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This is awesome! Whilst we were in lockdown the first time, I wrote a small Logo interpreter for my son with almost exactly the same commands: https://freememory.github.io/azlogo/ …

Really? What in their status update read to you as "the problem is on our side, not yours"? Understand that I'm a programmer and couldn't figure that out.

Is it just me or are Discord's status updates legendarily bad to the point of being entirely useless? As a user of the discord app, don't tell me the "API is having issues." Just t…

Garmin is the perfect example of a company that could have been displaced by the advent of smartphones with built in GPS receivers (which probably cannibalized the market for dedic…

It's funny to see this. I have a similar story about a MMORPG I've been playing for the better part of 20 years. It's got more in common with MUDs than typical MMORPGs and is an en…

I have, generally, 1-2 drinks per day, where a drink is 1.5oz of something like bourbon or whisky or scotch. I use it to unwind when I get home from work, usually whilst working on…

Yes, it makes searching for a job harder. If you start looking for a position outside the banking/finance industry as a developer, nobody understands what a "VP" or an "Analyst" is…

It's interesting the different experiences people have. I've found LLBG to be downright pleasant. I get there at most 90 minutes prior to an international flight, breeze through se…

You're comparing cost of living without taking into account median salaries? I don't think any comparison is complete without some sort of salary survey.

Every time you talk about "Yo" an angel loses its wings or a kitten dies or... whatever. If you stop talking about it, it will just fade into obscurity like Doogie Howser - only to…

Hypoxia? I know, I know, I'm reaching. But it'd explain the "mumbling."

Why? I don't know, maybe to make aviation safer so it doesn't happen again, whatever "it" may be. Why should Twitter bother debugging outages? Why should Facebook bother issuing po…

Sure, although the NationAir DC-8 tragedy was a different jet. The 777 is significantly more advanced and I believe has some sort of fire detection in the wheel well; they would ha…

Never underestimate "pilot familiarity." In an emergency, a pilot is going to favor an airstrip he/she is familiar with over an unknown one. Perhaps the captain was more familiar w…

Although one wonders how intelligent the name comparison "algorithm" (ha) is. I bet if you DID type in "David Fricken Jones" (sic) you'd be fine.

Depression isn't just /like/ physical pain. It can cause real, physical pain. Pain, for which you go to doctors who say "oh, you're fine." Pain for which you go to dentists only to…

I know a female Michael.

I think this is cool, but I think the true power of this really is in the answers bit. Wouldn't it be cool - after getting engagement from a few thousand people taking pictures and…

This is relatively similar to how it works in Israel. To get internet access you actually need two things: infrastructure and an ISP. Infrastructure is through one of two companies…

That's not at all the problem. What about navigating TFRs? Class B airspace? What about failures of the rotors whilst flying over heavily populated areas? Will these things be equi…

Israeli border control also no longer stamps passports. They give you a little slip of paper with your picture on it. This piece of paper is your "temporary visa." Or at least that…

Incidentally, the FAQ on the OMS CS page says explicitly that you do not need to have taken the GRE.

I was actually wondering the same thing. I took the general GREs back in 2008 but I'm just over the arbitrary 5 year cutoff that the ETS imposes on score validity.

As an American who's living in Israel let me tell you that the backwardness of the US banking system doesn't even begin to COMPARE to the sheer inconvenience of banking here. * No …

This, except I'm not a frequent flier. I was wondering exactly the same thing: are boarding passes really _so opaque_ that they require significant redesign? In fact, I don't even …