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by levinb 3y ago
I am actually starting to think about using European services (Hetzner?) for some things just to have some sort of legal framework that offers plausible control of my data. I already use paid email. I mostly trust that something running in
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by levinb 3y ago
Yeah, I've hired great, average, and lousy devs before (and been one) - I will keep my hiring on this project to people who like to make, serve, and talk beer. Hope is that I can do the heavy lifting of getting things up and have somet
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by levinb 3y ago
Second vote for that - I'll def check it out. If you've used anything else better or worse I'd be happy to hear experiences.
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by levinb 3y ago
Putting money into a nerdy trivia night would have 100x the impact with 1% of the headaches. I agree - we'll do a fair amount of that stuff. From trivia night to the knitting club, I'd like to be a 'Third Place' for pe
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by levinb 3y ago
Focus on the business - sure thing (thanks also philomath_mn). Interestingly, the most common thing I have heard from folks who run (successful and failed) breweries is "no one can tell the difference between beers, build a place peopl
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Ask HN: Self-host small business stack for a brewery?
8 points by levinb 3y ago|17 comments
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23andMe Warns of Hacker Breaking into User Accounts(pcmag.com)
2 points by levinb 3y ago|0 comments
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by levinb 3y ago
That was the case here; 11pm, rainy night, after staying late to clean up after his daughter's birthday party. Bing maps shows barriers, google shows a clear road. Apparently the barriers had been removed. Normally I view these sorts o
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by levinb 3y ago
Long ago, I was an officer in the Coast Guard, stationed on the Mississippi; these types of kids would occasionally make it a down the river to us in Baton Rouge. Usually they ended (or really, only got started, like this) up mostly driftin
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Books pulled from Mason City school libraries using artificial intelligence(thegazette.com)
4 points by levinb 3y ago|0 comments
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Kyiv’s frustration boils as flow of Western chips for Russian missiles continues(kyivindependent.com)
4 points by levinb 3y ago|0 comments
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by levinb 3y ago
Hi; I built all of the contact tracing analytics for one of the Harvard hospitals during the pandemic. Also had a parent that was clin epi for 25 years. The entire effort, using essentially every technology applied, was useless. It was for
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by levinb 3y ago
I got mine for MSRP, $75. Though I am sure even as things ease there will be resellers marking up. The fields may not be fertile yet, but rain is on the horizon.
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I think RPis are back
3 points by levinb 3y ago|4 comments
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by levinb 4y ago
Thanks for the anecdote and your service. Sometimes there are situations where everyone is wrong. I just don't know what the answer is here.
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by levinb 4y ago
I have heard from first-hand sources that the Ukrainian military wipes DJI drone firmware to remove the integrated location pings. Have you heard this doesn't work sometimes, or are there other commercial drones that report?
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In a Ukraine Workshop, the Quest to Build the Perfect Grenade(nytimes.com)
5 points by levinb 4y ago|3 comments
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by levinb 4y ago
This is correct. The USCG often rides along with the Navy in order to conduct blue-water LE operations, as the Navy and DoD are barred from LE by Posse Comitatus. Navy has vastly more maritime resources than the USCG and will pass info, but
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by levinb 4y ago
'Two Years Before The Mast' is an excellent book that I read just recently. Amazing adventure and author. Recommend to all. Also, from USCG OCS: "How long have you been in the Coast Guard?!" "Sir/Ma'am, al
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Is it legal for a New York landlord to replace keys with an app?(nytimes.com)
3 points by levinb 4y ago|0 comments
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by levinb 4y ago
I've always told myself that, "I'm smart enough to know I'm not as smart as I think I am."
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GM gives customers no choice to opt out of $1500 onstar subscription(theautopian.com)
135 points by levinb 4y ago|2 comments
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In Iran, a pop singer helps save prisoners from execution(latimes.com)
3 points by levinb 4y ago|0 comments
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by levinb 4y ago
The Taig looks much more shop-friendly, and it's nice to see the Boss name pop up twice - thanks.
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by levinb 4y ago
I think y'all are right that the aluminum work should be outsourced - though I'd love to see the machine you built or details if there's a link.
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by levinb 4y ago
I think you're mostly right here. Re Lasers: I've seen Lightburn come up a few times and given that canning and labeling are more core to the business (and the constraints on our space), I will probably go ahead here. Boss and Clo
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by levinb 4y ago
Thanks. I'll give a search for you. The Baron seems nice, but maybe more bulk than I need (but not too much more). I mostly need to make alot of custom plates, flanges, and mounts so we can get various pieces of equipment fixed into a
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by levinb 4y ago
Thanks - that sounds like the General Aviation adage "If you want to build; build. If you want to fly; buy". However, so much of the work seems to be building experience in the software and getting good at speccing the parts. How
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Ask HN: What are you using for 4 axis CNC and laser?
11 points by levinb 4y ago|13 comments
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Carmakers see big bucks from in-car software subscriptions(axios.com)
1 points by levinb 5y ago|1 comments

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