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If anyone out there is feeling a bit down about the general state of the tech industry, I highly encourage you to look into jobs in the green energy field.

There are so many things this world needs smart people doing. A slowdown in the tech sector might just be the catalyst.

Re:Southwest Airlines: a case study in brittleness on Saturday December 31, 2022 @05:57PM (#34201613)
Southwest executives understood that they were running on borrowed time with their crew scheduling software. At the very least an alternate or secondary process should have been in place.

The US air traffic control network is a good example. In case of a primary failure, there exist secondary procedures adopted from before air traffic control radar was common.

Re:Ask HN: What makes you optimistic about the future? on Thursday July 14, 2022 @05:07PM (#32101467)
Excellent question and thanks for asking. I've spent some time with a fair number of millennials and I'm impressed with their kindness and consideration for others.
Lauren Bobert tweeted Nancy Pelosi's location when she was relocated for security reasons. The leaders of both the Oathkeepers and The Proud Boys are under arrest for their involvement that day. The FBI is still investigating who placed the pipe bombs near the capital.

It is a big deal.

Oh you!
I've seen the term "pedantic" frequently used.
I thought I wanted to live in the Sierra foothills. After the Paradise fire I've decided against it.
As I understand it, the Russian aircraft carrier gets towed all the time. So that might not be so far fetched.
Will this be reported on Russian media?
Re:Europe is investing heavily in trains on Monday April 11, 2022 @04:38PM (#30994654)
If I had to apply an "aggravation factor", air travel is worse. The train just doesn't seem to bug me as much. One difference is that when the train arrives I'm in the city center. When the plane arrives I'm at the airport.
Re:What if Sun Microsystems acquired Apple in 1996? on Monday April 11, 2022 @01:46AM (#30985111)
You're not wrong but there is a cachet with Macs that is undeniable. It's not unusual for the executives or creatives to use Macs in an otherwise fully Windows based organization.
Re:Parking kills businesses, not bikes or buses on Sunday April 10, 2022 @02:18PM (#30979973)
Take a look a the I15 corridor north of Escondido in San Diego county. There are neighborhoods there farther than 5 miles from services.
Re:Parking kills businesses, not bikes or buses on Saturday April 09, 2022 @05:05PM (#30972052)
In American suburbs it's typical for there to be nothing but houses within a 3 to 5 mile area. Any supplies or groceries must be transported a significant distance in a pedestrian hostile environment.
Re:Electronics Flea Market on Saturday April 09, 2022 @01:08PM (#30969803)
There was Halted and that place in San Carlos that sold things like surplus metal subassemblies.
Being a COBOL programmer is starting to look pretty good.
Re:Fox News only news net to show YOY growth, leads in prime on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @11:38PM (#30863595)
Old people have cable. And they tend to be the most reliable voters.
Re:Fox News only news net to show YOY growth, leads in prime on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @10:25PM (#30863216)
Contrast this with the fact that cable subscriptions are in steep decline:

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/03/17/cable-and-s...

Can someone smarter than me explain why GPU's are so good at Cryptomining?
Just anecdotally, we went out to eat at a place we hadn't been to since before the pandemic. Their prices have doubled. We spent $50 on lunch.
Re:Investors bought a record share of U.S. homes in 2021 on Thursday February 17, 2022 @03:27PM (#30378200)
3 things I don't hear much about:

* Plenty of places in the Midwest (Arkansas and Kansas, for example) are depopulating. Affordable real estate exists there - https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/oct/08/populations-...

* Mobile homes seem a not-great-but-doable alternative. Still money to be made, particularly if they have a "tiny home" vibe.

* Multi-generational mortgages. Again not great, but not everyone has access to $1-2MM.

Re:Scotland's train services nationalised from 1 April on Thursday February 10, 2022 @03:39PM (#30292137)
Do the UK bus companies provide an effective alternative to rail? I can't imagine paying these prices on a regular basis.
Re:Ask HN: What problem do you wish someone would solve? on Sunday February 06, 2022 @12:29PM (#30234662)
Reading the piece the other day about Kansas giving away free property got me to wondering what it takes to make "affordable housing" worth "unpopular location".
Re:Ask HN: What problem do you wish someone would solve? on Sunday February 06, 2022 @12:19PM (#30234529)
I always wonder who benefits from the extremism.
Re:Ask HN: Software you hate but can't replace? on Saturday February 05, 2022 @10:05PM (#30228941)
Lastpass has had too many issues to ignore. Time to move on for me.
Re:Zen and the Art of Talking to Conspiracy Theorists on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @12:52AM (#30174245)
>> one charismatic leader away from being a fascist voting bloc.

Umm...

A good place to start is "who does polarization benefit?".
Re:Would you take free land in rural America? on Sunday January 30, 2022 @12:57PM (#30139389)
There's a good reason it's free.
Re:A “Sideways” supply response in California winegrapes on Monday January 24, 2022 @11:14PM (#30067916)
Paul Giamatti goes into Virginia Madsen's apartment at the end of the movie and we don't know what happens next. How is it implied that he kills himself?
Re:High medical bill in the ER leaves family reeling on Monday January 24, 2022 @03:56PM (#30063917)
You have to know that you can dispute the charge. Many people would not know that.

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