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It would have been easier to select which OS's are not a part of my computer ecosystem. Laptop is OS X(but dual-boot into Win7 as needed), work workstation is Win7, work servers ar…

As a senior in high school, a pair NASA mech. engineers allowed me to shadow them. I had no experience in the field, nor current acceptance into an engineering program. They took m…

Has anyone used an Academic ticket while University Staff? I'm a development engineer at a University, with University staff ID. I imagine I prove this with a pay stub, and staff I…

The last 10% has little to do with the number of remaining items, and all to do with the type of tasks and mental blocks. Project fatigue sets in. Within the last 10% are small det…

I often hear beginner programmers state they cannot program, only write code that will work. I hear this commonly among Elec. and Mech. E fields, where coding is secondary in the e…

It's pretty well documented. The supposed firmware fix doesn't fix the issue [1] This drive came with my x220 (160gb), shipped March 2012. I have a second Intel 320 (120gb) which i…

tl;dr I'm guilty of the SSD fear. My first Intel (320) drive was meticulously maintained in fear of shortened life span and performance losses. I went so far as to question every f…

Heh. $24 from a Washington Mutual free checking account. Surely would have paid that in fees had I agreed to become a Chase member.

The funky Fn/Ctrl placement is a Thinkpad thing[1]. IMO, the classic thinkpad layout nailed it. Unfortunately, this has been replaced by the chicklet layout. I love the big delete …

> I've just found their service on hardware to be abysmal for replacement or fix. I had a T430 that I spent over 1 month trying to RMA the box. I've owned a number of thinkpads (t4…

Affected manufacturers listed in the first link, not present in the above link: "Attacks were conducted against seven receiver brands including Magellan, Garmin, GlobalSat, uBlox, …

T21 -> T41p -> T61p -> x220. I think it's safe to say I'm brand loyal. I've always felt that Thinkpads look cooler with a beat up the case. I'll never own a sleeve or protector. Th…

The writer would benefit greatly from the Ardiuno community. Most of this stuff is open-source code. Quite possibly, some of the authors solutions were learned from it. However, no…

I like it when people have to repeat themselves 3-4 because they didn't notice the headphones or ear plugs. It usually sends a message: "Not now chief. I'm in the zone."

FYI: http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/recycling_batteri...

you forgot to pot it in epoxy first.

YES. It's a laptop. If you can't sacrifice the screen size, where else do you trim the fat? thinner = less mass = less weight = portability. A laptop is designed to be a portable m…

To quote a previous HN article: "You are the average of your 3 closest friends" Pick your friends wisely.

It would be very interesting to cross correlate with age. Some programmers were exposed to code at a very young age. IMO, programming for 10+ yrs by age 20 is far more fascinating …

Lots and lots of physical measurements. One large scale example is the Global Drifter Program. The US contribution is largely funded by NOAA. http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/dac/inde…

In the scientific community, things are never a failure. Instead, it's something we like to call 'negative data'. You learn to embrace the negative data. At the very least, you've …