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by Shooter 17y ago
Rich Hickey released a few things for Java-Lisp interop before he decided to start over completely with Clojure. See http://jfli.sourceforge.net/ , for example. There are other approaches (JLinker, etc.)
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by Shooter 17y ago
His straight laptop bags are sleeker and cheaper, but I like the vibe/storage capacity of the briefcases more. http://www.saddlebackleather.com/categories/87
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by Shooter 17y ago
The bags I use are very sturdy and functional, but they're not exactly sleek or cheap: http://www.saddlebackleather.com/categories/79-SaddleBack-Le... I have a bunch of them (I bought in 'bulk' to give them as executive gifts one year, an
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by Shooter 17y ago
<PLEA> Please, please stop posting this stuff about Erik Prince on HN. I have firsthand experience with the guy and I either see red or get physically sick every time I see his name. I don't come to HN to read stuff about him, and
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by Shooter 17y ago
I gave a few thousand old floppies to an artist on Etsy. She recycled 100% of them into art items, and then sent my wife some cool jewelry to thank me for the raw material. Some of the jewelry was even made out of the floppies I sent, alt
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by Shooter 17y ago
You won't find it at Best Buy, obviously, but we sell a software product that starts at US$1.4 million, not including any support or customization. (It's a super-small niche product and saves our customers tens of millions each year, so
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by Shooter 17y ago
What exactly do you mean by micro classifieds?
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by Shooter 17y ago
We're slowly migrating most of our PBX/IVR apps from Asterisk to FreeSWITCH. I agree FreeSWITCH is higher quality code, but unfortunately there is a much smaller developer/support/hardware ecosystem with FreeSWITCH right now.
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by Shooter 17y ago
I've been unsuccessfully trying to download a password-protected phpBB forum for ages. That's actually what I was trying to do when this was posted. (I'm a member of the forum and have the password, but both wget and the commercial offlin
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by Shooter 17y ago
Dan, Captain Kangaroo was a very nice man. He (Bob Keeshan) and Hugh Brannum used to come into a restaurant where my Mom worked and make me origami. They also gave me a stuffed toy frog once. He shouldn't be on your list. On a more seri
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by Shooter 17y ago
Shit, Doubleshit...and Bullshit! [Sorry...I had to say it, even if snark doesn't play well on HN ;-) ] I'm sure she'll land a new scam job in no time with her pleasant personality and quiet professionalism.
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by Shooter 17y ago
It's definitely possible...and I would say probable. The idea that they need something like MaxMind's product is laughable, though...they have much better tools at their disposal. Google as a company may not engage in industrial espionag
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by Shooter 17y ago
He uses a computer to play bridge...but that's about it.
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by Shooter 17y ago
I actually like the simple site design, but I hate the fact that they expect you to have IE if you want to order from their online store. I've tried ordering a Berkshire Hathaway shirt as a gift multiple times, and have been denied each ti
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by Shooter 17y ago
I've seen some of the same comments, but I tend to take them with a grain of salt...in part because none of the commenters seem to have asked Neo or the community for help/advice when they've experienced performance issues. (The fact that t
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by Shooter 17y ago
Exactly! I've been using desktop apps that do this since the 80's and online apps that do it since the mid-90's...how in the heck are they patenting it?!
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by Shooter 17y ago
LSE is a specialist school in the social sciences, so it can't compete in programs it doesn't offer. LSE often ranks higher than 'Oxbridge' for the social science programs. LSE graduates also tend to be more highly sought after by employer
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by Shooter 17y ago
Nokia has always been fairly quick on the IP lawsuit trigger, I think. They sued one of my earlier companies (biofeedback and health monitoring in phones/PDAs, etc.) after we demonstrated the devices at a very small (<50 people, includ
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by Shooter 17y ago
My wife works at a hospital and is required to get both the seasonal shot and the H1N1 shot in order to keep her job. She is also pregnant. Because of her pregnancy, they are giving her a different version of the shot that doesn't conta
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by Shooter 17y ago
Sure. Several features didn't work as advertised, or only worked intermittently. They always fixed the issues eventually (and apologized), but we were losing customer calls and faxes in the meantime. Sometimes the service didn't work at al
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by Shooter 17y ago
Toktumi.com is another service. I had much better luck with them than Grasshopper, FWIW. We eventually moved on to our own platform (based on Asterisk initially, then FreeSwitch) for more flexibility and control. RingCentral should be
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by Shooter 17y ago
slow And yet you like Perl?! ;-)
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by Shooter 17y ago
We've had some success with this type of thing, especially in more niche business markets. Business software usually has a much greater lock-in factor than consumer sofware, so you often have to worry less about retention than you do in
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by Shooter 17y ago
I wasn't commenting on Bouldr, MrMatt, in case you misunderstood. I just thought it was funny the way Emil was marketing himself - in a vague and half-hearted way, without any supporting statements or evidence whatsoever. So I was just
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by Shooter 17y ago
"I'm a pretty good marketing person." "Bouldr - it's a pretty good app." [Sorry, Emil...couldn't resist ;) ]
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by Shooter 17y ago
Yes, some studies have suggested that working night owl shifts for a long period of time can shorten your life by a significant amount - possibly years. Loneliness, poor eating habits, and hormone changes were all cited as possible reasons
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by Shooter 17y ago
I once went to a conference that was held on an Arizona college campus during summer session. The school kept having soda and vending machines disappear periodically. It turned out that guys from the local tribe were taking the entire m
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by Shooter 17y ago
I made all of the public area lights at a major hotel and convention center strobe for about an hour during an international science fair. The hotel had a huge glass atrium with elevators and several thousand bulbs, so it was quite a spect
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by Shooter 17y ago
At least there was a lesson ;) My first job out of college was with a high-end security company (biometric systems at Langley, DOD, etc.) I was hired by the National Sales Director. They flew me across the country and put me up in a nice
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Create and sell your own music with XBox Live/Rock Band. (creators.rockband.com)
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