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by petesalty 17y ago
Is it just me or does a week seem like a long time to do this? I mean obviously it's not really a business just a little web service, but really, any competent programmer could probably have the functionality up and running over a weekend -
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by petesalty 17y ago
You can try HTMLDOC ( http://htmldoc.rubyforge.org/ ) which is a wrapper around a C library (I believe) that does exactly this. I've used it before, it's pretty fast and stable and you don't have to worry about JVM.
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by petesalty 17y ago
Without a moon there are no tides, so I suspect there would be no tides with the rings since they're evenly distributed. Is this right? Anyone smarter than me care to chime in on this? Also, wouldn't this have a drastic effect on the weathe
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by petesalty 17y ago
Actually, I kind of do think it's like the $10 IPod scam - yes, the fees are disclosed, on another page, in small print. It's not like it's right there along with the price "Only $50 each way, and, oh yeah, and on top of this, you'll be pay
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by petesalty 17y ago
I've done this before, even if ticket prices are a little higher but there are no fees other than what I pay for initially. I hate getting to the airport and getting nickled and dimed at the check-in counter. There just seems to be somethin
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by petesalty 17y ago
I'm not a lawyer but I've seen, and paid for, my share of it, and one thing I know is that if you don't want your lawyers charging you don't fire off emails like; "Hey, if you know X off the top of your head, can you left me know about it?"
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Ask HN: A human nature thought experiment.
5 points by petesalty 17y ago|3 comments
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by petesalty 17y ago
Thanks for the suggestion. I was actually thinking about something that could make use of concurrent programming, so maybe some kind of game that utilizes this isn't a bad idea.
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HN: Help me choose a Clojure project
4 points by petesalty 17y ago|4 comments
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by petesalty 17y ago
I'm sure someone spent some time on this but I fail to see how things makes things easier or clearer. If anything it just muddies the waters. I know that metaprogramming can be hard to get your mind around sometimes, but you're much better
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No tumour link to mobile phones, says study(smh.com.au)
3 points by petesalty 17y ago|0 comments
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Moller Skycar to finally crash and burn?(theregister.co.uk)
6 points by petesalty 17y ago|1 comments
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A replacement for the now dead CrunchPad?(camangi-webstation.com)
2 points by petesalty 17y ago|0 comments
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by petesalty 17y ago
Typically, when you enter deep stage sleep your brain turns your normal motor functions off - it's supposed that this is to stop you from hurting yourself while in deep sleep (although some people suffer from sleep disorders where they do m
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by petesalty 17y ago
But this could just be the vendor (not that I'm defending MS). It could easily be a different price for Google, and another for Yahoo, etc. It doesn't mean MS has any knowledge of this, although they could probably police it if it's affecti
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by petesalty 17y ago
I think it has a lot to do with lifestyle/attitude more than age. For example, I'm 40, but I don't have kids, nor a mortgage, nor any other major financial responsibilities. I do have a long term partner but she's also an entrepreneur worki
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SmallRuby: Ruby for Smalltalk/X virtual machine. (smalltalk.felk.cvut.cz)
8 points by petesalty 17y ago|1 comments
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by petesalty 17y ago
I used to be exclusively desktop for years - liked the power, liked the larger screens. In the last year I've moved to laptop (about 90% anyway). It all started when I went to NY for a 3 month stint and I haven't looked back since. I have a
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by petesalty 17y ago
Wow, I've been thinking about this a lot. I thought I was the only one :) Although I was kind of thinking a bit larger - building a whole new city within a city - completely self sustaining. With 100M it might be possible :)
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MacRuby 0.5 beta 2 is out.(macruby.org)
41 points by petesalty 17y ago|9 comments
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by petesalty 17y ago
I was a developer (programmer, architect, team lead, CTO, etc.) for about 20 years before I decided to give it up and pursue photography as a career. I was a studio photographer specializing in food. I did it for two years before coming bac
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by petesalty 17y ago
Yep, that jumped out at me as well, it was like the article was written by two completely different people. Plus it barely qualifies as an article, more of a quick blog post.
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The Ruby Revolution is Over, Take 2(merbist.com)
1 points by petesalty 17y ago|0 comments
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The Ruby Revolution is Over(merbist.com)
36 points by petesalty 17y ago|15 comments
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by petesalty 17y ago
Actually, no, Mobivity give you an API to send and receive SMS messages, and they do it in pretty much the same way this site does. I know this because I've used them to do exactly that. I know it does the the marketing as well but it has a
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by petesalty 17y ago
Apart from a nicer website, how is this service any different from Mobivity, or half a dozen others? Maybe it's substantially cheaper but I can't seem to find any pricing information.
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by petesalty 17y ago
With it in your lap, flat, your head tilts down, bending the neck. This puts strain on the muscles at the base of the neck, which tires them. The muscles under the shoulder blades will then step in to try and compensate, tiring them, etc.,
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by petesalty 17y ago
I have no idea wether the cost is holding this back but I've always been doubtful about this "pad" format for devices - it just doesn't seem like good design. - It's too big to be operated with two thumbs (i.e. Blackberry and iPhone) - It l
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by petesalty 17y ago
I don't know if it has any real business potential, but it's certainly an interesting little project. I'd love to see a blog post about how you put it together.
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by petesalty 17y ago
I'm sort of surprised by this. I live and work in the bad end of SOMA/Potrero and I've seen a lot of crack downs in the last 8 years. Admittedly it happens when RVs tend to group up for long periods of time but I have seen the police swoop

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