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I believe Perpar3D powers the Redbird simulators [1] some of which are accepted by the FAA as AATDs (Advanced Aviation Training Device), meaning they can be used for a portion of t…

I had my credit card scammed after using a full service gas station in New Jersey (by law there's no self-serve). They took my card inside the store to run it. There's no way to kn…

This is why it's good practice to just never use MM/DD or DD/MM dates anywhere. 2-Mar or 2-MAR is nearly as terse but much less ambiguous. The only other date format I default to i…

Possible difference: - Shipping charges are presented to the buyer in a visceral way before they commit to the transaction. - Menu prices (sans tip) are presented to a diner and th…

One of the arguments I see repeated here against hiring H1-B junior developers is that they: a) Aren't qualified as the best and brightest since they're still inexperienced b) Took…

There are a few solutions sloshing around at the moment. This article covers some of the levers in play: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/12/fixing-...

In the UK they've actually fixed this. The whole process of switching is automated and requires very little work from you. The process is called the "Current Account Switch Guarant…

TL;DR for those put off by the giant block of un-paragraphed text: The ancient Romans didn't have a 'U' letter, and used 'V' instead. 'U' didn't enter widespread use in English unt…

Usually the orders are split much more fine-grained than that. This type of patent is around executing the very small slices specifically designed to scrape off what's available at…

I was an American expat in England for 2 years and can vouch that culture was much more cycling friendly. However, you still got the occasional "white van man" and this was his fav…

I found a bit of an answer. According to this EPA document, it detected a test by sensing the position of the steering wheel, vehicle speed, duration of engine operation and barome…

I'm wondering how they detect that they're in an emissions test quickly enough to not emit too much early in the test. Do the testers connect their equipment to the OBD-II port of …

I'm guessing since it's sitting on the memory bus it could intercept pointer modifications and synchronously update it's graph?

Azul have a similar concept with their Java co-processors. I think they originally went the co-processor route because up until recently (i.e. last few years) the CPU instructions …

This is very similar to Java's CMS collector[1]. Unfortunately, 10ms is still far too long for some applications. I have hopes for something like Azul's pauseless GC[2] eventually …

I'm curious what the implications of that are. My emotional reaction is disappointment that "the old guard" is winning because of NASA's risk aversion. But is that really the case …

I'd like to know how the 26ns wire-to-wire latency was measured. As far as I know, just handling the PHY layer on NIC takes at least ~300ns. Likely the authors are inferring latenc…

My take on this is that the Microsoft's strategy for the Surface wasn't necessarily to sell a ton of Surface tablets and take out the iPad. I think it was to illustrate what Window…

There looks like a lot of content on there, but I'd go crazy before gleaning any of it with that pointer. Please make it stop! Was this a joke post, an example of poor design, or a…

I agree. At these speeds it has less to with OS and/or language and has more to do with smart programming decisions. PS - Singapore Stock Exchange quotes a faster latency than Nasd…

Unfortunately it may be latter. I think the combo of your idea and staunch's may work. I'll give him a pay-per-deliverable quick project as a trial run and see if he just needs str…