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by stmw 6y ago
Exactly right. In my personal experience, Kafka's reputation for data loss and other mishaps is well-earned. Some of them are well explained by Jepsen tests.
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People are fed up with broken vaccine appt. tools, so they’re building their own(technologyreview.com)
4 points by stmw 6y ago|0 comments
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Apollo – Atmospheric Entry Phase (1968)(youtube.com)
2 points by stmw 6y ago|0 comments
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Home Security Tech Hacked into Cameras to Watch People Undressing and Having Sex(buzzfeednews.com)
8 points by stmw 6y ago|0 comments
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Biden appoints MIT geneticist Eric Lander as science adviser(sciencemag.org)
1 points by stmw 6y ago|0 comments
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by stmw 6y ago
Keybase is now owned by Zoom.
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Read Michael Crichton's 1969 Review of Kurt Vonnegut's 'Slaughterhouse-Five'(newrepublic.com)
1 points by stmw 6y ago|0 comments
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by stmw 6y ago
How so?
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by stmw 6y ago
That's interesting! Still, in the Bay Area, even those are not available, with month-long lead time for past two weeks. But it is possible to get them in other cities.
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Ask HN: Why are there no M1 Macs in Bay Area?
2 points by stmw 6y ago|5 comments
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by stmw 6y ago
Helpful, puts "my hovercraft is full of eels" in historical context. P.S. For those interested in the origin of that phrase, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Hungarian_Phrasebook
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by stmw 6y ago
I think what they're saying is that 17-21 days after is valid, after 21 is not "valid" but acceptable. So for example someone receiving a 2nd dose on day 23 wouldn't be counted to as part of a clinical trial but is not
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by stmw 6y ago
This answers many questions that I had on the details of the Pfizer covid19 vaccine administration, directly from a CDC presentation. Found it much more informative and concise than regular news reports.
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Use of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine:Clinical Considerations [pdf](cdc.gov)
2 points by stmw 6y ago|3 comments
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by stmw 6y ago
Another solution that's been around for a lot longer - and with more features, but less catchy name - is Abine Blur - https://www.abine.com Disclosure: I was one of the co-founders In general, there is a tradeoff between t
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IBM Uncovers Global Phishing Campaign Targeting the Covid-19 Vaccine Cold Chain(securityintelligence.com)
2 points by stmw 6y ago|0 comments
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by stmw 6y ago
Is it just me or is this literally the worst architecture idea that's popped up here? I've seen this done in a few large projects, including some extremely famous products, and it produced endless grief for the engineering team -
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'Someone's typing ': The history behind text messaging's most dreadful feature(sfgate.com)
3 points by stmw 6y ago|0 comments
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A Mysterious Obama Biography Is Selling Like Crazy on Amazon. Did a AI Write It?(slate.com)
15 points by stmw 6y ago|5 comments
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That weird lever at the top of the stairs in old SF homes(sfgate.com)
37 points by stmw 6y ago|4 comments
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All the Ways Slack Tracks You–and How to Stop It(wired.com)
1 points by stmw 6y ago|0 comments
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by stmw 6y ago
Hmm, I've used both Rust and C++ professionally (and prefer Rust). But it's fair that most positive or negative things about programming languages are from people who haven't used them professionally.
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by stmw 6y ago
I think learning Rust first - and then possibly C - is a better plan for your background of python and matlab. I think it can be difficult to appreciate C when coming from the higher-level languages, and so while it may be easy to get along
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by stmw 6y ago
That's a very sad worry story, hope it turned out OK. Sorry you and the users had to go through that.
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MIT A wearable sensor to help ALS patients communicate(news.mit.edu)
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by stmw 6y ago
The above statement is really just validation that the current process sucks so much for everyone that it's conceivable to replace it with random choice. However, it's not actually true (for reasons explained in the blog) - as a h
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by stmw 6y ago
At least for startups, engineerng hiring can definitely be a competitive advantage. (4x startup founder here).
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by stmw 6y ago
There are no reliable software engineering credentials in the US. But there are also no reliable electrical engineering credentials, and many other things. There is a P.Eng. (professional engineer) examination, but it's really most rel
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by stmw 6y ago
Lots of "good companies" have terrible hiring processes, in part because they're sufficiently famous and prestigious that they can be really bad at hiring - like proudly advertising a 2 month long process - and still hire eno
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by stmw 6y ago
Having used interviewing.io a lot, that's pretty close to how it works... It even had a "chatroulette..." tagline early on.

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