I know some who do just that!

Only the most hardcore audiophiles will ever see the value on headphones that cost $2000+. You would need a $10,000 stereo setup to get the most out of them. A good set of Sennheisers, Bose, Sony, etc. for only $150-$400 (depending on what you’re after of course) will give you plenty of bang for the buck.

As a professor, often we’re just fine with the previous edition as the concepts will literally remain the same and only the problems change slightly. Ask before you purchase of course. You can often get the book from students who just took the course, as they’re more than happy to get rid of them.

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If you need an emotional support animal, get a damn teddy bear!

We use GSuite for everything - Excel is only used by a handful of people like me who are hardcore Excel geeks. Yeah, I’ve used LibreOffice many times because they have a portable version I can use on a USB drive when I was out in the field and didn’t have my laptop available, or working on a production system where I…

Thank you! Beat me to it!

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I had one company years ago with a very crappy plan, which had sky-high premiums on top of only paying 50% after a certain amount. I was looking a private insurance at the time which was a lot cheaper and had better coverage. Thankfully I ended up with a better job instead, got the best of both worlds.

I’ve seen people get all set up and then get into their Facebook/Instrgram/whatever without even bothering to exercise. Just sitting there taking up space.

I actually enjoy dry rieslings, especially those form the Alcase region.

I have the same problem with broad shoulders, so even if I fit in the seat, they stick out a couple of inches on both sides. On some flights I get constantly slammed into by the drink carts.

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Surprisingly a lot of people think the problem is easy. The reality is very different. Yes there’s a lot of ignorance involved but that’s understandable. The math is pretty hard, it requires a lot of training to be accurate (hence a lot of false positives with face recognition and other applications) and yes there are…

Having done my share of computer vision for robotic surgery, this is tougher than most people realize. Making sure that the robot/car/whatever knows where it’s going is critical. It doesn’t take much for it to lose its bearings and go in the wrong direction. We used similar black/white squares for part of our surgical…

I used to watch The Secret Life of Machines all the time. A great series and worth watching.

“Broke” is an excellent video. Very sad and sobering.

If this was even remotely true I would’ve been dead a very long time ago.

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