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by zests 5y ago
10% of 25% is 2.5%
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by zests 5y ago
How recently did you check? There was a debacle in the past year or two and I think the policy changed.
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by zests 5y ago
I was taking AP classes in highschool for fun just to take as many as possible. That included AP Computer Science. I felt behind at the beginning so worked extra hard to catch up. The teacher let us work at our own pace and before I knew it
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by zests 5y ago
The word helicopter is not heli+copter but is really helico+pter. Helico as in helix and pter as in pterodactyl. "Heli" is a modern prefix that comes from helicopter, not the other way around.
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7 points by zests 5y ago|2 comments
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by zests 5y ago
Of course it would be impossible for modern society to stop using money altogether despite what this man might hope. Its easy to see this person as someone who just doesn't want to work. At the same time, I read a historical religious
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by zests 5y ago
(? ((have you written) lisp before))
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by zests 5y ago
I am very glad that I did not do all of what my peers were doing.
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by zests 5y ago
I love ancient board games. It's amazing to think about chess and how rules have been changed slightly over time for 1000 years. The game has since been stable for about 500. The computer era is revolutionizing the game again and maybe
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by zests 5y ago
I would advise people who are worried about this to read more global news. Similarly, read about political polarization in the US during the Nixon era.
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by zests 5y ago
You should expect this to be true of any shrinking rainforest. A growing rainforest will absorb more CO2 than it emits. A rainforest that remains the same size will be carbon neutral. The idea that the rainforest removes a significant net a
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by zests 5y ago
It feels like there are two classes of engineers in the US. One class of engineers makes 60k-120k and the other makes 150k-500k. Is this just a really well kept secret? I don't really see many engineers trying to migrate from the first
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by zests 5y ago
This comment makes me want to read a book about distributed systems.
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by zests 5y ago
There doesn't seem to be a great consensus on the best microphones to use on my usual sources (HN). This is surprising because the difference between laptop mic or bluetooth mic and a good microphone is enormous. I also don't mind
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by zests 5y ago
Rich tech jobs can be very stressful. It was hard for me to realized that I should not be stressed at my job.
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by zests 5y ago
The parents were immigrants. They were successful -- just not in the way its normally measured.
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by zests 5y ago
Did you live on the green line?
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by zests 5y ago
Are you going to ban relocation to a better school district as well? I don't see where the rabbit hole ends.
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by zests 5y ago
It's hard to give advice over the internet. That being said, if you're not writing code I'd recommend preparing and looking for a new job. When you interview, people tend to ask you what you're looking for and wanting to
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by zests 5y ago
I've always found the real world to be infinitely more stressful than the world of work and school. I also recognize how this is somewhat absurd. During COVID my to-do list was basically to work, spend time with family and get some exe
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by zests 5y ago
These are 'God Days' which are special days used to make our equations line up. They have not been observed directly but most experts think that God Days are abundant in the universe and that they have had a strong influence on it
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by zests 5y ago
This is the kind of shenanigans that a software company would pull. On the surface it seems like a great business decision from Tesla.
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by zests 5y ago
What happens to all of the people who are too mentally unstable to live in a hotel/SRO/shelter?
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by zests 5y ago
I struggle to figure out why the homeless are so visible in SF but not in other cities like Manhattan. My only haphazard guess is that it has to do with the weather. I could ask the same question about why SF is the only city that has to lo
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by zests 5y ago
My pet peeve is people asserting that rainforests are a carbon sinks. Mature rainforests are carbon neutral. The rainforests are carbon banks -- not sinks. This article is simply saying that the Amazon Rainforest is shrinking but it's
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by zests 5y ago
I use Kitty with Jetbrains Mono
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by zests 5y ago
Many terminals lack ligatures. Once I started using a monospace font with ligatures I could never go back.
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by zests 5y ago
Here's a guide using a git bare repository: https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/dotfiles
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by zests 5y ago
Everyone knows southern states are doing everything wrong. The state you list are doing everything right. We hate the outgroup.
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by zests 5y ago
Except this one :)

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