starpilot 6y ago
Portable AC's exist because window units don't fit in sliding windows and you can't move them from room to room. That's the point of being portable! Believe me I'd love to be able to buy a $50 used window AC like I
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by starpilot 6y ago
Wirecutter has never let me down: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/the-best-portable... Interestingly, in their tests, they didn't find dual-hose models to work much better than single-hose, unless
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by starpilot 6y ago
Ugh, clickbait title. TL;DW get a dual hose model. Mine was $260 from Craigslist. In the video he even says he uses two portable AC's. He backpedals further in his description: > Seriously, either we need to get more awareness of ho
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by starpilot 6y ago
The temp vs run duration doesn't seem that meaningful. It shows the first 3 minutes of runtime, and doesn't show if all configurations reach equilibrium performance after that. It looks like they might. These things are usually ru
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by starpilot 6y ago
Wow I've ordered from you guys. I received some great advice on liners and replacing a screw on my bindings, and was pretty surprised to get such detailed responses to my questions. Your site was recommended to me by the guys at Evo (S
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by starpilot 6y ago
less space than a nomad
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In a rare bipartisan vote, Congress sends billions to the national parks(nationalgeographic.com)
3 points by starpilot 6y ago|0 comments
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by starpilot 6y ago
Has anyone cracked SHA with this?
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by starpilot 6y ago
> For every single test travel down to a missile range having days of turnaround. Or just use Lockheed's test facilities in the desert in California, which are far more remote and have better weather. There's a reason aviation
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by starpilot 6y ago
A list of Lockheed Martin Space projects, headquartered in Denver. None of these are "classified": NASA's Orion spacecraft NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-R) weather satellite series NASA&#
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by starpilot 6y ago
The social critic and mathematician Ted Kaczynski said, "The concept of 'mental health' in our society is defined largely by the extent to which an individual behaves in accord with the needs of the system and does so without
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Full-time minimum wage workers cannot afford a one-bedroom rental in 95% of US(cnbc.com)
9 points by starpilot 6y ago|3 comments
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by starpilot 6y ago
Maybe Google has studied all of those things and found whiteboarding to be the best predictor. The company seems to be doing well, so something must be working with their hiring. They dropped GPA/college requirements so they're cl
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by starpilot 6y ago
Current SWE interviews seem extraordinarily effective. They've produced corporations that dominate our lives, with systems that have unimaginable capabilities. Their profits currently dwarf other companies such that the S&P500 is b
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by starpilot 6y ago
This is described in http://carlos.bueno.org/2014/06/mirrortocracy.html Some companies stress interpersonal fit over technical ability, as you are initiated in "the Culture."
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by starpilot 6y ago
That's how non-FAANG goes. I work at an old, non-tech corp and the interview (just one) was basically a popularity contest with some light technical questions. Don't screw up and crack some jokes and you're in. Of course, tha
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by starpilot 6y ago
Hey, did you go to umich?
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by starpilot 6y ago
In aviation, by definition gliding is unpowered flight, like coasting in a car. If you're doing performance calculations, there are different equations for gliding and powered flight.
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by starpilot 6y ago
No one cares about sig figs in mechanical engineering, which is what this is closest to. They only really matter in chemistry.
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by starpilot 6y ago
You mean Columbia?
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by starpilot 6y ago
Wing flap frequency varies inverse logarithmically with wing span in flying animals, see https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jeremy_Rayner2/publicat... It's amazing how this carries over across species. Humm
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by starpilot 6y ago
Yeah, at this most recent COVID bottom, HN was saying that buying was like catching a falling knife, that the average recession dropped n% more, that it was going to get worse. I am very glad I ignored HN commentary.

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