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This is great! I found these videos helpful, too: https://youtu.be/Tl1uZ7FBwFQ Does anyone know of a good explanation of HWAddress Sanitizer internals?

Great work! Should recoup about 0.000001% of the negative externalities cars produce in NYC.

Meta’s blind is full of troll posts like this right now. The most obvious tells that this is fake are: - Part about Boz (very unlikely & a Meta blind meme) - Reference to Bain (the…

I wonder how a more competent form of Siri/Alexa/Home might change these market economics. If we ever come to rely on digital assistants for much more than the weather and turning …

Old economy jobs in the midwest, sure. I applied to FAANG jobs after a year off and no one even brought it up.

This is fact which feels related, but doesn't have much to do with labor market wage equilibrium.

Exactly. Carrying at 50lb ebike up a three story walk up is a hassle, but 25lbs is relatively easy.

The argument was that the market is important, not that the resulting behaviors of users are an important nuisance to you.

If you consider the short term rental of inexpensive scooters an important market needing laws to regulate their capacity (..by the wise and benevolent leaders of this sparkling ci…

Basis is providing full refunds and will be shutting down the supporting data services at the end of the year. For reference, Intel acquired Basis for around $100 million in Q1 201…

Evaluating arguments on their merits seems nice, but mood affiliating feels so good.

read: don't forget that innovation has been made illegal due to pressure by certain cartels and outsiders must form political alliances to circumvent them.

The issue is that these deals and tricks are always changing, and their half-life is related to their access; if a trick is both profitable and well-known it likely won't exist for…

Yes, these issues are major problems for China overall and for the individuals that make up the working poor (Still literally hundreds of millions of people.) The parent comment wa…

Expensive for farmers who make $2kUSD per annum. Even in the central districts of tier two Chinese cities[1], rent is only $200-300/month for a decent two bedroom. In which case, t…

Can you expand this critique? I'm a recent grad with the prerequisite knowledge they ask for (barely) and aspirations to build cool stuff. Is my time better spent elsewhere? If so,…

Nature published an informal survey several years ago on amphetamine use among its readership. Perhaps you'll find it interesting: http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080409/full/45267…

Suppose you come across a digital copy of The Library of Babel, as described by Jorge Luis Borges. Your computer can instantly sort the vast data. Q: How do you optimize a process …

The market rate for (caucasian)private school English teachers in urban China is between 100-150 yuan/hour ($15.80-$23.75). The cost of living is higher than you would imagine, but…

Is there any way to create daily tasks that refresh each day?

When discussing the characteristics of their ideal husband, Chinese girls will occasional joking (not really) say, "有车，有房，父母双亡”。 Which means, "[He] has a car, a house, and both of …