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Not true, even for murder stats. It’s perfectly reasonable to challenge the accuracy of the numbers. The FBI and NYC use the same definitions for murder and starting in 2023 and 20…

What makes it worth it? Isn't the experience the same as just running an ad-blocker?

Perhaps, but the difference between now and then was all those years had near-zero interest rates. It's a lot easier for tech (and growth companies in general) to stage a comeback …

They can do more than that, they can brick them: https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2020/06/01/apple-war...

Per Stripe: We’re letting you know about Stripe pricing changes for international card transactions, disputes, and sales tax, starting June 1, 2023. - Over the past few years, card…

Blue Origin | Site Reliability Engineering | Seattle, WA | Full-Time | ONSITE or REMOTE | https://www.blueorigin.com Blue Origin is developing technologies to enable human access t…

They've only killed off one version of self-hosted Jira. Their datacenter edition is still alive.

Yes, to a certain extent. But refined products get piped all over, so it isn't a very tight coupling. Delta Airlines bought their own refinery for jet fuel. It didn't work out too …

Lighter oils get used for gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuels. Heavy oils get used for plastics, petrochemicals, and road surfacing. I wish there was an easy answer to your refine…

It's not just a matter of building more refineries to process it. The different API Gravities of the oil are used to output different products. Gasoline, jet fuel, etc. So yes, you…

Lobbied for by MADD. The push was led in the U.S. House of Representatives by Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI). Original co-sponsors were David McKinley (R-WV) and Kathleen Rice…

Blue Origin | Site Reliability Engineering | Seattle, WA | Full-Time | ONSITE | https://www.blueorigin.com Blue Origin is developing technologies to enable human access to space at…

What lessons have they learned?

Unlikely. I suspect it's more likely month-end re-balancing.

https://mashable.com/2015/08/18/building-seattle/

I doubt this includes executives with golden parachutes. They typically don't do those in bulk like this. This is more likely severance pay, immediately vesting RSU/options, any ou…

But you could plug in a Roku or a Fire TV, right? The TV can't proxy through those. It's maybe cringeworthy to say, but I probably trust those companies more than I do Samsung.

Not a stupid question. What you're referring to is the blackout period during reentry. It's a challenge not just for missiles but spacecraft too. Lots of research has gone into it:…