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xerxex··on Turn On, Tune In, Write Code
You made Tim Leary cry in his grave!
xerxex··on 9,000-pound electric Hummer shows we can’t ignore efficiency of EVs
People are selfish.

I keep hearing communism is a nice idea but fails in practice.

Well, unchecked capitalism is a nice idea until the world collapses.

xerxex··on Telegram founder says over 70M new users joined during Facebook outage
I swore off whatsapp years ago and never going back! And my uncle was one of them..
xerxex··on Skyscraper design combines cryptocurrency mining with vertical water park
What does one have to do with the other?
xerxex··on Trapped in Iran: My Summer as a Guest of the Revolutionary Guards
I bet you are a Fox News viewer demographic
xerxex··on An alternative argument for why women leave STEM
That's very true...
xerxex··on An alternative argument for why women leave STEM
Her argument just shows how entrenched sexism runs in our society.

Anecdotal evidence/sample size one story: My wife has a doctorate in chemistry and 2 postdocs under her belt, but she had to leave her field purely due to sexism she encountered during her post docs. The PI (her boss) was quite abusive, outright sexist and a horrible racist. My wife wanted to move on to industry jobs but her wouldn't let her leave. So he kept giving bad references. We didn't know about this until after my wife looked into why she got rejected.

xerxex··on Decoded: GNU Coreutils
This is fantastic work!
xerxex··on Boeing's 737 Max software outsourced to lower-paid engineers
I wonder if this is unchecked laissez faire capitalism at work? Nobody wants to fly on Boeing 737 Max anymore but this has cost hundreds of lives to get to this point.
xerxex··on For South Asian Cooks, Yogurt Starter Is an Heirloom
Thanks for the tip, I will try that!
xerxex··on For South Asian Cooks, Yogurt Starter Is an Heirloom
I am an Iranian (Technically West Asian) and I can totally relate to this article!

What I find challenging in yogurt making g is to keep the yogurt culture from drifting and in its original state. After a while my culture becomes more acidic and less thick. I think its due to other local bacteria invading my culture, which I try to keep pure by sanitizing anything that comes in contact with it. I find it surprising that it is not an issue for most people in the article.

xerxex··on A Heavily-Commented Linux Kernel Source Code [pdf]
Same..I got super excited too!
xerxex··on A Heavily-Commented Linux Kernel Source Code [pdf]
Unrelated: I am from Vancouver, BC and it is so coool to open a totally unrelated PDF and see a picture of your neighbourhood.