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by noahth 4y ago
When my wife and i decided to try this, we figured we had runway to live without dramatic changes to our standard of living for 3-4 years. The initial period we agreed on for the sabbatical was 6 months and we've extended that to 1 yea
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by noahth 4y ago
I worked for several years as an independent contractor; when my last big project ended several months ago, I decided to take a sabbatical for the climate. So far that has meant spending more time with my kids, learning to compost, building
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by noahth 5y ago
Further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym
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by noahth 5y ago
A very large fraction of DeFi supporters do not regard all of those as desirable progress.
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by noahth 5y ago
better to let those who want to see the list decode it themselves, than potentially expose someone to language that could deeply upset them. It's decisions like this that help make spaces like this unwelcoming to marginalized people.
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by noahth 5y ago
This sounds really cool, and I hope it goes well. We need to work every angle we can to address climate change, and test as many ideas as necessary to get there. My issue with this post is the claim that you will be making the world's
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by noahth 5y ago
In this example Charlie has failed to consider the metagame of "don't be a third wheel"
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Bro Culture, Fitness, Chivalry, and Identity (2020)(patrickwyman.substack.com)
1 points by noahth 6y ago|0 comments
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by noahth 6y ago
It would have been a perfect opportunity to rename the project, but until then, in case anyone reading this isn't aware, there's prior work for a fork under a new name, as Glimpse -- https://glimpse-editor.github.io&#x2
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by noahth 6y ago
SEEKING WORK - Remote only - NC, US (US-Eastern tz) Website: https://www.nthall.com I'm a full-stack developer with experience helping small businesses and startups launch, streamline processes, modernize outdated code, and
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Show HN: Check your GitHub Stars for repos that opted in to Hacktoberfest(gist.github.com)
1 points by noahth 6y ago|0 comments
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by noahth 6y ago
One big difference is that Matomo doesn’t support PostgreSQL and has said they don’t plan to.
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by noahth 6y ago
Many have tried. There's a simple reason that you glance at but don't directly confront in your post. The "voting rings" you outline are actually a huge constituency, thanks to the outlandish concentration of wealth and
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by noahth 6y ago
Location: Asheville, NC, US Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Python, Django, Javascript, Celery, MySQL/PostgreSQL, Bash, SaltStack, PHP, CSS/HTML Résumé/CV: https://www.nthall.com/
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by noahth 6y ago
SEEKING WORK - Remote only - NC, US (US-Eastern tz) Website: https://www.nthall.com I'm a full-stack developer with experience helping small businesses and startups launch, streamline processes, modernize outdated code, and
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by noahth 7y ago
Someone's already given the biggest answer (eBird), but a good supplementary app for help with identification is the Audubon app. You can do checklists in Audubon too, but eBird is better for that, plus has the bonus of submitting your
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by noahth 7y ago
No thanks! The "demonstrated ability to amass and manage resources" is mostly a matter of luck, with a small dash of willingness to exploit others. Everyone deserves an equal say in the allocation of resources. It pains me to say
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by noahth 7y ago
Everyone deserves a say in the allocation of resources. The way we accomplish that is through government. Elon Musk is not improving the environment, he's launching cars into space for giggles while mistreating his workers.
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by noahth 7y ago
There is a strong economic argument for keeping oil in the ground now, though. Namely, that the planet will cease to support a functioning global economy under runaway warming.
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Trump's Social Media Summit and Me(werd.io)
2 points by noahth 7y ago|0 comments
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by noahth 7y ago
almost makes you wonder why we build ladders that tall in the first place, doesn't it?
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by noahth 7y ago
It might be enlightening for you to apply this line of reasoning to historical forms of exploitation. But no, it is not ethical to exploit someone just because they can't afford alternatives.
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Librem One – A growing bundle of ethical services(librem.one)
272 points by noahth 7y ago|130 comments
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by noahth 8y ago
As a fan of Fisher, it's interesting to read an open-minded review of his work from someone on the right. But the bit about Islam can't be left unchallenged. The reviewer says: >>> I would not claim that Islam is monolith
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by noahth 8y ago
This sounds great! I'm no expert but it seems that the postgres documentation disagrees about the process for enabling the extension -- "The module must be loaded by adding pg_stat_statements to shared_preload_libraries in postgre
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by noahth 8y ago
> Suppose a genie offers to tweak the world in one of two ways. Either he will (A) double everyone's bank account, or (B) double the amount of food in existence. Which is better for society? Clearly the answer is B, doubling the foo
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by noahth 8y ago
Some great things about companies that you can always count on: - They never change their terms of service - The demand for constant growth never causes them to reconsider ethically dubious revenue streams - They never get acquired
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by noahth 8y ago
Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn has a great perspective on the reward/punishment question. Doesn't check all your boxes but worth checking out alongside other options.
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by noahth 8y ago
"makes it tougher for companies to manage their marketing spending" ok but... so what? It's absolutely not my responsibility to make it easy for companies to manage their marketing spending. If companies don't like how d
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by noahth 8y ago
The game industry is not just coders, for one thing. Also worth noting this effort doesn’t preclude anyone from organizing a software developer’s union; in fact some people are working on that goal, and it’s also possible to join IWW as a s

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