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dundercoder··on Google’s quest to digitize troops’ tissue samples
Google has proved many times over how willing they are to sacrifice ethics to profits. It surprises me that anyone thought this was a good idea.
dundercoder··on U.S. fines airlines more than $7M for not providing refunds
This works surprisingly well. At least for Visa. I just initiate the chargeback and they sick their dogs on the vendor.
dundercoder··on Ask HN: What are the most prestigious badges a software developer can take/award
I work in product now and all my peers have masters degrees (minus me) but the patent (while not necessarily useful) seems to have put me on equal footing.
dundercoder··on Ask HN: What are the most prestigious badges a software developer can take/award
I have found a software patent to be near equivalent to a masters degree.
dundercoder··on Ask HN: Advice that changed your life?
As a male, sitting down to pee at home keeps the toilet and floor significantly cleaner. Even with perfect aim, you don’t see the micro droplets until they build up.

Cuts cleaning time and frequency

dundercoder··on Boeing 787s must be rebooted every 51 days to prevent 'misleading data' (2020)
The 787 runs on VxWorks though.

https://blogs.windriver.com/wind_river_blog/2011/09/boeing-7...

dundercoder··on Boeing 787s must be rebooted every 51 days to prevent 'misleading data' (2020)
It’s probably more complex than a slow memory leak, but is very reminiscent of one.
dundercoder··on Ask HN: Does anyone here truly, know Regex?
I always use https://regex101.com when I write regex. The interface is great and provides instant feedback so you can dial in your expressions quickly. But to answer your question directly, no. I don’t really know it.
dundercoder··on Psychedelic drugs take on depression
Some visual distortions, difficulty focusing, occasional nausea, slow speech, feeling groggy.
dundercoder··on Who killed nuclear energy and how to revive it
I worked in commercial nuclear power for a while, including a stint at three mile island. The regulatory compliance burden alone, from the NRC and DOE, is crippling financially.
dundercoder··on Psychedelic drugs take on depression
Seconded. For me however, its a monthly treatment for an hour in an office run by an anesthesiologist. The difference is night and day compared to any SSRI, SNRI, or TCA I've ever been on. Exempting the 3-4 hours post treatment, no ill side effects either.
dundercoder··on Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
I never got into twitter, but I feel that way about instagram. Took me a while, but carefully following and unfollowing, I have a nice, non-toxic, interesting pastime when I want it.

I do occasionally get the random suggestion that is irrelevant, but that's a quick fix.

Facebook however. I don't think there is any help for my feed. I've abandoned trying.

dundercoder··on Voice Lessons – How coaches get in athletes’ heads
This is very consistent with what I have read from sports psychologist Craig Manning[1]. So much of performance rests in the mind and of not sabotaging our performance with negative thoughts.

[1](https://thefearlessmind.com/)

dundercoder··on High-fidelity remote communication
You may have already done this, but in case if not.

The pickup pattern is going to be mostly right in front of the mic, with the best rejection from the rear. Keep in mind the mic will also pick up reflections if there is a wall close behind you.

So ideally you’d sit in front of the mic with no wall or a wall at an oblique angle behind you, and your wife across the room directly behind the mic.

dundercoder··on What Would Jesus’s Resume Say? (2018)
Fortunately, I don't feel like whether it is true or not changes any doctrine. I am curious though.
dundercoder··on What Would Jesus’s Resume Say? (2018)
I appreciate the author's ability to use levity without sacrilege.

My current resume is 2 pages, and that's a recent adjustment. For the past 20 years or so I've kept it pared down to 1 page. It probably still could be if I removed some keyword padding for the resume scanners.

dundercoder··on High-fidelity remote communication
For ease, you might want a Shure MV7. It's a good directional cardiod with a built in USB interface.[1]

Get the mic close, disable auto mic level in zoom, and set the gain on the mic to be loud enough only while youre speaking.

[https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MV7K--shure-mv7-usb-...]

dundercoder··on Ask HN: Consumer WiFi router options in 2021
Ubiquiti makes the Amplifi line.
dundercoder··on Leaving the Apple ecosystem behind
+1 for Reaper. Fast and fantastic piece of software. I switched from ProTools and have never looked back.
dundercoder··on Hospitals lift curtain on prices, revealing giant swings in pricing by procedure
The csv from my local hospital is 247MB. Still going on 3 mins trying to open it.
dundercoder··on Missile Base for Sale
From Wikipedia “ Sprint accelerated at 100 g, reaching a speed of Mach 10 in 5 seconds. Such a high velocity at relatively low altitudes created skin temperatures up to 6,200 °F (3,430 °C), requiring an ablative shield to dissipate the heat. The high temperature caused a plasma to form around the missile, requiring extremely powerful radio signals to reach it for guidance. The missile glowed bright white as it flew.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_(missile)?wprov=sfti1

dundercoder··on How to get yourself to do things (2015)
My key take away from that video was moving from goal intentions to implementation intentions.

"in situation x, I will do behavior y, to achieve subgoal z"

good stuff.

dundercoder··on Kansas is Flatter Than a Pancake (2003)
In the words of my grandfather “you could stand on a tuna can and see the back of your head it’s so flat”
dundercoder··on Why Russians do not smile (2002)
There's also a fake it till you make it aspect. If you're having a crummy day, forcing yourself to smile anyway can help you out of it. Wagging the dog's tail to make it happy so to speak.
dundercoder··on “Fact-Checking” Takes Another Beating
I really like this idea. We try to do blameless post mortems at home with the kids and they’re surprisingly effective.
dundercoder··on Building a personal website in 2021
I agree. The problem is the tangential stuff _feels_ important and leads you to want to perfect it before even starting content.
dundercoder··on The Macaroni in ‘Yankee Doodle’
I like it.
dundercoder··on What nobody says about startup moms
My wife went out of town for 5 days and I _tried_ to take care of my 4 kids while working my FT job. I somehow managed to work 3/4 time just barely by working before they woke up and after they went to bed, and was mostly able to keep the kids fed, clean, and semi-entertained. It was not sustainable, not by a long shot, and I'm not a founder or co-founder.
dundercoder··on AlmaLinux
When will we see cloud images for AWS?
dundercoder··on Apple’s M1 Positioning Mocks the Entire x86 Business Model
>What on earth are you programming?

Earth. He is programming the earth.

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