vidanay

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1. 601.▲
   by vidanay 6y ago

   Yes
2. 602.▲
   by vidanay 6y ago

   Sure, I can name lots of structures in the US that have names, but they are far from the majority, and I an unaware of any legal weight for the name (IDK if UK building names have legal weight either though...)
3. 603.▲
   by vidanay 6y ago

   The majority of buildings in the US simply do not have names.
4. 604.▲
   by vidanay 6y ago

   As an aside...where does the UK practice of naming things "Shield House", "Terminus House", etc come from?
5. 605.▲
   by vidanay 6y ago

   Stopping the production line is almost never the first choice. Continuous production takes priority. There are second-order metrics that can be applied on top of the individual rejects (N in a row, N out of M rate, etc) and THOSE metrics ca
6. 606.▲
   by vidanay 6y ago

   Chrome made this intentional change about four years ago. Prior to that, backspace had the described behavior.
7. 607.▲
   by vidanay 6y ago

   Coffee, Cappuccino, Latte, Frappe All of the above multiplied by small, medium, large. All of the above multiplied by weak, normal, strong, and double shot. All of the above multiplied by zone defense, man to coverage, and missile command.
8. 608.▲
   by vidanay 6y ago

   Our old office had a $5k fancy coffee maker with touch screen. Nobody knew what the hell all the icons meant, and nobody cleaned the milk siphon so it went moldy and was thrown out after two weeks. I insisted that we keep the old Bunn that
9. 609.▲
   by vidanay 6y ago

   I have accomplished this by using an external audio mixer at my desk. I have physical volume controls for three PC's, two ham radios, and a police scanner. Then there is a master volume control for everything mixed.
10. 610.▲
    by vidanay 6y ago

    Try this: Put on your winter gloves, climb in the the shower, turn the water on ice cold, and see how well you are able to operate your iPad. At least with paper maps and a #2 pencil, you have a fighting chance in those conditions.
11. 611.▲
    by vidanay 6y ago

    They lost me (I switched to Spotify), the problem is that now that I have cancelled my YouTube premium, YT is INCREDIBLY PAINFUL with ads.
12. 612.▲
    by vidanay 6y ago

    Ha! 35 years ago we were being told that eggs are Satan's death nuggets and even one a week might be too much. Everything in moderation, including moderation.
13. 613.▲
    by vidanay 6y ago

    You know all those recent posts here on HN about amateur radio and hams? A lot of those guys are still using Win95.
14. 614.▲
    by vidanay 6y ago

    One's military and carries bombs, the other is commercial and carries passengers.
15. 615.▲
    by vidanay 6y ago

    Because the "cheap seats" further away from the centerline would be like a six hour roller coaster ride at Six Flags. The centerline seats would have no windows (doesn't matter to me, but does for some people).
16. 616.▲
    by vidanay 6y ago

    The angle isn't the problem, it's the 40' vertical drop for the passenger near the wing tips.
17. 617.▲
    by vidanay 6y ago

    Forget turbulence. Normal flight characteristics would be unbearable. Some of the approaches to Chicago Midway airport have ~45 degree bank angles.
18. 618.▲
    by vidanay 6y ago

    I've used this one [1] for the last four years. The cables from device to the PCs are hard wired, so I have no idea if it conforms to spec. I do know I have had zero problems with it. [1] https://www.amazon.com/gp/
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    by vidanay 6y ago

    “It is more important that innocence be protected than it is that guilt be punished, for guilt and crimes are so frequent in this world that they cannot all be punished. But if innocence itself is brought to the bar and condemned, perhaps t
20. 620.▲
    by vidanay 6y ago

    Kowloon Walled City was 50k population in a surface area of only 6.4 acres (2.6 hectare).
21. 621.▲
    by vidanay 6y ago

    I don't buy it at all. Population centers are secondary targets after military targets. Besides, the USSR and USA had (have) enough nukes that a spread out city is irrelevant.
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    by vidanay 6y ago

    I remember asking two police (military?) carrying machine guns at the Hong Kong airport for directions to the train into the city. I don't even dare to look a CBP agent in the eyes as I am passing them. (And I'm born and raised Am
23. 623.▲
    by vidanay 6y ago

    I have been in airports and customs from China to Germany and pretty much only in the United States are the security personnel (generic term) looking like they have a hot pepper up their ass.
24. 624.▲
    by vidanay 6y ago

    Shit.. I'm a middle age white male, and I'm thinking about more welcoming destinations.
25. 625.▲
    by vidanay 6y ago

    Crops are harvested at night all the time.
26. 626.▲
    by vidanay 6y ago

    Looks like someone read my other comment :-)
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    by vidanay 6y ago

    I'd have to resist the urge to walk up to that manager and stare them in the eyes while peeing on their shoes.
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    by vidanay 6y ago

    Check out TARPN for an interesting usage of ham and more modern tinkering. http://tarpn.net/t/packet_radio_networking.html
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    by vidanay 6y ago

    There's also more than a fair share of OM spouting off about their gout, dieabeetus, negroes, and Jeezus. Phone frequencies are a real cesspool most of the time.
30. 630.▲
    by vidanay 6y ago

    Meatbags are G-limited. There is an immediate advantage to maneuverability when you remove the human.