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by mgberlin 9y ago
Of all the words I would use to describe the current electric cars (and hybrids) on the market (except Tesla), "great looking" would not be one of them. I don't understand what they're thinking in designing the boxy, hei
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by mgberlin 9y ago
Why do these opioid epidemic articles keep making the front page of HN? They seem extremely off topic to me.
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by mgberlin 9y ago
Only if your phone is locked and it is looking for all open wifi networks. If you unlock it or it is connected to a particular wifi network this is not true.
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by mgberlin 9y ago
Because when a restaurant buys vinegar, it comes in a gallon jug, if not a five gallon bucket. Hell, it might come in a 55 gallon drum. But then Blue Apron puts it in single 1 oz bottles and ships them all over the country, wasting a huge a
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by mgberlin 9y ago
And compared to Ripple, it's still astoundingly clunky.
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by mgberlin 9y ago
Ripple has written a compelling implementation. It can handle massive transaction volume, is building a network internationally with established banks, is slowly releasing more currency into the wild resulting in inflation, and is pre-mined
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by mgberlin 10y ago
Chemistry has whiteboarding, but instead of writing algorithms or code, you're expected to be able to draw structures, reactions, and synthesis. It's also similar in that this is not necessarily a core part of most chemists everyd
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by mgberlin 10y ago
I buy instant coffee 3 or 4 times a year when I go backpacking. Because it's that rare, I'm not going to subscribe, but if I saw this for sale at [Big Box Outdoor Store] when I was buying supplies, I'd probably pay a premium
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by mgberlin 10y ago
With an astoundingly high false positive rate, assuming it's a multiple choice test.
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by mgberlin 10y ago
Why would the owners of an online dictionary feel compelled to thwart cheating on tests? It's their job to provide accurate information, not justice to cheats.
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by mgberlin 10y ago
The Times did this via email for World War I. It was kind of fun for a few weeks, but then I lost interest and it turned into spam. I'm also not much of a history buff, so maybe not exactly the target market. http://ww1.thet
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IBM to build quantum computers(independent.co.uk)
1 points by mgberlin 10y ago|0 comments
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by mgberlin 10y ago
Unless catching the fish and baking the bread are zero sum games, in which the land owner is the winner, leaving the other two with nothing.
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by mgberlin 10y ago
What "tap" function is the author talking about?
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by mgberlin 10y ago
This is all predicated on the fact that police and passersby care about a bike being stolen. My experience in San Francisco has shown this to not be true.
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by mgberlin 10y ago
Your bikes are going to be stolen, stripped, and scrapped.
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by mgberlin 10y ago
As a former scientist who is very sad about the way politics are going right now, I was extremely excited to see this group forming. Then I saw that they've inexplicably co-mingled gun control and science. By all means we need to take
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by mgberlin 10y ago
"I believe we're actually quite close to automating good software engineering in general." What leads you to believe this is true? At the moment we don't even have good automation for telling us where a bug is in a stack
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by mgberlin 10y ago
Please don't hijack my back button with your annoying "subscribe" modal.
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Coding Standards Horror Story(lhotka.net)
2 points by mgberlin 10y ago|0 comments
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by mgberlin 10y ago
I truly hope to see many, many more of these on bike paths and roads in the near future. They bring the joy of bikes and motorcycles (two things I love dearly) to a whole new audience, are ecologically sound, and extremely efficient. Howeve
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by mgberlin 10y ago
Absolutely. I'd also pay for a service that generates a business idea, has 100 paying users, and is willing to sell the idea and list.
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by mgberlin 10y ago
Their yearly conference, Re:Invent, is going on this week, so there will probably be more announcements to come.
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The Art of the Awkward One on One(medium.com)
2 points by mgberlin 10y ago|0 comments
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by mgberlin 10y ago
At first I was ornery about the touch bar thing. Then I remembered I'm using a Kinesis Advantage that has soft function keys, which I've touched about 3 times in the past year.
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by mgberlin 10y ago
Yeah, I'm totally baffled as to who productively uses VIM and reaches waaaay up there with their pinky. In the first 10 minutes of learning I was googling "mac remap caps lock escape", and I haven't touched the actual es
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by mgberlin 10y ago
To make it seem like sunlight you have to simulate Rayleigh scattering. I remember seeing a company that was making artificial skylights that did this, but can't seem to find it anymore.
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9 Tricks to Appear Smart in Brainstorming Meetings(medium.com)
4 points by mgberlin 10y ago|0 comments
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by mgberlin 10y ago
Crank Logic | Santa Cruz, CA | Full-Time| On-Site | Full Stack Developer | https://cranklogic.com We analyze local retailers point of sale data and give them insights, suggestions, and all the answers they need to improve their
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by mgberlin 10y ago
Does anyone know when this will be available on AWS RDS?

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