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Where I live, they still exist - with a van and a megaphone, they collect mostly old car batteries.

SM 0 A9F4 G0 I will never forget that :)

I have destroyed three MBP batteries by having the laptop plugged in to the wall 24/7. Luckily Apple always replaced them in warranty for free.

The popular article where I read about it referenced: [1] [2]. I guess it is a quite recent finding. But I am no biologist to judge. [1] Okerblom J., Varki A.: Biochemical, Cellula…

That's not necessarily true. For example, humans do not have Neu5Gc[1] unlike most mammals. Having Neu5Gc antibodies is perfectly compatible with human life, yet consumption of lam…

Back in the day I had trouble playing 128 kbit/s MP3s in Winamp on PowerPC 603e 75 MHz (Mac Performa 5200), so no way it can work on 68030

OK, I was not aware of this political aspect of HN.

Honestly I don't know why this should even be on HN. Disclaimer: I don't live in Prague.

I was able to unlink FB my account with help from customer support. I had to provide details about my payment. They then basically deleted my account and created a new one and copi…

I suppose it should mean something like "full-size luxury AWD limousine", as death rates vary with car size, type, price and driven wheels [1] [1] http://www.iihs.org/externaldata/…

This reminds me of Apple's OpenDoc[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDoc

Another reasons not mentioned : 1) builtin support for complex numbers 2) Fortran compiler usually generates faster code (due lack of pointers it can do more assumptions). But rece…

Skimming through the article, I think it does not include cost of labor. In a developed country, my guess is that the cost to have a human worker collect, clean, setup, connect, et…

Well, I did not make it through the last part of the screening. If I remember correctly, you have 45 mins to solve 3 very hard mathematical/algorithmic challenges. I managed to sol…

Yes. But please not something like Toptal :)

I am a programmer for ~15 years, currently freelancing. Know Java SE, PHP MVC frameworks, Fortran, Swift etc. I'd like to learn Java EE since this is where the most profitable gigs…