quizme2000

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Happy 30th Birthday Task Manager(youtube.com)
4 points by quizme2000 11mo ago|2 comments
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by quizme2000 11mo ago
Dave Palmer’s breakdown on his side project entering production is a special treat.
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by quizme2000 3y ago
Probably not, lead ions are problematic because of the absorption of lead ions as if they were calcium ions at the cellular level.
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First Video of NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter in Flight (JPL)(youtube.com)
2 points by quizme2000 5y ago|0 comments
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$5000 per violation of price-gouging in CA(caloes.ca.gov)
228 points by quizme2000 7y ago|428 comments
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Should anti-price gouging laws be enforced online?
2 points by quizme2000 7y ago|0 comments
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by quizme2000 7y ago
100+ 9.7 iPads,20+ iPad Pros, and about a bakers dozen of iPad Minis less less than 6 months old all have reported a 33 to 50% shorter battery life. Fucking wonderful iPadOS, same old apple bull shit.
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by quizme2000 7y ago
"The Checklist Manifesto" by Dr Atul Gawande details how resistant to change Medical Professionals can be to procedure. I thought it was hyperbole until I sat in on a certification training for a hospital group and the toxic clou
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by quizme2000 8y ago
The 2 things that will make your blood boil is when the city counsel couldn't get some residents to sell their property b/c they had nowhere to go, they declared it blighted/contaminated and forced eviction into actual blight
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by quizme2000 8y ago
What is interesting is that the flash may have not been visible to the naked eye, but most DSLR type camera that were used to stream the eclipse would pick it up. Also NASA was (and currently) shutdown during the eclipse.
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by quizme2000 8y ago
Spoiler Alert! Yes in the first pages there is a moon event, the rest of your comment just gives away the plot.
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by quizme2000 8y ago
It's "edge" cases like this that demonstrate how complex it is for software to coordinate with chaos of real-world environments. According to a CA State Trooper, "The state law says that upon the immediate approach of an
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by quizme2000 8y ago
My position is that industry has a long and well documented history or over inflated claims and hyperbole. The FDA exists because of the danger of claims that get made. Even recently a product was recommended to treat dogs that was like 9
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by quizme2000 8y ago
Yes, I was posting this in the context of a clinical study. A good study will try to account for its controls, that was my point. The only problem is in the wide variability of the actual product to be used. There needs to be information
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by quizme2000 8y ago
Sorry that was just me being irritated, and not very clever.
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by quizme2000 8y ago
My wife had a very stressful and painful delivery with our first. During her 3 day recovery at Kasier, our nurses provided a lavender treatment (oil on a cotton ball) to help reduce her stress and calm her heart-rate. Our nurses had provi
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by quizme2000 8y ago
I started using Site 24x7 from Zoho about a year ago for all of my apps and my clients "basic" websites. It ended up being a great tool for me because it allows for the most basic ping test and to content checks to be setup in 10
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by quizme2000 8y ago
The back button wasn't broken, I didn't get a disbale adblock notification, or a pop-up when trying to close the tab. Definitely not 2018 enough /s
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by quizme2000 8y ago
Long time watcher of LR, he's been calling out a$$le on their shitty behavior for awhile. The right to repair fight is going to go red hot next year. A$$le is quickly moving to refusing all repairs and bricking anything that is repair
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by quizme2000 8y ago
I've watched this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI3Zo3Ax494 on "This Old House" years ago and it also stood out as really well designed, instead of a product looking for a problem to solve. The issue is alw
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by quizme2000 8y ago
There was quite of bit of discussion about this last year. The goal was to activate the cold water bubble/mist field around a 1000 miles from the shore. The theory is that before the storm hits warm shallow waters that increase the s
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by quizme2000 8y ago
Note my response is NOT based on someone trying to build a wood framed house, rather it is based on someone who wants to build a massive concrete structure. Permits and Permission. You need to understand very clearly where and what you are
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by quizme2000 8y ago
A (well made i.e. realistic) video of assembly/unboxing would really highlight your value proposition. Also my first reaction is to the gaps or smoothness between planks, visually it looks like a deal killer, so maybe highlight that t
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by quizme2000 8y ago
ILM would be included under Disney.
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by quizme2000 8y ago
Most payroll processors handle this for you. HR and Payroll for teams under 50 should never be done in house, there are so many pitfalls. IMHO, until you can hire a full time HR person, use a company to process/collect taxes, handle on
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by quizme2000 8y ago
I love refurbishing these models. You can upgrade the RAM to 16 GB ($110), Install an SSD ($150), and replace the battery ($65) in 15 mins. Your biggest hurdle is having a $1 tri-wing bit for the battery and it will run MacOS as well as an
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by quizme2000 8y ago
I work full time for an IT company that supports Apple products and we are in the same position. Its hard for us to recommend upgrades unless there is an hardware failure that's beyond the replacement cost. I still rock a 2012 MBP th
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2018 Internet Trends Report (Mary Meeker, 294p.)(kpcb.com)
2 points by quizme2000 8y ago|0 comments
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by quizme2000 8y ago
Thank-you! I haven't talked to a research scientist in quite awhile. Its one of the reasons I like HN's discussion about these types of issues.
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by quizme2000 8y ago
A bit off topic but have research journals become a whipping boy for the anti-science crowd? The general public is being spoon fed either very poor quality click-bait "break through/cure cancer" articles or worse. Recently

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