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Re:x86 architecture 1 byte opcodes on Friday October 31, 2025 @02:49PM (#45775353)
What does the 0eh comment mean?
Is this comment on the right thread?
Re:Fed increases target rate to 3.75-4.00% on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @02:49PM (#33441007)
This is the current talking point du-jour of the American progressive left, but I think it's safe to say the Fed knows what they're doing and have done this before.
Re:A report on exercise and sleep (2021) on Saturday March 05, 2022 @07:25PM (#30573542)
This is very much me to a T, even including waking up far too early and having difficulty getting back to sleep. It's absolutely bizarre how it seems like difference in 15-30 minutes can have such a negative effect. Hope you can solve your sleep issues!
Re:Sarah Walker: “I'm done. This isn't fun anymore.” on Thursday June 17, 2021 @10:47PM (#27546884)
Context?
Re:National parks are overcrowded and closing their gates on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @08:44PM (#27535108)
Prior to the 70s, rangers weren't law enforcement officers. This changed with the Yosemite/Stoneman riot.
Re:A Beginner's Garden of Chess Openings (2002) on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @09:56PM (#25451868)
Yeah I'm not so sure though. I'm 1900 rated tactics on lichess but a middling 1300 on normal games. Perhaps it might be due to playing blitz where I don't have lots of time to think.
Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided U.S. on Saturday November 07, 2020 @04:09PM (#25019402)
Why have conservatives been historically against abortion?
AB2257 added significantly more exemptions.
It's similar to a lot of the people voting yes on 23: they want to stick it to the dialysis companies. I get that, but how is the prime consideration here not patient care? Drives me crazy how people will gleefully ignore the potential patient effect in favor of "punishing" corporations.
Re:My Job Interview at Google (2008) on Saturday May 09, 2020 @09:33AM (#23124554)
Some teams do.
Re:Show HN: Top Fantasy Reads – Fantasy books Reddit is reading on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @07:59PM (#22371824)
This is pretty cool. Is the comment processing restricted to some period of time? Maybe considering linking to Goodreads as well?
Re:A Cheating Scandal Rocking the Poker World on Friday October 04, 2019 @04:39PM (#21161704)
900BB/100 is absolutely not typical for any high stakes game I've ever seen. It's unrealistic.
Re:A Cheating Scandal Rocking the Poker World on Friday October 04, 2019 @03:45PM (#21161211)
Taking a look at his BB/100 (big blinds per 100 hands) versus "normal" players (and against potripper, a known cheater) shows just how out of the ordinary Postle is playing: https://i.imgur.com/66i3Tii.jpg. Admittedly, the sample size is small (live poker is much slower than online), but his win rate is outrageous.

For context: against good players (e.g. perhaps NL1000 in the bay area, and maybe NL50 online), a winrate over 10BB/100 over a long period of time is considered very good.

Re:Ask HN: 2018 Summer Reading List? on Friday July 13, 2018 @12:09AM (#17520462)
Excellent series. I thought Sanderson's writing noticeably improved with each book, as well. Humbly suggest jumping into The Stormlight Archive next!
Re:Ask HN: 2018 Summer Reading List? on Friday July 13, 2018 @12:04AM (#17520447)
I almost gave up on this series halfway through book one, but I'm so glad I stuck with it. The characters were fantastic, the world was wonderfully built, and there was just.. so much of it. Took me quite a while to get through all 10 just due to their size.

I haven't read any of the off-shoot books yet, but they're on my list.

This has been around for years. Besides messaging, there was a plane-wide chat. Pretty fun to ask people how first class is :)
Re:Start Your Own ISP on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @06:46PM (#16164029)
Hey! Just wanted to say that although you haven't come to my house yet, everyone I've talked to in Alameda loves you guys. Having worked at an ISP startup, I know how tough it is to succeed -- hope you guys manage!
Re:Germany's FlixBus to Take on Greyhound in the United States on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @12:06PM (#15749394)
I haven't had any issues sleeping in Amtrak coach seats the handful of times I've taken overnight train trips. I sleep much better than on airline coach. Amtrak seats recline pretty far and have much larger pitch than airline coach seats. It's quite comfortable for a single night, really.
Re:How I implemented my own crypto on Thursday August 03, 2017 @09:46AM (#14919501)
I strongly disagree with this sort of attitude. It scares people away from learning how cryptography works. We should be encouraging everyone to write their own crypto: it's a fantastic learning experience. Just don't use your first go in production.
I realize this doesn't add anything to the conversation, but as someone whose mom passed away from ALS, I welcome anything that can remotely improve this terrible disease. Watching her go from walking to barely able to lift a glass in six months was devastating and I'd have given much for 33% more able-bodied time with her.
Re:Bootcamps vs. College on Thursday May 19, 2016 @02:28PM (#11732456)
How do you suggest structuring an interview to find candidates who are able to think abstractly? I don't think the current trivia-esque style interview works.
Re:Why FPGA manufacturers keep their bitstream formats secret on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @12:12PM (#10657029)
While I never worked directly with dkarchmer, he was a pretty well respected director at Altera. I value his opinion here highly (not to mention it makes sense).
Re:The Dark Reality of Sports Betting and Daily Fantasy Games on Thursday October 15, 2015 @11:58AM (#10393895)
That was almost certainly a rewards card that tracks peoples playing for comps. Every slot machine I've ever seen still requires you to insert either cash or a ticket cashed out from another machine.
Re:AngelList Announces $400M Early-Stage Fund on Monday October 12, 2015 @01:52PM (#10376024)
Based on what OP said, it sounds more like he didn't hear/see them having a conversation, that observation came after the fact.
Re:Across the USA by Train for Just $213 on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @11:18AM (#10259126)
Federal law mandates Amtrak priority over freight, even when operating on freight railways, but my understanding is that the law is not often followed.
Re:Across the USA by Train for Just $213 on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @10:27AM (#10258758)
I guess I stand corrected. I was just looking at this last week and I would swear the prices were in the $800 range, although it's possible I'm going crazy.
Re:Across the USA by Train for Just $213 on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @10:25AM (#10258748)
Yea I didn't know this existed! Looks great.
Re:Across the USA by Train for Just $213 on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @09:58AM (#10258558)
This is sort of my dream, but every time I've checked prices they have been astronomical, upwards of, say, $800 to go from Emeryville to Florida (just a regular coach seat).
The studio's response (on the linked Kotaku article) is incredibly classy and well written. Completely unoffensive while strictly discouraging this kind of behavior. Kudos.

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