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> Woolsey recalled a sideshow exhibit featuring prematurely born babies whose lives were saved right there on the Boardwalk. Resting in new machines called incubators, the babies made medical history while serving as a prime attraction for gawking tourists.

I read that and thought "what in the world. A spectacle? Can you imagine such a thing today?" Then I finished reading and saw this line:

> Visitors were charged a quarter to view the babies, and the money went to their care.

The only gap that ever existed was an “interest” gap. The minute LEO became interested in bitcoin they loved it.

To me this sounds line a great way to give teachers non-curricular overtime pay. It’s good for all parties involved to have a face-to-face relationship, and a way for our public school teachers to supplement their income if they so desire.

...like shadow banning?

The only thing worse than vague rules is their inevitable selective application.

That would be a silly thing for them to do because it would invite burdensome regulation, such as what the FTC imposed on radio station operators.

I think it’s safe to say the HN crowd is a little different than most. For me personally I have gigabit and work from home periodically. I’ll regularly saturate my wireless.

Same exact as your metrics.

> You can get a two pack with one router and one point for $269

No mention of whether it supports 802.11ax. Why are WiFi devices lagging in speed advancements so much?

I ended up purchasing a second hand AirPort Extreme because it’s still one of the best performing 802.11ac devices (in my anecdotal experiences of running a lot of clients)... and it’s OLD!

This whole discussion is so tired to me. I’d like to see organizations who genuinely want to end inequality to start compensation transparency practices. Let’s see the numbers and we’ll decide for ourselves. After all, it’s not in our interest that salaries are so closely guarded.

Killing the rich and seizing their property always turns out well for the everyday joe and never creates a generation of ultra wealthy and corrupt ruling class /s

Wait you didn’t think YOU were going to get that stuff did you?

I think the bread maker was ahead of its time.

Using bread flour really is one of those things that’s easy to miss but often times discourages first time bakers. The gluten makes a HUGE difference in the crumb and mouthfeel.

Also tip for other busy bakers like myself that don’t want to keep two types of flour stocked. Keep some vital wheat gluten in the freezer and throw in a teaspoon or two with each cup of AP flour. Instant bread flour!

Both Costco and Trader Joe’s have a winning recipe: keep a limited amount of any one item, and do tests to see what that best item is. I trust that the tortilla chips at Costco are going to be pretty good even if I haven’t had them yet. Same with TJ.

Contrast to the traditional supermarket: throw spaghetti at the consumer and see what sticks.

Google hangouts video uses about 50% of CPU. For many people hangouts is part of everyday work life.

Sounds like it actually works!

How do they decide with a new backend service to use Go vs Java?

I'd like to hear more about this rational. With a single writer, buffering channels can help smooth out inputs when the p90 is much higher than the average with channel writers but not readers. At least that's my impression.

A style guide with benchmarks that can be read in a single cup of coffee. Very nice and one of the reasons I enjoy Go!

All grid tie inverters shut off if power in the lines are down for safety reasons. You would need something special to switch over.

Here in CA the price is about 0.29c kWh, so that’s $2,275. Pretty comparable to running a generator.

A wonderful idea! I actually find the icon that says "somebody is in your blind spot" is even more useful. I check that instinctively first now before looking at my mirror when merging.

I've never heard of what3words before now and read up on their site. It's a fun idea but I wouldn't say its invention or even novel, just convenient. I'm not surprised they're relying on litigation to try and fend off competitors.

You think the wealthy lads are pro brexit?

Turkey is a huge trading partner to the US and not really a rival. They make the chassis to our next-gen fighter planes, for example. Why toss that aside?

Also, who’s to say they “developed” that? That makes it sound like they’re dealing with something completely new (fits into man-made climate change narrative). Is it possible that through millions of years of evolution the earth had many such warming experiences and they developed this technique well before we arrived on the scene?

> So, ham clubs are now being treated like any other commercial user of the mountaintop, and will have to pay leasing fees each year to be there. This whole letter just sounds like "MAN YELLS AT CLOUD"

They’re non-commercial though, and have a proven record of being valuable in emergencies. And I don’t mean “hey there’s a big fire” — I mean something really, really bad happened.

Same with best uber drivers.

the 80/20 principle says it's going to be a long, long time before level 5 autonomy is reached. That's 100% in all conditions. In fact, I would say it's more theory than attainable.

There's a reason they're testing in Phoenix. It has almost no Inclement weather. Throw a little snow, mud, or sleet in there and it gets hairy fast. Level 2 is basically the 20% of effort in 80/20. It's exponential effort from then on out.

They’ve blacklisted our companies from working with them without a “Chinese partner” — of course, that just ends up being a vessel company for state-sponsored Chinese espionage.

If you want an idea of what China has been up to, check out this recent interview with a former CIA official [1 it’s right-wing OAN, get over it].

They “somehow” managed to learn the identities of every single CIA informant in their country their country. Some of them murdered as they left their homes.

1. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mqX_EESAdRY