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Spirit believed it was buying a specific, certified titanium alloy. Imagine the rabbis at Hebrew National were out sick, but Hebrew National continued churning out “Kosher hotdogs”…

My experience from west coast wildfires and taking indoor air pollution measurements is if I put 3 air purifiers in one master bedroom and keep the windows and doors closed I can g…

Yes, 22 horses died at Berkeley in 2020. Several hundred workers also came down with COVID during that time. The sport is hard on labor and horses.

Has anyone just requested access to GitHub’s training data? In other words, maybe GitHub will send a drive with all the data.

Yes, as someone who has done volunteer telemarketing, we mark the call status. For example if you’re angry/rude, non-English speaking, disconnected, etc. Campaign managers can then…

The “quiet car” on medium-haul passenger rail routes (e.g. Acela in the US.) or a sleeper car on long-haul rail or a first class “private room” on airlines like Emirates.

> I have a well paying job now, and I am pretty sure I would throw my marriage into chaos if I told my wife I was leaving my job to pursue a start up. This is a conversation you sh…

In London security will sometimes specifically ask if you or anyone else has made repairs or modifications to any electronics. Depending on how honestly you answer, this could stil…

I have seen legacy companies with security rules so tight they can’t ship anything cool. On the flip side are legacy companies that ship great user experiences, but apparently just…

I have the latest iPhone 13 Pro Max, shoot RAW and with acoustic filters mounted on my phone and what not. Both my photos and iPhone photos that I’ve seen at “iPhone photography” a…

I don’t consider myself wealthy, and I make less than half that… But I’m also not poor. I have no problem chipping in or 1 or 2 percent more if it means keeping the masses from rev…

Yes, but it sounds like forensic researchers envision this tool being the equivalent to bullet striation. So in other words, law enforcement finds a suspect, captures their camera,…

Most of these jobs hire software engineers, not programmers. The job is more than coding. Software engineering is writing technical design docs. Gathering business requirements. Ga…

IME many large, non-tech companies are so bureaucratic they essentially have an async flow. Which perhaps is fine, there’s already a defined process for what needs to be done. But …

What is the board supposed to do then? Dilute Bezo’s and everyone else’s holdings?

Rents are up 15% YoY, which is probably a leading sign that demand is back. I know some folks might blame higher rents on greedy landlords… But it’s quite clear that at work this y…

The CEO of Amazon has a $212mm compensation package. That’s what I based my estimate off. And I’m sure we can all agree that $212mm is more than “hardly any salary.” I could retire…

If Amazon’s board decided to reallocate the CEO’s compensation package and grant it to employees, it would increase the entry level salaries of warehouse workers from $18/hour to $…

My Twitter feed is basically the news. The first 4 of 5 posts are from established news organizations or about current events. Social media vs news media is a distinction without a…

I don’t trust Bluetooth for video conferencing. Having everything hard-wired is much more reliable. It’s why work from home video conferences are janky in a way that in-office VCs …

Many states in the US have family leave (including paternity leave). California is more than 10% of the US population and the rules for paternity leave are extremely broad: - Welco…

The answer is to make it clear what the tradeoffs are. For example it could be more cash and less stock. Or lower price but longer lead time. Just offering a range without any othe…

I’m not expert enough to know if this is dangerous are not. But an aircraft is a combinatorial explosion of complexity. For example, innocuous sounding changes for the 737 Max caus…

I’m not sure. We’re on a hedonistic treadmill. Yesterday’s inventions are todays problems. It’s easy to look at polluting transportation, addictive social media or unhealthy proces…