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IANAL, and would like to believe that what you say is true, but I think in most jurisdictions "reasonable suspicion" that the vehicle was not street legal would float as justification for a …

Interestingly, shumai (or "siomai" if in the Philippines) is a type of traditional Cantonese meat dumpling from China made of ground pork.

It's still very much alive.

Did they say "zz" or specify [capital] "ZZ"?

I wrote a short post about this a while back: https://stoddart.github.io/development/tools/open-source/rev... This one is good, though, and very thorough—even though it…

Tim Ferriss has been called out on these "ironies" for years now: https://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/01/08/5-time-management-... …

It's not "medical reasons"; it's overwhelming government bureaucracy in the UK. A friend of a friend broke his shoulder and collarbone over 14 months ago; he needs a new shoulder. …

Zaphod, is that you??? In all seriousness, yes, individual leadership at the top has to be willing to steelman controversial issues and potential changes of direction, as well engage in unapologetic g…

shouldn't at least some of blame for that fall on the tech industry itself Is that you, Eric 'Otter' Stratton from "Animal House"? You know, "I'm pre-law." &q…

Talked to a German guy who was here on holiday recently. When I told him that in the US it's typical to get two weeks vacation when starting a new job, you should have seen his eyes bug out. It w…

Fun fact, so do Brits. Just try scheduling a procedure with the NHS and check the wait time.

The danger isn't that they'll do anything of value; the danger is that they'll do something stupid with your data.

Yep. There was a quote here a few weeks ago, I can't remember from whom now, but the gist of it was that if you have more than a 4-round interview cycle, you're just play acting and being pe…

Sure, it's not airtight. WhatsApp is popular in Europe. But as an American, when I see somebody say "You can only contact me on WhatsApp", it's not exactly a green text bubble sign…

WhatsApp as the only contact point is a pretty strong signal that the user is from a developing world country. I'm not from that part of the world, so I don't use WhatsApp.

Eastern Orthodoxy is the oldest branch of Christianity. Which means it's the furthest thing from "cult-adjacent." You want to know what is actually "cult-adjacent"? People who…

It's the opposite of a growth mentality But to the captains of industry, this is the growth mentality. It's growth--- but only for them, not for the hoi polloi.

As a long-time user, I do enjoy seeing how my tastes have changed over the years and which artists and albums I play the most. I also tend to agree that the Last.fm recommendation engine was perfectly…

Ah, that must have been AL2023, right? IIRC, it's tightly integrated with internal deployment toolchains like Apollo and Brazil (Amazon's internal package management and build systems).

Yes, you're right. That is the comment I was referring to.

Apparently the guy who wrote the Camel book on Perl made less than $1000 from that book. I was shocked when I heard about that because back in the day when I was learning that book was incredibly popu…

I've commented on this development before on HN, so I'm glad to see this post on the front page. From a few months back: "...the fact of the matter is that kids getting into high tech a…

It totally is. That was the first thought that went through my head when I got to the JRRT quote.

The US is not "behind the developed world", it's literally the developed world. The lightbulb. The airplane. The telephone. NASA. Space X. Tesla. And on and on...

Yes, Hank Marvin was the first Stratocaster player in England as far as I know. Also, professional English players could sometimes get a coveted Fender guitar by buying secondhand in the US or swappin…