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If I am understanding your problem correctly, I did that for a large American automotive electronics supplier back in the 1990s - though back then 30-40 megabytes of data was prett…

> nokia, samsung and others were all on their way with competing products that would have filled the void had the iphone not been there We used smartphones in the labs at Motorola …

Of course. Get-Content puts every line of text into the pipeline as a .Net String object with a few additional attributes added on, including ReadCount which is the line number. Fo…

And a really interesting life story. I like how she randomly ended up in the job: https://www.northwestern.edu/magazine/spring2012/feature/roc... > Four years into the job, Shotwel…

You are correct, but the planned extension of the CTA Red Line includes a new station that is shared with the South Shore, creating a brand-new connection ability that never existe…

The problem Apple had with Motorola was that Motorola couldn't get the chip yields they needed at high clock rates. The problem Apple had with IBM was that IBM didn't care enough a…

> the English system encouraging divisibility by 2/3/4/6 I'm not sure that the Old English system used sixths much. Eighths for sure though. Fun fact: The NYSE and NASDAQ switched …

I've found working with and improving legacy code to be some of the most compelling work I've done and I'm not alone in feeling this way. But it's nearly impossible to find that ki…

You're going to find it very hard to have a gaming PC that is also stripped down to its bones. Windows 10 Pro N is a good starting point for a non-annoying Windows "Experience", bu…

I just clicked on the start menu, and halfway down the list of apps is "Suggested: Fitbit Coach. Up your fitness level". That's an advertisement. My computer has never had anything…

Maybe the person was looking for a new job because the bosses forced them to use X in 2017.

> Bus lanes and stops are actually empty a lot of the time, they just need to be clear at the particular moment when the bus needs them. Yes, this is true. Here in Chicago, it is o…

We used Coinbase purely for trading and received a 1099-K

Was it a 1099-K? [1] It reports gross payments, not profits. The IRS knows this; it's their form. [1] https://www.irs.gov/businesses/understanding-your-1099-k

> The only reason that my old Core 2 Duo is "future proofed" is because useful improvements have slowed down dramatically in the last 10 years. I have four Core2Duo tower computers…

It's probably based on a conservative guess about your location: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-26/facebook-...

In less than 50 years, Chicago went from a town of fewer than 5000 to the second largest city in America, with well over 1 million residents, yet during that period: a) Skyscrapers…

Unmentioned in the linked article is the fact that sitting for the Patent Bar exam with the USPTO does not require a law degree but instead it requires an engineering or hard scien…

This cannot be emphasized enough. Accessing PACER from a courthouse is free. Accessing PACER for a case you are involved in is free. Getting judicial opinions from PACER is free. I…

I understand the sentiment you're going for, but Gary has a commuter train that goes to downtown Chicago in less than an hour. With free (working) wifi. I've known some guys that h…

This reminds me of how the family that owned the Hyatt hotels broke apart. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2003/05/andrews200305

The idea is not to have a 3 story house, but to have 3 housing units on that 5,000 sq ft lot - which is not even remotely Manhattanization of the neighborhood. However, unless this…

A 1-ounce gold coin issued by the US Mint is legal tender to the tune of $50. It says so right on the coin. If you want to pay your taxes using gold coins, go right ahead. They wil…

I think that you are falling into a West-Coast trap that says Asian = Diverse. San Francisco is 42% White, 33% Asian, 15% Latino, 6% Black. Chicago is 30% White, 30% Black, 30% Lat…

I can remember reading Bertel Schmitt over at TTAC [1] years ago. You will find very few people in the world who can write well enough and have the level of car industry knowledge …