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Ask HN: Music sampling fun / beat box for 7 year old?
3 points by shortimer 8y ago|2 comments
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by shortimer 9y ago
This is only personal experience, but multiple/many data points in that personal experience. I'm familiar with government departments where 20%+ of the employees do essentially no work whatsoever. Their assigned work languishes in
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Ask HN: Lists of IPs that are blacklisted, anonymizers, etc.
1 points by shortimer 9y ago|0 comments
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by shortimer 9y ago
At our place, we put a redirect on the front end networking device that detected if a browser couldn't support more modern encryption protocols, and sent them to an HTTP information page (instead of to the application itself) if so. Th
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Oroville Dam: “It was not whether people would die, but how many would die”(mercurynews.com)
1 points by shortimer 9y ago|0 comments
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by shortimer 9y ago
Being another person giving you advice may be irritating, but on the off-chance it helps, in my area (Northeast USA) there are places where people who need help "living" can do just that. They get a room, food, help with transport
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by shortimer 9y ago
I thought that their imaging was all from satellite, but this image seems to show a very-close-to-the-camera windmill which would seem to hint at a drone....? https://earth.google.com/web/@32.65401271,128.717528,189.113
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by shortimer 9y ago
The guideline doesn't say "don't call people names"; they say "don't call names." Here's the text: When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. E.g. "That is idiotic;
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by shortimer 10y ago
New fintechs who want to move money have to obtain a Money Service Business license in every state where they operate. In almost all cases, that means they have to get 48ish MSB licenses (a state or two don't require them). Each one ca
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by shortimer 10y ago
Isn't the underlying assumption here that the team members know everything they need to know to make a decision? While that may be true for, say, algorithm selection, I would argue that, at least in larger organizations, there are over
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by shortimer 11y ago
We're using Delphix too. Complements an approach like this, doesn't replace it. We use Liquibase to support the schema-as-code concept; it's enforced by no one outside Sr. DBAs being able to make such changes directly in anyt
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by shortimer 11y ago
Bottomline Technologies | http://bottomline.com | Portsmouth, NH or South Portland, ME | Architect | Onsite Only Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY), headquartered in beautiful Portsmouth, NH, is a global industry leader of c
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by shortimer 12y ago
I've watched Groundhog Day probably 100 times. For six or so months, I left it on repeat on the main house TV (I lived alone at the time).
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by shortimer 12y ago
Can the original poster just try putting a sheet of cardboard in front of the flash and see if it affects the 'scope results?
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by shortimer 12y ago
Seconded. This seems like a way-too-dramatic writeup of private company which comes to the same conclusion folks have been coming to for a while, based on my 30 second Google search. I guess it's relevant for musicians and Bain Capital
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by shortimer 12y ago
Thanks...agree that we all start somewhere, I'm just really anxious about starting on a global stage. Appreciate the response.
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by shortimer 12y ago
Ok...thanks, the balanced perspective of the community in looking at experience and mistakes is helpful. I can't imagine I'm the only one who feels this way, so I appreciate the feedback.
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by shortimer 12y ago
Thanks for sharing the first-hand experience!
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Ask HN: Getting started, when there's no anonymous
4 points by shortimer 12y ago|10 comments