weswilson

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by weswilson 1y ago
It may be good for the individual, but is it good for Argentina or LATAM as a whole? I'm no economist, but wouldn't shifting transactions from their currency to another (USD/stablecoin) inherently destabilize their economy ev
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by weswilson 2y ago
Obligatory video on splines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvPPXbo87ds From what I've read, Apple rounded corners are using G^2 or G^3 geometric continuity to generate smoother curves. It's hard to tell which sm
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by weswilson 2y ago
There was an internal whitepaper written by a Boeing engineer back in 2001 that warns against the dangers of excessive outsourcing. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/69746-hart-smith-on-... It reads like a plea t
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by weswilson 3y ago
Anecdotally, my dad lives in a rural area with no cable/DSL broadband available. Cellular broadband only got him 10-15 Mbps. He was excited when Starlink was available. I think he was pretty early on the preorder list. Once he finally
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by weswilson 3y ago
On the medical side, there are knowledgebases that offer clinical decision support like UpToDate ( https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en/solutions/uptodate ) that are kept up to date (pun intended) by specialists in thei
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by weswilson 3y ago
There is an ECU flash at the dealership that supposedly fixes the parasitic battery drain. I've replaced my battery a couple of times, but haven't had an issue since the ECU flash.
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by weswilson 3y ago
Most of us here probably think of LARPing as fantasy-genre LARPing, but I think this is more pointed toward Mil-Sim LARPing. These are hardcore airsoft guys who go buy comms, night-vision, IR, with airsoft weapons that function like real we
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by weswilson 3y ago
On Reddit, someone said that even Carrefour is doing this with their own labeled products. Seems like just a negotiation tactic against their suppliers versus doing something pro-consumer.
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by weswilson 3y ago
There is a nonprofit that is trying to address this called Ameelio ( https://www.ameelio.org/ ). They were hiring in the HN Who is Hiring thread. I don't know much about them, but it seems like they have some traction in
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by weswilson 3y ago
I'd say it's a pretty good analogy, the details aren't perfect, but it gets the point across. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfEX6GUxfZM Here's an example of an arguably good builder who had one team in
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by weswilson 3y ago
Vox had a good video on why dialog sounds terrible in movies/shows these days. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYJtb2YXae8 It boils down to a combination of: - Actors speaking naturally instead of projecting toward a m
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by weswilson 3y ago
Reminds me of the Sniper in Mahwaw ( https://sniperinmahwah.wordpress.com/ ) posts about HFT and microwave towers. I think this is the first in the series: https://sniperinmahwah.wordpress.com/2014/09&#x2
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by weswilson 3y ago
I second the Etymotic's earplugs suggestion. They are really great to have and pretty inexpensive. For around $20 you can get hearing protection that is great for cutting the grass, going to concerts, or just getting some peace and qui
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by weswilson 3y ago
I feel like this is a big reason for people wanting to using ChatGPT (LLM's in general) for search results. Search engine quality has declined due to ads/sponsored results and the adversarial nature of SEO driving the signal-to-no
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by weswilson 3y ago
If you refactor the GetSalesAndUseTaxForState function to an async function, you can optimize it further with this: ConcurrentDictionary<string, double> taxMap = new ConcurrentDictionary<string, double>(); await Task.
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by weswilson 4y ago
One term I've heard from HR was "Released to the industry." I always wondered if that was focus grouped or something. It was definitely the running joke for a while.
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by weswilson 4y ago
The author does sell it as a poster here: https://www.redbubble.com/people/windytan/works/31262230-the... I'm actually surprised the link, company, and poster are all still valid/working 10 years la
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by weswilson 4y ago
The sound of dial-up explained: https://oona.windytan.com/posters/dialup-final.png from https://www.windytan.com/2012/11/the-sound-of-dialup-picture...
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by weswilson 4y ago
There are still plenty of middle men in insurance. There are Carriers, MGA's, Agency Networks/Aggregators, and Brokers. Large insurance carriers (think Geico, etc) with enough market share (and captive agents) have the vertical in
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by weswilson 4y ago
Another more traditional approach, similar to concierge medicine, is executive medicine. I think a lot of the big medical universities offer something like this: https://www.emoryhealthcare.org/centers-programs/executiv
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by weswilson 5y ago
The BMW i8 is just as complicated as the EQS, if not more. It requires two people to open the hood without damaging it. Here's some technician training on opening it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxe_b2GRwok It&#x27
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