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by nikolaj 2y ago
Shout out to anyone else on HN who grew up in Kinderhook NY!
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by nikolaj 2y ago
how could they forget to mention the Talespin Iron Vulture when talking fictional versions!.. that will always be my vision of a flying aircraft carrier! https://talespin.fandom.com/wiki/Iron_Vulture
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by nikolaj 3y ago
I wonder if this will impact api.weather.gov.. I hacked a little wunderground inspired dashboard a while back ( https://weather.nikolaj.dev ) that I still use most days.. but have stalled out a bit in rolling my own marine forecas
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by nikolaj 4y ago
The cliche responses, but.. Sports offer similar flow states,. but do require some effort to get to that point. Additional bonus is you get fit and meet people as well . Personally I surf, run, bike, but other good ones are rock climbing, m
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by nikolaj 5y ago
> it is okay to be a complete beginner at stuff Understanding this before 30 is a super power.
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by nikolaj 5y ago
The counterpoint is all the security issues generated when dev teams re-implement the already-well-implemented. Your points are valid, but as with anything, it is not cut and dry.
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by nikolaj 5y ago
This is not the normal Economist, but their lifestyle rag "1843", which does tend towards more trivial cheeky long form articles
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by nikolaj 6y ago
my nokia 770 disagrees (from the bottom of a tub of old cables and networking gear)
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by nikolaj 6y ago
same experience level, similar formula. Take your gut estimate, double it, double that new value, then add another "increment". e.g. say you think it will take a day, so 2 days, 4 days, add another day, likely estimate is 5 days.
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by nikolaj 6y ago
I can't even count the number of times I have seen privileged information dropped onto a "presentation" laptop during a meeting. I hope they are better at controlling that than most.
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by nikolaj 6y ago
Consider joining a Code for America Brigade (brigade.codeforamerica.org)! I am a member of Open San Diego (opensandiego.org), where we work on projects in partnership with local gov and non-profits to improve election transparency, maximize
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by nikolaj 7y ago
CadQuery (python lib that wraps freecad's CAD kernel) is a bit more similar to a traditional CAD system in terms of how it constructs parts (workplane, etc). Also, onshape.com (commercial with hobby free tier) has a scripting interface
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by nikolaj 8y ago
Python used to have a cute hand-drawn animal logo too. In fact there are old comments on HN from '05 when people lamented the loss of the old logo.. http://www.demiurgo.org/charlas/python-unittesting/img/
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by nikolaj 9y ago
Admittedly this is only partially informed, but I am pretty sure most animals don't have access to enough calories to be obese. And those that do (e.g. pets, zoo animals) are (sometimes) kept from obesity due to careful calorie countin
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by nikolaj 9y ago
I bought an ASUS c302 Chromebook for $500 earlier this year, and somehow this doesn't seem that different. More CPU/RAM (does this matter on a chromebook), and maybe a pen. The c302 has a pretty high res display, does the flip thi
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by nikolaj 9y ago
I am taking pilot's lessons right now, and this is pretty essential to the process. Talking through a maneuver or procedure, combined with checklists, is very core to what I have so far seen as aviation culture. As a software veteran I
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by nikolaj 10y ago
not to mention the assertion of 52% is based upon a link to an article that references (but does not link) to a 2014 study ( https://iabuk.net/about/press/archive/more-women-now-play-vi... actual study PDF re
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by nikolaj 10y ago
The challenge we faced and still face is more making it clear on how to classify time to the rank and file team (I work in a digital agency). We are pretty much ~90% now.. ..some lessons learned: 1. Just have people track rough time per day
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by nikolaj 11y ago
If you work in a related field (e.g. digital agency, web development company, devops), check to see if you signed an employment agreement or confidentiality agreement. Read it carefully, then imagine if you did a side project relating to wh
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by nikolaj 11y ago
And probably encourage prospective employees to violate employment contracts / confidentiality agreements in the process. Not exactly the best thing to do and/or broadcast. How do they think it is ok to have people moonlight for w
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by nikolaj 11y ago
I can't help but think of a Simpsons episode. ... but who will eat all the Darkling Beetles? Oh, no problem for that we brought in Malaysian bats. But what about all the bats? Oh we have a plan: we have Indonesian tree boas that love t
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by nikolaj 11y ago
It is nice to have NIH give us a good justification for having a surfboard rack in the office :)
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by nikolaj 11y ago
Agreed! My point was not against the home cleaning industry, as it was the "dispatch-as-value-add" model. Tax and liability are probably the biggest "headaches" that could be managed by homejoy and ensure they retain the
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by nikolaj 11y ago
I see this a bit differently. Uber and AirBnB caters to immediate needs for a short term engagement, so the dispatching capabilities are the real value (find me someone who can do X right now). Homejoy is dispatching for a long term relatio
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by nikolaj 11y ago
I totally had that same thought when using google maps to navigate LA. I wondered what happens when you enter some sort of harmonic oscillation of people trying to evade traffic with alternate routes matching the delay of Google re-routing
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by nikolaj 11y ago
passenger quadcopters anyone?
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by nikolaj 12y ago
The headline variations are quite interesting: CNBC: First confirmed case of Ebola confirmed in the United States: CDC NYT: Airline Passenger With Ebola Is Under Treatment in Dallas BBC: First Ebola case diagnosed on US soil CNN: Ebola case
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by nikolaj 14y ago
I work at an agency, and we have done things for Sony in the past. Even small campaign sites like this get caught in "legal review" for a week or two at the minimum. That being said, I would imagine that someone in the agency that did this
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by nikolaj 19y ago
and news.yc jumps the shark....
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by nikolaj 19y ago
I have several slices.. putting nginx in front of apache and lowering down apache's processes has really helped me tighten up my memory needs (I use django).

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