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by bmj 4y ago
In the end, we wanted a way to keep in touch with them and see where they were as they began driving and working. That's NOT a healthy reason to get a kid a smartphone, BTW. That's just a reflection of my fear and insecurity. Ye
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by bmj 4y ago
To add to your response to #2: kids are watching their parents behave poorly on social media, and spend their time with their noses in devices. When parents of older kids still have trouble "adulting," that is bound to trickle do
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by bmj 4y ago
Will Seiko provide parts for older watches? I just got stuck with a bricked Swiss Army quartz watch because no one can get parts for it (it's 20 years old). I'm very tempted by some of the more affordable Seiko mechanical/a
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by bmj 4y ago
Fanny packs are sweet, except the part where you're wearing a fanny pack. Yes, my teenagers were shocked and appalled when they saw it, and made me promise I would only wear it while on the bike.
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by bmj 4y ago
I highly recommend Rebecca Solnit's book Wanderlust . She dives into the history of walking, and she spends a chapter on notable flaneurs.
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by bmj 4y ago
I cannot deal when a backpack when the temperature is above 65 degrees Fahrenheit, for the very reason Arnade gives -- a sweaty back. I've been using a Nittany Mountain Works fanny pack on bike rides recently (the larger model will ca
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by bmj 4y ago
"Core" charges make a lot of sense for automotive parts that be reconditioned/refurbished. I'd much rather have to make another trip to the parts store to return my bad brake caliper than toss it in the trash. The same
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by bmj 4y ago
Given my age, I learned cursive in school, and spent my college years taking handwritten notes. My cursive was pretty terrible, much like my father's. However, he spent years working as a draftsman, and then as an estimator (before t
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by bmj 4y ago
Some of the arguments presented are not e-bike specific. And those that are specific to e-bikes, specifically the "good for the planet" argument, are dodgy (as the report linked to by Bray in that section admits). To be fair, I
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by bmj 4y ago
to reiterate on parents endorsement for agile and the point that you seem to be taking issue with: nothing in Agile says you can't run final acceptance tests or integration tests before shipping. This is exactly right. I work in a h
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by bmj 4y ago
Part of this discussion should be asking your boss what, exactly, are the requirements are for the next position up the ladder. Use your work on the current project to determine if you, in fact, could reasonably ask for a promotion.
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by bmj 4y ago
Small-scale manufacturing is another good spot. I spent some years doing consulting work with a steel processing company. "Boring" tech, but interesting problems to be solved.
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by bmj 4y ago
Starting a web-based or SaaS (Software as a Service) business was virtually unheard of before the age of IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) companies. There were simply too many hurdles, and the expenses were too high — you’d have to purch
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by bmj 5y ago
I think it's also possible that some of these lead to a I've-got-my-hammer-and-everything-is-a-nail approach to problem solving. You may then find yourself parsing HTML with regexps ( https://web.archive.org/web&#x
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by bmj 5y ago
This is a good point, and, interestingly, I think the author of the original post would agree. He clearly (in 2016) still enjoys his work, and seeks to be excellent at it. He's just come to the conclusion that he can both do that, an
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by bmj 5y ago
Did you read the parent article? But, in at least one case—the peacenotwar module in the node-ipc package—an update sabotages npm developers with code intended to wipe data stored in Russia and Belarus. In a March 16 blog post on the malic
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by bmj 5y ago
On my team, the level of scrutiny a merge request receives depends on the author and the functionality. MRs from a principal or lead engineer tend to get rubber-stamped at a higher rate, though, to your point, many of us will explicitly ca
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by bmj 5y ago
No. I think the new age movement generally keeps the supernatural at a safe distance, or at least frames the discussion in very general terms. Further, I think much of the manifestation of success via meditation isn't really supernat
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by bmj 5y ago
This isn't "plain text." It's still laid out via HTML (and CSS). HTML tables somehow get a bad rap, but they are perfect for tabular data, which most of this data displayed on this particular site is. A proper "
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by bmj 5y ago
This was my response, too. I have a slight preference for standard time, but anything to avoid the twice-a-year switch is appreciated.
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by bmj 5y ago
Hof is only mentioned in passing in this particular essay.
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by bmj 5y ago
Yes, I don't understand why there aren't more feature phones with full hardware keyboards. This, combined with the GP's requirements, would likely convince me to shift to a feature phone.
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by bmj 5y ago
I'm curious about the actual volume of literary work being produced compared to days past. For those who still partake: is the work still being produced? Is it harder or easier to find? Is the quality changing? There is no lack of wo
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by bmj 5y ago
This isn't necessarily true. I know a wide range of folks that work in union trade positions, and they make very good money. Now, sometimes, those jobs can be unpleasant for awhile (building is behind schedule, etc, etc), but they al
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by bmj 5y ago
Dating for the 18-21 cohort, outside of the university setting, is already very challenging. Truth be told, some of the women my son has dated in this cohort also live at home.
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by bmj 5y ago
You do realize that a career in the skilled trades can lead to very good pay, right? Yes, the work can be hard, and the hours sometimes long, but there are very clear paths to working independently, or for small shops/contractors that
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by bmj 5y ago
As the father of 18 year old who is not going to college and instead working as a carpenter, I don't think lumping 18 year olds with 25+ year olds makes much sense. Perhaps I have an antiquated view of family, but I don't feel hi
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by bmj 5y ago
While it may not be directly related to the nuts and bolts content of HN, I think The New Atlantis is a great journal for anyone who enjoys thinking about science and technology and their cultural effects. https://www.thenewatlan
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by bmj 5y ago
There are plenty of tutorials available out there, with some geared toward kids with no programming experience. My older son went through a class (can't remember which one...it was at least six years ago) that did a very nice job of m
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by bmj 5y ago
My (non-internet connected) washing machine does this very thing. Why does an appliance need to be connected to a network to provide this functionality? So I can track it on my phone? As another comment pointed out, until these appliance

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