mikejarema

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CLI tool to make PDFs look like scanned documents(github.com)
2 points by mikejarema 8mo ago|0 comments
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by mikejarema 3y ago
Giftcards are not cash either! Unless there is an obvious incentive to purchase a giftcard -- critically for a store/vendor which you already have near-term plans to spend money at -- then avoid them. Eg. I recently purchased one which
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Word Association Games Powered by ML(research.google.com)
1 points by mikejarema 3y ago|0 comments
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by mikejarema 3y ago
Hopefully! But until then we do have the C64 version to enjoy: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=1216
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by mikejarema 4y ago
Thank you for sharing, I'll give it a try Update: "Lo sentimos, algo ha salido mal. Comprueba la dirección de correo electrónico y vuelve a intentarlo."
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by mikejarema 4y ago
Why doesn't Nokia allow me to preorder or sign up to be notified when the device is released/available in my market? A search for g22 on nokia.com yields zero (!!) results. https://www.nokia.com/search/global&
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by mikejarema 4y ago
The announcement says it'll be renamed to "Red's First Flight" and be re-listed "pending further review". I wonder if this is simply a rebranding so that the original no longer appears for "Angry Birds&quo
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by mikejarema 4y ago
"The definitive list of good and bad apples." Definitive, eh? Qualifiers like this are amusing, as they're generally self-proclaimed. However, having a domain like applerankings.com, as well as a comprehensive, in-depth and
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Floppydisk.com: The source for floppy disks, floppy drives, and disk transfers(floppydisk.com)
2 points by mikejarema 4y ago|0 comments
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by mikejarema 5y ago
I think the amount of fees per block is what's "insane" here. Going back a day shows that the fees were on the order of ~3 eth per block ( https://etherscan.io/blocks?p=300 ) whereas now they're averaging
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by mikejarema 6y ago
Helpful ( http://helpful.com ) was working on this as well but got acquired (or maybe acquihired?) by Shopify. I'm not sure how much traction they got or if the product was just before its time. I suspect there are a bunch of
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by mikejarema 6y ago
Union Square Ventures invested in them a few years back, and blogged about their rationale and some info on where Tucows is/has been headed as a business: https://www.usv.com/writing/2017/02/tucows/
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by mikejarema 6y ago
I tried some commands in [0] and common words in [1]. All return "Bad command or file name." I did find that `ver` returns "FILE-ID.BIZ for the World Wide Web Version 1.2, (C) 2020" (default message). And that commands a
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by mikejarema 6y ago
I stumbled upon this site when taking a trip down memory lane. Recalling the FILE_ID.DIZ file format[0] from my BBS days, I typed in the closest matching URL (file-id.biz) and found this curious interface. I've only found one command s
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File_id.biz – A Mysterious Web CLI?(file-id.biz)
2 points by mikejarema 6y ago|3 comments
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by mikejarema 7y ago
I noticed the TM used in the title: "Open Startup™". I wasn't sure if TM was used in jest here or whether there was actually an organization behind it holding the exclusive right to use the term. Anyone know? Is there an &quo
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by mikejarema 7y ago
I haven't been able to minimize the shock too much, but I've seen a little success fully entering and exiting the water repeatedly, staying in a little longer each time. Eg. 5 secs, 15 secs, then 30 secs. After 3 or 4 in and outs,
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by mikejarema 7y ago
I regularly do cold water swims in spring and fall months, and wholeheartedly agree with the amazing feeling after a good 10-20 minute dip. I find the first few minutes of the swim are the hardest, as your body is adjusting to the cold, sur
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by mikejarema 7y ago
Thanks. I'm Canada-based so it seems the issue is related to geo-restrictions. Hopefully between the two links, everyone who wants to check this doc out is covered.
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by mikejarema 7y ago
I'm interested in watching this, but the video seems to have been taken down: "Video unavailable This video contains content from Octapixx, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds." Is this the same documentar
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by mikejarema 7y ago
The research linked from the linked article: https://www.roberthalf.ca/en/two-in-five-workers-in-canada-h... According to that page, the data is drawn from an online survey of 400 office workers aged 18 and older.
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by mikejarema 7y ago
Thanks -- it was just an interesting diversion with a trickle of traffic over the years, no ML under the hood (or anywhere close to it for that matter). I wish you and your team the best with your product, I especially would love to see cus
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by mikejarema 7y ago
"a feedback loop where you can explore things that are adjacent to something you like" - I dabbled with this idea for a bit a few years back and ended up with logocaster.com as an early demo of the idea (desktop only). If you see
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by mikejarema 7y ago
A somewhat related and interesting read is Jameson Lopp's [1] efforts to make himself vanish: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/12/technology/how-to-disappe... His goal was to make himself relatively
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by mikejarema 8y ago
Official site for the tower: https://testturm.thyssenkrupp-elevator.com/en/ Has some decent shots that show what it looks like finished, when viewed from Rottweil, and the conference rooms (!) contained within.
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Using ‘cryptopasswords’ to discover data breaches(dcurt.is)
2 points by mikejarema 8y ago|0 comments
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by mikejarema 8y ago
Thanks for the reply, likewise. And to echo another question in the comments, how is the name pronounced exactly? On reading it, it seems "gine" is likely pronounced "jin" or "gin" as in "engine".
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by mikejarema 8y ago
Congrats on the launch. I run Namevine.com and have for 6+ years. It does much of the same thing. Did you not consider naming clashes/confusion yourselves when creating the product?
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Toronto Public Library hits milestone with 20M ebooks borrowed(thestar.com)
2 points by mikejarema 8y ago|0 comments
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by mikejarema 8y ago
I like that line, is it yours or does it have some further history/examples behind it?

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