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xeromal··on Let's Buy Spirit Air
Agreed. I make decent money as a software engineer but I've probably flow 50+ times with Spirit. Like you said, they are predictable and reliable. What I appreciated about their staff is that they were extremely friendly but also capable of putting entitled people in their place. Oftentimes on AA and United, assholes got their way but on Spirit, they squashed it fast.

The only people surprised by Spirit were people who don't read warning labels and then you should only be surprised once. Heck, I paid 3$ for coffee on spirit but they would gladly bring refills and were proactive about almost like a restaurant. On AA and United, you usually had to go up and ask.

On top of that, you could get the big front seat (tm) which wasn't first class but pretty good about 150$ if you waited until your flight to bid. I got it a bunch and it came with free snacks and drinks and it was much cheaper than buying business

I'm gonna miss it.

xeromal··on Using coding assistance tools to revive projects you never were going to finish
My github is littered with projects dating back to when I started as a dev in 2012. I'd just got burned out before completing them
xeromal··on Using coding assistance tools to revive projects you never were going to finish
Thanks for sharing!
xeromal··on Can you stop beans from making you gassy?
Sounds like the massage moved his intestines around
xeromal··on Google plans to invest up to $40B in Anthropic
I'll trust someone who has an account since 2018 vs 71 days ago. Especially when your name already indicates you're biased.
xeromal··on The Classic American Diner
I'd say a waffle house is a better chain if you're in the lower Southeast. Much closer to a true diner experience
xeromal··on The Classic American Diner
Do they serve hashbrowns?
xeromal··on Thoughts and feelings around Claude Design
I think his point was made regardless of his mistake
xeromal··on Where did my taxes go?
Is the amount proportional to the per capita income of the respective countries?
xeromal··on Tell HN: OpenAI silently removed Study Mode from ChatGPT
Not sure about this one but Gemini's prompt was exposed by Gemini itself
xeromal··on Filing the corners off my MacBooks
One of my favorite pastimes. There's a facebook group I'm in that has a member that ran over some old plastic part of his car that people pay good money for and the amount of chaos it caused in the group was indescribable. I watch the video anytime I need a good laugh
xeromal··on Microsoft PhotoDNA scanning problem
It's his face
xeromal··on Session is shutting down in 90 days
Is that a problem? Seems like a fair strategy. lol
xeromal··on Iran demands Bitcoin fees for ships passing Hormuz during ceasefire
Why would Iran give the US fees?
xeromal··on F-15E jet shot down over Iran
Almost like a seeking flak shell. I had no idea.
xeromal··on Artemis II lifts off: four astronauts begin 10-day lunar mission
Sometimes we need to disconnect from the internet and realize we can't solve all the world's problems. The best thing you can do is solve things in the communities you are in.

The entire world's problems is too much for one human.

xeromal··on Live: Artemis II Launch Day Updates
I don't think I'll ever not get chills when watching a crewed launch. Godspeed!
xeromal··on I quit. The clankers won
How much of software programmer work is interesting? A fraction of a percent? I'd argue most of us including most startups work on things that help make businesses money and that's pretty "boring" work.
xeromal··on LinkedIn uses 2.4 GB RAM across two tabs
I've gotten two very good jobs from linkedin.
xeromal··on Alzheimer's disease mortality among taxi and ambulance drivers (2024)
I feel like a dark souls game has a similar learning pattern where you need to memorize the move sets of bosses. It taps into that dynamic pattern recognition that traffic would cause for taxi drivers

DayZ is another one because there is no in-game GPS. You have to use maps and compasses to figure your route and many people can spot an exact area on the massive map by a picture of a bush

xeromal··on I put all 8,642 Spanish laws in Git – every reform is a commit
Coolness and greatness can be the same thing.

For instance, the big Lebowski is great and cool.

xeromal··on I put all 8,642 Spanish laws in Git – every reform is a commit
The why is that it's cool. Why it's not cool for you cannot be explained by us, only you.
xeromal··on Hong Kong Police Can Now Demand Phone Passwords Under New Security Rules
Samsung has the secure folder which is similar. You lock aware the goods behind a second password and activating that secure folder can be slightly hidden.
xeromal··on People inside Microsoft are fighting to drop mandatory Microsoft Account
Windows LTSC gang.
xeromal··on Epic Games to cut more than 1k jobs as Fortnite usage falls
They could have loads of money and still would need to tighten their belt once usage drops. I could have 100ks in my savings accounts but if my hours / salary was reduced at work, I would still reduce my spending. It's just being smart.
xeromal··on LaGuardia pilots raised safety alarms months before deadly runway crash
I believe other areas can assist when something like that happens.
xeromal··on Nvidia's Huang pitches AI tokens on top of salary
This is just a ploy to turn part of your salary into tokens. It's not going to be additive in the long term
xeromal··on Xiaomi launches next-gen SU7 with 902 km range and Lidar, still undercuts Tesla
If you live anywhere will hills, wind, or cold weather you'll experience this
xeromal··on Beyond has dropped “meat” from its name and expanded its high-protein drink line
I still eat impossible sausage as a substitute for pork and find it pretty dang good. I grew up in appalachia so we know our pork sausage and impossible seasoned well comes close.
xeromal··on Cannabinoids remove plaque-forming Alzheimer's proteins from brain cells (2016)
Sounds like this is more "Pouring bleach on germs kills the germs but it also kills everything else"
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