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by zw123456 9y ago
I removed my account a few months back (you have to request that, you can't delete it on your own, which I think sucks). I did it because I feel that they betrayed our democracy for profit and I do not want to support an organization l
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Shannon number, named after Claude Shannon, lower bound of complexity of chess(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by zw123456 9y ago|0 comments
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by zw123456 9y ago
Yes, but the Wall Street CEO's are sooooo hard working. Give me a break. I once worked for a company whose CEO completely ran the thing into the ground and eventually got fired but got paid millions anyhow. I jokingly said I could hav
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by zw123456 9y ago
Yes, exactly, thanks for reminding me, one BIG reason I have stayed and work remote, I get 10% more.
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by zw123456 9y ago
Reasons for Seattle: 1) take a long shower 2) wash your car 3) water your lawn 4) cheap electrical rates 5) enjoy the outdoors 6) awesome IPA's 7) pot is legal 8) great culture 9) moderate weather as global warming progresses downside
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by zw123456 9y ago
There was one company I worked at that, for whatever reason, people thought that the bathroom was a good place to have a phone call. Simple fix; when someone would start a phone call I would flush, and keep flushing every time they talked
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by zw123456 9y ago
Lets say I am a farmer and I take eleven pigs to market. I start with XI pigs and sell three III. I know X = VV and I know V = IIIII so I expand XI = VVI = V IIIII I, then take way III sticks and am left with VIII. It is easier for simpl
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by zw123456 9y ago
I always thought that roman numerals would be a simpler way to do basic arithmetic and might lend itself more to simple commerce. For example: III represents 3 things, so III + II = IIIII For simple commerce application that is simpler, I
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by zw123456 9y ago
I have often been asked by people what Dark Fiber is, my answer is usually that it is evil fiber. Just kidding. Seriously, dark fiber is quite simply fiber that does not have the usual network equipment attached to it and hence, no lasers a
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by zw123456 9y ago
Nokia bought Alcatel-Lucent who previously bought Timetra which was a silicon valley start up that at one time was meant to compete with Cisco, a pretty bold move for sure. They had some pretty amazing stuff (IMHO) but I think one acquisiti
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by zw123456 9y ago
I have this great idea for this new service called real time voice messaging, instead of typing out your message you simply say it into a microphone and it is delivered to the other person in real time audio. It also works in real time in t
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by zw123456 9y ago
Funny, just the other day at work I was trying to explain to someone what an FPGA was and I used the 7400 TLL example and said imagine if you had a crate full of TTL chips and you could put them all onto a single die, arrange them with the
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by zw123456 9y ago
Verizon is combining the AOL and Yahoo operations and calling the new organization "Oath"
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by zw123456 9y ago
When I was in college, there was this guy named Arman, that, at parties or bars and etc. would simply walk up to girls and would, after perhaps a moment of small talk, ask them straight away if they would like to sleep with him. I thought t
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The First Space Based Nation Asgardia Plans to Illegally Store Data Off Planet(futurism.com)
1 points by zw123456 9y ago|0 comments
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by zw123456 9y ago
One more sort of funny thing about uncle Bernie, he worked for a very highly respected aerospace company for 40 years developing all kinds of crazy things. When he retired, he was the only one who knew how to make a very specific type of kl
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by zw123456 9y ago
I know right, how fun would that be to watch all the people coming out with there metal detectors. But Ole uncle Bernie is pretty cantankerous, he might take a shot at people so best we keep that location quiet for the safety of all involve
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by zw123456 9y ago
That is sort of funny because my grandpa used to say, there are two types of "learnin" book learnin and the other type of learnin (droping the g's is how he spoke). Just funny, but probably true, but on the other hand ole unc
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by zw123456 9y ago
My uncle is crazy, but not stupid (he has a PHD in physics) so, who knows :) Chuckle.
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by zw123456 9y ago
This story reminds me of my Uncle, who is one of those end of the world preper type people who has been convinced for the last 30 years that we are on the brink of some sort of collapse. So he bought a bunch of gold and buried somewhere it
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by zw123456 9y ago
I remember when I entered the work force back in 1978 right out of college and went to work for Bell Labs. We were required to wear a suit, ties and white shirt. You were not allowed to hang your jacket over your chair; it had to be hung in
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by zw123456 9y ago
That brought back memories for me, I worked there from 1978 - 1984. It was special and I agree with a lot of what the author said, but I would also highlight the people that ran the place. My boss was amazing, too long to list all the reas
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by zw123456 9y ago
I just saw that on HBO too but the page comes up blank now.
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by zw123456 9y ago
Secret rendezvous with Extra-terrestrials? Just kidding of course but was I the only one that had a flash for a great sci-fi plot?
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by zw123456 9y ago
I understand that surreal feeling, I had that a little bit for a while after because you suddenly just realize how vulnerable you actually are. I would not in any way pass judgment on someone else's state of mind based on only a post b
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by zw123456 9y ago
It is interesting, almost everyone I know has a story where some cop abused there authority. When people start sharing their stories, it is always amazing to me how many people chime in with similar encounters. Until it happens to you, peop
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by zw123456 9y ago
As someone who is 1)Rich(relatively) 2)White, and who has been falsely accused, and harassed by the police for idiotic reasons, I have an enormous amount of sympathy. I went through something similar a couple of times in my life where I had
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by zw123456 10y ago
I think the wireless carriers may have just won, with 4G unlimited plans, who needs in-secure wide open wifi. Over the years in tech, I look for certain inflection points, and I think this could be one. Only time will tell, but it has that
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by zw123456 10y ago
I agree, I had a windows phone and I actually liked the UI, simple clean, the 5 things I used the most often in nice big blocks, easy for me to find quickly. Too bad, I just feel like the whole phone scene has fallen into a duopoly, Apple
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by zw123456 10y ago
Capturing rule sets has not gone away, they just call it something else now.

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