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Re:Parsing gigabytes of JSON per second on Saturday October 23, 2021 @05:39PM (#28972596)
uh yes that would work perfectly. https://xkcd.com/927/
for someone who worked in this area, you have an unbelievably short term view.

humanity either has fusion reactors or it doesn't. imagine what we can do with them, the spacecraft we can build, submarine cities, one in every home. Mars, Europa. It's not where we'll be 10 years after we do it, but 100 years, 500 years. To get there, we've got to step forward now.

Re:DPRK Textbooks on Saturday October 09, 2021 @07:51PM (#28814405)
haha. someone introduce Agile to North Korea. They're not going anywhere now.
Re:Mysterious Stone Orbs Stashed All over Neolithic Britain on Sunday October 03, 2021 @07:31PM (#28741477)
"What were they used for?" is asked like there's only one answer.

- the author literally goes to lengths to explain that they believe they had multiple purposes at different places/times. It's like you didn't actually read the article...

Re:Things to do before and after you write code on Sunday September 19, 2021 @04:32PM (#28587670)
Understanding why you're doing something at the strategic level, helps you make decisions at the tactical level without having to go back up the chain every time. Without this knowledge, someone else has to make decisions that you are best placed to make.
Re:How ‘Trainable’ Is VO2 Max Really? – A Case Study (2019) on Saturday September 18, 2021 @02:31AM (#28574185)
"is the total amount of oxygen that your muscles can extract from your blood per minute"

genuine question, but wouldn't this also correlate with muscle mass? you can put on a LOT of muscle, so doesn't more muscle mean more oxygen being extracted from your blood?

Re:Ask HN: How do I get fit and healthy as a software engineer? on Friday September 17, 2021 @03:14AM (#28562224)
Been there done that. Saying that so you know I'm not full of it.

1. You have to make exercise part of who you are now. You're a runner. Runners run.

2. Think long game. It's going to take a couple years.

3. Start small, and just keep beating your previous.

4. Diet, sleep, exercise in that order.

Re:Why Americans Die So Much More Than Europeans on Sunday September 12, 2021 @06:52PM (#28505793)
Is there even an elephant in the room? Most of these other countries have effectively free access to health care, whilst millions of sick American's avoid seeking care because of the crippling debt that comes with it.

Also, I know how unpopular this opinion is, but as someone who's lived in America, several European countries, and Australia... the average American has a lower standard of living than the average European, and the bottom of society in America tends to fall much lower than the bottom in a European city.

Life is more civilized in France, Italy, Spain than in the US. Sorry :D

Re:Why can’t I go faster than the speed of light? on Sunday September 12, 2021 @06:49PM (#28505764)
because light doesn't experience time, and the closer you get to the speed of light, the less time you experience. So what OP didn't say was that, while YOU can travel many lightyears in your lifetime, everyone you know will long be dead.
Re:How Many People Can Someone Lead? on Sunday September 12, 2021 @06:44PM (#28505736)
Management and leadership are not the same thing. One person can lead millions of people through clear and emotional articulation of their vision.
Re:Ask HN: How Do You Learn? on Friday September 10, 2021 @08:51PM (#28488486)
the trick with learning is not trying to learn, just experience the material in whatever medium you can get.