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redtriumph··on Friday night’s near-disaster at JFK airport
Anyone wondering about map of taxi runways at JFK https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/FAA_JFK_...
redtriumph··on Vim is touch-typing on steroids
Anyone who wants to get started with LSP in Vim8/9, I've found following plugins useful. a. https://github.com/yegappan/lsp [this is newer plugin and hence there few issues] b. https://github.com/prabirshrestha/vim-lsp
redtriumph··on Carta lays off 10% of the workforce
I haven't figured out the sauce for this. It is definitely possible, but is not easily reproducible reliably.
redtriumph··on Carta lays off 10% of the workforce
One of the founder's listed is Manu Kumar who has one of the longest Linkedin profile I've come across:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sneaker

redtriumph··on In Lebanon, solar power is booming
This may be true today. My memory of prices is from early 2000s when electricity distribution was still a mess financially.
redtriumph··on In Lebanon, solar power is booming
I hail from a Tier 3 city in India [a]. Due to mismgmt. or exorbitant electricity prices, several folks would end up stealing electricity from the main line.

Electricity distribution companies would keep on increasing prices to make up for lost revenue from stealing. On other hand, stealing kept on increasing.

In recent years, huge chunk of public have pivoted to installing solar panels for water heater etc. When I was a kid, solar water heater was found only on upper middle and politician's home. Now it's very common. This is welcome progress and inadvertent good for environment since the real motivation is to free self from manipulation of electricity companies.

a. Tier 1 would be state capitals, Tier 2 would be prominent cities in that state, Tier 3 would be rest of district headquarters.

redtriumph··on Amazon to Lay Off over 17,000 Workers, More Than First Planned
> They have very little credibility currently because of past miscues beginning in 2018.

Citation for above: https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/161072868776647475...

redtriumph··on How Southwest Airlines melted down
Similar to humans, is there a wait time [cooling time] for aircrafts also? I suspect before and after each takeoff and landing, there are bunch of tests run to verify proper function of aircraft parts and subsystems.
redtriumph··on Apple announces ‘upgrade’ to App Store pricing, adding 700 new price points
"The application was removed from the App Store without explanation by Apple the day after its release, August 6, 2008"

Would be interesting to know the thought process for doing this.

redtriumph··on TSMC ups Arizona investment from $12B to $40B with second semi fab
This may not be true today. But when I first arrived in US in AZ, I was told Phoenix boasts highest numbers of golf club concentration in entire US, despite high water requirements of a golf club and being in middle of desert.

I suspect the ongoing Western US drought would have worsened the water situation.

redtriumph··on Ask HN: Do you recall any book or course that made a topic finally click?
Very recently, I went through learning C++. While I tried several books from the C++ definitive guide book [0] (including books from Stroustrup & Meyer), I found this book to especially knowledgeful.

C++ Crash Course: A Fast-Paced Introduction [1]

[0]. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/388242/the-definitive-c-... [1]. https://www.amazon.com/C-Crash-Course-Josh-Lospinoso/dp/1593...

redtriumph··on Nvidia Security Team: “What if we just stopped using C?”
Getting a 504 when I click the link. Is anyone seeing this issue?
redtriumph··on Update on Supply of iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max
Save everyone a ‘google’

https://www.wsj.com/articles/meta-is-preparing-to-notify-emp...

redtriumph··on From Google to Twitter
Unrelated to the posted link but relevant since it involves the author. Author is one of the few who was terminated early Nov. [0] and now is part of lawsuit against Twitter for mass firing.[1][2]

[0]. https://ma.nu/blog/bye-twitter

[1]. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.40...

[2]. https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/4/23440304/twitter-mass-fir...

redtriumph··on Ask HN: Do you still buy physical tech books like “Learn Rust” or “Learn Go”?
Did you consider remarkable for your usecase ever? I am in market for e-note taking and am torn between boox note 2 vs remarkable.

I am not looking to be locked in for subscription just for pulling my notes from device to another PC

redtriumph··on American chestnut tree in Centreville is the 'holy grail' for conservationists
For a moment, I was wondering why would American conservative movement fixate itself with a tree!!?? (I need to unplug from news cycle)
redtriumph··on Project Possible: Ascending 14 peaks in 7 months
There is a NFLX movie documenting/vlogging his journey.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14079374/

redtriumph··on In Utah, researchers are trying to make geothermal energy a reality
As a mere spectator, I am aware that a lot of work may be required to make this work at scale and it’s possible that this research/approach stalls due to unknowns or some long pole. But readings like this give us all a hope that there is a better world possible!
redtriumph··on Sri Lanka is having a textbook currency crisis, triggered by policy mistakes
I decided to hear him out and I completed the entire video. In short, he blames current crisis to mix of corrupt politicians, mismgmt. of foreign loans and predatory lending by West. He proposes SL to become more industrialized and integrate itself in Asia's monetary system rather than West.
redtriumph··on Nuclear is back on the table for a green future
https://web.archive.org/web/20220615121046/https://www.nytim...
redtriumph··on Germany paying $5.5B for Intel fab
I think, declaring dividend is linked to their earnings report. For ex. last ER was on 4/28 and few days before that, they declared their dividend. So, its not given that there won't be any dividend in 2022 or so. Next earnings is in Jul, so we would get to know that sooner. As a side note, if any company declares dividend reduction or stops them altogether, I would expect the stock to drop like a rock. see AT&T in last year.

https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/INTC/dividends/history edit: added history

redtriumph··on Ozarks Technical Community College robbed of nearly $900k
This is probably the first time I am seeing this. The ads served on website are local to MO, probably where the college is based. Rather than being customized to my browsing/locality.
redtriumph··on TrueCaller built a billion-dollar caller ID data empire in India
In India, privacy is always secondary. I remember, last time I was at jewelry shop in Western MH, I had to provide PAN card or Aadhar card since purchase warranted this check. W/o even thinking, folks in my family forwarded those details on Whatsapp.
redtriumph··on India considers buying discounted Russian oil, commodities
QUAD relationship would be under strain given that other 3 members have sided with West.
redtriumph··on Trapped in Silicon Valley’s hidden caste system
This is just my experience. But I can point you to handful folks from my circle whose friendship worthiness depends on belonging to one of the "dominant caste". In fact, I can also share an anecdote when person A was really fond of person B since B had last name that sounded like one of "dominant caste" last names. Once person A came to know the subtle difference in person B's last name, there was noticeable behavior change in person A.
redtriumph··on Trapped in Silicon Valley’s hidden caste system
> One day, Siddhant’s older son shared a story from his own life. A teacher had asked a group of kids, who were all of Indian descent, about their family backgrounds. One by one, the kids shouted out their religion, region, and caste.

How can a school teacher ask kids about religion and caste? How does this not contribute to discrimination based on <religion, caste.. >?

redtriumph··on U.S. Inflation Accelerates to 40-Year High
IMO, increasing gas prices indirectly affect food prices too... since the cost of transportation is linked to fuel prices.
redtriumph··on Nvidia Unveils Grace: A High-Performance Arm CPU for Use in Big AI Systems
Currently, there are no plans for consumer-grade CPUs. Even this new CPU class is shipping in 2023.
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