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They didn't get a terrian warning because they were landing. Being close to the ground is what they expected. They have both radar & pressure altimeters. What might have happened i…

Mining yellowstone for its geothermal power in order to prevent a volcanic eruption would be a Kardashev Scale Type I accomplishment. In other words, such a thing is completely inf…

The current Waymo driver uses cameras, RADAR and LIDAR, which are meant to compliment each other's capabilities. https://wondery.com/shows/how-i-built-this/episode/10386-the...

https://www.vox.com/23784549/pedestrian-deaths-traffic-safet...

Googler here. L4 requires experience. New grad hires are L3.

When you take off, you're going up at a rate of 500 fpm to 2000 fpm. Even if you go from +1000 fpm to -1000 fpm over the course of several seconds, you aren't going to feel much. A…

Almost all aircraft are equipped with ADS-B transponders, which transmit their tail number and location continuously. Anybody can buy a ADS-B receiver and see info for aircraft fly…

I can't help but think this is the only sensible approach. Persistant performance related issues are management's responsibility. It's unfair to withhold their vesting mere weeks f…

Here's the source talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C-JoyNuQJs#t=2480s

Take a look at the map. Chernobyl sits right on the border of Belarus, 130km to Kyiv on the western side of Dnieper river. They didn't take Chernobyl to take the reactor, they took…

I think the article was pretty well-informed and sourced analysis. Yes, as you point out, NATO has undertaken offensive campaigns. I think the author made a mistake of saying "alli…

There are a number of HN readers: * https://hckrnews.com/ -> my favorite thread browser * https://hackerweb.app/ -> a mobile focused app w/ dark mode

Disclaimer: am googler, my opinions are my own. I have no non-public knowledge on this topic. It's not clear to me what the House committee is asking for. From what I read in their…

Disclaimer: am Googler. Self-hosting is a good option, especially when mixed with multi-cloud offerings. The big rub is that it's really hard to approach the same level of availabi…

> In June, Google told rank-and-file employees it would reduce the pay of those who choose to work remotely or move farther from the office. To echo the statement from the other Go…

It's not clear to you how standard business practices aren't some sort of Google-specific Orwellian new-speak?

Googler here. My opinions are my own. I would do this if the company provided the hardware and I only had to use the device to do work things during work hours. (As other pointed o…

The approach described here is very lossy, and very inefficient since you have to search a huge number of permutations to find reasonable results. It would be an interesting experi…

Hi Wes! I'm a big fan of Pandas, and didn't know about Arrow. I've been considering do a talk advocating for a consistent data-frame api across languages since IMHO, it's the next …

Another anon Googler here (with a slightly older account). Your experience matches mine. I think it might even be somewhere in the mandatory periodic training. Doing a patent searc…

Hi Malte! Great article. I've agree that design docs are great part of what defines engineering culture at Google. I'd recommend to anybody who will listen that their company shoul…

"When you delete data in your Google account, we immediately start the process of removing it from the product and our systems." https://policies.google.com/technologies/retention …

Unofficial Googler here. I have no non-public information on this topic and my opinions here are my own. The Web & App activity is described a help page article [1]. There are diff…

(Disclaimer - am Googler; these opinions are my own) It's not an either or decision. One can do both. https://blog.google/inside-google/company-announcements/comm...

That is a good suggestion. Done.