blackguardx

This is basically: "I only shit in the pool a little bit"

RF spectrum is like a shared water supply.

This implies you have more trust in the U.S. Post Office continuity of existence and function than the "full faith and credit of the United States."

20 years ago on a trip to Germany, I saw what I was told was a group of construction workers/laborers drinking beers in the morning before work...

When I lived there 15 years ago, many of the apartment buildings used heating oil furnaces for winter heat. These definitely contributed to lower air quality in the winter.

Do you work at Microsoft or is this a broader trend?

I've only read Into Thin Air, but that book makes Boukreev (author of The Climb) seem like an unreliable narrator. I have zero interest in high altitude mountaineering (I prefer lower altitude rock climbing) but I should probably check out The Climb to get both sides.

To drain the Salton Sea or replenish it? The Salton Sea was created in its present form from a man-made environmental disaster.

Xilinx is/was an FPGA company until AMD bought them. Their primary revenue stream is selling chips. This is the equivalent of going back to the days of paid C/C++ compilers (anybody else remember that?).

The "free" version of Vivado is used to develop for Xilinx/AMD's lower tier FPGAs. While offering what I assume are lower profit margins, these lower tier FPGAs make up a large portion of Xilinx/AMD's chip volume.

Xilinx/AMD charging for any of their tools is also a recent thing. 20 years ago, you could download these tools freely without even having to register on their website.

NORAD relies on radar stations in Canada.

It is probably a good idea to review some instructions before jump starting a car because even though it is simple, if you do it wrong (connect the battery terminal last) you can blow up your battery from the ignition of hydrogen gas.

The iPhone 4 was easily disassembled with screwdrivers...

You don't need rivers for nuclear reactor cooling, they are just very convenient.

It is almost like the flip-flopping policy was never meant to boost US manufacturing, but to secure kickbacks and deals from big companies and countries to get favored treatment.