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by raarts 11y ago
The sun of a (Dutch) friend actually 'hacked' his school network (he gleaned the password from his teacher). Grades were altered, he involved others, and they were caught. The police was not involved, and he was expelled. He is no
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by raarts 11y ago
After living in the US as a European for 1.5 years, I've come to the conclusion that americans tend to be more afraid in general. For example I've never heard in Europe of recommendations like 'when selling stuff through crai
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by raarts 11y ago
Spelling 'disease' correctly would add a lot of credibility to your arguments.
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by raarts 11y ago
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. -- Lao Tzu
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Ask HN: How to respond to a request for custom work with supershort description?
2 points by raarts 11y ago|1 comments
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by raarts 11y ago
He never complained about the quality of television shows, just about television. And I concur. The quality of television has gone down a lot. Too many ads, too many channels filled with rubbish. I stopped watching too, and turned to Netfli
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by raarts 11y ago
More than $800? Funny americans. IUDs cost between $20 and $100 here in The Netherlands. I don't know why you're not rioting over healthcare costs...
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by raarts 11y ago
Earlier in life I ported MUMPS to the ATARI ST. I remember the syntax as being a little weird compared to all other languages I knew at the time. The persistence was a nice touch though, it allowed you work with data in a very intuitive man
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by raarts 11y ago
bachelors' wives and maidens' children are well taught
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by raarts 11y ago
> Don't let companies or governments lure you into asking for your fingerprint and storing it for you on their servers "for your convenience". This is hard. Any entry to the USA for example requires every alien to have the
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by raarts 11y ago
Why would you say that? I've seen a lot of literature about damage done by psychopaths/sociopaths, but I haven't seen any on damage done by mislabeling people as such. Without evidence to the contrary, I'm much more inc
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by raarts 11y ago
Am I the only one noticing the spelling error on the frontpage in 'Connect with world-class entreprenuers and advisors'?
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by raarts 11y ago
And for whoever is looking for someone like that: don't fall for promises like: I have a great network, or I'm a great salesman. There are a lot of predators and leeches out there.
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by raarts 11y ago
The Great Suspender uses this.
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by raarts 11y ago
1. The answer is yes. I personally think there's no such thing as 'equity in a product'. 2. You working harder than the other founders should be a salary negotiation. 3. If the company makes a profit, it should pay it out to
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by raarts 11y ago
TL;DR: The patent covered any salt solution “between 1 per cent and 25 per cent of the total volume of treatment”. The court ruled that 0.77 falls within that range, because '1' can mean anything between 0.5 and 1.5, because &#x27
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by raarts 11y ago
Just an FYI: The Dutch word 'toilet' means restroom or bathroom. So if a Dutch person would say: "I washed my hands in the toilet", that doesn't mean what you think it means..
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by raarts 11y ago
Just read it. Looking at the partnership in a new light now, and will work towards breaking up. I'm the visionary, and my partner is not the right integrator, if one at all. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
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by raarts 11y ago
Oh man, you totally described my co-founder. How did that end?
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by raarts 12y ago
Using it less and less. It has just become like everything else: always trying to get your attention.
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by raarts 12y ago
>You don't think Apple's software quality has dropped? Guess you havn't had a hanging Safari or Chrome tab take down the entire OS. No, I haven't. I really don't know what all the fuzz is about. I love my MBA, no
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by raarts 12y ago
There are many things that we cannot be sure about. But I do share his concerns. If wealth inequality keeps growing, this will inevitably lead to social unrest. And shrinking wealth for the middle and lower classes will deprive many compani
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by raarts 12y ago
Every online service needs to make money ('if the product is free, you are the product'). But people do not expect/want to pay for online forums. I'm rather pessimistic about online privacy. My wife's family is Jewi
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by raarts 12y ago
How's the battery life?
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by raarts 12y ago
Can you point to some other studies? This is an interesting topic.
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by raarts 12y ago
Anecdotical evidence: when my (Dutch) son of 18 went on a student exchange to the US, he woke up in intensive care after six weeks of helmet-less biking. Nothing ever happened on his 6-year daily 45 mins commute to school in Amsterdam. When
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by raarts 12y ago
Doesn't this completely go against the trias politica principle? The police effectively playing judge and determining the penalty, without due process and even worse, for their own benefit? Frankly I'm at a loss for words here. It
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Ask HN: Yum repository hosting options?
1 points by raarts 12y ago|1 comments
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by raarts 12y ago
Background: I am Dutch, in my fifties and recently moved to the US. Mondermans ideas are only implemented in a very limited part of the Netherlands: only in one of the 12 provinces, and only in about hundred locations. And this is one of th
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by raarts 12y ago
A few remarks. This article downplays the seriousness of packet loss. 10% is mentioned as acceptable, 'because the application layer will compensate'. Maybe true for tcp traffic, but this kind of packet loss is completely unaccept

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