drcoopster

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by drcoopster 2y ago
Great article. My father was a software engineer at DEC in the mid-80s through the 90s and we often had DEC equipment at home. I grew up playing FLIGHT on a MicroVAX, learning BASIC programming on a Rainbow, and creating crazy answering mac
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by drcoopster 2y ago
I posted a "Who's Hiring" post as an employee seeking a referral bonus. I got a few leads from that and ultimately referred two of them, one of whom we hired and is still working with us (and me) nearly three years later.
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by drcoopster 3y ago
Think of it as the same as the internal resistance of a conductor. Some of the photons are effectively absorbed by the fiber and turned into heat.
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by drcoopster 4y ago
You mean besides the constant vibration and acceleration of pistons changing direction multiple times each second?
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by drcoopster 5y ago
Totally agree. I do a lot of interviews for my employer and no one cares about your GPA or really even your degree once you have some work experience. I've been working in IT and software development since I left high school; it was ne
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by drcoopster 5y ago
Their banks can receive wire transfers just like any other bank.
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by drcoopster 5y ago
It goes both ways. Emigration _from_ the US to another western country is also incredibly difficult.
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by drcoopster 5y ago
TetraScience | Full-time | Boston, REMOTE TetraScience is on a mission to be the most trusted and valuable partner to the world's scientific community, fueling innovation, facilitating collaboration, accelerating discovery, and enhanci
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by drcoopster 5y ago
I'll be the part of the story he didn't tell you is more interesting.
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by drcoopster 5y ago
You can also get the METAR (observations updated hourly) from the Aviation Weather Center: https://aviationweather.gov/metar/data?ids=KORS&format=decod...
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by drcoopster 5y ago
My 17-year-old Honda minivan does the same. A few seconds on the brakes while going down a steep hill will trigger a downshift.
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by drcoopster 5y ago
As a frequent motorcyclist, being able to see over a station wagon doesn't matter when most vehicles on the road (in my area) are SUVs and pickup trucks. When I'm not on 2 wheels, I'm most often in a minivan, too.
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by drcoopster 5y ago
> Does being hit by a 6500 lb vehicle as a cyclist or pedestrian really differ materially from being hit by a 7500 lb vehicle...? Depends how fast it's going.
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by drcoopster 5y ago
The new Lightning comes in around 6500 lbs. Maybe you saw a number for the old Lightning from the 90s, which was around 4600 lbs.
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by drcoopster 5y ago
That's because lots of planes flying today are still from the 1950s.
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by drcoopster 5y ago
Some blog posts about this from their website: - https://www.tetrascience.com/blogs/announcing-our-series-b-t... - https://www.tetrascience.com/blogs/announcing-our-series-b-t... - https:/&#
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by drcoopster 6y ago
I'm a long-time Google Music subscriber (at the original $8/mo price point) and had no idea that it even came with YouTube Premium until I realized I hadn't seen any YouTube ads in years.
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by drcoopster 6y ago
Sure, maybe if the car is 40 years old. But every modern gas car (and all the diesels I've owned) will handle it just fine.
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by drcoopster 6y ago
Some judges are elected; they could easily be grossly unqualified.
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by drcoopster 6y ago
While it might be valid to frame suicide as death from mental illness, how can you say that the death rate from mental illness has been increasing when we don't even really know the size of the population with mental illness. A lot o
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by drcoopster 6y ago
As a resident of a place with hot dry summer, I can confirm that the last thing I want to do is to add to the heat with boiling water.
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by drcoopster 6y ago
He neglected to mention his time machine.
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by drcoopster 6y ago
USPS is legally required to charge rates that don't result in a marginal loss.
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by drcoopster 6y ago
And for most people, sound quality is largely subjective. What "sounds good" to person A might sound like garbage to person B.
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by drcoopster 6y ago
Maybe it's lighter than the alternative? Not everyone wants to wear a brick on their head. But just the word "plastic" doesn't really give any useful information. With all of the different formulations of plastics out th
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by drcoopster 6y ago
> Mainstream taste in audio is crap. Designing headphones for a target audience that thinks Spotify HQ mode is sufficient is not going to produce a very good product, audio-quality-wise. Mainsteam taste is what sells products. Obviously
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by drcoopster 6y ago
Engelssprekend of alleen Nederlands?
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by drcoopster 6y ago
Strong writing skills are part of being qualified for any remote job.
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by drcoopster 6y ago
It's complicated, right? Effective writing and reading comprehension are necessary to produce and parse code of any sort. Math is necessary to construct and analyze the algorithms that are implemented or described in the code. You can

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