pwaivers

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Software developer in the financial industry.

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Comment · 6 years ago

I am hesitant to install the plugin because Chrome warns that it can "Read and change all your data on the websites you visit." Is this a normal authorization to give to Chrome extensions?

Overall I think it's a really cool extension idea and I would love to use it.

Comment · 6 years ago

This is a really cool website!

Comment · 6 years ago

Not all of them. For example, the two masks pictures here do not: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N95_mask.

Comment · 6 years ago

Here's a pretty good explanation of how the figures are reported (and why it can be misleading): https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/business/economy/us-gdp-r....

Comment · 6 years ago

It's difficult to have both, no?

Comment · 6 years ago

Please read the rest of the article. It discusses how China could force TSMC to stop producing chips. It even covers the US foundry, and why it won't make a difference.

Comment · 6 years ago

Thanks for this article, dolftax! I followed all the examples on my machine with no problem, and I learned some new stuff.

I have a question: how difficult is it to implement the ast? It seems like that the bulk of the work for this static code analysis.

Comment · 6 years ago

What source do you have that Canada has disproportionate contributions, compared to the US? The Wikipedia page doesn't say that.

Comment · 6 years ago

Do you have a link for this? I see free meal for 18 and under in SF, but not for adults also.

Comment · 6 years ago

Thanks. I did see that, but it should more than a (literal) asterisk at the bottom of the page.

Comment · 6 years ago

Herd Immunity (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herd_immunity) means that everyone doesn't need to get it. The threshold for COVID-19 is estimated to be between 29-75%.

Comment · 6 years ago

https://covidactnow.org/state/CA

This is missing a HUGE point. At the very end of the California "shelter-in-place" plan, the numbers will go up. What it doesn't show is that this will merely delay the epidemic to 3 months in the future. The chart useless with only a 3 month time horizon.

Comment · 6 years ago

I don't think 12 months without revenue is "living on knifes edge"

Comment · 7 years ago

I've never had latency issues while talking on the phone using my AirPods.