currydove

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by currydove 3mo ago
Here's another slightly related topic I wrote on a while ago. Not my best writing but I'm fascinated by this kind of history - https://culturecompiled.com/p/strong-state-capacity-is-a-pro...
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by currydove 6mo ago
There's never just one reason, obviously. Maybe phones are a big reason we're not socializing as much and it cascades from there. But as a young parent, I'm gonna tell you flat out - the core necessities, not the best of the
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by currydove 7mo ago
i'm noticing this across even startups and mid-market companies too! i don't think its going to be a silver bullet, but it doesn't need to be. niche, well understood problems with simple tooling needs are the best ones to sta
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by currydove 8mo ago
Agreed! I have had an IKEA Slitbar Santoku since 2014, it's been abused (even tossed in the dishwasher a couple of time because I didn't value it at the time) and it has outlasted most of my other knives. Not to mention, it's
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Strong State Capacity is a product of blurred lines(substack.com)
2 points by currydove 11mo ago|0 comments
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by currydove 11mo ago
Negative. https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/the-spies-who-... https://yawboadu.substack.com/p/stealing-success-how-ip-thef... https://ipwatchdog.com/2017/07/0
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by currydove 1y ago
These are beautiful. Thank you so much
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by currydove 3y ago
I don't even know where to begin here. Of course we have the land to spread people out, but it's insanely expensive on everyone (especially those who are spread out) over time to sustain it. [1] If you don't have time to read
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by currydove 4y ago
Yep, in India and on Jio where it's working for fine for me.... For now.
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by currydove 4y ago
Tl;Dr: it's tricky. and because it's not that simple. I don't know your background and maybe you're from a first nation or tribe, but there isn't a common agreement between the populations of existing tribes and nat
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by currydove 4y ago
hah! wow, i had no idea about the others thanks for digging
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by currydove 4y ago
This is definitely not the case. Example: a .1% increase in shadow over Dolores Park in SF almost stopped a new 19 unit development - https://twitter.com/sam_d_1995/status/1415839145386196993/ph... It was app
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by currydove 5y ago
Oh interesting. Any recommendations that you have?
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by currydove 7y ago
The reference above is to the book "The Martian" by Andy Weir. Also a movie starring Matt Damon. Good read. Highly recommend! Xkcd reference that got me to read it: https://xkcd.com/1536/
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by currydove 8y ago
Whoa! Fancy seeing you here, Pat. Always cool to see a fellow Planeteer in the wild :) also, ditto what he said. This news was certainly an interesting conversation that happened at Planet HQ today, but a couple of folks knew the people doi
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by currydove 8y ago
While I am enjoying the Jetsons-like future that is envisioned in your post, I'm quite curious how we can maybe do simpler solutions. For example, we used to have a milkman who just dropped off milk on our front door. I can easily imag
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Show HN: Better API Docs to access remote sensing data from Planet(planet.com)
4 points by currydove 9y ago|1 comments
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by currydove 9y ago
just signed up. Service is a little wonky, but they've introduced 2FA via SMS and Authenticators as well! Thankfully not just SMS. They also make you download/print a private key just in case.
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Planet Labs – Experimentation in the Open(planet.com)
1 points by currydove 9y ago|0 comments
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by currydove 9y ago
Materials Science. Tinkering with off the shelf hardware (even start with RaspberryPis). Systems Integration (legit systems integration, not the shitty title Accenture/Deloitte/Generic Consulting Company gives you for working at a
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by currydove 9y ago
The other comments that are replying to you have it fairly accurate. It's not widely known but it isn't a secret either: the point of the doves is to be deployed en masse and with more capability with every subsequent build. A qui