mattwdelong

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by mattwdelong 2mo ago
About a year and a half ago, I cleared and rough graded my land for our house build. I rented a kx40-4 for about two weeks and put about 140 hours on it. That was pure meditation. The hydraulics became an extension of my body, with the imme
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Ask HN: What kind of setup do you run for your children?
7 points by mattwdelong 9mo ago|14 comments
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by mattwdelong 3y ago
Nothing of note. I still see plenty of turkeys, frogs and possums. I spray the beneficials so that it does not harm other beneficial insects and I assume if there is a healthy population of insects in general, there is still enough food sou
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by mattwdelong 3y ago
I bought property in 2021 with significant tick pressure. I’ve pulled dozens of ticks off me in the first couple years. The past two years I’ve been spraying Heterorhabditis bacteriophora and have seen significant improvement in that time.
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by mattwdelong 4y ago
Chiming in to day I would also participate in this order. I have a farm and would love to automate aspects of my irrigation and have been looking for something like this. This in combination with soil temperature would be very beneficial.
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by mattwdelong 5y ago
Have you thought about meadow mixes with native beneficial flowering plants [1]? There is some planning and expense to get it established, but once established your only maintenance is cutting it down once a year. In the long run it'll
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by mattwdelong 11y ago
Interestingly enough, my beloved Nexus 4 just died this past month. I noticed it getting extremely hot, and then one day started a boot loop that I could not fix. I figured some hardware broke. My uncle also picked up one around the same ti
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by mattwdelong 13y ago
Thanks for the heads up, I did not notice that.
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by mattwdelong 13y ago
It looks like they may have used RSA encryption with a 4096 bit key [1] and as far as I know, if the private key is not compromised; this is pretty darn secure...Can anyone confirm? [1] - https://twitter.com/namedotcom/status/3322602015352
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by mattwdelong 14y ago
Does anyone notice a striking similarity between the "Debian swirl" and the e in Designmodo? It's obviously not a copy of it, but rather an "inspired version" of it. With that being said, it's definitely possible that designmodo didn't copy
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by mattwdelong 14y ago
Out of curiosity, and if you don't mind divulging such details; what do you feel made you an exception?
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by mattwdelong 14y ago
No need to be snarky. Have you been on any freelance sites recently? I've seen grown men bid less than $10/hour - I can't attest to the quality of said bidders, but they're out there in amass. All things considered, $12/hr as a 16 year old
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by mattwdelong 14y ago
Yikes. If you're paying around $200/month (Not sure if this it total, or for each service, making it $400/month), would it not be feasible to invest in a VPS at linode and run your own mail server? You could even hire a decent system admin
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by mattwdelong 14y ago
How could someone monetize this?
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by mattwdelong 14y ago
Here is a video of their announcement for those unable to reach the site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpWHJDLsqTU
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by mattwdelong 14y ago
Nicely done, but I would seriously consider updating your daily limit. I did not have nearly enough time to play around to consider converting as a registered user (I was clicking around). I ended up just deleted the site cookies, went into
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by mattwdelong 14y ago
Derek, this would be a cool project. If someone could work alongside a talented UX/Designer and bundle together some open source software with a nice UI, that would be quite useful. Roundcube seems to be taking a pretty good stab at this.
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by mattwdelong 14y ago
This is not really a well thought out response. Most businesses don't have the resources to employ a system administrator to manage their Windows install, let alone manage all the other services required to run to meet the same level of fun
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by mattwdelong 14y ago
Thanks Mark, this is the mind of answer I was looking for. I think I tried Zoho a few years ago, but maybe I will check them out again.
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by mattwdelong 14y ago
Just for my own personal curiosity, has any company made a reasonable attempt at competing with Google apps core services? I know Microsoft offers similar services, but it's not that well "put together" the last time I looked. You're probab
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by mattwdelong 14y ago
What about nowjs? http://nowjs.com/
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by mattwdelong 14y ago
Is this a real problem? I would never use this. First, I don't expect people to get me gifts. Secondly, even if I don't need/will never use the gift I received, it truely is the thought that counts. It's a bit ungracious to tell someone w
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by mattwdelong 14y ago
I would recommend that get_object_or_404, with the 404 page enabled, would be better suited for this application. Very similar methods, but this way just handles all the heavy lifting. https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/http/shor
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by mattwdelong 14y ago
There is a mental line between annual and "once and forever" type purchases. I think it comes down to the thought of getting more value and the fact that you own it..it's yours. Secondly, what if I purchase an annual subscription and forget
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by mattwdelong 14y ago
This is pretty neat, but it's not something I would enter my CC details for and pay for each month. I would however drop a one time ~$25 fee and self host it on my own server, and maybe use it. At least this way, I will see it running on
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by mattwdelong 14y ago
Do you support Canadian numbers? I can't find the answer in the FAQ's or else where on the site.
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by mattwdelong 14y ago
I like the idea, and there is a startup doing the same thing. http://www.urbanadventures.com/
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by mattwdelong 14y ago
It was 8 years ago when I started using Debian after trying out numerous distributions and it was the first one that just "worked" for me. I have been using it on all my servers, and my desktop (During the Vista years) ever since. Here's to
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by mattwdelong 14y ago
I had a response written out, but took a step back to see what other people had to say. You've pretty much summed up what I had to say in fewer words. I absolute deplore the parent comment, which is the typical response to these kinds of "h
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by mattwdelong 14y ago
Do you know why this is?

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