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If no employer is willing to “put themselves at risk”, what choice do ex-convicts have but to commit more crimes? May as well give them a life sentence in prison for anything that …

They’re going to be descending whether atc gives them permission or not. Keep in mind, Southwest has TCAS and already knows of nearby aircraft to a near certainty. The only real go…

I had two exceptional teachers in college, in history and philosophy. As a compsci major, I hated both subjects before taking their classes, but ended up loving both subjects due t…

All good points. Note that caffeine has a half life of 5 to 6 hours, rather than 12. I’d cite it, but a simple search makes this apparent.

Saying it’s just a screen on your face is an oversimplification. While that may be a somewhat accurate physical description, it doesn’t capture the actual experience, anymore than …

This reads like someone who has had VR for a limited time. Yes, it’s very impressive at first, and people write posts like these. After a few years, many realize that the resolutio…

My Garmin 935 is waterproof, has an always on display, shows smartphone notifications, charges once a week, and has worked for over a year. If apple or Fitbit had this, I’d go back…

That’s no moon.

Too late.

If racket is an acceptable python and python is an acceptable lisp, then racket must be an acceptable lisp?

Fears aren’t rational. They are emotional. It will take a long time to address it with just your thoughts. A better way is to try to address the emotions and fix that. You have a l…

"The Universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space."

The Boeing video says Clojure is used for maintenance systems, not control systems. That’s an important distinction. Maintenance systems can go offline and the aircraft still flies…

And the remote sucks. The buttons are centered vertically, leaving equal empty space above and below. So I end up holding tne remote upside down half the time while my brain is try…

Also have a Garmin 735xt for the same reasons. Another big issue is battery life. Garmin can go for a solid week or more between charges, while Apple Watch is about a day.

Solar can save a lot of money over 30 years, but current homeowners have to pay the initial cost. Solar initial costs are much more than composite and homeowners may not stay long …

If the Apple Watch had week long battery life and was waterproof I'd get it over my garmin. When I had the original Apple Watch, I had to charge it every day and couldn't get it we…

According to Alan Kay, programming is a pop culture right now. So people want to preserve the investment in the language of their choice by maintaining or improving its pop status.…

The link is malware to my iPhone. Locks me into a full screen ad for winning something, then breaks the back button. Had to close the page.

Airplane, single-engine land. It's a rating added on to a pilot certificate, and says what kind af aircraft you may fly. The "land" part means an airplane that lands on the ground,…