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by S_A_P 8y ago
That sounds like a pretty compelling reason for me to stay in Texas. :) I like snow and all, but dealing with that daily is not something I would enjoy. That said, a Grand Cherokee is a very capable vehicle properly equipped. Its not like y
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by S_A_P 8y ago
Unless we are vastly different heights, an SUV is always much easier to get into. I had an Audi A4 prior to the Grand Cherokee, and nearing 40 years of age, I grew tired of the "fall in/climb out" ingress/egress of a sed
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by S_A_P 8y ago
Funny thing about SUVs. Everyone seems to universally hate them on the internet, but they make up for > 50% of all new car sales in the US. Even funnier to me is the folks that in one breath say they want the W126 manual wagon but then s
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by S_A_P 8y ago
This. I remember having a lively debate at a company "safety moment" over this. All of the managers thought this was a great idea, while a small but vocal contingent of snarky developers argued this was complete nonsense designed
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by S_A_P 8y ago
Houstonite here that works in the energy industry. Im not sure you are talking to the right people. Im not anti fossil fuels, but Im not really "pro" fossil fuels either. If you look at the oil and gas business, there really just
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by S_A_P 8y ago
I read the title of the article as Joan Baez at least half a dozen times today. I really thought this was about her.
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Ask HN: ISP Survey
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by S_A_P 8y ago
A few questions about this article. 1) is this hyperbole or is it a generalization that seems to follow the 80/20 rule? 2) I can’t imagine that there are enough jobs in SV that could consistently churn out millionaires- right? I would
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by S_A_P 8y ago
I like in Houston. Yes there are plenty of trucks and many people driving them “unnecessarily” whatever that means. But I have worked in the northeast, mid west and west coast. Despite what you may want to believe, there are not that many
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by S_A_P 8y ago
I have never gotten deep into F# but have watched it from a distance for a while. I remember f# 1.0 and thinking this is cool but not fully baked. As f# has grown, I feel like because of or in spite of F#, C# has learned new tricks with eac
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by S_A_P 8y ago
Work in energy and commodity trading. This is probably one of the best explanations to what is at best a very confusing concept. Thanks for posting
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by S_A_P 8y ago
Can't take away from KRS, but I largely find the reason I am listening to KRS-one is because DJ Premier, Showbiz or other DITC member produced it. Lil Kim had a really good ghost writer(s) too, so I think she got a bit of a jump...
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by S_A_P 8y ago
I don't necessarily agree with this. If I want to watch well produced online content, I do not think Youtube.com. I do think that Netflix and amazon Prime video have "traditional" studio created content that has high producti
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by S_A_P 8y ago
Its not that I "want" to use them. The difference is that I could use the same headphones to record drums, drum machines, guitar, Vox, or even my iPhone. Bluetooth is great! I use it in my car for phone and audio all the time. W
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by S_A_P 8y ago
I think you are onto something here. DRM is probably a driver here. if you have an analog signal, you can "pirate"...
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by S_A_P 8y ago
Hahaha. That reads straight or as sarcasm. Well done! I’m sure there are a million reasons that the 3.5 plug was holding back the iPhone, but I have yet to see even 1/1,000,000th of them in the iPhone.
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by S_A_P 8y ago
I am happy to discuss with anyone who downvotes as to why they disagree with me. My comment may be tangental but is completely relevant to the discussion and reinforces points made in the article.
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by S_A_P 8y ago
100% agree with this. Its pretty interesting that I almost never use headphones anymore now because bluetooth headphones require a few things: 1) preplanning/foresight in charging the headphones 2) refer to number 1. I have 2 really ni
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by S_A_P 8y ago
Article is light on details other than to say he was carrying out “legitimate academic research into security policy following the Arab spring”. Let’s say that someone from say China came to the US to stake out airports and study the US’s a
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by S_A_P 8y ago
Spent 6 months on a project in Tulsa. I’m a big fan of the place. I was in the downtown area and ended up staying in the Mayo hotel most weeks. The incredible thing was that I was in a ~1500 square foot apartment style 2 bedroom with full k
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by S_A_P 8y ago
This is true, and Im not in support of wholesale surveillance with out reasonable cause and the associated court documents. That said, I don't think I would want to go to Russia or China and say, google "How to overthrow the gover
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by S_A_P 8y ago
I did that same search(~6 months ago) and there were none in stock or they were 30USD a piece. I ended up going through an electronics supplier and spending the 2-3 bucks it should have cost.
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by S_A_P 8y ago
Funny how this is timely for me. I have always had the desire to repair/bend some of my old analog hardware, and one of my recent projects was adding a "tune" feature to the bass drum of my Tr-808. The information on doing th
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by S_A_P 8y ago
Those look intriguing. I would like to hear them. One of the things I’ve lamented as time and technology march on is how high fi seems to have lost it’s mainstream appeal. It seems like when I was growing up there was a wide continuum of co
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by S_A_P 8y ago
You’re absolutely right about that. I didn’t even mention how all of the drywall was replaced strategically with acoustic wall board. The entirety of the living room was gutted and refurbished to be the ultimate listening room, complete wit
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by S_A_P 8y ago
Audiophilia is a study in contradiction. The ask is a flat "uncolored" accurate sound. The gear that sells for ridiculous prices is usually tube gear with limited bandwidth and makes ~15 watts at 5-10% (admittedly usually even ord
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by S_A_P 8y ago
The rates in my field are pretty public. 2008 first “real” .net developer job after being the internal guy at several jobs. -85k Left that in 2010 for an etrm startup(though it was 15 years in business at that time) - 100k plus 1000 options
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by S_A_P 8y ago
That I agree with, and this "responsibility" ultimately falls on the webmaster/content provider to allow a dark theme in a method similar to this post...
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by S_A_P 8y ago
HA. When I was in college, tarantulas were plentiful. I had a few as "pets" for a day or two in an empty pitcher in my dorm room. I certainly wouldn't want to do a fear factor style let tarantulas crawl over me, but they just
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by S_A_P 8y ago
As a counterpoint, I find a white app or webpage jarring in dark mode and much prefer light/white text on dark background. I’m happy that the rest of the os is catching up with how I’ve run my IDE for years.

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