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Right or wrong, you can get around the sales tax using B&H's Payboo credit card (for use on their site only): https://www.bhphotovideo.com/credit-cards

This looks interesting, but it's the software that will make or break the experience.

Software aside, this is expensive ($479 when you select the pen with the eraser and the book cover), and the screen is not back-lit, so this won't be usable without other source of light.

Why is it so hard to find an e-ink device that's good for reading books, PDFs, and web content (e.g. Pocket)? So far, everything I've tried has fallen short.

See also https://librivox.org for free public domain audiobooks.

Yes, yes, and yes. It's in his FAQ: https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/faq.html

See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakicetus

The FDIC limit is $250K: https://www.fdic.gov/deposit/deposits/faq.html

This is a fantastic piece of writing that is worth re-reading.

Neal Stephenson just appeared on Tyler Cowen's Conversions with Tyler Podcast: https://medium.com/conversations-with-tyler/tyler-cowen-neal...

Oh, that's not so bad. American nuclear missiles are running software from the 70s, loaded via 8-inch floppy disks.

https://www.cnn.com/2016/05/26/us/pentagon-floppy-disks-nucl...

I've seen this same trick done with macros in BSD kernel code from the 80s!

Could you share the puzzle?

I came here to post this link, too. :)

Islam dates to the 7th century. According to its doctrine, it is the ultimate and final refinement of Abrahamic faith. Muslims believe that every prophet going back to Adam were taught by the same God they believe in, and hence were also Muslim; according to Islam, Judaism and Christianity are the same breed of Abrahamic monotheism which has since been distorted by man. So if you asked a Muslim, they might tell you that Islam is the original religion.

Linear interpolation.

This interesting blog post argues in the affirmative: http://idlewords.com/2015/11/the_advertising_bubble.htm

By trading tether issued out of thin air for BTC.

They acquired lidar company Strobe in October: https://medium.com/kylevogt/how-were-solving-the-lidar-probl...

In the device_read function,

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`brew cask install font-hack` works great :)

This is the relevant change: https://github.com/golang/go/commit/0556e26273f704db73df9e7c...

Facebook's ZStandard compression library appears to be both faster and better at compressing than zlib. Is there any reason to continue using zlib for new projects that don't need backward compatibility?

For one, AppDynamics contracts are usually three years.

https://xkcd.com/927/

I believe this is William Wordsworth.

Sounds fun! I'll have to join next time.

I think the bit about the Zenefits employee is a reference to the "no more sex in the stairwell" memo sent by their former CEO.

This is fantastic. I love the new look, and the font rendering seems to be even nicer than before.

The real equation is s-1, where s is the number of bikes that will make your spouse kick you out. :)

Happens to me, too.

The Jeff Dean Facts are worth reading: https://www.quora.com/What-are-all-the-Jeff-Dean-facts

Personal favorite: "Jeff Dean once shifted a bit so hard, it ended up on another computer."

He also has a PhD, and was part of the team that designed and built it. From the wikipedia page about the helicopter:

"The peak power of 1.1 kW (1.5 hp) was only generated during the first few seconds to climb to the required 3-metre (9.8 ft) altitude. By the end of the flight, power had reduced to 600 W (0.80 hp). Todd Reichert, the pilot and a racing cyclist, had specifically trained for such a power profile."