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As someone who writes both "thought out"-blog-post-type content and throwaway HN comments, I'd be interested in knowing why you think it's important to spend more time on the forme…

I also like reading about old engineering solutions. The way I see it, though, that kind of thing still exists today: the "cheap modern memory card" probably contains many "excitin…

Great article, thanks for sharing. Though what I liked about it has nothing to do with tattoos. Towards the end he talks about how people trusted blogs and online content more beca…

The relationship between industry and academia is borderline parasitic. Academia trains the talent, and nowadays industry tries to make them stay there as long as possible (wait un…

Crazy how they managed to restrict the competing researchers from obtaining the drug. How did they do that? Why is the sale of a super expensive drug used exclusively to treat a su…

Tell us more if you care to. Who are these people? Who curates their world and insulates them from risk? I think I might know what you're talking about. I've met some people who se…

Another funny story is Nokia. They started as a paper company or something like that. Wikipedia page has a photo of Nokia-brand toilet paper rolls. Overall, this kind of business s…

There must be a balance. Recently I met some people that were constantly filming and taking pictures of everything. It was ridiculous IMO, for the same reasons OP mentions. This is…

Hi, congratulations! You must be feeling proud. Nice choice of proof of concept (DOOM). Sorry to disappoint you but all I have are some noob questions. What would be the steps to r…

Just the other day I saw this idea/question on EE stackexchange: "We have frequency modulation, amplitude modulation, phase modulation... But EM waves also have polarization. Can w…

I was thinking the same thing. I'm relieved to see I wasn't the only one. And they imitate the style pretty well. It's kinda funny. (I don't follow this topic closely (I clicked be…