dharmon

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by dharmon 6y ago
Worse than feeling overly cynical is then having your cynicism validated. I recognized this guy's name, so skimming over the twitter thread my cynical thought was "I bet ConvertKit is working on a Gumroad competitor", and sur
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by dharmon 6y ago
Fair enough, I was just going off the registration info. But in any case, what's the procedure they usually follow? I figure if I offer then $200 they'll turn it down flat and dig their heels in further.
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by dharmon 6y ago
On this topic, does anyone know what process GoDaddy follows when they snatch up a domain that has lapsed? There's a domain I've wanted for decades for sentimental reasons. I randomly checked on it a few weeks ago and noticed it h
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by dharmon 6y ago
Does anyone have some recommendations for good binoculars to get started with, and/or a tripod to pair it with? If the binoculars can also be used for wildlife I'd be willing to spend a bit more for them.
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by dharmon 6y ago
I grew up in South Carolina and we definitely did this (without the "please" and "thank you" part). If I recall, there was an additional requirement where the ok hand had to be held below your waist, though.
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by dharmon 6y ago
The second half of this should be: "...and help them to keep giving a shit." I've seen too many times to count management completely squashing out any passion that employees might have for the company or product. The most com
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by dharmon 6y ago
I went to a taping about 4 years ago (so Trebek was 76ish). For those who've never been, the show is basically filmed in real-time, and the first thing they do during the commercial breaks is Alex re-records any cards that he might hav
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by dharmon 6y ago
The second algorithm you are thinking of is probably what is known as "sort-and-sweep". Basically each object takes up an interval along each axis, so a necessary condition for collisions between two objects is that the intersecti
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by dharmon 6y ago
Now that I'm on the "other side" (got my PhD from an Ivy League uni), I constantly meet people who don't even begin to grasp how far away growing up poor puts you from things and resources they take for granted. Even stu
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by dharmon 6y ago
I agree that it is still worthwhile to do what you can. If large numbers of people stopped using just Google search and gmail, Google would most definitely notice and feel it hard. Or to phrase it differently, the choices of individual user
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by dharmon 6y ago
I think this is the point of the article. Besides some coding a long time ago, nobody has presented evidence that he's ever done actual engineering. Do you think PMs should be able to call themselves engineers? They know the work prett
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by dharmon 6y ago
Then I guess by this logic the CEO of Boeing (who has a degree in accounting) is also an engineer?
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by dharmon 6y ago
So you are consuming data from others yet assuming it to be perfect and not in need of validation?
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by dharmon 6y ago
I didn't catch this when I read it years ago, but it makes it more hilarious: It's a reference to FB employee Andrew "Boz" Bosworth as the asshole who threatens to punch people.
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by dharmon 6y ago
I don't have any dog in this fight, but listing Netflix is not correct. They went public in 2002, and were profitable in 2003, so not in the same camp as Amazon and Twitter at all. (If you want to be pedantic, they were unprofitable fo
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by dharmon 7y ago
The Blenheim kick is great! Unfortunately its a bit too sweet for me. Solution: Use it as a mixer. Blenheim gin and gingers are fantastic.
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by dharmon 7y ago
Meh. I've tried both and don't see the difference. TFA backs up what I'm saying. If you know of a source that claims it changes the structure in ways besides what the article says I'd be interested in reading.
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by dharmon 7y ago
Different things. A pre-ferment (poolish, biga) is for developing some of the more complex flavors that a quick / "straight" dough won't give you. Tangzhong is basically about packing more moisture into a dough while kee
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by dharmon 7y ago
M is "thousand". MM is "thousand thousand", which is "million", and a fairly common shorthand. I haven't really seen it, but its pretty clear then that MMM is meant to be "thousand thousand thousand&q
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by dharmon 7y ago
"solo" / self-employed 401(k), which normally has a contribution deadline of April 15. I'm curious if that is getting pushed back as well.
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by dharmon 7y ago
Does anyone know if this also pushes the 401(k) contribution deadline?
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by dharmon 7y ago
For what it's worth, rich people do not do this. It sounds like one of those nonsense things a person would do if they want people to think they're rich when they're not. They do, however, have a good umbrella insurance polic
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by dharmon 7y ago
There are a lot of parts to the answer, at least in my experience with VCs. Probably the biggest is just that they have a bias to be bullshitted (bullshat?). The are constantly searching for the next big thing, so they need these things t
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by dharmon 7y ago
If anyone besides me just sort of thinks of this as “a long long time ago”, to put a timeframe I have a better grasp of on these events: Newton was 6 years old when Charles I was beheaded.
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by dharmon 7y ago
For a language learner, shows where they match up are gold! If anyone is studying Spanish, the animated show Star Wars: The Clone Wars have audio that exactly matches the subtitles (Start Wars: La Guerra de los Clones). Good show with a goo
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by dharmon 7y ago
Sadly this person is just pushing their own blog, and if you get suckered into following the link, you'll find no sources for their claims either. All you get is the line: "the math checks out with Apple management’s commentary
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by dharmon 7y ago
I have the Ryobi 40V lawnmower, chainsaw, and pole saw. (they're great!) For really hard woods I get about 30-45 min out of the chain saw per battery. I use it for chopping up fallen trees (I live in a heavily-wooded area) so haven&#x2
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by dharmon 7y ago
Yeah, but that was 30 years later.
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by dharmon 7y ago
That's it. Sorry, didn't know the name of the channel.
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by dharmon 7y ago
There's a music channel on YouTube that does "Fact or Fiction" with musicians, where they fact-check the person's Wikipedia page with them. Sometimes they don't even get through the first sentence before the person

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