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raverbashing

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    Comment #49238601

    I think he had a hunch, and maybe in his mathematic mind he got to the right answer by the wrong path But yes had him not pointed it out maybe it would have been relegated to a mat…

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    Comment #49229132

    And that's why these interviews can be stupid, you can mention the real solution and interviewers might reject because it's not the textbook solution But the real world is differen…

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    Comment #49220502

    I guess it still will be the best browser to download Firefox

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    Comment #49219509

    Use the Voyager Communication Encoding manual, which is a 300 page, spiral bound, thick volume in an archival cabinet somewhere gathering dust in a lower floor at NASA HOWEVER you'…

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    Comment #49208755

    > Slightly more than half of electricity is generated by burning coal, So this means, slightly less than half is other sources (hydro, solar, etc)

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    Comment #49207968

    It's not solving any actual problem besides "saving training cost" to make one aircraft feel like another one It's like adding a device making a steering wheel harder to turn becau…

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    Comment #49207913

    > and I lost a few accounts thanks to this ultra-paranoiac attitude and activity. Sorry, but it's obvious to most people that you shouldn't just add a bunch of numbers here If you …

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    Comment #49207886

    Interesting, and I though fitbit's (now google) auto start/end was annoying (And yes I can turn it off)

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    Comment #49194286

    I call it the "9gagization" of Reddit

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    Comment #49183697

    Yeah I wouldn't call MCAS automation, and that was 99.9% not on the pilots (that 0.01% was because for good or bad Boeing did have a stab trim runway procedure in place - but even …

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    Comment #49182147

    Pilots complaining about automation: several Pilots unable to fly with all the bells and whistles and getting their ass handed to them when anything falls out of the ordinary: too …

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    Comment #49166742

    Yeah let me guess, someone who writes in "doomberg" probably thinks the voices in their head is a reliable source

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    Comment #49151894

    Yes and that mainframe runs several other technologies besides COBOL, and more importantly, that don't depend on it (COBOL fanboys won't understand this ;) )

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    Comment #49135545

    Wow amazing I would drive straight back to the dealership and return it

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    Comment #49133139

    You know what's funny? Windows was built in C when "C was not guaranteed to win", hence why they have weird things like Pascal calling convention etc

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    Comment #49126020

    Well we make work with the tools we have It worked well enough, maybe "fit for purpose" is a stronger word

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    Comment #49121112

    If only there was a power source that would excel during sunny and warm days, huh Then we could stop the nuclear plants when needed for cooling and maintenance

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    Comment #49109648

    And honestly the Lucas Arts puzzles were serviceable (their philosophy was always "you can't go wrong" (with very obvious but little exceptions), the Sierra "logic" of fucking you …

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    Comment #49074820

    > It's nonsensical to use "hero". Why would you use "hero"? Because it rhymes with Wero (or with Vero) And "senden" is absolutely a word, duh

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    Comment #49069385

    Yeah, obviously "Oh but firefox share is diminishing" yes, but it still exists. Or could be another browser

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    Comment #49069364

    Yeah stuff like this fits the "old school" definition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_signal#Electrical_time_si...

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    Comment #49066967

    Yeah Tape hiss comes from the particle size on the tape and the amplifier "playing" that random natural orientation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape_hiss (I though it was more du…

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    Comment #49066334

    (Actually I think it was Gallium but your point stands ;) )

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    Comment #49065680

    > U.S. law though is highly non-autistic This is the thing that people should be reminded over and over here - and to be fair it tends to be more autistic than elsewhere (Regardles…