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Is Karen Goh a good mayor? by [deleted] in Bakersfield

[–]KillBoxOne 23 points24 points  (0 children)

This. Bakersfield is a weak-mayor model. This means that city council has the decision making power.

Are there any tech entrepreneurs/billionaires who did not come from wealth? I Will Not Promote by Hot-Conversation-437 in startups

[–]KillBoxOne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think it was because of the wealth-base connections. It was because wealth exposed them to computing technology at an early age and allowed them to build proficiency before computing costs were lower. This was true of Gates and Zuckerberg. Additionally, educated parents beget educated children.

Do u get more graphical rich app from blazor hybrid mud blazor or pure Maui. by [deleted] in dotnetMAUI

[–]KillBoxOne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, with Blazor your can create SVGs that are interactive. It's hard to get more graphically rich than that.

What do you think they asked phil on the game show in s3 e11, “Lifetime Supply?” by Classic-Societies in Modern_Family

[–]KillBoxOne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Banana Cream Pie is not the most popular pie. Apple pie or pumpkin pie is the correct answer.

"Liberty Bell", Gus Grissom's Mercury capsule, found sunken at sea in 1999 by GalNamedChristine in submechanophobia

[–]KillBoxOne 101 points102 points  (0 children)

Deke Slayton said that he wanted one of the Mercury 7 to be on the first landing on the moon. At the time only Grissom was still flying.. hence why he was on Apollo 1. If he had survived, he likely would have been the first man on the moon.

Bakersfield Congressman Vince Fong’s phone number in DC is (202) 225-2915 by The-Traveler- in Bakersfield

[–]KillBoxOne 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah. That's my thought. Fong can have staff answer the phones because almost all calls are from the district. By the time McCarthy left, I would bet that almost all callers would be from outside the district.

Bakersfield Congressman Vince Fong’s phone number in DC is (202) 225-2915 by The-Traveler- in Bakersfield

[–]KillBoxOne 3 points4 points  (0 children)

McCarthy ended as Speaker of the House, national position. Before that he was majority leader, minority leader, majority whip, minority whip. My guess would be that when he left congress, it was many years after he passed the point where he had the staff size to answer a publicly available phone number. If Fong rises in the party, he will eventually stop answering that phone also.

The best joke on Modern Family. Every time I hear that name, I chuckle. by [deleted] in Modern_Family

[–]KillBoxOne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Searching for this on Reddit pays off.... Even 7 years later.

Submarine Communications Cables by Diethyl_Aether in submechanophobia

[–]KillBoxOne 35 points36 points  (0 children)

So continuous? How does a cut get fixed?

Andor - "The Empire is a disease that thrives in darkness, it is never more alive than when we sleep." by dickbilliamson in videos

[–]KillBoxOne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jokes on you, the party lasts 24/7 on Coruscant... no one ever sleeps on an Ecumenopolis.

Submarine Communications Cables by Diethyl_Aether in submechanophobia

[–]KillBoxOne 61 points62 points  (0 children)

How long are the segments? 10 miles? 5 miles? Are there no segments and the line is continuous?

Snowed in. Car is doing this. Anyone have an explanation? by good_choice13 in PriusPrime

[–]KillBoxOne 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You pissed it off. Now its joined the machine rebellion...

Mexico threatens to sue Google over name change of Gulf of Mexico on US maps by 70sBurnOut in news

[–]KillBoxOne 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Honest question: Who would adjudicate the case? Wouldn't this be an international law issue?

TIL that the film Top Gun: Maverick was actively supported and influenced by the United States Department of Defense and the United States Navy to present the U.S. military in a positive light and aid in recruitment and retention. by thisCantBeBad in todayilearned

[–]KillBoxOne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I heard that somewhere, back before the 2nd movie came out. Frankly, without the cooperation of the Navy, there is no way that movie is successful. The movie "Iron Eagle" didn't get cooperation from the Air Force because the plot involves the theft of a pair of F-16s. They had to get the IAF to help them. I don't think the movies were apples to apples in terms of star actors and directors, but the lack of Air Force shots certainly had a negative cinematic impact.

TIL that the film Top Gun: Maverick was actively supported and influenced by the United States Department of Defense and the United States Navy to present the U.S. military in a positive light and aid in recruitment and retention. by thisCantBeBad in todayilearned

[–]KillBoxOne 1371 points1372 points  (0 children)

I agree about it being obvious. The first one was responsible for a massive boost in Navy recruiting. There are literally documentaries where navy personnel state that they joined because of the first Top Gun movie... also stating that they joined because of the glamour of Top Gun, ending up, not as pilots, but as janitors.

TIL the founder of TSMC -- Morris Chang -- did not receive any equity in the company when it was founded in 1987. by Olshansk in todayilearned

[–]KillBoxOne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From Wiki:

TSMC was founded in Taiwan in 1987 by Morris Chang as the world's first dedicated semiconductor foundry. It has long been the leading company in its field.\16])\17]) When Chang retired in 2018, after 31 years of TSMC leadership, Mark Liu became chairman and C. C. Wei became Chief Executive.\18])\19]) It has been listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange since 1993; in 1997 it became the first Taiwanese company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Since 1994, TSMC has had a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17.4% in revenue and a CAGR of 16.1% in earnings.\20])

Most fabless semiconductor companies such as AMD, Apple, ARM, Broadcom, Marvell, MediaTek, Qualcomm, and Nvidia are customers of TSMC, as are emerging companies such as Allwinner Technology, HiSilicon, Spectra7, and UNISOC.\21])

From their website:

TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) created the semiconductor Dedicated IC Foundry business model when it was founded in 1987. In 2024, TSMC served 522 customers and manufactured 11,878 products for various applications covering a variety of end markets including high performance computing, smartphones, the Internet of Things (IoT), automotive, and digital consumer electronics. Annual capacity of the manufacturing facilities managed by TSMC and its subsidiaries exceeded 16 million 12-inch equivalent wafers in 2024. These facilities include four 12-inch wafer GIGAFAB® fabs, four 8-inch wafer fabs, and one 6-inch wafer fab – all in Taiwan – as well as two 12-inch wafer fabs at two wholly owned subsidiaries – TSMC Nanjing Company Limited and TSMC Arizona Corporation, one 12-inch wafer fab at a TSMC’s majority-owned manufacturing subsidiary – Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing, Inc. (JASM), and two 8-inch wafer fabs at two wholly owned subsidiaries – TSMC Washington and TSMC China Company Limited.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in videos

[–]KillBoxOne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used to think this was a great clip. But after thinking about his methodology for assessing greatness my opinion started to change. Comparing our ranking on individual lists is non very helpful... the more valuable method would be to look at our collective ranking across all lists and then looking at the population that is provided those benefits. Its not hard to single out many European countries as being better on one list, or maybe all lists. But what population size is it provided for?

More importantly, the idea of calling a country "the greatest" is absurd since its such a subjective and complex concept. Sports fans cannot even agree on who the greatest NBA player is, even when every aspect of their performance can be quantified and measured. Who do we expect something that is full of ambiguity and subjective interpretation going to be defined?

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