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by bsmith 11y ago
Threw this together as a hack after I was joking about it with a coworker. To anyone with browser plugin dev experience: I'd love to know how easy it would be to package this and make it usable.
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One-Line jQuery Trump-Blocker(gist.github.com)
2 points by bsmith 11y ago|1 comments
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Expedia Acquires Airbnb Rival HomeAway for $3.9B(techcrunch.com)
236 points by bsmith 11y ago|59 comments
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by bsmith 11y ago
More science: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-spots-the-great-pumpkin-ha...
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NASA Just Discovered an Asteroid Will Fly Annoyingly Close to Earth on Halloween(motherboard.vice.com)
3 points by bsmith 11y ago|1 comments
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by bsmith 11y ago
This reminds me of one of Tim Ferriss' essays, The Choice-Minimal Lifestyle: 6 Formulas for More Output and Less Overwhelm: http://fourhourworkweek.com/2008/02/06/the-choice-minimal-li... There are quite
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New Partnership: Groove and Femme International = Impact(readytogroove.com)
1 points by bsmith 11y ago|0 comments
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by bsmith 11y ago
Anytime. Thank you for a fascinating read :) Any idea why the images aren't working?
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by bsmith 11y ago
Cached version: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https:/... Looks like HN has hugged it to death...
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You don't have what it takes(calacanis.com)
2 points by bsmith 11y ago|0 comments
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by bsmith 11y ago
Looks like a great idea, to me! But I think the appeal of the Sensel Morph is much more broad, and your project seems quite niche.
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Removing Distractions: Part 2(dancounsell.com)
3 points by bsmith 11y ago|0 comments
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by bsmith 11y ago
AH == a16z
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by bsmith 11y ago
What if the car actually used the suspension to 'drop' just a fraction of an inch lower to the ground (to increase its momentary, apparent weight) as soon as you punch the accelerator to get some extra grip? I wonder how much of a
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How DNS Works(howdns.works)
7 points by bsmith 11y ago|0 comments
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The Science of Mental Fitness (2012)(damninteresting.com)
69 points by bsmith 11y ago|17 comments
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by bsmith 11y ago
You've got the wrong thread, I'm afraid.
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Ask HN: Hadoop+HBase or Cassandra for medium time series data?
1 points by bsmith 11y ago|1 comments
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by bsmith 12y ago
I think having the discipline to follow through with the things you have decided are important to do has a lot to do with it, actually. “Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work.” ― Chuck Close
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by bsmith 12y ago
Noted. If you read our "App" page, you would have seen 'sympto-thermal method of fertility awareness' mentioned at least once. Check out "Learn" for a literal book's worth of information (complete with ref
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An Open Thank You Letter to Tim Ferriss (et al.)(thisisbrians.svbtle.com)
1 points by bsmith 12y ago|0 comments
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by bsmith 12y ago
"What a car-crash of a sentence." *car crash
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SpaceX Launch Targeting 6:03pm ET, Extreme Weather Preventing First Stage Recovery(spacex.com)
68 points by bsmith 12y ago|43 comments
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by bsmith 12y ago
As far as I know, he simply came up with the original idea and refined it with his engineers from both SpaceX & Tesla. He 'open sourced' all of it in hopes someone else would try and actually build it (perhaps with his help).
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by bsmith 12y ago
I'd say it's a mixed bag of safety, liability, and legality that will vary widely between products. Some quick examples: Safety: if you sell an appliance that operates on mains (hazardous) voltage, there are standards in place (UL
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Advice for Early-Stage Hardware Startups(blog.ycombinator.com)
90 points by bsmith 12y ago|34 comments
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by bsmith 12y ago
Wow, this hits so close to home for me. I have intentionally been trying to cultivate better habits to underpin my own efforts to become more disciplined and effective, and in fact, I wouldn't have even been awake yet[1] to see this on
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On Startups and Advice(alexandros.resin.io)
1 points by bsmith 12y ago|0 comments
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by bsmith 12y ago
This looks fantastic! We are already using BeagleBone Black, so I plan on looking into this very soon. A couple questions from a potential future customer: * What are the bandwidth requirements for your agent? * Has your agent had any issue
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by bsmith 12y ago
> . . . to me Coinbase has always been just another Rails startup (not necessarily a bad thing, but they made tons of mistakes typical of having web developer talent only). Re-read that with the word 'internet' in place of the

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