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by chrisBob 6y ago
I am an '04 grad, and there has been some system of second chances for a while. I have a friend that started a year ahead of me who was a "turn back" for an honor violation. The violation was in her first year and they decide
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by chrisBob 6y ago
Do you mean this year? When I am sharing a home office with my wife an 6-year-old who is doing online Kindergarten? I get a solid, uninterrupted hour of programming for 6-7am, and then I am at work for another 8 hours, but I don't thin
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by chrisBob 6y ago
Wow, I assumed there were no longer polls on HN because I haven’t seen one in years
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by chrisBob 6y ago
https://dilbert.com/strip/1995-11-13 Thank You. I had not seen that one before.
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by chrisBob 6y ago
I don't agree with the premise of your argument. I think you currently get a very nice luxury benefit, and stoping that isn't "penalizing" you. I think it is a little silly that companies pay someone more just because th
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by chrisBob 6y ago
As a member of my office's "Team Building Working Group" I have been looking for something exactly like this. Unfortunately our budget took a hit this year, but I think I will fight for some funds and try and make one of thes
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by chrisBob 6y ago
Almost no one in the US identifies themselves as rich. Most rich people think they are upper-middle-class at best. My step mother told me that she "can't possibly be in the 1% because she doesn't even have a gardener."
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by chrisBob 6y ago
I am sure unschooling works out well for some people. I appreciate giving students some flexibility, but I think there really is a standard core that most people should learn. I went to a good engineering school for college, but they also r
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by chrisBob 6y ago
I did see the exceptions, and I don't think we qualify. It is nice that they offer internal and testing exceptions though.
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by chrisBob 6y ago
I was about to add Google Fit support to an app I developed for a research lab in my school's math department, but Google just killed that idea. Reading Google Fit data will require an external audit of the server involved and a fee of
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Some Google API requests will require a server security audit(support.google.com)
2 points by chrisBob 6y ago|3 comments
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by chrisBob 6y ago
I think these new MagSafe accessories are an interesting idea, but I don't see how it could possibly work. Is it safe to put my credit cards in this case? Most places have moved to chip readers, but I still swipe my card every once in
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MagSafe Wallet(apple.com)
3 points by chrisBob 6y ago|2 comments
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by chrisBob 6y ago
What version of iOS are you using? I thought Apple killed 3D touch.
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by chrisBob 6y ago
For some people the housing costs are even more significant. My target house is 6+ acres within 15 minutes of work. I currently have that in our two income family, and it would make moving very hard. Not only are nominal costs significantly
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by chrisBob 6y ago
The wrist rests do make the prices closer. I hadn't noticed that the esc key is moved which is kind of interesting. I actually decided that RGB would attract too much attention for me: One of my office mates is a 5-year-old right now,
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by chrisBob 6y ago
No backlighting at all on the Freestyle Pro.
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by chrisBob 6y ago
Are you a Mac user? Apple keyboards seem to have a different layout where the command key is lined up with the gap between X|C. Being a half key off took me a little getting used to.
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by chrisBob 6y ago
mechanical != blue switches Some mechanical keyboards are loud, but not all of them. My newest keyboard is a Kinesis Freestyle Pro with "Silent Red" switches. It is "mechanical" but quieter than my MBP. I am sharing a ho
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by chrisBob 6y ago
Kinesis Freestyle Pro has Cherry mx brown or silent red and shaves a little money compared to the RGB version
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by chrisBob 6y ago
I recently shopped for split keyboards, and the only real reason I didn't go with the UHK was price. It isn't exactly an Apples<->Apples comparison since I would have gotten accessories like the touchpoint for the UHK, but I
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by chrisBob 6y ago
I got the Freestyle Pro from them with Silent Red keys and have been happy with it. I was worried about the key noise since my office mate (who is also my wife) has complained that my chair is too loud. No complaints at all about the keyb
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by chrisBob 6y ago
My favorite(1) way of dealing with timezones is how Fitbit does it: They just ignore the fact that they exist! They will give you accurate minute-by-minute heart rate data for a someone, but what timezone did that occur in? Whatever one the
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by chrisBob 6y ago
I had that happen with UPS at my last address: One of my relatives put the wrong address on a box, and then UPS decided to deliver the next 5 boxes to that same wrong address. At least it was consistent and I knew where to look.
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by chrisBob 6y ago
I live in a rural area (this time of year I can only see one other house from my house), and I have had a few delivery people complain that they couldn't find my house when looking for it on East Joy Rd instead of West Joy, but the fac
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by chrisBob 6y ago
One thing this doesn't account for is fraudulent delivery reports. In my area a large percentage of my USPS deliveries are reported as delivered around 6pm on the scheduled delivery day, but I can't find the package anywhere. Then
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by chrisBob 6y ago
I work with a group that does research using data collected with wearables, including Fitbit, so this is very interesting to me. The HRV value dropping at the same time that the pulse rate increases is an interesting signal that seems easy
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Fitbit Study Suggests Wearables Can Detect Covid-19 Before Symptoms Appear(forbes.com)
2 points by chrisBob 6y ago|1 comments
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by chrisBob 6y ago
Mine is public record. If someone asks they are probably not local and I can ignore them since I am not interested in moving right now.
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by chrisBob 6y ago
Also remember that sometimes customers make mistakes and you should probably give someone at least one chance to correct for a bad day. I sent a rude email to Gumstix in 2012 that I regret. If you are on here I am sorry.

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