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How Will the Future Remember Covid-19?(theatlantic.com)
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by jnathsf 6y ago
That’s the cynical perspective. The flip side is that the US has traditionally attracted the best talent in the world. This class has gone on to win the most Nobel prizes and create the most valuable companies in the world. Focusing on a re
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by jnathsf 6y ago
in the sunset they do their own fiber
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by jnathsf 6y ago
I appreciate apps that provide a universal keyboard shortcut like Zoom that works even if I’m focused on another app. Next best is Google Meet but it only works when you’re focused on the same tab. Worst is Teams, WebEx etc that don’t provi
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by jnathsf 6y ago
You only need to look at cultures like in India, Taiwan and elsewhere that have large vegetarian population to see that your statement doesn’t hold water.
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by jnathsf 6y ago
LSD helped me give up nicotine and consuming animal flesh. It was very clear to me that I didn’t need either in my life. Why harm myself or other beings for such mundane pleasure when I could now access the transcendent (now through meditat
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by jnathsf 6y ago
Slightly off topic but do Indians generally find Westerners doing Yoga cultural appropriation when it’s stripped from its original context? I actually see Yoga and Hinduism more broadly like open source software with its many philosophies a
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by jnathsf 6y ago
Another perspective is to look at traditional use of opiates in cultures before they were illegal. Raw opium has a much higher ratio of lethal dose to effective dose vs heroin. For example in parts of India elderly will take some opium with
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by jnathsf 6y ago
Looks interesting. What’s your pricing model?
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by jnathsf 6y ago
I don’t think that’s true. They use ATT copper for reselling their DSL but for fiber they roll their own. I’m lucky and have Sonic 1Gb symmetrical service for $40.
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by jnathsf 6y ago
FYI SF has legislation in place that allows tenants in multi-units to choose any ISP provider (1). This was part of a broader effort to deploy internet as a utility that I was fortunate to have been a part of (2). Unfortunately the Mayor pa
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by jnathsf 6y ago
I’m a big fan of running proxmox on a desktop machine which makes running hundreds of containers super simple
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by jnathsf 7y ago
Mute or moot? I thought it was moot
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by jnathsf 7y ago
This partnership came about through a streamlined procurement mechanism called challenge-based procurement. Instead of months to issue an RFP it takes days and for bidders only hours to respond. If you want to learn more about how we’re hel
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by jnathsf 7y ago
That’s not entirely true. There’s a long and enduring tradition of religious and recreational use of drugs in India (cannabis, charas, opium, datura). It was the British who applied their misguided Victorian morality on indigenous use.
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by jnathsf 7y ago
Seems like an overly simplistic view. If you take your logic to the extreme why have taxes/government at all. It’s interesting to see people complain about government but never take action on making their government better. The saying
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by jnathsf 7y ago
Amazing to see your vision coming to life by open sourcing the code and getting so many contributors! No small feat. And great to see the project is being done in Rails. I’ve spent hours looking for a a good product in this space for our co
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by jnathsf 7y ago
Our company has used BulletTrain (RoR) with success - met our unique business needs quickly and at a low cost. Since it’s standard Rails we can tap into a big dev community. https://bullettrain.co/
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Launch HN: Stir – Government Procurement as a Service
1 points by jnathsf 7y ago|0 comments
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by jnathsf 7y ago
I led this project - it died with the late Mayor Ed Lee. An interim Mayor doesn’t have the political capital to lead something of this scale.
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by jnathsf 7y ago
There is basic infrastructure for SF Mesh in place (200+ miles of municipal owned fiber + wireless nodes throughout the city). In fact I have one at my house pointed to a local public heath clinic (there are a number of non-profits and othe
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by jnathsf 7y ago
Yes SF has one - not well known but you can reach out to Mike McCarthy https://twitter.com/michaelmccarthy