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You could pack the cars so close together that no one could get into them. Could be seen as a bit of a theft deterrent, although I’m sure the car park itself is pretty secure.

My brain went straight to Niagara Falls for some reason… I wish the experience of viewing the falls was similar. Just in nature rather than this built-up tourist destination.

Hackathons can be a blast. That said, it usually takes extra effort to productionize-a-thing after the initial hackathon effort. Hope to see a follow-up post on what was built!

When I saw the headline - I thought this article was about building a mouse from scratch using Mouser components. A little confusing using the same name.

I miss mentoring junior engineers in-person

Big fan of this game. The arcade version is a blast if you can find it in your particular city. Are you playing competitively (league play, tournaments)? Or just passionate about t…

Fantastic timing on this post. I was just chatting with coworkers this week about my childhood modded Xbox and showed them screenshots of the Avalaunch home screen. https://avalaun…

I should become a maintainer to keep the legacy going…

I always wondered why Dead Man’s Snitch didn’t keep their app up-to-date. Seems like this area has a decent amount of competition!

A bit more exciting than my standard day at the office! Production outage is about as spicy as it gets…

I too, read Project Hail Mary (great book btw).

Can team velocity / work estimates really be measured accurately? If yes, to what degree? I read an article recently (can't find it at the moment) around how story points can be im…

I've had to switch to a different OS (on my dev machine) for my latest job. I've primarily used Macs as a data engineer, but recently switched to Windows since that is what the res…

Same here. I played Last of Us 2 when it came out and didn’t realize how big of a toll it took on me. It put me on edge and left me exhausted. I don’t play video games anymore eith…

That is correct on both counts: they’re a bit pricey and insurance won’t cover an oral appliance for sleep apnea, which is unfortunate! I do tape over the mouth every night. It’s w…

Depending on how severe your sleep apnea is, there are oral appliances that can help with mild to moderate cases of sleep apnea. Could be an alternative to a CPAP machine. It’s lik…

I went to the same school as the author. Never thought I’d run into someone I knew from Iowa on HN! Enjoyed the historical read.

My sister’s home in Anneslie MD has one of these in their basement. Pretty interesting piece of history!

You’re right! I haven’t seen an email from them for a few weeks now. I love the stuff they find.

Same here the value proposition of curating a movie collection has changed a bit over the past 10+ years

I think M1 Finance is also very similar. https://www.m1finance.com/

I’m currently using https://commentbox.io for my static sites, I’ll have to try yours out!