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by ctb_mg 2y ago
> one of the most innovative car manufacturers in the world Off topic, but I'd like some more specific thoughts regarding what you are aware of for specific automotive technologies that GM has innovated over the past decades, to mak
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by ctb_mg 2y ago
I've experience working on a team for one GPS fleet management solution. Our SIMs were usually provided in a bulk PO from a top tier wireless provider and were all locked down to a certain very small (on the order of 5mb/mo) bandw
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by ctb_mg 2y ago
I have to say I agree fully and it's kind of disappointing how much chaff makes it to the HN front page. This is ostensibly an interesting article, but at second glance doesn't really hold up to any scrutiny as anything really nov
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by ctb_mg 10y ago
I propose that Walmart needs to use their bulk purchasing power/clout, in combination with the efficiencies that Amazon has put in place, to provide lower prices. If you're going to unseat Amazon, it has to be on price.
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by ctb_mg 10y ago
> Aren't at this point you doing the job of two people? ... our company is worth X Billions of dollars, they can afford to hire a Business Analyst/ Better Product Manager. Yes, definitely. The difference is that in my situation
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by ctb_mg 10y ago
I work with a customer who is notorious for not defining requirements. Their culture is that everyone is either too busy or not knowledgeable enough of all the working parts of a system to define requirements. It's a culture problem ov
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by ctb_mg 10y ago
We tried Platejoy for 6 months. We found it was useful, but found a few caveats: It was very easy to back ourselves into a corner with food preferences such that you see the same set of 20 or so recipes recycled from week to week. This is p
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Ask HN: What do you use for realtime code collaboration?
2 points by ctb_mg 10y ago|1 comments
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by ctb_mg 10y ago
I wonder if Pokemon Go is using this, supposedly it is built using Unity.
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by ctb_mg 10y ago
As someone who knows zero haskell, and little markdown, can someone explain how this works? haskell.org [1] says there is "bird style" and "LaTeX style" ways of marking off code vs documentation, and I see neither in the
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by ctb_mg 11y ago
Good insight, I wonder how many nefarious plots were thwarted by surveillance rather than old-fashioned police work.
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by ctb_mg 11y ago
Just to add, Zojirushi are top of the line rice cookers and I would expect that they outlast most other appliances.
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by ctb_mg 11y ago
These browser vulnerabilities have got me thinking that I should start browsing in a VM. Has anyone moved to this level of isolation? Steve Gibson on the last Security Now podcast said he's been experimenting with Sandboxie... Sandboxi
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by ctb_mg 11y ago
I would argue the Tor example is not a valid comparison. Tor is a very complex system. It has a vast attack surface for holes, especially if you ignore boundaries like assuming there is a globally omniscient adversary. Contrastingly, websit
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by ctb_mg 11y ago
Could you not potentially retire earlier? In that way you're basically "back-loading" all of your vacation time, if one could freely exchange salary for time off.
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by ctb_mg 11y ago
What filesystems would you say provide you with high stability confidence?
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by ctb_mg 11y ago
Who is claiming this is a copyright issue? Software licensing and copyright are two different things. Are you saying this is also not a software licensing issue?
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by ctb_mg 11y ago
From the article: > “With more than 40 million members, we are excited by Credit Karma’s widespread adoption by people all over the country, giving us insight into $2.3 trillion of America’s household debt. This massive data enables us t
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by ctb_mg 11y ago
I understand your tendency to talk about the downvotes, and I don't think you are being rude/baiting. Readers here are probably more interested in your argument/contribution to the discussion itself, rather than your opinion
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by ctb_mg 11y ago
Why the title case on Eric Schmidt's quote? Serious question. Can't watch the linked youtube video right now.
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by ctb_mg 11y ago
It would be interesting to subsidize your tech R&D (and therefore your food output) by using a CSA-style subscription service. You don't have to only self-sustain. You could produce quality food for the local community using techno
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by ctb_mg 11y ago
Hi. I can only offer my own anecdotal evidence. I suffered from depression for about 9 years, and I've been past it for about 4 years now. I am not a doctor, so YMMV. Good that you are seeking help. That is the first step. Meds: Take t
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by ctb_mg 11y ago
Tesla is trying to reach into lower market segments. The media is throwing around the $35k price point for a few months. [1][2] [1] http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/15/tesla-model-iii/ [2] https:/&#
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by ctb_mg 11y ago
Paid overtime.
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by ctb_mg 11y ago
Yet another anecdote here... for me, Grooveshark was the genesis of music discovery. Napster, limewire, etc. helped with artists I knew about already. mp3.com helped me with genres but did not expand my library too much. Early Last.fm&#x2F
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by ctb_mg 11y ago
seems strange. what about people who do not have passports? are they out of luck? any reasons provided why they needed a passport explicitly?
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by ctb_mg 11y ago
When I worked with a lot of MySQL users, they tended to say "s-q-l". These days I'm in SQL server and they say "sequel".
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by ctb_mg 11y ago
Debian if I have to support the system myself. RHEL if it is a business with money to spend on support contracts.
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by ctb_mg 11y ago
The common denominators for my coding productivity are passion and money. If I'm not passionate about the product or I'm not being paid, it won't get done. The key here is consistently finding where your passions lie... I hav
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by ctb_mg 11y ago
Looks like the old twitter v1 api supported RSS response format, but not anymore. That's really unfortunate. Anyone know of a generic twitter-to-rss conversion tool/app/service?

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