dano

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by dano 5mo ago
Honestly, when I read this book in 1982 or so it changed the trajectory of my life and career. It is an story of a bet-the-business project that occurred in real life. After reading I though I was late to the tech party, missed out on so mu
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by dano 10mo ago
During a trip to Venice I had the good fortune of touring http://www.giuman.it/ and it was highly educational. Bringing the furnaces up to temperature takes time and turning them off each day isn't a good option. Gas c
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by dano 11mo ago
One should note the officers in the missile silo at the opening of the film: Michael Madsen of Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill, and John Spencer of L.A. Law and of course, The West Wing.
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by dano 1y ago
Second this. My father passed suddenly and the recordings we made a year before while looking at newly digitized family movies are a treasure. I get to hear his voice. Mom passed 30 years ago and I have some speeches she gave recorded, but
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by dano 1y ago
I think this the text of the as yet unnumbered HR. https://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA00/20250917/118618/BILL...
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by dano 1y ago
It is a 7 year old article without specifying alternatives to an "already solved problem." So HN, what are the best alternatives available today and why?
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by dano 1y ago
They want leverage
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by dano 2y ago
Yep. I converted a business from to Postgres in 2004 and never looked back. Stable, reliable, no surprises. Postgres is the answer until proven otherwise.
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by dano 2y ago
There was a similar journey for our family after our parents passed and indeed, the photos with people doing ordinary things are the ones we share and enjoy. The Grand Canyon has a way of looking the same now as it did in 1955 and so those
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by dano 2y ago
Here is a screenshot of Pacific Palisades property taxes https://imgur.com/a/1G6pLap More exploration can be done here https://www.officialdata.org/ca-property-tax/#34.04626347956...
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by dano 2y ago
I'd recommend Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. It covers the trials and tribulations as well as the brilliance and ruthless tactics taken to build Standard Oil.
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by dano 2y ago
"Why yes, I am a third world dictator."
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by dano 2y ago
Had to dig around to find this https://www.thespacereview.com/article/1197/1
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by dano 2y ago
Ha ha, too funny.
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by dano 2y ago
My sunbeam automatic toaster is working just fine thank you very much. :-)
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by dano 2y ago
Thanks for the story about your friend Geof. It was touching and made this archive just that much more valuable. Hope you have a few more good memories today.
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by dano 2y ago
If you have an interest in FRC, consider becoming a mentor at a local program in your area. I've mentored Team 812 in La Jolla California for about 14 years. It's incredibly rewarding. https://www.firstinspires.org&#x2
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by dano 2y ago
https://web.archive.org/web/20240817060005/https://forestfri...
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by dano 2y ago
Thank you! I love the history of this phrase https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festina_lente
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by dano 2y ago
I suspect designers rather than engineers. General Motors has always been the bigger fins are better company.
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by dano 2y ago
Just to confirm my understanding, if I set up a BIMI TXT record with an svg image path, but without a VMC gmail will mark the inbound message as spam even if DMARC is set up correctly? tl;dr, is Gmail requiring VMC's now?
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by dano 2y ago
My father, an attorney, made extensive use of the magcard selectric. He did wills and trusts which required revision based on client feedback or life changes. The ability to edit the document from a saved copy was revolutionary in the early
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by dano 2y ago
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/shopping-for-the-j...
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by dano 2y ago
Yeah, I totally agree. Those other factors are internal optimizations. What gets me is when a team wants to switch horses to new tech and do a forklift upgrade just to implement something using the new hotness.
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by dano 2y ago
* This * - The users don't care about the tech. They care about the result.
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by dano 2y ago
Concur. I've been a Mac laptop person since 2009 because it works as expected all the time. That said, I do a good deal of work via the terminal or IDE's that run on both MacOS, Linux, and Windows. That the laptop is a Mac is neit
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by dano 2y ago
1983-01-27 dec20/misc/stdio.h
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by dano 2y ago
Try this recipe https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/276526/steakhouse-potatoes...
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by dano 2y ago
https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/dns/unbound/
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by dano 2y ago
They changed the return policy on some items to 90 days. Electronics comes to mind.

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