VolatileVoid

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by VolatileVoid 6y ago
This is awesome! Whilst we were in lockdown the first time, I wrote a small Logo interpreter for my son with almost exactly the same commands: https://freememory.github.io/azlogo/ ( https://github.com/f
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by VolatileVoid 7y ago
Really? What in their status update read to you as "the problem is on our side, not yours"? Understand that I'm a programmer and couldn't figure that out.
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by VolatileVoid 7y ago
Is it just me or are Discord's status updates legendarily bad to the point of being entirely useless? As a user of the discord app, don't tell me the "API is having issues." Just tell me, "Discord is currently down.
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by VolatileVoid 7y ago
Garmin is the perfect example of a company that could have been displaced by the advent of smartphones with built in GPS receivers (which probably cannibalized the market for dedicated GPS devices in cars) but has remained relevant due to h
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by VolatileVoid 8y ago
It's funny to see this. I have a similar story about a MMORPG I've been playing for the better part of 20 years. It's got more in common with MUDs than typical MMORPGs and is an enforced roleplaying environment. I've per
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by VolatileVoid 12y ago
I have, generally, 1-2 drinks per day, where a drink is 1.5oz of something like bourbon or whisky or scotch. I use it to unwind when I get home from work, usually whilst working on personal projects. That being said the definitions you&#x27
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by VolatileVoid 12y ago
Yes, it makes searching for a job harder. If you start looking for a position outside the banking/finance industry as a developer, nobody understands what a "VP" or an "Analyst" is and that it's meaningless (es
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by VolatileVoid 12y ago
It's interesting the different experiences people have. I've found LLBG to be downright pleasant. I get there at most 90 minutes prior to an international flight, breeze through security in about 15-30 minutes depending on queues
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by VolatileVoid 12y ago
You're comparing cost of living without taking into account median salaries? I don't think any comparison is complete without some sort of salary survey.
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by VolatileVoid 12y ago
Every time you talk about "Yo" an angel loses its wings or a kitten dies or... whatever. If you stop talking about it, it will just fade into obscurity like Doogie Howser - only to appear years later as a successful, charming acto
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by VolatileVoid 13y ago
Hypoxia? I know, I know, I'm reaching. But it'd explain the "mumbling."
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by VolatileVoid 13y ago
Why? I don't know, maybe to make aviation safer so it doesn't happen again, whatever "it" may be. Why should Twitter bother debugging outages? Why should Facebook bother issuing post-mortems when bad things take their sy
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by VolatileVoid 13y ago
Sure, although the NationAir DC-8 tragedy was a different jet. The 777 is significantly more advanced and I believe has some sort of fire detection in the wheel well; they would have known very shortly after takeoff if there was smoke. Unle
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by VolatileVoid 13y ago
Never underestimate "pilot familiarity." In an emergency, a pilot is going to favor an airstrip he/she is familiar with over an unknown one. Perhaps the captain was more familiar with Langkawi?
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by VolatileVoid 13y ago
Although one wonders how intelligent the name comparison "algorithm" (ha) is. I bet if you DID type in "David Fricken Jones" (sic) you'd be fine.
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by VolatileVoid 13y ago
Depression isn't just /like/ physical pain. It can cause real, physical pain. Pain, for which you go to doctors who say "oh, you're fine." Pain for which you go to dentists only to hear "oh, you're fi
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by VolatileVoid 13y ago
I know a female Michael.
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by VolatileVoid 13y ago
I think this is cool, but I think the true power of this really is in the answers bit. Wouldn't it be cool - after getting engagement from a few thousand people taking pictures and asking questions - to snap a picture of something and
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by VolatileVoid 13y ago
This is relatively similar to how it works in Israel. To get internet access you actually need two things: infrastructure and an ISP. Infrastructure is through one of two companies (although it may be more now? I'm not sure): Bezeq (DS
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by VolatileVoid 13y ago
That's not at all the problem. What about navigating TFRs? Class B airspace? What about failures of the rotors whilst flying over heavily populated areas? Will these things be equipped with TCAS to avoid oncoming traffic? What happens
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by VolatileVoid 13y ago
Israeli border control also no longer stamps passports. They give you a little slip of paper with your picture on it. This piece of paper is your "temporary visa." Or at least that's how it was a few months ago.
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by VolatileVoid 13y ago
Incidentally, the FAQ on the OMS CS page says explicitly that you do not need to have taken the GRE.
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by VolatileVoid 13y ago
I was actually wondering the same thing. I took the general GREs back in 2008 but I'm just over the arbitrary 5 year cutoff that the ETS imposes on score validity.
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by VolatileVoid 13y ago
As an American who's living in Israel let me tell you that the backwardness of the US banking system doesn't even begin to COMPARE to the sheer inconvenience of banking here. * No chip and PIN. Yep, same here. * You have to intera
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by VolatileVoid 13y ago
This, except I'm not a frequent flier. I was wondering exactly the same thing: are boarding passes really _so opaque_ that they require significant redesign? In fact, I don't even find boarding passes to be ugly. Or pretty. Or any
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by VolatileVoid 13y ago
Thanks, I'll browse it. Ideally I'd like to start something of my own with someone else, and ideally it'd be aligned with my time zone (and maybe even someone who I can meet face to face). But this is definitely a good start.
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Ask HN: Looking to work with someone on anything
2 points by VolatileVoid 13y ago|2 comments
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by VolatileVoid 13y ago
Vaccines? I don't have an answer, but here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_Catholic_cleric%E... I'm not particularly religious (or Catholic), but let's not minimize the positive impact memb
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by VolatileVoid 13y ago
Sure, except that Taibbi's writing is /also/ so predictable that he practically <expletive> <amusing metaphor> Goldman Sachs. See what I did there? :)
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by VolatileVoid 14y ago
Perhaps this isn't the best place for this question, but I know that this is a community of hackers and I can't think of a better audience for it. I've been eyeing a Raspberry Pi board for some time, but I can't think of what I'd like to do

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