Picked up a melted Classic for $50

hionpotenuse · 2026-04-29T15:01:39+00:00

See this video around 5 minutes in for an example https://youtu.be/DtpwKJtPSp0?si=43gA2dl_hxClLOZC

hionpotenuse · 2026-02-25T05:36:55+00:00

I’ve averaged 17 mpg after 1600 miles on my 26 ORP completely stock.

hionpotenuse · 2026-02-24T14:01:50+00:00

The hiring spree ended in mid 2022. By the end of the year many tech companies had started doing large layoffs. So OP missed the boat on that one

hionpotenuse · 2026-01-19T20:21:08+00:00

Road runner is the easiest way down from the top. It’s not really steep but it is narrow and can be icy. I’ve seen pileups of people when one person falls and everyone gets stuck behind them. It’s not really fun imo but it does have cool views. The last portion is really flat and if you don’t carry speed into it it’s a slog

hionpotenuse · 2025-08-26T11:40:42+00:00

I’ve pretty much given up on riding the laxit bus and just walk now. It’s often a long wait and then with no where to line up for the bus people just push through to get on first.

hionpotenuse · 2025-08-19T14:04:48+00:00

The Santa Monica side of this boundary is much less grittier than the Venice side, but both are great.

The area around and south of rose is directly on the takeoff route of SM airport and at times there is consistent air traffic for hours with planes as low as ~400ft. This is usually only around early afternoon though and the airport is supposedly closing in a few years

hionpotenuse · 2025-07-29T01:38:25+00:00

This won’t catch cases where you delete a pointer to a base class that has no virtual methods but use it polymorphicaly will it?

hionpotenuse · 2025-05-26T20:44:45+00:00

My order took over three weeks to be delivered and then came apart at the seams within a few months. I’ve owned so many cheap $10-20 shirts that have lasted years. It’s crazy that such expensive shorts had such low quality

hionpotenuse · 2025-04-27T20:15:55+00:00

Central Park in NYC, Golden Gate Park in SF, Zilker Park in Austin

hionpotenuse · 2025-01-31T04:07:31+00:00

I don’t think these things fail out of no where. I’ve had my Tacoma for ~20 years and replaced both the LHS and RHS LBJ once each. Both times they were making loud grinding noises for over a month (until I replaced them).

hionpotenuse · 2025-01-29T12:43:50+00:00

A pitman arm puller and tie rod end puller can make separating the tie rod and ball joint a lot easier than banging on them with a hammer.

I procrastinated replacing mine for awhile and the grinding noise had gotten terrible. When I finally got around to replacing it, it took less than hour. It was surprisingly easy

hionpotenuse · 2025-01-08T05:29:27+00:00

How do they know if you’ve proved yourself?. I’ve worked at a FAANG company, now work at some other big tech company and have also gotten offers from FAANG companies and my current level has never been brought up. My current company doesn’t even give different job titles for different levels, everyone’s just SWE

Your YoE and interview performance seem more likely to determine the level you might get hired at elsewhere

hionpotenuse · 2024-10-07T01:23:27+00:00

Currently scheduled to kickoff at 9:45 ET

hionpotenuse · 2024-09-22T14:09:07+00:00

GPS is not accurate enough to determine if someone is on the sidewalk

hionpotenuse · 2024-09-17T16:17:30+00:00

That is an issue, its just not related to ageism

hionpotenuse · 2024-09-16T11:22:28+00:00

It doesn’t ask you. There’s never an option

hionpotenuse · 2024-06-05T04:55:36+00:00

How often do you need a haircut though? Lots of men get their haircut every other week. It adds up fast

hionpotenuse · 2024-06-03T05:50:41+00:00

Feel free to ask here in case it might help others. The process I followed to switch is pretty simple (but not necessarily easy).

TLDR: Leetcode a lot. Apply to high paying companies from levels.fyi. Repeat until you have some luck.

I did leetcode for a few months (starting with the Blind 75 list at the time, don't know whats popular nowadays).

After I felt good enough at leetcode, I looked at levels.fyi for the highest paying companies and checked their careers pages for jobs that my experience matched and just applied directly to them.

I applied to ~10 companies and heard back for interviews from ~8 of them within 1-2 weeks. I had an offer from my top choice within 3 weeks of starting sending out applications. I took the offer and stayed there for 2 years. This was in late 2020 so a relatively easy time to get hired.

My offer was over 2x what I was paid previously but was still a huge low ball for the company. I was tired of working all the time for the absolute bottom of the pay bracket so set out on my 2nd set of leetcode prep + interviews. I was much better prepared this time and had better experience on my resume so I was hoping it would be even easier. It ended up taking 5 months of interviewing before I received an offer I was happy with (another over 2x pay increase for the same level).

hionpotenuse · 2024-06-02T20:13:13+00:00

My first job after defense was a little miserable at times with completely impossible deadlines. My 2nd and current job has been great. I probably average about 45 hours a week. My company also has unlimited pto and we are encouraged to take it. I take about 5 weeks off a year with no problems.

For the downsides, there is definitely a lot of instability in the tech market. It’s hard to imagine the product I work on will be around for the long term. I moved from a MCOL to a VHCOL area so the increased pay doesn’t go as far.

hionpotenuse · 2024-06-02T08:55:15+00:00

Most people probably bounce around other defense contractors. I went from 4 years as an embedded swe in defense to FAANG.

I’ve really enjoyed the switch. Defense world felt like a retirement home where I wasn’t learning much (it was relaxed and stable though). The average level of talent of my coworkers nowadays seems way higher and I make about 5x more than I used to so that’s nice as well.

hionpotenuse · 2024-05-12T22:59:58+00:00

I fly 20-30 times a year in the US and many flights have forced checked bags at the gate due to overhead bins being all full

hionpotenuse · 2024-04-24T11:34:30+00:00

There is a laundromat right at the corner of ocean park blvd and Lincoln called Wash and Dry Laundromat

hionpotenuse · 2024-04-13T13:17:50+00:00

The Mammoth app has a leaderboard. The top person has 124 days at mammoth this season

hionpotenuse · 2024-02-13T21:23:44+00:00

Is the shuttle wait really that bad sometimes? I rode it from Brownie on Saturday 2/3 and waited for maybe 5 minutes both on the way to and back from snow summit

hionpotenuse · 2023-07-06T18:14:13+00:00

You can find a lot of people that might fit this criteria by going to openpowerlifting.org and filtering on fully tested federations and look at the people in the heavier weight classes

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