burkemw3

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by burkemw3 6y ago
I got glasses that were focused at approximately the distance my monitor is from my face (~1 arm length). I'm near sighted and the monitor starts getting blurry at just the right distance. I have glasses for nearsightedness that are fo
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by burkemw3 8y ago
Standard Notes: https://standardnotes.org/ Mostly text, Web/iPhone/Android, private, freemium+self hosted
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by burkemw3 8y ago
Articles [0][1] cite a study [2] that people driving cars and bicycles admit to breaking the law at the same rate. I've just now found the study itself, so will be reading it's additional findings. [0]: https://www.pri.
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by burkemw3 8y ago
Looks like this was meant to be in reply to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17971740
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by burkemw3 8y ago
I built syncthingfuse to do partial syncs. Currently unmaintained, though. https://github.com/burkemw3/syncthingfuse
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by burkemw3 8y ago
I am a US transportation cyclist. I mostly dislike vehicle (including bicycle) horns. If it's a close enough call with another vehicle, my voice has been enough of a 'horn' to alert drives. If there's a less close confli
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by burkemw3 8y ago
- Login with (username/email, password, U2F) - mobile app check deposit I like many of rgersten's features too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17752320
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by burkemw3 8y ago
You can wear glasses that filter blue light. The article mentions wearing them outside, but they work inside as well. I wear them, and they provide other benefits for me as well ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16529054
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by burkemw3 8y ago
How does web connect actually work? I've never found any description of the method
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by burkemw3 8y ago
In addition, optimize for dealing with those situations: secret rotation plans
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by burkemw3 8y ago
Many retailers have their own cards: https://wallethub.com/credit-cards/store/
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by burkemw3 8y ago
In addition to reform, there are non-profits assisting people within the current system. The Bronx Freedom Fund [0] and their Dollar Bail Brigade [1] are particularly interesting to me. [0]: http://www.thebronxfreedomfund.org&#x2
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by burkemw3 8y ago
MythTV has commercial skip: https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Commercial_detection
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by burkemw3 8y ago
The fed rate commonly publicized isn't a bond rate. It's like the rate on a personal checking account. It can vary at the fed's desire. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_funds_rate . Changing th
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by burkemw3 8y ago
Please don't disengage mentally from driving. If you think you need to do that, take a break instead.
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by burkemw3 8y ago
I didn't expect there was much electronics manufacturing in the US at all, let alone it has been driving manufacturing "growth". I honestly expected a solid chunk of design happened in the US, then the fab happened elsewhere.
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by burkemw3 8y ago
YT link without a time point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saCdvAp5cow
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by burkemw3 8y ago
https://github.com/egh/ledger-autosync has been real handy for me with transactions. My "entry" work is modifying some categories that it gets wrong. I don't fully understand your situation, so I'm
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by burkemw3 8y ago
Quicken has the Web Connect bank connection option. I have a theory that this is similar to a selenium script where you can download a QFX file, but don't need 2FA to do it. Unfortunately, I haven't found any documentation on how
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by burkemw3 9y ago
_The Power of Habit_ helped me understand it isn't just catching yourself, but catching yourself in the right place. The book calls discusses keystone habits. ([0] has some digital overview a the beginning) I think finding those keysto
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by burkemw3 9y ago
I have read about the sensor suite on Teslas on the road being different from the suite on the Waymo cars, for example. So, the sensor data from Tesla may be more or less valuable, regardless of the amount of it. Wait and see is certainly t
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by burkemw3 9y ago
Variants of this have been happening for a while. Here's 2008 article: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/intense-training-for-military-s...
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by burkemw3 9y ago
One doctor from the November Las Vegas shooting wrote a review of the incident for his ER that got attention on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15688900
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by burkemw3 9y ago
I got glasses there were focused at approximately the distance my monitor is from my face (~1 arm length), in addition to many of the other things mentioned (chair/desk adjustment, walks, etc) I'm near sighted and the monitor star
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by burkemw3 9y ago
Additional discussion of same report: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16501017
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by burkemw3 9y ago
I would not ignore stock grants and bonuses, which are not very well quantified on sites like glassdoor.
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by burkemw3 9y ago
In the usage metrics section
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by burkemw3 9y ago
Syncthing might be an option for you. Someone is rocking 17 million files in a sync'd folder ( https://data.syncthing.net/ ).
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by burkemw3 9y ago
I was worried about this when I first moved to NYC. I got in touch with a placement company, had an intro chat, and told them I'd be in NYC for a certain week. They lined up 4 interviews for me. I very much enjoyed forcing a timetable
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by burkemw3 9y ago
Another possibility is selling data, primarily to advertisers

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