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by andyl 12y ago
Beer used to be sold in butts. The butt of beer was equal to half a tun, two hogsheads, three barrels or 108 imperial gallons (491.0 l). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_brewery_cask_units
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by andyl 12y ago
This looks great - I'd like to give it a try. Does it work with ejabberd?
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by andyl 12y ago
wow looks sweet. will this run inside a tmux session?
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by andyl 12y ago
Lots of compounds being discussed here - seems like some could be useful. But how do I know what is safe?
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by andyl 12y ago
My 16 yr old is interested in pursuing this field (not sure what to call it - 'Genetic Anthropology'?). Can anyone recommend online resources to help a newbie get the lay of the land? Or in-person resources (talks, exhibits, clu
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by andyl 12y ago
I really hope my competitors take this advice to heart, and put limits on the aggressive personalities within their company.
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by andyl 12y ago
One of my favorite quotes - thank you Alex: "There is no adrenaline rush. If I get a rush, it means that something has gone horribly wrong. Because the whole thing should be pretty slow and controlled. I mean, it’s mellow."
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by andyl 12y ago
In my view, America is much safer now than when I was a kid. But that safety comes at a cost - loss of things like freedom, risk-tolerance, independence, trust, self-confidence. I would have preferred to raise my kids in a free-range cultu
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by andyl 12y ago
> How the hell did you people let it come that far? That is a great question, but is IMHO too socially / politically sensitive for Americans to address seriously. An honest and open discussion about root causes isn't going to h
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by andyl 12y ago
This was in northern michigan - between our house and my grandparent's house. 60 miles each way. Riding on farm roads and dirt roads - 30 miles a day - sleep out overnight at a campground by a river - sleep at my grandparent's h
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by andyl 12y ago
When I was 12 we'd go on hundred mile bike rides and be gone for days. No cellphones. 30 years later, it felt as if my 12 year olds were prisoners in an electronic cage. From what I can tell, this is a worldwide pattern. Friends in E
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by andyl 12y ago
He's an uptalker? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdhJxAmUu3Y
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by andyl 12y ago
Looks like want to cover big parts of mountain view with a see-thru tent, and turn north-of-101 into a new downtown. Life under the dome. I absolutely hate it.
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by andyl 12y ago
Flux newbies should check out the Reflux implementation. https://github.com/spoike/refluxjs One of the best features is that Reflux lets you chain stores to eliminate WaitFor.
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by andyl 12y ago
Twilio going up the food chain - edging closer to getting in competition with its customers.
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by andyl 12y ago
Musk seems to specialize in bringing innovation to slow-moving industries. Tesla > Cars & Oil/Gas, SpaceX Rockets > Aerospace, SpaceX Satellites > Telecom, Solar City & Tesla > Utilities Where is the Musk for Financ
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by andyl 12y ago
Grafana is fantastic. 2.0 handles multi-user accounts, multi-tenant access, seamless integration with InfluxDB. Thank you Torkel.
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by andyl 12y ago
I write React components in Coffeescript - no JSX. Concise, easy to read and write - just works beautifully.
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by andyl 12y ago
> blanket condemnation and prohibition is sloppy and illogical I said: > yes it is possible - drugs can have a downside! Nowhere in this discussion do I call for prohibition. Downvotes are given to the possibility that drugs can have
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by andyl 12y ago
> not true at all. Be serious @dang - Hacker News mods and community are very strongly pro-drug. Own it! Your warning to @avodonosov: > please stop re-litigating the presence of <drug> stories on Hacker News. You're creat
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by andyl 12y ago
> very much doubt that there are very many LSD "addicts" around My cousin - big LSD user - messed up his brain function. After that: drooling/voices/psychosis. Years of hell for his parents. Hell is an understateme
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by andyl 12y ago
I know hundreds of high-functioning drug users, and know that sometimes illegal drugs can be beneficial. But also have many friends and family who were killed by drugs - the #1 cause of death amongst my peers. More than war, car crashes, c
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by andyl 12y ago
You can use ReactJS now with Cordova/PhoneGap - no problemo. This announcement is about replacing html elements (div, h1, img, etc.) with native elements. Should be faster going native than via web elements.
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Use ReactJS to Build Native Apps(twitter.com)
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by andyl 12y ago
Another alternative using Rust... http://blog.skylight.io/bending-the-curve-writing-safe-fast-...
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by andyl 12y ago
I've always wondered - why don't smartphones come with FM radios ??
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by andyl 12y ago
And the Presidio Parklands in San Francisco http://newpresidioparklands.org/
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by andyl 12y ago
My Nexus 5 is broken. Is there a simple way to revert to the old version?
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by andyl 12y ago
"Trust me, Wickr is secure". Right. Until I can see the source and build the app myself, I'll assume Wickr is just another government op.
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by andyl 12y ago
me too...

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