coderjames

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by coderjames 2y ago
> The rule would require service fees, resort fees, and other charges commonly added to bookings to be included in advertised prices. Sounds like that's what will be happening if the rule sticks.
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by coderjames 2y ago
> If the chopsticks are catching the rocket by the grid fins The chopsticks don't catch the rocket by the grid fins. There are dedicated supports (pins) sticking out the sides of Super Heavy that support the load. It does negate som
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by coderjames 2y ago
The judge in the case put the brakes on the sale after it was revealed that the bankruptcy trustee did not accept the highest bid, and instead allowed the Sandy Hook families to 'assist' by pledging their massive judgement towards
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by coderjames 2y ago
And nothing of value was lost.
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by coderjames 2y ago
That's who went on strike. "Tens of thousands of machinists voted Thursday to reject a proposed deal between the company and the union." This was the IAW manufacturing folks rejecting a contract, not the SPEEA engineering fol
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by coderjames 2y ago
> Where was the concern for human life? In the laws that assign liability to the at-fault driver and in the most heinous cases charge them with vehicular manslaughter. I'll accept autonomous driving on public streets when the vehicl
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by coderjames 2y ago
I used to order pizza delivery 2-4 times a month. The drivers worked for the store, knew my address, and provided prompt delivery. My local Pizza Hut has since outsourced their delivery to DoorDash. Now, even though I'm only two miles
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by coderjames 2y ago
Or in the apartment or condominium above or below you across any of a few floors, depending on shielding. For those not living in standalone houses.
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by coderjames 3y ago
This may be regional or brand-specific. As a data point, the Winco I frequent has seven SCO stations - three accept cash, four are card-only. There is a single cashier monitoring all seven stations.
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by coderjames 3y ago
> >employees who get taken away from their other duties to help customers deal with the confusing and error prone kiosks. > I have seen these customers. I do not understand. One applicable scenario I have observed at my local super
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by coderjames 3y ago
> the Woz is one of the few figures that many of us in the tech industry look up to and aspire to be like. Relatable. My Woz story is from junior high school (middle school) in the late 1990s. I was writing a report on him and read two d
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by coderjames 3y ago
Blue Origin was founded in 2000 and SpaceX wasn't founded until 2002 so I think you have that a little backwards. A more accurate comparison would be that Elon is like the little brother who one-ups the older brother at his own game. A
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by coderjames 3y ago
And I think this is really crummy and unfortunate. Myself, my wife, and my one child would be very happy in a 1,300 sqft house but really don't need or want a 2,600 sqft house. So house prices increasing along with house size is still
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by coderjames 3y ago
> I can’t think of any other place where people’s sense of net worth is as tied up with their house price as it is in the UK, while at the same time the increase in house price that people have been conditioned to believe is the norm ove
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by coderjames 3y ago
The link in the post to NTVDMx64 at Columbia seems to be broken, but the associated GitHub project appears to be at https://github.com/leecher1337/ntvdmx64 "What is it? =========== NTVDMx64 is a port of th
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by coderjames 3y ago
When I first read the post, I thought the two types sounded very much like two levels of experience in being a Software Engineer. Your identification of the third type strengthens my interpretation of the article in this way. Type 3 - Junio
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by coderjames 4y ago
> frontend to C++ that cleans up the syntax, has much stricter rules around UB, and can rely on C++ as its unsafe counterpart You're looking for Herb Sutter's CppFront: https://github.com/hsutter/cppfront
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Tax-filing websites have been sending users financial info to Meta(themarkup.org)
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by coderjames 5y ago
Wow! A 6502 ICE, nice! That would certainly make developing a retro 6502-based machine these days much easier.
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by coderjames 5y ago
Employee B: [to prevent burnout so that I can remain a functioning member of society.]
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by coderjames 5y ago
Automated hamburgers at https://theroboburger.com/ and https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/16/business/white-castle-flippy-... and https://sf.eater.com/2018/6/21/1
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by coderjames 6y ago
I think it depends on one's definition of "decent meal" :-). I can put a frozen burrito into my microwave, press "1 minute," press "+30 seconds," and have a perfectly acceptable breakfast in two presses.
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by coderjames 6y ago
Please don't try this at home! 118 MHz - 137 MHz is a protected Aviation band across the globe for airplanes to communicate with air traffic control. We already have enough industrial noise problems in this band; please don't cont
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by coderjames 9y ago
> That would be the best you could do, right? No, the best I can do is continue living and convince as many people as possible to not have children. If I kill myself now, many more people might be created than if I die later. Natural red
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by coderjames 9y ago
> our social safety nets for the elderly will collapse. Not everyone agrees social safety nets are a good thing. Some of us think properly preparing ourselves for retirement is more important. > population decline is going to be the p
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by coderjames 9y ago
Any idea how many dirty diapers a baby produces? We don't use cloth diapers with our daughter, so those go to the landfill. She drinks milk. That comes from cows. Cows are bad for the environment. By having another person on the planet
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by coderjames 9y ago
Not the OP, but here are a few MIPS boards I'm familiar with in the under-$100 range. Microchip makes a couple low-end MIPS boards: http://www.microchipdirect.com/product/search/all/DM320103 http:/
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by coderjames 9y ago
Which is why I won't fly on certain airlines :-). As a Software Engineer who worked at an avionics company, I know who our big customers were and what bugs are in the products they bought, so I avoid them whenever possible.
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by coderjames 9y ago
I write the software in the ACARS box. > but I guess the comunication protocol is so basic that no mayor owning can happen. This would be ideal, but unfortunately even simple communications protocols have room for error in their implemen
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by coderjames 9y ago
Agreed, but only the big iron. I spent 8 years working for Universal Avionics, who develops precision WAAS-SBAS GPS flight management systems for GA / BizJets: http://uasc.com/home/nextgentechnologies/precisio

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