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Did the premise of FAM seem like a really algo-derived mashup to anyone else? The alternate history (like Man in the High Castle) plus feminism (like Handmaid's Tale) plus scifi seemed so intenti…

Various manufacturers make UPF clothing, Outdoor Research, Kuhl, and Black Diamond are some. REI's house brand has worked well for me, though the fit is baggy. A white cotton t-shirt is said to b…

YouTube has never been a free market as long as they've had editorial discretion at removing/promoting any videos they like. An unbiased YouTube would be a directory of videos organized by t…

How exactly does FB (or those other sites) have access to my phone calls?

But you're basically on the same page with their sentiments, right?

Is she a garden variety sovereign citizen, or something else?

I suspect your comments on this story will not age well.

All major US cities are close to USAF bases. "use them as a training exercise" is ludicrous. The last thing a secret aircraft program needs is involvement from officers in public safety, who…

I had a SW license for sure when I was a stress analyst . I'd use it to look at a part to take a dimension, and maybe once a month use it to make a drawing from an existing part that would go int…

Another blocker is that CAD is a relatively small part of mechanical engineering. Pretty much all software engineers use version control, but depending on subfield/company, maybe 20-50% of mechan…

Snob? Have you watched the man make a pizza on a store-bought tortilla with pineapple? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v7nhyjCx5Q …

Interesting. This contradicts the prevailing HN sentiment that WFH increases productivity because there's less time spent socializing or dealing with distractions.

> We have creators who are unemployed from the pandemic. We have creators who need to pay rent, to pay tuition, to pay medical expenses, and they need their income to survive. Apple's 30% dire…

I've never thought "fairness" to be a material concept in anything with money. I mean how could it be? Is it fair to tax people different amounts, or should everyone be taxed the same p…

Why is this surprising? When people leave the military, they still need jobs. My brother is a veteran, now he's a SWE at Facebook. All large companies have veteran recruiting efforts: https:…

It's not just a high bypass ratio that has helped. It's computational acoustics (we can predict the sound something makes based on its geometry and movement in a medium), nacelle design, mat…

It actually IS a step function. A shock wave by definition is an instantaneous change in fluid properties. At the molecular level, the change in properties is observed as occurring within a mean free …

Yeah, the only "evidence" brought by the women are screenshots from anonymous Twitter accounts with no proof they're associated with Pasquale. Surely someone must have a harassing messa…

I mean, you're biased by an entire lifetime of using Windows. So you'll likely find whatever you're used to "easier to use" - using a GUI vs a CLI, typing in QWERTY, being rig…

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I remember my employer was paying Indian consultants a fortune to build a web app in ASP that didn't work. I told them I could do it in PHP in a week, but they didn't trust some "free p…

Fair, it's been a few years since I rented one. It still works better than a truck in most cases since it protects your stuff from rain, car exhaust, mud splashes etc.

Toyota has pivoted marketing for the Tacoma as an adventure vehicle rather than a work vehicle. It is awesome for that. Small enough to get around in a city, but big enough to fit four sets of skiing&…

Many Tacoma owners in Seattle (fun fact, Tacoma is the native name for Mt. Rainier). I'm one of them. I've owned it for 7 years, 3 in Seattle, and I've never once been asked by someone …

No, I will not think of the children.