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Sam Lin

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  1. I don't want anyone who thinks our-of-the-box.
  2. The one without the stupid grey box. I can't believe how many resumes I get on fancy templates or with random design art on them. Trend is going up, esp with newer grads, as they seek to "distinguish themselves." Get that shit off your resume. The only thing other than text on your resume should be sparing use of bold and/or underline. Maybe font size, again sparingly.
  3. It's nice to see that ESG investing is starting to get some backlash now, even at the institutional level. The company's duty is to its shareholders, period, not to any ESG noise.
  4. Both of these. I also remember the first time I tried a KK, they'd just opened in AZ, news had been hyping it for weeks, there were lines around the building and out the parking lot. They gave me a freebie hot off the belt, and it was amazingly good. Had never had an airy, glutinous dough with chew like that compared to the bread/cake style donuts at Dunkin etc. I'll gladly choose KK if comparing hot off the line. In-N-Out fits the spirit of this thread. Similar to KK above, news hyped it for weeks when it came to AZ. Lines out the parking lot. I finally went, took one bite, and said "wtf, why?" Terrible burger, even more terrible fries, and a meh shake. Literally no redeeming item, didn't finish any of it, went to eat elsewhere. Five Guys has damn good (and generous) Cajun fries, and a bad Five Guys burger is still way better than any In-N-Out.
  5. Santa Rally 2024! Who's in?
  6. There've been patches, there've been new characters, there've been random gun changes, nothing really noteworthy. They did nerf Wingman pretty hard by making it take sniper ammo and mags, and they inexplicably made Spitfire use light ammo. But, the season that just started added a game mode, Gun Game - if you're familiar from CS, you start with a gun and get a new gun every time you kill someone. Climb through the list of guns first to win. It's fun, faster paced than any normal BR game, good way to sit down and do some mindless aim and gun practice, and much less focus on you knowing the map, knowing jumpmaster strategies, worrying about ring, etc. It's a limited time mode for now, but seems to be popular enough that I'd expect we see it more in the future. My only complaint is it's slower paced than CS gun games as the maps are too large for the number of players, you can spawn and spend a while running around trying to find the other teams. If the learning curve has kept you from trying Apex, I'd suggest trying some gun game now.
  7. Pretty much yes. Amusing at the recent GDQ (Games Done Quick) event where a speedrunner's controller had issues, and all three replacements he went out and bought had stick drift. This is especially brutal for speedrunning when pixel and frame perfection is key to a speedrun.
  8. May be a repost: https://www.carvibz.com/supercars/mclaren-p1-flooded-and-pulled-through-garage-by-hurricane-ian/
  9. Guess which battery size the Surface pen uses? Hint: It isn't one of the ones that are carried at supermarkets, gas stations, and convenience stores.
  10. Think I may have already posted it earlier in this thread, but it taking "up to 2 weeks to remove you from our mailing list" after unsubscribing. No, it fucking does not, we are in a modern digital world.
  11. 40 people 40 pizzas, never goes wrong.
  12. Look at the bright side, it could be a nightmare mowing client complaining about how your HJ wasn't edging well.
  13. So, uh, how many more losses do you want me to take? Asking for a friend.
  14. Calls it minimalism, puts it on a real plate. Negged.
  15. In a pinch, the aluminum tape for air ducts works too.
  16. I'm perpetually in a state of "Wow, am I smart." Do what Wally does, lose 50%? "Wow, am I smart." Don't do what Wally does, lose 50%? "Wow, am I smart."
  17. Pleasantly surprised, it looks like 3 cars backed in!
  18. This is a really good way to put it. Not only the smoke issue, but if you have too much on fire (too large a flame front), you will snuff out the fire trying to run low because no single point of fire can get enough oxygen to stay lit. (choking)
  19. Mac, if you are having trouble with lower temp, do a leak check. Small air leaks will make it really hard to control low temps.
  20. I often order an extra pizza and leave it lid open on the counter just to cool it down for the next morning.
  21. Get a feel for vent settings, what vent openings give roughly what temps. Then start the coals however you want (I use a cotton ball dipped in rubbing alcohol), up front near the lower vent (draft into the vent will push the fire toward the rear). Once you have a tennis ball sized ball of red coals, close it, set the vents, and start the cook whenever the smoke looks clear. Don't wait for starting temp (using this method it should be too low at first), trust the vents to end up at your target temp. Fine adjust the vents to tune your temp after the temp comes back up after adding food.
  22. I love how each new BMW looks like a cheap Chinese copy of a BMW.
  23. October Sky, esp if he's a bit of an engineer mind. It's a great engineering movie, plus a great family story.
  24. The Trek series book "The Kobayashi Maru" by Julia Ecklar is a very enjoyable read that goes into how Kirk, Chekov, Scotty, and Sulu did in each of their Kobayashi Maru tests. It's a very touching story that I think does a great job personifying each of those characters. Highly recommended, easy read.
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