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by waswaswas 5mo ago
It's a tough business. Capital intensive, operationally complex, commodity product, unionized workforce, highly regulated...
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by waswaswas 10mo ago
At San Francisco electricity prices of ~$0.50/kWh, using an old gaming PC/workstation instead of a lower power platform will cost you hundreds of dollars per year in electricity. The cost of an N100-based NAS gets dwarfed by the e
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by waswaswas 1y ago
Automaking is a capital intensive, operationally complex, and fiercely competitive (read: low profit) industry. Apple's gross margin is nearly 3x higher than Tesla's, and Tesla will face increased margin pressure as more of the in
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by waswaswas 1y ago
I hate the Google AI Overview. More of my knowledge-seeking searches than not are things that have a consequential, singular correct answer. It's hard to break the habit of reading the search AI response first, it feeling not quite rig
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by waswaswas 2y ago
In Hong Kong and Mainland China, the sidewalks are railed off everywhere except the crosswalk, presumably to prevent the anarchy that occurs when pedestrians are allowed to freely cross the road anywhere. A little jaywalking is good, a lot
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by waswaswas 2y ago
Based on my experience taking 10+ APs 10+ years ago, the scores were already inflated. A 4 seemed like it indicated the student might understand the material well enough to build on it with subsequent study in that area, and a 5 raised the
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by waswaswas 3y ago
Due to generous financial aid policies, Stanford ends up being free or cost-to-family less than flagship state schools for all but (depending on definition) the professional class and wealthy...
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by waswaswas 3y ago
8oz of Starbucks’ bestselling Pike’s Place Roast is 150mg, and between different roasts and sizes, you can buy a drip coffee at Starbucks that has nearly 500mg of caffeine.
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by waswaswas 3y ago
Later GPA is subject to distortion via less prepared or capable students switching into easier majors. Here's a paper indirectly showing the effect at Duke with a racial framing: https://izajole.springeropen.com/article
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by waswaswas 3y ago
Isn’t the stat about STEM grads not working in STEM largely people with degrees in fields like biology (with all of its vocationally limited subfields like evolutionary and population) or chemistry (where you might only be qualified to work
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by waswaswas 3y ago
Satya Nadella's son had severe cerebral palsy
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by waswaswas 3y ago
This could easily be skewed by self-reporting bias. Perhaps wealthier students feel they have less to potentially lose by answering the survey honestly.
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by waswaswas 3y ago
In my experience rubbing shoulders in these circles, kids going to the top tier prep schools are often just really impressive--the culture at these schools normalizes an expectation of high achievement across multiple domains. Not uncommon
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by waswaswas 3y ago
It doesn't even have to be large sums, but the existence of legacy admissions creates goodwill between the university and its alums that broadly motivates consistent, modest donations. Legacy admissions are also a way to increase yield
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by waswaswas 3y ago
I'm way too ADHD to hold an engineering job without medication. I'm also quite sensitive to amphetamines. Vyvanse gave me terrible insomnia, and the extended time release worsened the psychiatric side effects (depression, social a
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by waswaswas 3y ago
This article is specifically limited to people with employer-sponsored healthcare plans. $20k is a reasonable estimate for a family trying to get decent health insurance independently.
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by waswaswas 3y ago
Lee Kuan Yew comes to mind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Kuan_Yew
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by waswaswas 4y ago
One example of a precaution taken: Spread-spectrum clocking. Perfectly clocked signals have really high EM spectral peaks (noise radiated at particular frequencies). You can intentionally make the clock a little worse, spreading that radiat
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by waswaswas 4y ago
Overpriced relative to the COGS of the hardware, and yet a bargain compared to what you get from any other test equipment company for the same money. The magic is in the software, and I’d much rather pay for that excellent software via expe
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by waswaswas 4y ago
There’s a distinction in the US between fully-funded PhD graduate students (who receive a stipend contingent upon research/TA work in an employment relationship) and professional/masters students who pay tuition, even though the l
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by waswaswas 4y ago
A few other commenters have mentioned Kenji or Alton, but somehow Modernist Cuisine hasn’t yet been mentioned. 2500 pages packed with science, engineering, and stunning photography all in the name of making food as good as it can be, with a
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by waswaswas 5y ago
School cafeteria food is the nutrition-of-last-resort for many American children. There are obvious environmental and health benefits to making the American diet more plant-based, but given the nutritional and caloric density that lean meat
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by waswaswas 5y ago
I just timed it, and it took 4 seconds from opening the MyQ app to being able to open my garage door. The only time I experience the load times you’re talking about is when I’m connected to my house WiFi far enough from the house that I don