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by ndespres 12y ago
When my coworkers see news like this they start telling me that I ought to bring my fleet of Nubian goats out on jobs like this. They do great work, easily digesting poison ivy (and destroying its seeds so it can't regrow from their dr
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by ndespres 12y ago
Can you share a link to your service? One of my new clients (I provide managed IT services) is in this exact market with 10 locations and more coming.
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by ndespres 12y ago
Just this morning, my firm moved its office and now my team is in adjacent cubes instead of an open bullpen, and I was quite surprised at my own excitement to finally have a cube again. Semi-privacy! A noise barrier! But there are really mo
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by ndespres 12y ago
If you enjoy the place and time of writing like this, and the funny turns of phrases and witty voices of young people, now's a good time to read a story or two by Horatio Alger. They've always been one of my favorite peeks into ea
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by ndespres 12y ago
Of course an article on our food system is in all of our interests (Soylent customers, perhaps, excepted) but I'm always happy to see an article like this at the top of hn. I feel that this industry is particularly ripe for innovation,
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by ndespres 12y ago
This made me feel quite nauseated!
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"YKK isn’t the kind of brand that markets to consumers. (Or seeks any kind of publicity: They declined to speak to me for this story.) You don’t buy your jeans and jackets by looking for their letters on that pull. Likewise, you almost
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by ndespres 12y ago
They learn quickly (dogs and parents). Most people aren't as allergic as they think they are, and it would have to be pretty persistently dumb dog to keep bothering a hive that continues to sting it. Anyhow unless you aggressively bot
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by ndespres 12y ago
Interesting hypothesis. I've been lamenting, especially lately, my own memory problems identifying faces, scents, and sounds. My first surgery which had me placed under general anesthesia was at 1 yr.
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by ndespres 12y ago
"Handling shutdown was a pain, making sure the windows closed down neatly and all the program’s resources were cleaned up properly without the program crashing." Which must be why this program always refused to simply exit, prefer
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by ndespres 13y ago
I was taught to never back a vehicle up without physically turning around to look out the back window, as rear and side-view mirrors don't give a 100% view of what's behind you. When I see someone using just mirrors to back up, I
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by ndespres 13y ago
My apologies. I wandered down the Wikipedia k-hole on this one and failed to realize it. The page on the pilot was deleted and merged into a section on the article of the event; the Talk page is here http://en.wikipedia.org/
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by ndespres 13y ago
Fascinating entry on the Talk page from the brother of the missing pilot.
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by ndespres 13y ago
Please don't be obtuse or sensationalize this. You know very well that's not what's being referred to here.
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by ndespres 13y ago
I commute from the Jersey shore to NYC daily by ferry, and while it is often the most relaxing part of my day (stormy days being the exception) and more convenient than the alternatives available to me, I don't believe rapid transit by
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by ndespres 13y ago
I make my own soaps at home with only organic oils and lye, and I'll be happy to sell you some! :) Off the shelf at a regular store though, it's hard to find soaps (and toothpastes) without these ingredients. Just one more reason
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by ndespres 13y ago
The person to whom I responded feels, as evidenced by his sarcasm, that the entire issue is trivial. We clearly do not agree. You're both unable to see the other side of it. I can see from your other comment on this thread that further
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by ndespres 13y ago
There's a big difference between "foul language" and that which is offensive, inconsiderate, exclusionary, and generally sexist, having the result of making women feel unsafe/unwelcome in this space. Check your privilege
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by ndespres 13y ago
I've had a lot of luck with Roboform Enterprise and KeePass. Storing the passwords in a place folks can find them has never been a problem- in a protected spreadsheet, in a heavily-locked down Sharepoint site, or in an internal-only Wi
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by ndespres 14y ago
Of course not. Just the fastest way to get them! Fortunately, Confluence, Autotask, and my memory are all still intact!
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by ndespres 14y ago
I'm a Google Apps reseller and thought, oh no, I should call all my clients and let them know about this outage before they call me! Where can I get a full customer list.. the admin panel.. oh.
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Facebook IS the ad.
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by ndespres 14y ago
It almost feels as though they were trying to beat SNL to the punch on making fun of the new product. I think one of the reasons the Home product rubs me the wrong way is similar to the reason I resent junk-food companies for knowing exactl
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by ndespres 14y ago
If someone can kill an animal that they've raised from birth and cared for each day- without wincing, without feeling it in their heart for days- I don't want to buy meat from that person.
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by ndespres 14y ago
I'm not admitting to doing anything wrong. I'm taking my role in my own food production and consumption with the weight it deserves. I'm further accepting my role in the food cycle, and realizing that things die at every stage of food produ
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by ndespres 14y ago
The goats weren't artificially inseminated. They were each studded, birthed a single kid each. I have 2 of them still, and the others were given away to other farmers (before my time). I am however considering starting a beef cattle operati
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by ndespres 14y ago
You're wrong about this. -dairy animals can be chosen based on their long-term milk production (my goats haven't been bred in 2+ years and are still giving more milk than I know what to do with, and when they are finally bred we have other
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by ndespres 14y ago
There are a lot of ways to raise meat for human consumption with care, mindfulness, and free of cruelty. We often say that the animals we eat have a great day, every day, and then it ends with one very bad instant. True, the modern agricult
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by ndespres 14y ago
My farm-fresh dozens cost $6 in the greater NYC area. I'm only in my first year of farming as a startup but I'm finding that it is profitable and enjoyable to serve fresh, local food to people without gouging them for it.
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by ndespres 14y ago
New York, NY -- IT consultant for managed services provider We're a fast-growing company providing IT consulting and helpdesk services for small businesses in the NYC and north NJ area. It's a "level 3" engineer job- you'd be taking escalat

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