chrisacree

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by chrisacree 11y ago
Highly recommend David Foster Wallace for this. After Infinite Jest I was definitely had much higher general empathy for months.
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by chrisacree 11y ago
I think the "still in beta" argument doesn't hold up so well. Many projects now stay in more-or-less permanent "beta", just as a sign that they're open to significant changes in the future. With React libraries
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by chrisacree 11y ago
As far as taxation and shipping go, not really. The Law of the Sea grants the right of innocent passage to all ships, so a country can't tax or harass ships merely passing through its waters. This holds for territorial waters as well a
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A Guide to the South China Sea Dispute(southchinasea.co)
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by chrisacree 11y ago
SEEKING WORK - Web Developer - Anywhere (Can relocate on-site) - Full stack developer; front, back and side-to-side - Experience with Python, Django, PostgreSQL, React, AWS - Past projects: http://www.akrito.com , http:/&#x
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by chrisacree 11y ago
Alright, time to take a stand. If you can't find a calculator app that doesn't require your contacts/GPS, I will personally build one. Be the change!
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by chrisacree 11y ago
The video takes up most of the screen and can't be scrolled/closed. I can only see two lines of the coding block.
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by chrisacree 11y ago
Have you tried Scribe editor? https://github.com/guardian/scribe I've found it has better HTML output than medium-editor (though still not perfect) and has a more flexible design, though it requires a bit more dev
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by chrisacree 11y ago
Good idea! I've never run a crowdfunded project, but this seems like a good use-case. I just created a Kickstarter, let's see what happens once it's approved.
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by chrisacree 11y ago
I'm in the neighborhood and have been thinking about making the trip. If anyone wants to fund a ticket and a camera (GoPro?) I'll make a video.
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by chrisacree 11y ago
But Forbes doesn't include any state or state-affiliated families. Considering the influence that is packaged with a billion dollars, it shouldn't be surprising that in many places wealth and political power are more closely tied
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by chrisacree 11y ago
From what I've seen, it wouldn't work, because they adjust your pricing based on the other items you've recently bought. More items/$ gets bigger discounts. Never used it though, so not 100% on how it's calculated.
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by chrisacree 11y ago
That's what open source is, isn't it? Anyone can use it, including hackers, NSA, etc. Why is it surprising that they, like nearly every other technology company, depend on open source software?
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by chrisacree 11y ago
I agree that the biggest difference is that the web simply has people spending more time reading skim-worthy content. News/blog articles, forums, and comment threads make up a significant part of online reading and are naturally much m
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by chrisacree 11y ago
How abandoned is the hangar? There are some other people in the photos, and no matter how isolated the area is, surely the nearest town or two has wandered into the giant complex up the road a few times. Still, it's amazing that this i
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by chrisacree 11y ago
I see comments like this, and wonder why that's strange. Is there a comprehensive list of reasons Django (or Rails, or whatever) won't scale well? What do these companies switch to? Or is it more that things just become a mixed ba
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by chrisacree 11y ago
Is there a good guide to getting started using logfiles as the basis for analytics? Best practices on using client vs server-side signals (and if both, not double-counting), etc. I'm interested in learning more about it, but a google s
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by chrisacree 11y ago
Creator here. In short, all stories are free, but the latest chapters and ebooks are locked to donors. The length of time (and amount) can be customized by the author. For a bit more about the site, and why I think it has more to offer than
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Show HN: Akrito – Online fiction with donation incentives(akrito.com)
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by chrisacree 11y ago
I always enjoy reading these bite-size bits of wisdom, but in the end I think that most lessons are only learned the hard way. Still, many of the ideas and stories here are truly inspirational.
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by chrisacree 11y ago
I'm not surprised by this. Getting the public at large's attention concentrated in the first place is hard enough; keeping it there is impossible. However, that's not to say that all this has been in vain. The snooping revela
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by chrisacree 11y ago
I use AWS for some projects, so I can boot up identical machines in a few minutes as needed from a script. What's the benefit of Docker for me? Easier time switching hardware/OS down the road? I guess I just never fully understood
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by chrisacree 11y ago
Where is the value in this article? The author tells us he likes to relax and so doesn't work full-time, therefore no one should. Beyond stating the obvious of having more free time, he never really states any benefits of working part