ryanchants

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by ryanchants 2y ago
I'm working on a small website for finding restaurants and breweries when you're traveling. It currently has 4 year of Great American Beer Fest winners and 3 years of James Beard nominees and winners. It's very alpha at this
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by ryanchants 2y ago
The closest I see is Unlocking the Parallel Universe: Subinterpreters and Free-Threading in Python 3.13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCjsy7tb420
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by ryanchants 2y ago
For American poetry, it's worth checking out the annual release of The Best American Poetry: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Best-American-Poe...
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by ryanchants 3y ago
I treat technical audiobooks as pre-recorded lectures. I put them on and sit with a piece of paper and a pencil and take notes.
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by ryanchants 3y ago
The real key to that part is to find a local bar and be a regular, so you run into the same people over and over.
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by ryanchants 3y ago
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by ryanchants 3y ago
99 ASVAB, 132 GT score. Went 0311(rifleman), and eventually 0313(LAV Crewman). High ASVAB scores in the infantry are more common than people think. My recruiter tried to push me to computer networking, but I had already done that in real li
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by ryanchants 3y ago
I often use Advent of Code. Previous years that I haven't solved. They are smallish, self-contained problems with solutions provided. It also gives me questions that I don't have a predetermined solution for. I read through the pr
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by ryanchants 4y ago
Planned Parenthood, EFF, and the NRDC
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by ryanchants 4y ago
It was a combination of MUDs and IRC that did it for me.
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by ryanchants 4y ago
A lot of RSS readers have this built in, but I don't use the one from my RSS reader, I use Kill the Newsletter https://kill-the-newsletter.com/
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by ryanchants 4y ago
I'm writing this will waiting for an validation run of a new project's MVP to finish running. The excitement building up to this, and how happy I'll be when (if, so not to jinx) it succeeds is palpable.
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by ryanchants 4y ago
While it doesn't directly explore it, it is mentioned in Ubik: “The door refused to open. It said, “Five cents, please.” He searched his pockets. No more coins; nothing. “I’ll pay you tomorrow,” he told the door. Again he tried the kno
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by ryanchants 4y ago
I saw this being passed around the other day: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-the-department-of-jus...
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by ryanchants 4y ago
Growing up around Charlotte my mom would always meet up with friends for the Mallard Creek Barbecue for Brunswick stew. And she would always pick up a couple of quarts to freeze for later. It's still the best Brunswick stew I've h
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by ryanchants 4y ago
I had to whitelist pdst.fm on my pihole a while back to get downloads working.
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by ryanchants 4y ago
The closest I can think of is High Performance Browser Networking: https://hpbn.co/ But I'm not really sure what backend-specific networking knowledge you need.
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by ryanchants 4y ago
Queue up your favorite good-mood music, or a just a tripping playlist from Spotify or similar. Music has a huge impact on trip feel for me, and I can normally adjust out of a difficult trip with a music change. Stay in a safe place, with a
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by ryanchants 4y ago
I'm in US, so that's all I can speak to. Psilocybin spores are legal to purchase in most states, though growing/possession are illegal. Once you have the spores, you just grow your own. Techniques(teks in the magic mushroom w
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by ryanchants 4y ago
I picked up this book, but haven't started it yet: "Building Git is a deep dive into the internals of the Git version control system. By rebuilding it in a high-level programming language, we explore the computer science behind th
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by ryanchants 4y ago
You can fruit in bag, but most people do "shoebox tek" where you mix the grains with coco coir in and fruit in plastic tubs.
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by ryanchants 4y ago
Space Alert. The time limit makes it extremely hectic. Most other games, you can think rounds ahead, but Space Alert throws that out the window. There's no "think for 5 minutes per move". It's also co-op, which I enjoy m
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by ryanchants 4y ago
I mostly just dabble in a bunch of things. I started by looking at what classes are offered in my city, and started signing up for random ones. So far, I've done some leatherworking, metalsmithing, weaving, archery, bike repair, Americ
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by ryanchants 4y ago
Not to nitpick, but more for other readers that want to read more, the term is "safety razor"
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by ryanchants 5y ago
I've been wanting to build something like your light system. What smart lights do you use?
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by ryanchants 5y ago
Working the line in a fine dining restaurant. I did it previously, and prefer it greatly, but the pay just can't compare. I've also considered teaching software dev at a community college as an alternative/partial retirement
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by ryanchants 5y ago
For Django there is also SaaS Pegasus( https://www.saaspegasus.com/ ) which has a pricing structure more in-line with Jumpstart Rails.
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by ryanchants 5y ago
Is it "An ex-FBI agent's guide to winning people over"? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28775746
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by ryanchants 5y ago
I was thinking about building something like this recently. Mostly to replicate the library browsing method online. How it works when I go to the library: I have a book I'm interested in. I look that book up and get its call number. I
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by ryanchants 5y ago
The imgur account name is the business name, Alpha Structural: https://www.yelp.com/biz/alpha-structural-los-angeles-8

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