danhodgins

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by danhodgins 1mo ago
Fantastic hustle from the kid. Game recognize game.
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by danhodgins 1mo ago
Yes. I thought maybe Blockchain might be able to provide some of that robustness for the public web, but it's all about speculative investment now.
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by danhodgins 2mo ago
Solid Xanadu reference. I wonder what percentage of the current generation of young people would have any idea what this is from. I'm not a film buff, but took a film course in college, and learned all about Orson Welles and Citizen Ka
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by danhodgins 2mo ago
He should go to TikTok headquarters and watch a movie on his phone next to complete the circle.
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by danhodgins 2mo ago
If the tail is gone, the dentures become useless
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by danhodgins 2mo ago
In a metaphorical sense, Ukraine is the scrappy 'startup' aka highly maneuverable speed boat that can turn on a dime, and the US Department of Defence is a cargo ship that takes years to execute a single turn. The drone playbook i
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by danhodgins 1y ago
I thought the headline was discussing all of the yurts in Mongolia that are using machine learning.
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by danhodgins 1y ago
Fight fire with fire. Use AI to determine potential essay topics that are as close to 'AI-proof' as possible. Here is an example prompt: "Describe examples of possible high school essay topics where students cannot use AI eng
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by danhodgins 1y ago
Start going to tradeshows for every possible industry you can think of, and bring resumes. People who network in person almost always have an advantage compared to people with similar qualifications who sit at home and send out resumes. You
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by danhodgins 2y ago
So far in my early forties I have: * Learned to pan for gold on creeks and use sluice boxes * Learned QGIS from scratch to play with mapping, data viz, gov't data sets and API's, etc * Learned to DJ, DJ'd 3 weddings as a wedd
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2023 Mac Mini 10 Core M2 Pro – A Beast for Xcode Compilation(github.com)
4 points by danhodgins 3y ago|1 comments
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by danhodgins 3y ago
A performance benchmark examined compilation times in seconds for a large XCode data set. Surprisingly, the 2023 Mac Mini 10 core M2 Pro with only 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage (~$1,900 CAD or ~$1,300 USD) performed extremely well (85 s
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by danhodgins 3y ago
Excel-erate your breath... or spreadsheet
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by danhodgins 3y ago
@ExoticPearTree - "Google is an advertising company with hobbies." This should be Google's mission, purpose, values and tagline.
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by danhodgins 3y ago
Lol : )
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by danhodgins 3y ago
Totally agree. An idealized journal of one's life over time on Instagram is way more interesting and revealing than any dating app could ever be.
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by danhodgins 3y ago
The reductionist argument is that everyone wants to feel 'good', and that life is solely is about chasing a chemical high from natural dopamines, endorphins, oxy, etc that are produced by the body. Both males and females want the
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by danhodgins 3y ago
You either need to: 1. Spend time getting good at marketing (read books, do the work, get feedback). 2. Spend money for an agency or consultant to do it. 3. Spend equity and/or profit sharing for a partner to do it. No marketing is not
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by danhodgins 3y ago
Google is lucky they have so many monopolistic elements in their business model, otherwise customers would be leaving left, right and center due to non-stop shutdowns of serives they launch. Using a Google app, and investing any time whatso
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by danhodgins 3y ago
I actually prefer that Spotify have both podcasts and music in their app. I would be more annoyed if I had to use a separate app for the two use cases. In my view, both are audio entertainment, so it makes sense. I can see how this would an
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by danhodgins 3y ago
To everyone who created, maintains and improves Homebrew - thank you! It's an awesome solution that makes things really easy. Your work is appreciated.
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Ask HN: Is the future of forums not 'topics', but 'prompts'?
2 points by danhodgins 4y ago|0 comments
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by danhodgins 4y ago
"Writing is rewarding. Writing is empowering. Writing is even fun. As human, we are wired to communicate. We are also wired for “play.” Under the right circumstances, writing allows us to do both of these things at the same time."
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by danhodgins 4y ago
Exactly, one type is called BNPL (buy now pay later).
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by danhodgins 4y ago
jjeaff - BNPL (buy now pay later) by companies such as Affirm may help level the playing field in applicable industries/cases as a 3rd party can shoulder the risk. With BNPL, small companies are paid right away (within 1-2 business day
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by danhodgins 5y ago
Upvoted.
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by danhodgins 6y ago
I use Affinity Designer for Mac (an Illustrator alternative). (90 day free trial, and then $40 one time after that - for lifetime ownership). So done with Adobe - their software is a total system hog, and they are now sketchy as an organiza
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Family Moves from Shed to Apartment, Thanks to 8 Year Old's Plant Business(thesassyplant.com)
17 points by danhodgins 6y ago|13 comments
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by danhodgins 6y ago
Amazing story about hustle and initiative... from an 8 year old kid. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did! -Dan
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by danhodgins 7y ago
Roll-your-own filtering of RSS or API results is an interesting idea, Paul. Thanks for sharing.

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