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by pkdpic 4y ago
A time traveller trying to save us from some unseen future disaster caused by wind energy seems at least as likely as aliens.
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by pkdpic 5y ago
That might be a really smart idea. When I got out of art school I remember a couple of not particularly talented but nice hardworking artists had some wild early success that no one quite understood. Then we found out later they had hired a
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by pkdpic 5y ago
Idunno, I'm pretty sure I'm at least one of their target demographics - casual electronic musician with more money than free time who buys mostly portable gear for no easily justifiable reason whose been bought multiple battery po
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by pkdpic 5y ago
So glad I caught this post. I need to write more scrapers.
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by pkdpic 5y ago
> ...with more than 2,000 U.S. counties (63.6%) now lacking a daily newspaper. Curious what the political party affiliation balance is in these counties. Or maybe I don't want to know...
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Ask HN: Should I get chickens?
51 points by pkdpic 5y ago|39 comments
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by pkdpic 5y ago
Sorry to be that guy but what was going on? This is alarming as someone who uses DDG and youtube-dl kinda too much probably. Also if anyone else is slightly hung over and searches DDG in DDG and gets super confused for three seconds because
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by pkdpic 5y ago
Why don't companies just have prospective candidates work for 2-4 weeks on the actual job unpaid and then select 1-2 candidates from that pool based on performance? Most job seekers are working for free when applying for jobs anyway an
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by pkdpic 5y ago
> Don't know what you'd do for the litter box though. pray
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by pkdpic 5y ago
I completely agree, having a kid is hard work but its put the universe into alignment for me more than I ever would have expected in terms of healthy priorities at work, balancing my ego-driven motivations out and in the direction and scope
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by pkdpic 5y ago
Wellbutrin doesn't work for everyone but its been mild / perfect for my depression, which I've struggled with my whole life too. Going to the gym, hiking and getting amped up on new dumb projects helps too but are a little mo
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by pkdpic 5y ago
And didn't Gibson write the screenplay for the film adaptation of Johnny Mnemonic where they coined the term iPhone in that one random scene for two seconds? Or did I imagine that? Anyway I guess thats like the opposite of cyberpunk..
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Electric Ford Ranger (1998)(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by pkdpic 5y ago|0 comments
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by pkdpic 5y ago
I can't believe I didn't know Ford made an electric ranger in the late 90s! I wish this article had some more specific dates though...
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Simplified History of the Electric Car(insideevs.com)
1 points by pkdpic 5y ago|1 comments
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by pkdpic 5y ago
But that was 2016, so much has changed since then. I'm sure he's much happier with what's going on with computers in 2022.
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by pkdpic 5y ago
> Everything is a copy. Or nothings a copy. Maybe. Either way I'm with you. And I'm looking forward to watching Tetsuo Iron Man.
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by pkdpic 5y ago
Remembrance of Earths Past Trilogy, Ministry for the Future, Wild Sheep Chase
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by pkdpic 5y ago
I agree, make it stop. It's insane. Sacramento CA seems like its still reeling from building the Kings basketball stadium and its effectively made an entire district of town inaccessible and unaffordable for any of the small businesses
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Nintendo 3DS Synthesizer and Sequencer (live demo)(youtube.com)
1 points by pkdpic 5y ago|0 comments
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by pkdpic 5y ago
I'm feeling like this was posted more as a fun read than a revelation about how awesome music can be made on a gameboy. Also it seems to be from forever ago so there's that. But regardless here are some of my favorite gameboy solo
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by pkdpic 5y ago
One of my best friends volunteers at a technology museum and it seems to me like the healthiest way to interact with other people if your the kind of person who doesn't really like other people that much. I'm super jealous he has
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by pkdpic 5y ago
After living in the US for 35 years (my whole life) I finally live in an area where I can walk for 98% percent of my needs including markets, bars, restaurants, book shops, some good little museums, libraries and even a little indie video
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by pkdpic 5y ago
Kind of agree but thats why I stopped teaching and went to a dev bootcamp. Even though I taught for about 7 years my theory was that 3 years was a good amount of time to put in to teaching before starting to burn out. Sort of treating it l
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by pkdpic 5y ago
Yes! Tiny programs! And from one of my favorite zine makers and big inspirations for switching careers / getting a programming job. I need to make more of these at work. API team too busy to build an endpoint my team needs literally ev
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by pkdpic 5y ago
> Smoke from the incinerated cities rises high into the atmosphere, wrapping the planet in a blanket of soot that blocks the Sun’s rays. The planet plunges into a deep chill. For years, crops wither from California to China. Famine sets
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by pkdpic 5y ago
What more can individuals do? It sounds like the commenter isn't interacting with big industrial entities. Local produce, not flying / driving etc. Fighting with their wallet and personal decisions. I agree we should be self criti
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by pkdpic 5y ago
Im making progress towards the same lifestyle and Im surprised at how good it feels just on a personal health level. Your success is re-inspiring me to push further!
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by pkdpic 5y ago
> Buy 25 ordinary LED bulbs, and make some sort of contraption to mount them on the wall or ceiling. Like the dude living in his basement with dozens of lightbulbs hanging from his ceiling in Invisible Man. Love it : )
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by pkdpic 5y ago
Anybody else get the feeling that some business savvy al gore replicant terminator might have travelled back in time and infiltrated ford.

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