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by bradleysmith 12y ago
That's rad, thanks for sharing this.
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by bradleysmith 12y ago
I agree with you. I went from laymen to building both of them in a matter of months, and subtractive tech is both more readily available, cheaper, has more support from vendors for these uses than a printer. Strictly from a manufacturing pe
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by bradleysmith 12y ago
>The difference is that a 3d printer is almost at the domestic use stage and takes up far less space than a CNC Mill and lathe. That's not necessarily true. There are a plethora of available mills that require a similar skill-set fo
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Hah! Because I'm self-taught, and I didn't know I could. Appreciate it!
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by bradleysmith 12y ago
Full disclosure: I was involved in the defense distributed project of initially designing the Liberator. A startup I was helping run printed their first AR-15 lower receiver. I actually pressed print on a number of their first builds. As us
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by bradleysmith 12y ago
"ALTER SYSTEM SET, which enables modifications to postgresql.conf from the SQL command line and from remote clients, easing administration tasks" This is fantastic. We're always adding and removing ip addresses and restarting
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by bradleysmith 12y ago
about an hour a day.
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by bradleysmith 12y ago
We're in an antiquated industry (oil & gas) providing a B2B data-subscription service, so this may or may not be relevant. I've seen similar methods work for B2B direct services in manufacturing, and in B2B and B2C product dev
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FBI Hacker-Informant Sabu's Sentencing Has Been Delayed for the Seventh Time(motherboard.vice.com)
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>Some people have (mistakenly, in my mind) concluded that because we can't test a philosophical conjecture the way we can test a scientific conjecture, it's therefore not worth spending time pursuing philosophical truth. I thin
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by bradleysmith 12y ago
rss is also a wonderful way to route data around the web, and lets a non-geek get into programmatic-like consumption of news with only a limited understanding of web technology. its also fairly effective at storing and working with geodata.
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by bradleysmith 12y ago
thanks for this, its a great resource. I'll be shaeing it around the office
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by bradleysmith 12y ago
thanks for sharing! immediately engaging writing with timely and relevant information from the the very beginning, will enjoy reading through this.
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I played for years with a close friend in high school to decide who was driving or whatever, or just pass time. The better we knew each other (ie the longer we were playing) the more ties. I believe there's a natural intuition for read
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by bradleysmith 12y ago
manufacture and assembly of components, and life-time & maintenance of parts should provide a 'break-even' formula for energy in vs. energy out. As long as building the machine doesn't cost more energy than it produces ov
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by bradleysmith 12y ago
A cursory glance says it's a very different process, but this is probably relevant: http://science.dodlive.mil/2014/04/11/energy-independence-cr...
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by bradleysmith 12y ago
absolutely. As a sales tool, it could not be replaced. Being able to find decision makers, or review people's experience before calls and meetings is crucial.
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by bradleysmith 12y ago
I agree. I'm a project manager, have been in multiple industries. Aviation, intelligence, product dev & mechanical engineering, and oil & gas all use Linkedin, and I benefited from using its service. Linkedin has provided both
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by bradleysmith 12y ago
Although that letter is well written, I think the use of the phrases, "fuck it," and "a good wank," kind of make the parent post's point: our standard for acceptability and eloquence in language is decreasing.
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by bradleysmith 12y ago
As long as I follow the rules, I can comment whatever I want. verbatim from the rules here[0]: "Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site. If you think something is spam or offtopi
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by bradleysmith 12y ago
There's a pretty good reason, actually. Because the HN community voted it there, and continues to discuss it. Plenty of comments have shown people in this community find it intellectually stimulating, which is the clearest pre-requisit
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by bradleysmith 12y ago
I don't like meta-talking about what is good or bad for HN generally, but when I saw dang had chimed in, I felt obligated to leave an opinion. Like the top comment, I was both amused and happy to find this content on HN. Given Adventur
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by bradleysmith 12y ago
At 27, I've worked over 10 jobs since 18. I've been a janitor, wrenched rods in the oil field, ranch-handed horses, worked construction, tutored students, edited news publications, and many other things to make money. I did most o
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by bradleysmith 12y ago
had the same thought at this line. The use of 'to live on' while not paying rent or groceries is very strange. These are the EXACT two bills I think of when I think of the base costs 'to live'.
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by bradleysmith 12y ago
I can think of worse hard-to-break habits one could have. Thanks for the list!
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by bradleysmith 12y ago
I agree with Oxdeadbeefbabe; you are complementing your own 'technical' (computer-related) ability, and overstating the task of configuring a router. Also, not to be pedantic, 'to replace a cylinder' hardly describes a
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by bradleysmith 12y ago
you might like the history page. It's a great "man sits and thinks of how to improve simple task" story, even if a bit contrived. http://www.vipukirves.fi/english/tale_of_vipukirves.htm
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That's remarkable. I'd love to see a video of someone making a pile of wood from the chopping block. The rest of the internets probably wouldn't mind it either.
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This is one of those things that seems common once you see it. I spent a couple years living in Prescott National Forest in northern Arizona, and split wood to warm my house. It didn't take long for a neighbor to come over and suggest
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by bradleysmith 12y ago
Very well said. A useful 'get started' mind-trick I've found in sales came from Zig Zagler (don't stop reading yet) and it is pretty simple: Don't start by trying to make a sale. Start by trying to have conversation

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