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by bdunks 5mo ago
This is a common narrative that simply isn’t true. American Airlines has the largest loyalty program. In last week’s report to shareholders they project it will grow to $1.5B in pre tax revenue, against a total 2025 pre tax revenue of $54bn
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by bdunks 5mo ago
I feel like you’ve held back on an interesting story
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by bdunks 5mo ago
The Market Basket used to calculate the BLS CPI changes over time, which can make long range comparisons difficult. I’ve read of political influence on the market basket to lower the reported rate of inflation by the incumbent party, but I’
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by bdunks 5mo ago
> Software development is one of the most capital-intensive activities a modern company undertakes The article is definitely written from a "high tech" industry lens. A mid-sized utility might spend $80-$150 million USD on IT
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by bdunks 6mo ago
I had a car with an all wheel drive computer in a similar spot in the late 2000s. I had a small crack in the rubber seal around my sunroof from parking outside in the elements. When it rained, water seeped in, made its way down the a-pilla
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by bdunks 6mo ago
There is a book called Art & Fear which explores this in depth. A quick read and worth it for people that don’t consider themselves artists. It has a great story (allegory) about a pottery class, which was shared here in the past. Six s
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by bdunks 6mo ago
Agree. They seem to have a “price per piece” equation. Perhaps as a result, the 5+ sets are made of hundreds of small pieces. Older sets had larger foundational and platform pieces which gave a good starting place for new creative builds. T
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by bdunks 7mo ago
As they say, a relevant XKCD for everything. Thanks for sharing. I hadn’t seen that one before.
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by bdunks 7mo ago
> “I’m not going to install yet another chat app” This is legitimate. I have to use: - iMessage & SMS for most US based family, casual friends and co workers. - WhatsApp for European Family - Signal for one group of friends - Telegra
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by bdunks 8mo ago
I will add that FreeCAD has come a long way in constraint based and parametric part design, and I'm able to use it exclusively running an Arch-based distro. Deltahedra has extremely impressive tutorials on YouTube. No fluff -- no long
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by bdunks 8mo ago
That makes sense. His cover letter is dated 1974, and TeX was released 1978.
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by bdunks 9mo ago
I can recommend the Acquired (podcast) 3 part series on Berkshire. There was a cool fact in there that he sees every price tag as the opportunity cost with compounding interest.
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by bdunks 9mo ago
It was nice seeing my 2025 reading list represented. I started the year reading the first five books of the Foundation Series (book #1 on the list). A must read for anyone who hasn’t read it. I couldn’t believe how well it held up 70+ years
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by bdunks 11mo ago
The sibling comment has a more structured reply to the whole process, but of note the article specifically mentions the FAA has exempted international flights.
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by bdunks 11mo ago
I agree. I started using Foot based on a recommendation from the notcurses library author, who has deep expertise in terminal emulation and collaborates with maintainers. A tip for new users: The default theme is a bit harsh. I was able to
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by bdunks 11mo ago
Agreed. I have 4 Omada APs in my house — 3 wired PoE and 1 mesh. I haven’t thought about it since I set it up, three years ago. 100% reliability, seamless handoff between APs.
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by bdunks 1y ago
> I'm a Kagi customer and I definitely don't want anything they do with the news. Can you expand on why?
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by bdunks 1y ago
“A language is a dialect with an army and navy” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_language_is_a_dialect_with...
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by bdunks 1y ago
Tell that to Tex Johnson: https://youtu.be/Ra_khhzuFlE?si=MxkaSRaIYFvbGqil
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by bdunks 1y ago
I read Isaac Asimov’s foundation series a few years ago (side note for anyone who hasn’t read it: it still holds up incredibly well with a small suspension of disbelief and some grace for when it was written). In the preface to the 4th or 5
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by bdunks 1y ago
I've just read through the entire documentation end-to-end. It's very clear and well written, thank you for the time and love. One thing that's unclear to me in how I might manage this "side-by-side coexistence": h
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by bdunks 1y ago
It’s available as a VSCode extension and documented here: https://elixir-lsp.github.io/elixir-ls/
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by bdunks 1y ago
Thank you for sharing! After reading the article, I played your game and really enjoyed it. My first text based game in ~30 years. I was inspired and went on to play one of the games listed on IFDB tagged “short” and “recommended for beginn
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by bdunks 1y ago
Absolutely. And I’m finding the same with “agent” coding tools. With the ever increasing hype around Cursor I tried to give it a go this week. The first 5 minutes were impressive, when I sent a small trial ballon for a simple change. But w
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by bdunks 1y ago
Have you paid for the AI Planner, and if so, can you recommend it?
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by bdunks 1y ago
> I can’t put my finger on why. To me it feels inauthentic. Based on early comments, which say it makes sense, I’m an outlier. However, this shifts from something that had semantic value (not saying Apple used Semver, but there were line
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by bdunks 2y ago
That’s a very nice Kaizen of this Kanban. Very scalable. The office may not have thought of it yet.
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by bdunks 2y ago
Thank you for the correction and clarification. I didn’t dig into country specific pricing before posting. While still higher, I believe these are all very reasonable prices — perhaps just not as mind blowing. I’m optimistic for the future.
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by bdunks 2y ago
I was in Mexico City two weeks ago and a few uber drivers were driving BYD Dolphins. I was impressed. At a $14k price point, I can’t imagine better value for money. I got sucked into research and there are no near term plans for expanding
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by bdunks 2y ago
According to the FAA’s website, it is not in use today. https://www.faa.gov/faq/faa-getting-rid-air-traffic-skills-b...

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