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by mcgrath_sh 2y ago
My library has an incredible selection of ebooks I can send straight to my Kindle. The process is less hassle than pirating, too. I get 90% or more of what I read on my Kindle from my library. The only books I buy are from a couple series I
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by mcgrath_sh 2y ago
What have you been using for search? The CLI app? What is your download workflow like? Is there an automated way to download a bunch of links, say pulled in from an API?
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by mcgrath_sh 2y ago
I have requested my full archive download a couple of times over the last year and haven't been able to get it, which stinks. I keep trying to figure out a migration plan, but it seems daunting, especially with so many archived bookmar
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by mcgrath_sh 2y ago
Some states already require annual inspections, Pennsylvania being one of them.
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by mcgrath_sh 2y ago
This is speculation: for younger people, apps are the web. I think there is some age/line where on one side, your first instinct is to open the browser on your phone and navigate to a website, and on the other side of the line, you ope
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by mcgrath_sh 6y ago
I do the same, along with longer variable names. Every time I went back to look at old code, I am so grateful that I used the more descriptive information.
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Ask HN: Standalone Keyboard Tray/Stand
1 points by mcgrath_sh 6y ago|0 comments
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by mcgrath_sh 6y ago
Definitely get an antenna for local OTA channels. Cheap and great picture quality. Does not even need to be a complicated antenna. We have some plastic square thing draped around a clock on a wall and it works perfectly. We only have one TV
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by mcgrath_sh 7y ago
Rolling lease to own, maybe?
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by mcgrath_sh 7y ago
A power drill is my favorite analogy. If I drilled holes once every 18 months, I’d gladly rent from Home Depot. If I found myself doing a weekend project every month, I want to own a drill. That drill comes with the expectation that it has
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by mcgrath_sh 7y ago
The mental overhead of renting every piece of software I own would be exhausting, not to mention consistently expensive. Subscriptions come out of a different part of the my budget than purchases do, and it is an ongoing expense I have to f
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by mcgrath_sh 7y ago
I have purchased Duplo for three friend’s kid’s first birthday and they have been a hit. Recommended age is 18 months, but 6 months to a year out, they get more use out of my gift than the others. Duplo is also compatible with Lego, which
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by mcgrath_sh 7y ago
The LA Olympics are, from what I recall from a Bill Simmons podcast[0], going to be one of the cheapest to host in history. Salt Lake City also continues to use most venues from the 2002 games[1]. Some of the highlights from the podcast on
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by mcgrath_sh 7y ago
I used to love to go to Service Merchandise as a kid and watch the boxes/items come out on the belt/wheels. I was oddly fascinated by it and excitedly waited for whatever Mum/Nana bought.
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by mcgrath_sh 7y ago
Sports are huge on twitter. It is how I primarily use the platform. I have met up with fans of various teams I support when seeing them play. I’d be really sad to lose twitter and the interactions I get from there.
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by mcgrath_sh 7y ago
That is actually relatively low for the NBA. In 87-88, home teams won 67% of games. Baxter Holmes wrote another piece about two years ago about how Tinder, better sleep, and less drinking has eroded the home court advantage in the NBA. It w
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by mcgrath_sh 7y ago
Related to this, one of the most interesting podcast episodes I had listened to was Howard Beck talking to the NBA schedule makers and all the factors they have to account for when making the schedule. Part of the podcast talks about rest a
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by mcgrath_sh 7y ago
Teams kind of do this already. The Spurs were especially famous for “DNP - Old” (DNP = Did not play) at the end of the Duncan/Manu/Parker era. They would leave those guys at home for short road trips and/or back to backs. Thi
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by mcgrath_sh 7y ago
Watching ESPN in the browser is a worse experience than ESPN’s app. I have the app on my phone for this. There are reasons to have apps on a phone. That said, it is infuriating that when I click an ESPN link on twitter, it opens in the ESPN
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by mcgrath_sh 7y ago
Yup. I wouldn’t subscribe to the Athletic without an RSS feed. I stopped reading Players Tribune when they axed their feed. Give me title, tags, and first two sentences so I can categorize the feeds and I’m a happy camper. I got rid of my r
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by mcgrath_sh 7y ago
Agree. I no longer read Players Tribune because they killed their RSS feed. Several teams I follow don’t have an RSS feed, therefore, I don’t get news from the official team sites. I don’t even care if the RSS feed makes me click through. G
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by mcgrath_sh 7y ago
I don’t listen to music. Let me clarify, if I need to drown something out I put on the same half-dozen Classical music pieces that I can ignore while working, but outside that I do not listen to music. I listen to podcasts and audio books w
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by mcgrath_sh 7y ago
I agree that Churches are in a position to help, but there are lots of obstacles to overcome. Church attendance is shrinking. Older Churches cost a lot of money to maintain, and even more modern Churches still are not free to operate. In th
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by mcgrath_sh 7y ago
I agree whole heartedly. When we were kids, we knew everyone on my block and people didn’t move much. We could tell neighbors we were going on vacation or when something happened neighbors were looking out and we could run around freely. My
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by mcgrath_sh 7y ago
It isn't contained to single cities. I don't know of a single family I grew up with where at least one if not all of the kids no longer live in the city they grew up in. Same goes for extended families. My cousins are scattered ac
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by mcgrath_sh 7y ago
Outside the box thought: why not make a private subreddit? With RES/old reddit you see the titles and then can expand the text. Issue here would be searching.
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by mcgrath_sh 7y ago
I’m still using my 2011 due to the ability to update the RAM and SSD. I’m moving to a Windows 10/iPad/server setup, but I still use my laptop on occasion.
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by mcgrath_sh 7y ago
I am canceling YouTube red as soon as I get home. It probably won’t make much of a difference, but tech learning is the primary reason I bought Red.
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by mcgrath_sh 8y ago
X over SSH works for individual apps you launch from the command line. I do this for Calibre on my home server. I have never tried with a desktop. It is simply a config in the SSH config and then an option when launching SSH.
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by mcgrath_sh 8y ago
Until roughly a decade ago, the risks of football were under-disclosed. This includes nefarious actions such as the NFL buying their way into medical journals to refute claims that football leads to brain injuries. Arguably, the 2015-16 roo

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