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Guessed wrong, they definitely found it to be an issue: "After a grueling 304-lap test, Acerbis found they needed to use sponges to combat the sloshing inside the tank at the expen…

The Cherno's C++ guides were absolutely crucial in helping me get up to speed with C++ quickly. And a good reference for things I came across which I did not understand well. https…

There's two components to a Zoom call: - Encoding: your own camera input. - Decoding: decoding multiple streams of video. Your CPU needs to do work on each on these, and depending …

> Many elderly people die of loneliness. How does this work exactly? Medically speaking.

What's to say this isn't an automated email?

> Earth lifetime is nothing on the grand scale of things. Nit: Isn't the estimated age of the universe 14 billion and earth 4.5 billion? I wouldn't call that nothing.

Sounds great. Only thing really holding me back is no Safari for Windows. I use Windows for about 20% of my screentime, and I'd like for my browser to be synced across every single…

> I am super disappointed by some of the comments here that show a total lack of empathy for people who aren't like you. I've noticed as of late HN has been riddled with comments s…

And then how do US companies then compete with overseas companies that don’t have this setback?

This is just very reflective of hip start-ups. A large amount of tech companies (i.e., more established ones) have standard 15-21 day PTO accrual policies. I've gotten paid out twi…

Localstack can get you pretty far.

Do you need to play Witcher 1 & 2?

> Moral of this story is - always own your mission critical infrastructure. Sure, if you have the time and money to own it properly. How far do you need to go to say you own it? Mu…

> mechanical failure of my car That's scary. What was the failure if you don't mind me asking?

> The ones joining frats, partying constantly, playing sports and all that must have trivial classes. Not true at all. Perhaps they may not end up with the best GPA but they'll do …

Buzzfeed (News) has been doing some decent investigate reporting for a while: https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/07/the-investigations-and-rep...

There's 2 things here to keep in mind to go down your train of logic: 1) The company is actually doing evil things 2) The employee is aware of the purported evil things the company…

Why would they care, or firstly how would they know if it's just for personal use?

$250,000 pilot cost per year (including their benefits and training, correct me if I'm too low) 261 working days 1 long-haul flight a day 300 seats in a 777 (disregarding class) Co…

While I agree with the notion, this is fairly short sighted. There are a lot of TVCs or "non-tech" employees of FAANG for whom free food makes a huge impact on their livelihood in …

> The actual footage and pilot accounts are consistent with submarine launched weather balloons, halo artifacts on IRST systems, and similar banal explanations. Consistent accordin…

> Typing IP addresses + gateways + DNS servers. What line of work are you in? A cross between hardware and software? If one is in pure software it seems extremely error-prone to be…

You may be technically right in a couple aspects but in the context of the real world this notion is ridiculous. Tell me of another method of transport that moves you around in a t…

> don't rely on the cloud as the only copy of your data The real moral: don't think of YouTube (a public video discovery platform) as a cloud backup tool. They don't pretend to be …