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Frye9876··on My Amazon Interview Horror Story
I always find it ridiculous but in my experience passing on beers is never a good idea.
Frye9876··on A French town that ages wine in the sea
I just got back from the Cayman Islands and there is a distillery that ages their rum the same way. Called Seven Fathoms rum becasue it is suspended seven fathoms under the surface in old whiskey barrels for three years, they do it for the cool temps, low uv, minimal evaporation, and because the ocean agitates it and mixes the contents.
Frye9876··on Has “set time automatically” ever worked in Windows?
I have set up multiple computers with the option enabled and the time never updates.

Also traveling between time zones with this option enabled, as well as "set time zone automatically" does nothing.

Do you have personal experience with it working? What is it supposed to do?

Frye9876··on Freezing your credit is now free in all states under a new law
No, I was on an iPhone and didn’t have the ability to that I know of.
Frye9876··on Freezing your credit is now free in all states under a new law
I just tried to freeze my credit on Equifax. At the end of the process I received a “one time pdf” with a pin to unfreeze. The pdf was garbled and illegible but there was a number to call if you couldn’t view it. I called the number and was told their system is down and to call back later. This feels more painful than getting my identity stolen.
Frye9876··on Self-Driving Cars Can Handle Neither Rain nor Sleet nor Snow
If you’ve used any sort of ADAS this is old news.
Frye9876··on Launch HN: MAC'D (YC S18) – Fast-Casual, Build-Your-own Mac and Cheese
I love Mac and cheese and this concept so was excited when noodles and co came to Orlando but it quickly shut down. I hope you guys have better luck and make it to the east coast!
Frye9876··on Periodic fasting starves cisplatin‐resistant cancers to death
I find brushing my teeth helps.
Frye9876··on A Vigilante Fighting Engine Exhaust
Yes. Almost the entirety of engine wear occurs when the oil temp is too cold. By turning on the vehicle and immediately driving (conservatively below 2k rpms) you greatly reduce the amount of time it takes to warm up your engine oil versus when left idling at 500rpms. I learned this from reading the manual to my BMW and Subaru.

In -20 degree weather you won't accomplish much idling and should purchase an engine block heater if concerned.

Interesting article confirming what I am saying:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/12/29/the-b...

Frye9876··on A Vigilante Fighting Engine Exhaust
Even in a cold environment it doesn't make sense to idle your car to warm it up.