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by cproctor 6y ago
Glowforge is cloud-based too though, and doesn't accept gcode (ddingus's criterion from another comment on this post [1]). What evidence is there that Glowforge isn't just at an earlier phase of the same pattern? [1] https:&
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by cproctor 6y ago
Is that King's Landing?
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by cproctor 6y ago
I've been a mac user since 2002. I've been getting tired of fighting for access to my own system with each successive OS update. I upgraded to Bug Sur last week, and will be switching permanently to Unix or Linux within a week.
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by cproctor 6y ago
The blimp operator, Kevin, says, “The idea was, do not let anyone know we exist.” This reminds me of Zuboff's emphasis in "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism" on keeping surveillance secret, both to minimize backlash and beca
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by cproctor 6y ago
My favorite passive-aggressive HN rhetorical move. (edit for clarity: I'm referring to dragging things as "legacy" as passive-aggressive, not the parent comment.)
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by cproctor 6y ago
In my academic studies using IF to teach CS [1], I've found it can be very powerful to "play" or "tell" stories in person. (These are middle- and high-school students.) Usually, at the end of a class authors will vo
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by cproctor 6y ago
I grew up on Sierra's version of Lode Runner. As I read this series of game history, it's a reflective process of realizing that my own childhood experiences with computers were part of a cultural moment shaping several generation
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Ask HN: How has HN's language changed over the last decade?
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by cproctor 6y ago
I have implemented parts of the tax code, following 1040 and the network of forms it references line-by-line, for my own financial planning. I've been selective about what I implement based on what applies to me. I don't share the
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by cproctor 6y ago
Now we need a yubikey captcha.
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by cproctor 6y ago
I didn't know Cornwall was a mining center. I thought, "I wonder if there are any good collections of old mining structures and machinery" and then found this [1]. Thanks, old internet! I hope you don't get killed by the
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by cproctor 6y ago
Whoa! I wrote the text you quoted from Wikipedia [1]. I learned about mustard oil [2] from a couple of Indian recipes and was surprised that it's one of the primary oils used in India while being banned for human consumption in the US
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by cproctor 6y ago
We better work on making more stuff.
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by cproctor 6y ago
We just bought an old house that had been nicely taken cared for. There's an existing wired alarm system which must have taken a lot of work to install. I just installed my first server rack in the basement for network-attached storage
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by cproctor 6y ago
In my gmail double life, I'm a falconer, a long-haul truck driver, and like to go on pilgrimages to Scottish golf clubs and to the holy land.
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by cproctor 6y ago
Imagining my will as a poorly-documented API makes me feel present stress on behalf of my unborn descendants :)
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by cproctor 6y ago
My partner and I have been tracking all our spending for the last five years with hledger (ledger reimplemented in haskell) and some custom import and management scripts inspired by "Full-fledged hledger" [1]. More recently we add
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by cproctor 6y ago
And I thought it was going to be about Zynga's monetization strategy.
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by cproctor 6y ago
The nonstandard dot behavior turned out to be a really bad idea. I've had numerous instances of people signing up for other services (e.g. Amazon) with my gmail address, adding various dot combinations. Whenever I have contacted Amazon
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by cproctor 6y ago
If, as many projections suggest, we may be in for a medium-term future of local closures as outbreaks flare up, an interface like this will be important for helping people understand and comply.
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by cproctor 6y ago
Wow, Tibet.
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by cproctor 6y ago
Florida's beaches are one step ahead of this.
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by cproctor 7y ago
Funny typo in their statement: "AI is pretending to fix a nonexistent problem."
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by cproctor 7y ago
Pairs well with a USB barcode scanner.
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by cproctor 7y ago
My favorite dinosaur, not a dinosaur.
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by cproctor 7y ago
It would be fun to use this for 'code injection,' specifying that the contents of an URL under your control should be included verbatim in the bill.
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by cproctor 7y ago
It looks like I can get most of this through Twilio if I'm willing to do some programming. One issue will be that Twilio is blocked from some 2-factor-authentication systems.
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by cproctor 7y ago
Getting rid of my SIM card is attractive to me for financial and political reasons, but it would not be compatible with my loved ones' expectations that I be reachable in an emergency. Here's a compromise I have been thinking abou
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by cproctor 7y ago
If you turn the whole thing upside down, won't the free-spinning nut work its way along the spindle and unlock the box?
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by cproctor 7y ago
Maybe the final exam should be a closed-book test where each student is given questions about their own essay.

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