cdr

23 ms·

181.
by cdr 12y ago
You can't attribute thalidomide being blocked in the US to "the FDA". Frances Oldham Kelsey was practically solely responsible for stalling the drug until sufficient evidence of birth defects emerged to reject it. She was und
182.
by cdr 12y ago
Your experience is alien to me. I'm probably in the thousands of USPS packages shipped. - Use electronic shipping whenever possible. With label sticker paper, it's less than 5 minutes for me to create, pay and print a label on usp
183.
by cdr 12y ago
Corrupt, yes, but blackmail isn't quite right. More like private security offering to look the other way if you can pay enough to make it worth their while.
184.
by cdr 12y ago
Anyone who's played Dungeons and Dragons Online (the MMO) for any length of time is familiar with lights out. It was a favorite puzzle for the designers of the earlier-vintage quests, and notably the most popular raid in the game for m
185.
by cdr 12y ago
You can get a last gen console (XB360, PS3) for what, $100 or less used/refurbished or $200 or less new? If someone never had that console, it's comparable with a lower end PC playing "last gen" PC games. And a good deal
186.
by cdr 12y ago
I got my first computer because of a MUD. It was a a group of kids in middle school talking about the MUD they were playing that completely lit my imagination and led to me wheedling my parents for months until they agreed to get one. Of co
187.
by cdr 12y ago
I think of http://valleywag.gawker.com/rap-genius-cofounder-resigns-ove...
188.
by cdr 12y ago
How many of those existing copper cables are of high enough quality that they can support anywhere near that speed though? The copper lines in my parents' house are so bad they can't even support a second phone line, much less dec
189.
by cdr 12y ago
Previous F-35 stories on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7989659 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7906501 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7111843
190.
by cdr 12y ago
One of the many things I love about Dark Souls - enemies drop the arms/armor that they're wearing. It is a low to very low chance per drop, sometimes requiring farming if something you want isn't carried by a merchant, but th
191.
by cdr 12y ago
In fact, last time I looked into multivitamins, most have "megadoses" of nutrients - doses far in excess of the DRV. Either because it's easier for the manufacturer to produce that way, or because 1000% of something sounds be
192.
Denver's tax on web and app development draws ire from software execs(denverpost.com)
71 points by cdr 12y ago|25 comments
193.
by cdr 12y ago
Huh, I'm on CenturyLink ipv6 at home and was having weird issues with a number of sites from early last week onwards, and then early this week it magically cleared up. Guess that was likely it.
194.
by cdr 12y ago
So basically "find work locally"? That seems to ignore that (AFAIK) most people use Freelancer et al because it's remote work, because they live in a less developed country or rural area with poor-paying/nonexistent loca
195.
by cdr 12y ago
I found 3'x2' "Board Guys" magnetic whiteboards while browsing through Target, on sale for $11 each. Two 3x2 is good for me personally, although 3x2 boards would probably not be for an actual office. Good material, backe
196.
by cdr 12y ago
Genuine-seeming change of heart and remorse, including demonstrating it in action, is a big factor for me. I read maybe one piece on Gurbaksh Chahal, but I never saw any remorse. Brendan Eich not only showed no remorse, he doubled down and
197.
by cdr 12y ago
176 teenagers... what an impressive study.
198.
by cdr 12y ago
I really hope I'm missing some sarcasm there.
199.
by cdr 12y ago
The Curtiss Museum in the finger lakes area of central New York state is also very neat. Curtiss was born in Hammondsport on Keuka Lake and spent most of his life there. http://www.glennhcurtissmuseum.org/
200.
by cdr 12y ago
It helped that Nacchio was actually blatantly guilty of insider trading and all sorts of super shady behavior. It's unlikely his prosecution even had anything to do with the NSA, as much as he likes to tell that story. http:/&#x2
201.
by cdr 13y ago
Hey now, attacking programs that support women and other minorities whenever the slightest mention of them is made is a longstanding Hacker News tradition.
202.
by cdr 13y ago
Entirely possible I've just been unlucky. I should have maybe tried escalating. Virgin Mobile's service was good to me and their website at least worked even if it was simple, and Verizion was pleasant if overly expensive. But whe
203.
by cdr 13y ago
That's actually the one part that's been great - well, aside from the price. I live in a pretty rural area. On Verizon you can't connect to 3G from my house, and can't even use voice unless you stand in front of a south-
204.
by cdr 13y ago
I've had the opposite experience - 30+ minute hold wait times every time, clueless and indifferent service personnel, incredibly annoying verification procedures.
205.
by cdr 13y ago
I recently gave Tmobile a try and they've made me regret it immensely. Every single customer-facing part of their web services (activation, account management, etc) is riddled with pants-on-fire bugs, and their phone support is terribl
206.
by cdr 13y ago
Not entirely sure I understand what you're after, but the Harp js framework can do just about anything. If your metadata is in json or just encoded by folder/file even, you can inject it into templates easily.
207.
by cdr 13y ago
Original Castle in the Sky/architecture blog post: https://blog.twitter.com/2013/new-tweets-per-second-record-a...
208.
by cdr 13y ago
Carriers and manufacturers have no incentive to deliver a good experience on Android phones past the first few months. It's a high three digits dollar device at best with a profit margin probably in the double digits, and customers don
209.
by cdr 13y ago
If you just want a job - any job - maybe. The vast majority of Java/C# jobs though are poor quality as far as dev jobs go, since the vast majority are enterprise-y positions. Most of them treat software as a cost center instead of a co
210.
by cdr 13y ago
Big fan of https://sivers.org/srs - would have never started using spaced repetition without it.

More ›