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by janj 5y ago
There are some programs like this. My town just one $1m to tackle climate change. I had a very small part in the proposal process, it was exciting to see the news yesterday. https://www.petaluma360.com/article/news&#x2F
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by janj 5y ago
I won't fault you for the not unreasonable assumption but not the case for me. I have fond memories of sleeping behind a friends couch while securing a job at the ski resort. Initially working at the resort from 4 to midnight so I coul
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by janj 5y ago
I took extra classes and worked hard in college to get a CS degree because I loved it. I was so excited to start a career because the internships were fun and exciting. I graduated in 2001 right after everything dried up. The only place hir
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Ask HN: Help scaling a site for Covid workers
1 points by janj 7y ago|0 comments
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by janj 7y ago
With about 1/3 an acre I have a pear tree, two lemon trees, three apple trees, a nectarine, a nectaplum, a plum, two pomegranates, and a fig (there's also a redwood and various other non food producing trees). I've got some g
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by janj 7y ago
I would guess the person who discovers a cure like this will do so on top of a bunch of preceding human labor, maybe even publicly funded.
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by janj 7y ago
I believe that is right. I'd recommend Falter, it covers a lot of ground, including this piece. https://www.amazon.com/Falter-Human-Game-Begun-Itself/dp/125...
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by janj 7y ago
Natural gas might not be much of an improvement. A leak rate of greater than 3% could potentially be more destructive to the green house effect than burning coal. http://theconversation.com/the-us-natural-gas-industry-is-le.
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by janj 7y ago
I once had a solicitation for cable so I tried to get the guy to describe in as much detail as he would the porn options. When I get calls from the home buyer scams I'll get to the point where they ask for my address. I'll make up
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by janj 7y ago
I never called back a number unless I had an amusing conversation with someone first
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by janj 7y ago
I answer most robo calls and usually try to call back after I get them to hang up on me. The number is almost never in service. When it is and it leads to the scammer I'll sometimes continue calling and messing with them until my numbe
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by janj 8y ago
It's interesting you put it this way. I just heard on NPR this morning that the FAA and NTSB is actually in partnership with private industry (like Boeing and the airlines) for cooperative self regulation because the FAA and NTSB just
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by janj 8y ago
I've also noticed this when reading about ambitious ideas to solve this problem, they usually assume/depend on a tax on carbon and it reaching something like $150/ton by 2030, eg [1] That means it is up to us, all of us, to i
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by janj 8y ago
I've been trying to figure out if Theranos had produced anything of value. Do you have sources you can share that describe these incremental improvements?
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by janj 8y ago
Is this about telemarketing? Everything in it seems to refer only to online communication over a social platform "that has 10,000,000 or more unique monthly United States visitors". Am I missing where it applies to telemarketing?
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by janj 8y ago
"Twitter tells us that Smyte will wind down its operations with those customers – it didn’t acquire Smyte for its revenue-generation potential, but rather for its talent and IP." By winding down operations did they mean sending an
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by janj 8y ago
Ok, good for them I guess? But what's the deal with shutting down services immediately?
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Twitter acquires anti-abuse technology provider Smyte(techcrunch.com)
6 points by janj 8y ago|3 comments
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E-waste recycler Eric Lundgren loses appeal on computer restore discs(washingtonpost.com)
5 points by janj 8y ago|0 comments
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by janj 10y ago
Is what he did similar to what this high school student is trying to do? https://www.generosity.com/education-fundraising/first-afric... It's hard for me to understand the concept of building a nuclear anything on
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by janj 10y ago
A closer truth might be that life can only happen on a habitable planet so it's not really a coincidence or 'gift', just the way it must be if life is to exist.
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by janj 11y ago
I don't think there's much question that this company is harmful to societies and individuals around the world. Does it make sense for people other than shareholders to admire this person?
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by janj 12y ago
It's a social app for people who vacation on cruises. You can create a profile, store cruises you've been on or are going on in the future, communicate with fellow cruisers, submit pics, reviews, etc. All of it is done through Par
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by janj 12y ago
I'm doing about 15m/mo and my peak req/sec so far is 24 which looks out of the normal cycle by about 2.5 req/sec. We can double our limit for a lot less than what we're paying monthly now so this is a welcome change
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Parse Pricing: Now Cheaper and Simpler(blog.parse.com)
14 points by janj 12y ago|9 comments
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by janj 12y ago
My mother always assumed the adults were right in any situation I was ever in as a kid. I believe that has had an affect on me and on my relationship with my mother. My wife tells stories about how her mother came to her defense in importan
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by janj 12y ago
I want to follow up after getting checked in. The owner is away for a few days and is using a management service to help rent the place out. The people from the service are local and the entire check-in process was great. Airbnb continues t
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by janj 12y ago
I've been enjoying Airbnb for a while now, both as a host and guest. I travel frequently to NYC and have had great experiences staying with people renting out a part of their place. Right now though I'm 1.5 hours away from checkin
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by janj 12y ago
I have no experience with hardware. Can someone give some suggestions on where to start if I wanted to do a simple side project like this to gain some experience? Thanks
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by janj 13y ago
> Luckily we elected the polar opposite to Bush, who turned out to do things pretty much the same as Bush. This has contributed to my belief that our current political system has failed we the people, even though it is operating exactly

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