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by metasean 10y ago
@neurobuddha has also been blogging about specific !bangs which is even more enlightening - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11773901 (his post is currently buried below, but he totally deserves all the karma!)
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by metasean 10y ago
I frequently use !js which searches only the JavaScript portion of the Mozilla Developer Network. You can also always use the Google search results - without being profiled - by using !g (aka, best of both worlds)
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by metasean 10y ago
Considering my own ratio of canned and fountain soda bought in restaurants, grocery stores, and convenience stores (at least a couple times a week) versus soda pulled by a soda jerk (never, nada, not even a single time), this does not bode
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by metasean 10y ago
I highly recommend Manna by Marshall Brain - http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm - He looks at how this may play out, with several variations on the theme throughout a single storyline.
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by metasean 10y ago
Most of my statistics books actually had very useful summaries of variable symbols & names, as well as other useful referential information [1] in the front and back endpapers. [1] For example, there was a non-parametric stats book that
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by metasean 10y ago
For me, I don't use Google Photos or Spotify, I have my own local copies and maintain my own backups. I do use Github for some projects, but I also maintain local copies and maintain my own backups for all my projects. If pinboard.in e
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by metasean 10y ago
I mostly agree. Ideally I'd like to have a minimal OS and file set on my local machine (for offline and poor connectivity scenarios), that automatically syncs with my own, encrypted cloud system, such that I can (at my own discretion)
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by metasean 10y ago
As does uBlock Origin.
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by metasean 10y ago
> Web apps are definitely getting better, ... but they have a long way to go before they can replace dedicated clients entirely. And yet, just yesterday there was a great discussion on Virtual Desktop Infrastructures, where entire operat
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by metasean 10y ago
It's awesome that you, "are constantly optimizing for sub-optimal conditions which can include low bandwidth and low-quality". Out of curiosity, is there a way to specify a maximum bandwidth? (e.g. my phone plan has a month
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by metasean 10y ago
I'm interested in the concept of a VDI - and both https://paperspace.io/ and http://guacamole.incubator.apache.org/ look interesting. However... I frequently work with very, very, very limited and inte
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by metasean 10y ago
One reason there isn't significant scientific evidence is because there are way more hoops to jump through just to do the research, and even then researchers may be punished just for trying to do the research! - http://www.n
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by metasean 10y ago
It's not only been allowed for a few months, dang has mentioned that there's also some semi-automated reposting. There is also a 'past' link under titles now, that will show you links that the system thinks are reposts
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by metasean 10y ago
My brother has been in the food industry for about 20 years now. He's mentioned multiple times that all tips go into a common shift pool and are shared between the servers, cooks, and cleaners. He's worked in many different mid
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by metasean 10y ago
Previous discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11648758 (main) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11653490 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11653839
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by metasean 10y ago
Different states have different time frames and may have conditions on those. I was laid off a while back. Because I got a severance package comparable to 1.5 months salary, I couldn't get unemployment assistance for 1.5 months plus 4
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by metasean 10y ago
Related articles: - http://www.opin.com/folksonomy-well-worn-path/ - http://www.adammathes.com/academic/computer-mediated-communi... (from over a decade ago)
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by metasean 10y ago
I actually had a friend who successfully resolved cravings in a completely different way - she'd binge on the food she craved until she'd never ever crave it again. I've never been able to bring myself to try her approach, b
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by metasean 10y ago
dpweb: - mentions the term that this concept falls under (no where on the OP's page, so he may not know that there is an entire set of software, plugins, etc that does this) - provides one alternative implementation - adds commentary
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by metasean 10y ago
Completely off-topic! Should be submitted as it's own article.
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by metasean 10y ago
It's bad enough that my mother requires a death certificate within a certain amount of time. [1] That said, I had a freak accident in grad school and had a professor who expected me to call into his class from pre-op! (i.e. There are
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by metasean 10y ago
At the time I'm writing this, there are five top level comments. Three (3) are from new users (BergintheBay, shrave, & yawaworht), one is from a user who has only made a single comment (this one) in their 201 days on HN (jkalan)
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by metasean 11y ago
If CarTalk were still being produced, it would have a large personality rating. If I had dismissed it based on the large personality rating, I would have missed out on Click and Clack. My life has been better because of their personalitie
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by metasean 11y ago
It depends on what is being built. E.g., > It is perfect, as perfect as human beings have achieved. Consider these stats : the last three versions of the program — each 420,000 lines long-had just one error each. The last 11 versions of
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by metasean 11y ago
>How will you decide who to give the basic income to? >We'll choose the communities mostly for operational reasons. We're experts at delivering cash in very poor rural areas, and that's likely what we'll do with th
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by metasean 11y ago
Another funny bit was when he mentioned having to be careful not to inhale the work.
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by metasean 11y ago
In a similar vain: - Flexbox Froggy - http://flexboxfroggy.com/ - CSS Diner - https://flukeout.github.io/
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by metasean 11y ago
> Banks have the option of you physically going into the branch and identifying yourself with relevant legally backed forms of ID. Not always true! Less than a month ago I needed to login to my Wells Fargo account. Unbeknownst to me, t
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by metasean 11y ago
I not only know how to spell JavaScript, I also know that the 's' has been capitalized since Sun and Netscape first announced it, and I can even do magical, wizardly things with it! Where do I sign up for '$140k and a BMW as
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by metasean 11y ago
I feel your pain! My last job had an hour drive each way 5 days a week. And my current job is an almost two hour train ride each way 3 days a week. But we still have it relatively easy! - http://www.nytimes.com/interactive&

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