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The number is likely larger than the article suggests, because both Visa and Mastercard will share updated payment information to merchants who had recurring charges. The paper tre…

> there isn't much you can do against people drinking alcohol, having their phone on speaker or just urinating in the middle Yes there is. You eject them from the vehicle.

> if you’re trading hundreds or thousands of shares at a time, you’re better off elsewhere Exactly. Any price improvement other brokerages can offer should be considered net of the…

Didn't browsers take a stand a few years ago by ignoring "autocomplete=off" on password fields? I think it’s about time browsers start ignoring any onpaste events on password field…

I did my BS at CMU as well, though it's been around 3 years since I graduated. The Indian food options were not great in Pittsburgh; I remember one restaurant that got shut down by…

This "older woman, somewhere in her 60s" probably just consumes a lot of news, as is common for people in that age group. "DNI" isn't exactly a secret acronym for Director of Natio…

> The ACLU has not published its data set, methodology, or results in detail This is my biggest gripe with how the ACLU has conducted this. I find it hard to distinguish their "tes…

How does working at a cafeteria provider like Bon Appetit compare to working at a restaurant? By that I mean a place where office workers are likely to get lunch daily, where the t…

This.

I think this tourist map[1] brilliantly depicts what parts most tourists actually stick to, by shrinking the western parts of the city on the map. There are very few tourists in th…

> At CMU you took no courses in operating systems? Algorithms? Computer hardware or logic? Compilers? Graphics? Databases? Web programming? Distributed systems? Networks? Parallel/…

That's actually what I meant, but used the wrong phrasing - I can't edit it, unfortunately.

15-213 Introduction to Computer Systems is the one. Anyone who passed that class knows what context switching means, and what TCP is. Whether they still remember it many years down…

“250fun”, as we ironically called it. It was intense, but the topics were covered in a very interesting way.

15-210: Parallel and Sequential Data Structures and Algorithms, which is still required, is purely functional.

I did my undergrad in CS at CMU, and have first-hand experience of what’s covered in the core courses, which are also requirements for this new program. Perhaps you should take a l…

> candidates who don’t know what TCP is or what context switch means. Nope, look at the curriculum again.

As an SF resident, I love these things and regularly use them instead of calling an Uber. Requiring helmets (as the draft regulation does) is a bad idea; it would drastically reduc…

Of all the issues to be considered, this is the easiest one to fix and so should be the least important consideration at this stage. A fairly busy airport already exists in every c…

The North Beach branch of the San Francisco Public Library actually uses denim as insulating material within their walls. http://sfpublicworks.org/project/north-beach-branch-librar…

It also doesn't make sense domestically within the US. A 5-hour flight from coast to coast is not a particularly efficient use of the A380. The only US domestic route that may be a…

The A380's engines were developed in the early 2000's. Newer twin-engine planes (B737-MAX, A320neo, A330neo, A350, B787, the upcoming 777-X) have improvements in engine efficiency …

This is a philosophical difference, in a way - running an asset-light business vs an asset-heavy business. Hotels have mostly moved towards not owning their properties, for example…

Generally - the "willful, illegal transportation of migrants into another country". If you're interested in reading more into how cartels operate, I'd highly recommend the book Nar…