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Comment · 1 year ago

Great article. My father was a software engineer at DEC in the mid-80s through the 90s and we often had DEC equipment at home. I grew up playing FLIGHT on a MicroVAX, learning BASIC programming on a Rainbow, and creating crazy answering machine greetings on a DECtalk.

Comment · 2 years ago

I posted a "Who's Hiring" post as an employee seeking a referral bonus. I got a few leads from that and ultimately referred two of them, one of whom we hired and is still working with us (and me) nearly three years later.

Comment · 2 years ago

Think of it as the same as the internal resistance of a conductor. Some of the photons are effectively absorbed by the fiber and turned into heat.

Comment · 4 years ago

You mean besides the constant vibration and acceleration of pistons changing direction multiple times each second?

Comment · 4 years ago

Totally agree. I do a lot of interviews for my employer and no one cares about your GPA or really even your degree once you have some work experience.

I've been working in IT and software development since I left high school; it was never a barrier that I went to school to be an aircraft mechanic and don't have a tech-related degree.

Comment · 4 years ago

Their banks can receive wire transfers just like any other bank.

Comment · 4 years ago

It goes both ways. Emigration _from_ the US to another western country is also incredibly difficult.

Comment · 5 years ago

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Comment · 5 years ago

I'll be the part of the story he didn't tell you is more interesting.

Comment · 5 years ago

You can also get the METAR (observations updated hourly) from the Aviation Weather Center: https://aviationweather.gov/metar/data?ids=KORS&format=decod...

Comment · 5 years ago

My 17-year-old Honda minivan does the same. A few seconds on the brakes while going down a steep hill will trigger a downshift.

Comment · 5 years ago

As a frequent motorcyclist, being able to see over a station wagon doesn't matter when most vehicles on the road (in my area) are SUVs and pickup trucks.

When I'm not on 2 wheels, I'm most often in a minivan, too.

Comment · 5 years ago

> Does being hit by a 6500 lb vehicle as a cyclist or pedestrian really differ materially from being hit by a 7500 lb vehicle...?

Depends how fast it's going.

Comment · 5 years ago

The new Lightning comes in around 6500 lbs. Maybe you saw a number for the old Lightning from the 90s, which was around 4600 lbs.

Comment · 5 years ago

That's because lots of planes flying today are still from the 1950s.