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There's a big difference between "done loading" and "appears to be done loading". Google is reportedly very cautious about the latter, and pulls some hijinks to appear faster than …

Years ago I worked with a developer who had a different methodology: 2x, then bump the unit of measure. Thus, 1 day -> 2 weeks; 2 weeks -> 4 months. It's been remarkably accurate o…

A nitpick: don't use the apostrophe in the phrase "in the 1960s". It's not a possessive in that sentence. See, e.g., https://www.thepunctuationguide.com/apostrophe.html

Does this break links and lead to link rot? Other StackExchange sites don't seem to have the page rank of StackOverflow. It also makes it harder to restrict searches to a particula…

I have a question I want to ask, but haven't. This is mostly because I feel that asking it properly, describing what I've tried, linking to (not) duplicates and explaining why they…

My biggest complain about SO is that with the expansion into other fields that questions that used to be welcome on SO (or get more visibility because of being on SO) are being shu…

I send unauthenticated email on port 25, every semester, in front of my students, as part of a discussion on internet application protocols. I can't use "God", because the addresse…

Possibly several things going on, of which O2 may be only one. Research also shows taking breaks and exposure to nature both have revitalizing effects.

> Medicaid is a loan. Um, ... no. Or, at least not in my case. Our son was diagnosed with cancer at the age of three. Medicaid served as secondary insurance, and thankfully so, as …

My experience (as someone who was elected to public education administration) suggests it's often more about logistics. For example, adjusting how many bus drivers (and busses) are…

I have no evidence to rebut the conclusion—indeed it aligns with similar research on high school students. However, a big chokepoint at my current school (major state university) i…

I agree with you, but was disturbed to discover a couple of weeks ago that Google does not. A search for "define electrocute" returns a definition that includes injury, not necessa…

One of the more interesting lines of thought on Ars was that the request was so badly implemented (without a judge's signature; could have a been a National Security Letter instead…

I had similar issues, but opted to go the route of replacing the battery rather than the whole Roomba. It's worked well for me. In addition, Amazon reviews point to some third-part…

So is content editing, in many disciplines. I believe copyediting and layout is paid, however.

Yes and no. An adjunct typically has a PhD or a masters degree combined with real-world experience. Public school only require a bachelor's degree, but technically, teaching public…

Doctoral students, interns, part-time employees, entrepreneurs, hobbyists (employed in other job), ... There are many reasons for a salary that low.

I'll admit, I wasn't initially sure this was relevant to HN, but this is a participant (customer?) perspective of a YCombinator startup.

> what state the SSN-holder was actually born No, it was the state where the SSN was issued. Not all children applied for an SSN at birth. Centralization of SS offices also altered…

Don't know that's it's necessary to put the spoiler here. The hints provide an alternative to hosting a file.

I'm a bit peeved that much of what is ROT13-ed in this thread isn't spoilers. I went through the trouble to decode it, and typically didn't find it worth the effort.

Concur. But WASD works.

Your insurance costs are higher when you have a longer commute. Your oil needs to be changed more frequently. Wear-and-tear on your car is almost certainly correlated with miles dr…

I think you're right, and there's a lesson here. I was recently evaluating a several options on github for a tool I needed. All options satisfied my basic requirements, so the choi…

I agree. In addition, I hope the next "fix" will be to cull the comments. While there are occasionally some worthwhile edge cases documented in the comments, there is also a great …