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Did he get the job?
Comment · 1 year ago
If there's one thing we should never criticise people for, it's politeness and generally being nice. Internet needs more of it.`
Comment · 2 years ago
I thought this was just a link in case one hadn't heard of FreeBSD :)
Comment · 2 years ago
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Comment · 2 years ago
Quite disappointing to hear; I know the feeling on discovering unfortunate things coworkers believe :(. I can scarcely imagine the feeling of seeing real progress happen on trans acceptance, only to then see a blowback coming, right at the end of your life. Glad she will be remembered positively.
Comment · 2 years ago
Yep, loss of a prominent HN-relevant person.
Comment · 2 years ago
If this is verified, I think a black band is 100% warranted. As I understand it, she was a real innovator in VLSI, which I think we all agree is somewhat important :)

EDIT: GG, the black band appeared as I sent this

Comment · 2 years ago
If you liked that, check out the onboard camera of Soyuz MS-09's launch: https://youtu.be/fr_hXLDLc38?t=302

I timestamped that to 2nd stage separation, and it gives a cool impression about what it's like (particularly the astronaut on the left's reaction).

Comment · 2 years ago
'Tis, and in the video the maker explains what they had to do - telecine 16mm film, stabilise, upscale, and interpolate from 5 -> 30 fps, as well as generate plausible sound from the spectra provided in the original test report.
Comment · 2 years ago
Found it cool that this has the real sound of the master alarm in it; the movie version from Apollo 13 was dramatised.

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