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astrobase_go

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    Comment #43515400

    I game using Steam on Pop_OS![1] with a home-built AMD machine and, while I know there are some background processes (Proton) that run to establish and maintain a compatibility lay…

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    Comment #38458698

    I think your company is PSE, correct?

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    Ask HN: How to assess interviewee math skills without test questions?

    I work on a small team at a large organization that routinely hires across the engineering spectrum (aerospace, computer, electrical, industrial, mechanical), and we are shifting o…

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    Ask HN: Contributing to open-source UX/UI without great programming skills?

    I've used various open-source software packages for years, and now I'd like to give back by contributing in some way. I have an advanced degree in human factors engineering and rea…

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    Comment #16660211

    I try to be in bed by 9pm and up by ~4:30am most days, including weekends. If I sleep in on weekends too much, it ruins my schedule for the following week and I feel exceptionally …

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    Comment #16575290

    I agree with your opposition to this development with respect to people moved per unit of energy consumed. I think development funds are much better spent on improving the efficien…

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    Comment #16223147

    there's also this gem: "I'm not a professional photographer. I'm merely a hobbyist." o_O

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    Comment #15217659

    indeed; for those who may not be familiar, see 'behavioral economics' [0] for the ways that known quirks in human reasoning can be used to game consumers. don't buy a house without…

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    Comment #15213898

    the roads in and around the cleveland metro area have high traffic loads; undergo long periods of fluctuating cold temperatures during the winter; and get nailed periodically by la…

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    Comment #15040007

    i would agree here. both of my parents and the wife have just as much time logged on their full-updated 5s' as well and, save for foreseeable decrements in battery performance, the…

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    Comment #15038270

    at a $700 price point for two years of os updates and three years of security updates, it seems runner-up to iphones with four year (or more) timelines on os updates, maybe longer …

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    Comment #14555589

    +1 here too for a Linux version. this might also help you expand to markets like academia, where vector-based graphics are desirable and often used in paper and technical document …

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    Comment #14405092

    this is one the only articles i've ever read where "honking" is used in a serious capacity as an adjective.

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    Comment #14194289

    I think what's needed is a strategy for making actual data analysis an easier and more visible component of the peer-review and publishing process. Submissions are typically sent t…

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    Comment #14140611

    take it for what it's worth, but according to this bbc article published in 2014... > "The latest US spy satellites, in comparison, are reported to be able to pick out objects less…

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    Comment #14140520

    for those of you so inclined: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_station-keeping

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    Comment #13667719

    There really should be a legend on here: 1) There are boxes of two different colors here, light green versus yellow. I read the Iliad in high school, so I forget if there are actua…

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    Comment #13480551

    From TFA: > We test individually each one of the 150 VPN apps under consideration. > Two people executed a total of 5,340 tests manually for three months and connected to all end-p…

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    Comment #13359559

    Reads article about the identity of Shakespeare, still doesn't know the identity of Shakespeare. But seriously, if you need a tl;dr search for "It's at this point," read that parag…

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    Agreed, also anecdotally. I'm a sub-30 with a dedicated workspace, and I find that it mentally partitions leisure from work--something I find important while working in a space tha…

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    While the linked explanation makes obvious parallels between the lambda calculus and other programming languages, I think Rojas is even yet more accessible: http://www.inf.fu-berli…