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subhro

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Pilot. Shooter. Motorcyclist.
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subhro··on Why are modern 50mm lenses so damned complicated?
In the other news, /me is supremely happy with his Schneider 300mm 8x10 Large format and Hasselblad/Zeiss medium format lenses.

The world is not just 35mm in size.

subhro··on AWS faulty UX cost our business $7k and they refused to do anything about it
> After this experience, I cannot honestly recommend using AWS unless you have a professional sysadmin operate it for you, even if you think you know what you’re doing.

Maybe you should step back and think why people like us put our blood and sweat and it still takes years to learn how to administer infrastructure properly. Stop whining and learn to pay for skills.

subhro··on If you miss an Apple Card payment, Apple disables all your Apple accounts
Can you point out any public documentation about this policy?
subhro··on Bitcoin may be optimally positioned to become preferred currency for world trade
That is a great question. There are already people that are selling airplanes for bitcoin. See here: http://cubcrafters.com/carboncub/ex/configure
subhro··on United B772 at Denver on Feb 20th 2021, engine inlet separates from engine
Respectfully disagree. When you are flying with one turbofan, it does not matter why the other engine is on fire. The checklist says, shut off the fuel, if W&B allows, move fuel off the wing and drown the engine in CO2.

Source: Over 3500 hours turbine time.

subhro··on United B772 at Denver on Feb 20th 2021, engine inlet separates from engine
No doubt this was a happy ending, but modern airplanes like the 777 are perfectly capable of flying, even climbing with one engine. So, while it seems very heroic on the part of the pilot, it is pretty ordinary and non news.

What I do think is a happy outcome is the debris from the disintegrating engine did not fall on someone and kill/injure them.

Source: Pilot.

subhro··on Fake Amazon reviews 'being sold in bulk' online
Have you tried 18650batterystore.com? I had very nice experience with them.
subhro··on Military seizes control in Myanmar
This seems very much like APRS wrapped in encryption, no?
subhro··on Rollerball Pens of 2021
What’s up with the maintenance?
subhro··on Show HN: Compare prices that US hospitals charge patients, insurance companies
> How can there be such a large difference in price for something that, I believe, is legally & medically the same procedure?

I hope this never happens, but let’s say you got in a motorcycle accident and need that lumbar MRI to figure out the damage. What are going to do, get back on that wrecked motorcycle with a fucked up spine and go to that 210$ place?

They do it because they can do it and get away with it.

subhro··on Show HN: Compare prices that US hospitals charge patients, insurance companies
This seems to be the GoodRx of medical procedures. This is tremendously helpful.

How do you plan to keep the data current?

Also, in the US, is a patient realistically able to say, “Hospital X is able to get my compound fracture surgery done for 65% less. Match it or I walk”, especially when insurances have negotiated rates.

Or is this only useful for people with no insurance?

subhro··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2021)
How do I apply for this position?
subhro··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2021)
Loaction: Seattle, WA Remote: Yes, preferred Willing to relocate: No Technologies:

Anything and everything related to DevOps and DevSecops. Fluent in Chef, Inspec, Jenkins. Also very fluent in Ruby, C, Perl Can have meaningful conversations in Rust, Ansible

Résumé/CV: Ask me over email. Email: my username at 80386 dot org

Special note: Got approved I-140. That guarantees unlimited H1-B renewals. So, technically you should be able to transfer the Visa.

subhro··on Red Hat Goes Full IBM and Says Farewell to CentOS
/me meekly says

Gentoo anyone?

subhro··on Winamp for Windows 10
Anyone remembers Musicmatch Jukebox? I know it is probably just figment of my imagination, but I always thought MM Jukebox sounded better than WinAmp.
subhro··on Chrome exempts Google sites from user site data settings
I have never used Chrome and use Safari with GDocs. It seems fairly functional to me. What is the sabotage scene you are talking about?
subhro··on Amazon Price-Tracker with Alerts
pricegrabber.com ?
subhro··on Ask HN: What is your favorite motto?
Be the change you want to see in the world.

— Mahatma Gandhi

subhro··on Why shaving dulls even the sharpest of razors
I sharpen my straight razor at home. Get a 3K, 5K, 8K and maybe a 12K naniwa superstone. Unless you massively damage your razor somehow, You would be good for life.
subhro··on Why shaving dulls even the sharpest of razors
In the other news, a guy gives up on razor blades and picks up a straight razor. :)
subhro··on Latest Firefox rolls out Enhanced Tracking Protection 2.0
I thought Webkit, the core engine is open source. Or, are you saying Webkit != Safari?
subhro··on Latest Firefox rolls out Enhanced Tracking Protection 2.0
Honest question, what's wrong with Safari, that you can not trust it?
subhro··on Instacart shoppers besieged by bots that snatch lucrative orders
> This could take several forms. They could, on order submission, open a 60-second auction window.

It will just end up being sniped like it happens on eBay. Lookup gixen.

subhro··on Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a major genealogy database
This was bound to happen at some point of time. I have been having repeated "conversations" with my dad about why he and I should NOT send a cheek swab to 23andme (or any similar services). Today I think I will be able to drive the final nail in that coffin.
subhro··on LibreOffice: The Next Five Years
> It's bad UI if people just learn where to click.

A combat pilot would respectfully disagree. :)

Source: Diving pulling 5Gs canopy side down.

subhro··on Advice to new managers: don't joke about firing people
Yes I did. The point I was trying to make was, this really shouldn’t come to anyone naturally. It is like writing a blog post about not bullying anyone. People still do it, but I think those people are psychologically unstable, should be isolated and needs help.
subhro··on Advice to new managers: don't joke about firing people
True that, a hundred times over.
subhro··on Advice to new managers: don't joke about firing people
I am really surprised one has to write a blog post about this.

I am not a manager, but here is a question for managers, have you or anyone you know, joked about firing someone?

In my opinion, that would be incredibly cruel and stupid.

subhro··on Grandmother ordered to delete Facebook photos under GDPR
Good. I hope people do not feel I am being overtly critical, but deleting the photos mean nothing. Once something is posted on the internet, especially Facebook, it can not be un-posted. At least, that is what my understanding is.
subhro··on Heat Pump Water Heaters
I have heard AO Smiths are good units. I personally have never used one though.
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