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by iharris 12y ago
Absolutely - I sent a brief e-mail to the address in your bio. Thanks!
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by iharris 12y ago
Totally agree with you. In the case of this clinic, they get almost all of their referrals by word-of-mouth these days. However, they've noted that the new generation of twentysomethings will generally do their homework on Google befor
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by iharris 12y ago
Some good advice so far; thanks, everyone! My wife is in contact with the College of Physicians and Surgeons to keep them abreast of the situation. We'll see if she can engage their lawyers. She's also documenting everything as it
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by iharris 12y ago
The BBB does operate in Canada; we checked and this company isn't listed, unfortunately.
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Ask HN: An SEO startup is impersonating a physician. What should I do?
133 points by iharris 12y ago|60 comments
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by iharris 13y ago
Portal 2 reference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeKMS62GrTI Edit: It's clear that someone in NASA is a Portal fan - they sent a laser-etched image of Wheatley up with an HTV-3 resupply craft: http://www
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by iharris 13y ago
I've worked for a POS company for five years and boy, do I have some stories about the industry! I definitely agree with the OP that the market is littered with terrible products that were knocked together in VB or Delphi, overpriced,
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by iharris 13y ago
Yeah, this was a good lesson how not to manage a large IT project. They didn't really understand the requirements or anticipate the user load, but the cost estimates were WAY off - from an anticipated $2m annual net cost, the actual
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by iharris 13y ago
It's worth noting that CGI was also responsible for the ill-fated long gun registry in Canada, which was recently canceled due (in part) to massive cost overruns [1] and inability to cope with large numbers of users. [1] http:/&#
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by iharris 13y ago
Those bezels look larger on one side... which must make their work lean heavily to the right. /snark In all seriousness, though, I can't imagine how they are going to be any more productive at those resolutions than they would be
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by iharris 13y ago
Yes, but it's more of an extended vacation for lawmakers than a real government closure. Maple syrup farms and Hockey Night in Canada are unaffected, thankfully.
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Amazon hires goats to landscape their Japanese office(cbc.ca)
2 points by iharris 13y ago|1 comments
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by iharris 13y ago
Try the "sketchy" keyword... is that the infamous Tenderloin that I hear about? (I haven't been to SF before)
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by iharris 13y ago
Related: There's a fellow named Bradley Garrett who did his PhD dissertation on "Place Hacking". GQ has an awesome article of the crazy places he has explored and his run-ins with law enforcement when "hacking" cert
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by iharris 13y ago
I love the Threat Level articles that Wired produces, but if I see the word "cyber" one more time, I am going to go nuts.
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by iharris 13y ago
My thoughts exactly. For controlled situations where the photographer can dictate the subject's distance, pose, and lighting, I'm sure an iPhone would do just fine. But often, a photojournalist finds themselves in a situation where the envi
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by iharris 13y ago
Some context: Rob Ford is the mayor of Toronto, the most populous city in Canada. This is the newest of numerous controversies during his time in office. Edit: it's also worth noting that Mayor Ford's relationship with the media has been...
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by iharris 13y ago
I thought that it was obvious that if you stand for 8+ hours, you'll want to be wearing proper footwear and/or have a standing mat. Your entire body weight is borne by your feet - treat them nicely! Folks with weight problems or diabetes te
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by iharris 13y ago
I'd love to see better integration of live traffic safety data into the cars' navigation (ie. Highway police logging lane or road closures). So, if there's a big accident on a major freeway, cars will automatically begin to find early detou
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by iharris 13y ago
I've been using Acuvue Oasys (IIRC) for a while now. I'm on the 4-week disposables but my optometrist is getting worried about increased blood vessel growth in my cornea. I think my eyes may just be particularly sensitive - this is happenin
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by iharris 13y ago
There's a great presentation about Google's self-driving car here (check the second half for video of the real-time telemetry that it gathers): http://youtu.be/YXylqtEQ0tk One of the things that I found really interesting is how the car i
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by iharris 13y ago
Forget about AR contact lenses, I'd be stoked if they made a lens that is safe and comfortable to wear and doesn't have to be thrown out every 2-4 weeks. :)
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The Prophets of Oak Ridge(washingtonpost.com)
12 points by iharris 13y ago|0 comments
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by iharris 13y ago
Win-only for now, as far as I know. I'm not sure if there are plans to make it cross-platform, but the dev has been pretty receptive to feedback on the forums.
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by iharris 13y ago
Anyone looking for a modern Homeworld-esque experience might want to check out StarDrive (currently in beta, available on Steam). It's a 4X RTS which shares some design elements with HW and mixes in some of Civ's colony management and sci-f
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by iharris 13y ago
Yeah. Software can fake a lot of things, like DOF or vintage film effects - but you can't fake good glass or a wide-aperture lens.
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by iharris 13y ago
I would say that a DSLR is useful for taking nice-looking photos in more challenging situations than a phone can (places with poor lighting, fast movement, or where depth-of-field or magnification are important). It's depressing that a lo
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by iharris 14y ago
This was posted on HN nearly ten months ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3853688
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by iharris 14y ago
This is the impression I've gotten. People try to be sensitive or PC with good intentions, but there's a lot of awkwardness still. Just seeing the replies to my question show that there doesn't seem to be a consensus for specific terms, but
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by iharris 14y ago
An honest question: I've always referred to this condition as being "hard of hearing" but the author implies that it's impolite to call it as such. Is there a better term that we should be using?

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