apcherry

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by apcherry 6y ago
I'd disagree - lane switching is not weaving though traffic. In advanced motorcycle training it's called "making progress". It's a skill to read the traffic flows, to understand what other drivers are going to do, t
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by apcherry 7y ago
but it'll be so much better the second time!! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22104506
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by apcherry 7y ago
I'd loved to see this bumped up so that it appears on the front page right next to the link on "Why do we fall into the rewrite trap?" for a nice little juxtaposition. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2210
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by apcherry 7y ago
I wonder if it was proposed by a Neal Stephenson fan (DODO)?
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by apcherry 7y ago
A common fallacy I'm afraid - modern fighter planes are unstable for improved supersonic performance - reduced drag. So relaxed stability may benefit civil aircraft in terms of fuel efficiency. There is an argument that inherently unst
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by apcherry 9y ago
I don't even try to make it sound legitimate. e.g. How many sisters do you have? Anyone guessing will be trying a number between 0 and 5. I use a semi-random word, colour or car I associate with my sister(s), eg. Audi. When asked for
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by apcherry 10y ago
We expect and accept a high false-negative rate. Our commenting system is optimised for zero false-positives at the cost of many false-negatives. This is a deliberate choice. So yes, I would expect to see a significant dropout of commenters
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by apcherry 12y ago
For me the "weird"/unusual/interesting thing is seeing the feathers bounce after hitting the ground.
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by apcherry 12y ago
Actually it doesn't matter - either version is correct, and in fact English spelling used organize long before it was adopted by the US. http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/03/ize-or-ise/ In fact it
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by apcherry 13y ago
Sad news indeed. In keeping with his macabre sense of humour I hope he has a suitable Culture Ship names for the coffin. Dwindling Gravitas (VFP)?