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TIL that Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 slid off the runway into an intersection because Midway was built before rules were made about distance between the runway and other objects. The weather was bad enough that one pilot remarked "I picked a bad day to stop sniffin glue" referring to "Airplane!"
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TIL that Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 slid off the runway into an intersection because Midway was built before rules were made about distance between the runway and other objects. The weather was bad enough that one pilot remarked "I picked a bad day to stop sniffin glue" referring to "Airplane!"

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u/MajesticBread9147 — 17 hours ago

What is the benefit/ innovation of Cerebras ASICs?

Forgive the dumb question, but I don't quite understand their business model.

How is "big chip good" basically their product offering when I was under the impression that the industry was moving towards advanced and heterogeneous packaging to achieve performance gains at scale?

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u/MajesticBread9147 — 3 days ago
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The Federation of Arab Republics was a proposal by Muammar Qaddafi to unite Libya, Egypt and Syria. Around the same time Iraqi VP Saddam Hussein tried to create the Union of Arab Republics out of Iraq, Syria and Egypt. Both plans ultimately failed, with leaders condemning eachother.

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u/MajesticBread9147 — 8 days ago
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For a while I've been trying to move out of my hometown to New York for a variety of reasons which I will not bore you with.

Of course my main problem is that I need a job, but I see that a lot of jobs are for the city, particularly the MTA. Would it help if my girlfriend's father (who has one or two jobs with the MTA for my understanding) put a word in for me?

We'd be in different positions, he maintains the draw bridges and I'd be in IT, would that matter?

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u/MajesticBread9147 — 19 days ago

I didn't go to college after high school but I have come a long way since then. I was depressed and got shitty grades, and couldn't go to community college because at 18 I couldn't afford a car to get between school and home.

Now I am in my mid 20s and think I'm financially ready to go to a good school. I don't want to waste it, I want to go to a school that will help me network well with good job placement, and that isn't a commuter school. I know computer science is brutal right now, but I honestly don't see myself being interested in, or motivated enough to pursue anything else.

My parents can't contribute and are low income, but I have about $80,000 in my brokerage account and save and invest about $1,000 a month of my $80k salary so I think I won't need to only focus on need-blind schools. My current job is a middle skill technology job at a MAG7 company. I could climb the ladder to a more prestigious position where I can network with people who went to private colleges, but I worry if I attend college when I'm too old I will struggle networking/fitting in socially.

What are my best options? Community college -> Virginia Tech (in state)? I'm also looking at Stevens Institute of Technology, NYIT, and NJIT because I plan on moving to New York City as soon as I graduate and I figure I might as well be there before I graduate as well.

I know I will need at least a year of community college, but the transition to a 4 year school after that is the difficult part.

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u/MajesticBread9147 — 20 days ago