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I did exactly this, was CTO at a startup, it failed, went back to being IC at a large company, then went into management again and realized I am just not happy in that role. Went b…

Available seems like a stretch, you can order one, but you sure as hell can't get one any time soon.

Agreed, at the last 5 software companies I've worked at, the only people without Macs were the sales people.

> Up and quitting (hopefully with notice) Why is it considered bad form to quit without notice, but if a company lets you go without notice, it's "just business"?

That was the article about the Switch bulbs if I remember correctly. I think the company went out of business. I have a couple of them and they work and look good, but are really h…

Interestingly, in Swift, you Cannot compare `a == b` as the compiler tells you the two types are incompatible.

you have to be kidding me...

There's already an effort to do something along those lines, not sure if it could be scaled up though: https://www.franklinrobotics.com

The article also talks about a black hole accreting at a rate of 1% every million years that is 'currently' 20 billion solar masses. It is 12 billion ly away, which means, if it re…

There are also no credible studies showing that chlorine gas is carcinogenic, so it must be safe!

There's an example in Dan Ariely's book Predictably Irrational that showed this exact phenomenon.

25 * 8 = 200, where does the 1000 come from?

Check out Edumund's Scientific, they have them for $5 (+7$ s/h)

Possibly "Bjarney"

> Artenstein has later confirmed on Twitter that connecting to a malicious network is not necessary. > Users that didn't receive this month's Android security patch should only con…

> and the system can fill the cavern with air while generating electricity. You can't charge and discharge a battery at the same time. Umm, does this seem as pointless to everyone …

Here's a nice talk about memristors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKGhvKyjgLY

This looks like it has to be a collapse of some void below. There's no ejecta around the crater, or any of the other impact signs.

Oh, man, if only the designs I got were this simplistic and only used standard controls with the standard look and feel. This is a very interesting start, but it's a long long way …

It's strange that on the Kotlin side the author goes out of their way to show 'shorter' ways to do things that are also available in Swift but not illustrated. let sorted = [1, 3, …

Google actually does this in their Seattle location.

If Mars' gravity isn't strong enough to keep it's atmosphere from being ripped away in it's current orbit, why would moving it closer to the sun be any better?

It's not a bluddy juicer, it's just a dispenser.

Someone needs to tell him that his 15" retina mac has 1800 pixels of vertical resolution. No idea where he got that 1200 number.

I imagine that most people don't realize they are not Google customers. If you have paid Google money, then you are a customer. People using Google's 'free' services are not. Only …