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by non-entity 6y ago
I've often wondered how much it would cost to learn HVAC stuff myself and then set up a "business" so I could purchase the the necessary items to DIY AC fixes.
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by non-entity 6y ago
I was under a similar impression. I recall it being a midly interesting idea, before a lot of people determined it had too many issues and it fizzled out and the company began to push some other project.
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by non-entity 6y ago
I looked at going back to school for about a year and and no matter how I spun the numbers I wouldn't be able to afford it. I dont have the time, space or likely the coherency to explain it all in a single HN comment, but the way the c
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by non-entity 6y ago
I saw a comment on HN the other day about bay area nurses making like $200k. Idk how true it is, but fuck if so, what the hell am I doing with my life.
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by non-entity 6y ago
> Practically, there are plenty of ways to unbundle college. Culturally... it doesn't work like that. Yep. And you can replace college with a lot of things in that statement and aptly describe why I have nope hope for anything anymo
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by non-entity 6y ago
Welp, TIL I cant call myself a software engineer (not that I really did anyway)
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by non-entity 6y ago
I mean I suppose it's possible to suffer heat related injuries or dehydration, but people have survived in equal or worse climates, so I assume you dont mean that literally. Generally though, the heat is pretty bad, particularly if you
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by non-entity 6y ago
I switched a couple *nix machines I had to ctwm a while back. Its a neat manager if you want to go for a "retro" twm look but want a few more features Config is mostly like twm but more options.
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by non-entity 6y ago
I do it as well. I've done it in other states down here as well. Like you said its possible, but theres definitely a hit on my QoL.
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by non-entity 6y ago
Also this (emphasis mine) > I am assuming that he did not join in right emotional state
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by non-entity 6y ago
> It's strange to think that a PDP that I saw in a trash heap may have been the machine he programmed on I certainly hope you don't mean a literal trash heap.
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by non-entity 6y ago
Stories like that have existed for quite a while without any need for the CCP.
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by non-entity 6y ago
Many of the countries were arguably better under the regional dictator. I'm sure the people of Iraq, Libya, etc. Are so glad that "peace" and "prosperity" were exported to them.
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by non-entity 6y ago
Yeah because those "legions of people" surely haven't done more to erode our freedoms over the past decades than some militants in the thord world.
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by non-entity 6y ago
Except for those which Assange embarrassed, of course.
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by non-entity 6y ago
I'm working on some projects right now related to quasi-retrocomputing stuff and Windows is the target for some of them for a few reasons. The Windows kernel still offers some some nice API's that linux either doesn't have an
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by non-entity 6y ago
Sleep deprivation had gotten to me this year (for unrelated reasons). I remember at one particular, my AC had died and I was waiting for someone to replace it and I hadn't slept in few days. By mid day it was so hot and stack with the
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by non-entity 6y ago
Wales began his remarks stating, “I am grateful to be here today to testify about the potential for the Wikipedia model of collaboration and information sharing which may be helpful to government operations and homeland security.” “At a
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by non-entity 6y ago
There was a an HN thread a while back where I recall reading a comment of someone who moved from software to a different field. Partial quote: > It’s more about systems, rather than logic, which (personally) I find more in-tune with my m
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by non-entity 6y ago
Interesting. I remember sometime last year someone on HN asked a question about predicted conflicts in the near future and Egytp and Ethiopia over this damn was one that caught my eye, as I had not heard of it before. It looks like they wer
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by non-entity 6y ago
Unfortunately most of the things I've learned from my incomplete side projects are useless. Some may make for interesting discussion sometimes, but ultimately nothing that will help me in any tangible way.
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by non-entity 6y ago
I've always thought down-votes could be removed without losing much. Rule breaking content can still be flagged and it removes one low effort kneejerk response option.
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by non-entity 6y ago
I wrote some swift maybe 4 or 5 years ago when I was doing mobile app stuff and had access to a Mac. I remember finding the language pretty enjoyable, but considered its xplat potential questionable. At the time, I believe it did run on lin
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by non-entity 6y ago
> People have different passions mine is a criminal free world. Is this a joke, or just naivety to the point of comedy? Mind you "criminals" can be anyone if its politically convenient.
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by non-entity 6y ago
Neat. After using Erlang for some projects, I get frustrated that more languages don't have nice interfaces for working with bitstrings.
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by non-entity 6y ago
Haiku is BeOS derived opetating system. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku_(operating_system)
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by non-entity 6y ago
And how many of those are going to let you in without at least a decade of experience in the specific domain, and real world experience with whatever guidelines or practices they use (i.e. MISRA for X).
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by non-entity 6y ago
I recently tried adrafanil (modafanil pro-drug) to combat really bad sleep deprivation. It works, as far as I can tell, as I'm not passing out mid day and I can think coherently. I'm also hoping I can take some of my weekends back
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by non-entity 6y ago
I wish I had taken anything but latin in HS. Only reason I did it was because of colleges requiring foreign language classes, and by the time I had graduated, I didn't have any plans of going to college.
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by non-entity 6y ago
It seems like the only realsitc pivots are going to be adjacent business type positions, and even then there's a chance of a payout depending on company / position, etc. Like you said though I would hate these more than I do the

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