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dillonmckay··on 70% of surveyed Americans say they can't do their job without internet
Could also be related to audio transmission, like bluetooth versus wired.

Also, fiber can be analog, too.

dillonmckay··on 70% of surveyed Americans say they can't do their job without internet
It is not like it is a P2P mesh network.

Land leases are expensive for tower placement, and they need electricity and a backup generator, to power the comm. equipment and the air conditioning.

And then we can talk about HVAC maintenance.

dillonmckay··on China hires over 100 TSMC engineers in push for chip leadership
Not to mention the NBA, too.
dillonmckay··on China hires over 100 TSMC engineers in push for chip leadership
I am honestly happy for those folks. I know hardware jobs that pay well ate not easy to find.
dillonmckay··on China hires over 100 TSMC engineers in push for chip leadership
https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202004220010

The CEO and chairman both got almost $10mil each last year.

dillonmckay··on Older men charged more for using Tinder's premium service
So, it is not okay to discriminate by age at a public square?

But, why would Tinder control a public square?

dillonmckay··on On-Device Supermarket Product Recognition
License this to Instacart so I can get the proper size package I ordered.
dillonmckay··on That UPS you bought for your home server may not be as useful as you think
Harmonic distortion and back-emf?

Total speculation.

dillonmckay··on That UPS you bought for your home server may not be as useful as you think
10.6.8?
dillonmckay··on How long does a freezer stay frozen when the power goes out?
I keep a certain amount of icepacks in the freezer, in case the power goes put, but also because the thermostat seems to swing a bit.
dillonmckay··on How long does a freezer stay frozen when the power goes out?
Does it not depend on what is in the freezer?

Like, if it is half-filled with icepacks versus frozen beef?

dillonmckay··on Ask HN: What are some available force multipliers that most people don't know?
List them here and I am sure you will get some idea feedback.
dillonmckay··on Ask HN: How does your organisation train programmers?
If they have some downtime, but I do not explicitly block time.

If they spent 3 days on the PDF during work, I would have a talk.

But, an hour or two here or there, I have no issue with that.

dillonmckay··on The Woeful Inadequacy of School Reopening Plans
Fortunately for the rest if the world, this is a very US problem.

For citizens of the US, it sucks.

dillonmckay··on Ask HN: How does your organisation train programmers?
I am a bit rogue, and buy PDF books for my team on trendy tech, some applicable to their day to day, but mostly what is trendy in job postings.

I don’t try to hold them back.

I was also able to send a team member to SF earlier this year for a week to a ML bootcamp.

And last year, I got a few members from multiple teams to attend a 3 day state security con.

Beyond that, I do try to be a mentor, and try to engage by answering why we do what we do and the historical context of how we got there.

I guess I also have some informal documents that are part of a curriculum, but there is no official single source of truth.

dillonmckay··on Electric cooker an easy, efficient way to sanitize N95 masks, study finds
$10 per mask seems reasonable in the current environment.

I consistently see them priced for around $18 per mask.

In March, I bought a 2-pack from Tractor Supply for $8.

It took 2 months for me to receive a tactical gas mask, but it also has eye protection, and a variety of filter options.

dillonmckay··on Electric cooker an easy, efficient way to sanitize N95 masks, study finds
The market rate for a single N95 mask in the US is approx. $18.
dillonmckay··on Electric cooker an easy, efficient way to sanitize N95 masks, study finds
You can get them, but they are about $18 each.
dillonmckay··on A Linux driver to connect PATA/IDE directly to GPIO
I was just watching ‘Anna’ on Hulu, and was thinking about IDE drives.

This does look really cool.

dillonmckay··on 20GB leak of Intel data: whole Git repositories, dev tools, backdoor mentions
This has happened to me with gmail. Zipfiles I had sent in the past are no longer allowed to be downloaded from my sent items folder through the standard interface.
dillonmckay··on The World of Competitive Lockpicking
Showmanship is underrated.
dillonmckay··on TikTok and the Sorting Hat
Labor costs?
dillonmckay··on One-third of New York’s small businesses may be gone forever
I am pretty sure that is a plot element in ‘Atlas Shrugged’.
dillonmckay··on One-third of New York’s small businesses may be gone forever
Force majure?
dillonmckay··on PostgreSQL beginner guide
Do you whitelist IPs for the Postgres port?

It should not be publicly accessible to the world.

You could also tunnel it over ssh and map the port.

dillonmckay··on Brain-Gut Circuit Lets Microbiota Directly Affect the Sympathetic Nervous System
The Second Brain, according to Michael D. Gershon M.D.
dillonmckay··on Brain-Gut Circuit Lets Microbiota Directly Affect the Sympathetic Nervous System
The gut is a second brain, kinda...I have always been fascinated by this book:

The Second Brain

https://www.amazon.com/Second-Brain-Groundbreaking-Understan...

Author is Michael D. Gershon M.D., chairman of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City.

dillonmckay··on The custom ringtone industry paved the way for the app store and then vanished
Gas crisis?

More difficult to go to the store?

Also, 8-track tapes?

Total speculation.

dillonmckay··on The frustration of trying to invest in my hometown
How long are those tenants planning to stay?
dillonmckay··on “Zombie cicadas” infected with mind-controlling fungus return to West Virginia
Cicada tea or a pizza topping?
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