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721.
by smoyer 6y ago
I'm trying to spend my extra time on the boats I'm building ... I also hope to finish restoring a '71 Saab Sonnett III this summer (body is almost ready to paint but we haven't had a lot of low-humidity days this spring)
722.
by smoyer 6y ago
They are synonyms - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Card_sharp . Curiously, I've never heard the term "card sharp" before (or I mis-heard it as "card shark").
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A casino card shark’s first time getting caught(narratively.com)
252 points by smoyer 6y ago|122 comments
724.
by smoyer 6y ago
You should edit the title to start with "Ask HN:". I don't use either of them professionally at the moment. In the past I created a KDE/Qt application that used SQLite for local (workstation) storage. I have written mu
725.
by smoyer 6y ago
There have been a few times that I've really admired code that I wrote ... it happened way more often building embedded systems where I was short on processor cycles and memory. But I'll also comment on the opposite (which I attri
726.
by smoyer 6y ago
I think there's a real lesson to learn from Terry which was perhaps magnified by both his personality and this community. The truth is that there are people all around us that suffer from various degrees (and types) of mental illness.
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Why a Medieval Woman Had Lapis Lazuli Hidden in Her Teeth (2019)(theatlantic.com)
3 points by smoyer 6y ago|0 comments
728.
by smoyer 6y ago
I suspected that meat shortages are localized (much like the R(t) of the new coronavirus.
729.
by smoyer 6y ago
I did exactly what you're describing when leaving a privately-held company that was about to have the final 21% ownership acquired. You have to have enough cash-on-hand (and be willing to risk losing it) to purchase the options in you
730.
by smoyer 6y ago
This article contradicts my (sample size of one) observations at local grocery stores (in central PA, USA). Pork has been and remains the cheapest meat in the grocery store and there's pork there even when beef and chicken shelves are
731.
by smoyer 6y ago
This article would be WAY better in paragraphs that each contained one of the sub-themes of the article as a whole. He starts by talking about tweeting and it looks and feels like the article was written as tweets too.
732.
by smoyer 6y ago
I can't argue with the data, analysis and conclusion in this article but the writing (grammar) errors makes it hard to take seriously. One thing that I think is incorrect is the idea that the U.S. (or any other country) should be trea
733.
by smoyer 6y ago
I sold my (small) sailing yacht and am in the process of building four boats to replace it (a couple small boats to practice production processes). My previous boat wasn't ideal for sailing alone but my final design can be single-hand
734.
by smoyer 6y ago
Without getting fired? ... you need to trust your coworkers and cripple operations with a "blue flu" for a day or two. You (theoretically) can't get fired for being sick but you'd better be pretty careful to organize th
735.
by smoyer 6y ago
What's the link to the HN submission (I don't see the post in your submissions)?
736.
by smoyer 7y ago
I'm not seeing the sarcasm but it's a great comment. I can't think of a sarcastic comment right off the top-of-my-head either but I do have a funny comment story: For the longest time (starting in the '80s) I started a
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by smoyer 7y ago
Wray is a lawyer and will promote whatever side is paying him. He's now a politician (and was never really a technologist) so hypocrisy is a required trait.
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by smoyer 7y ago
I tried Cliqz for a day and didn't find the results useful (so I went back to DDG.)
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by smoyer 7y ago
And it would apparently be a good name for the Boeing lander's contract.
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by smoyer 7y ago
Probably the biggest bit of information in this article is that Boeing submitted a proposal that was rejected. You launch a defective plane, a defective crew module and then repeatedly miss deadlines and budgets for a booster. That appear
741.
by smoyer 7y ago
I'm not disagreeing that there are networking opportunities ... I work for a university and have been going to a conference or two a year since I started here simply to meet up with people. I think we'll find a way to recoup some
742.
by smoyer 7y ago
One thing that I think the business world has finally learned during the COVID-19 social distancing is that business travel isn't nearly so important as we had imagined. And attending conferences was always fun but it's been amaz
743.
by smoyer 7y ago
I worked through this on a couple projects last month if anyone needs more examples or has questions.
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by smoyer 7y ago
I don't doubt that this has occurred but it's strange that (s)he is blocked from creating a developer account. Clearly this would stop all "ideas" from turning into apps for this person. Sounds more like they can'
745.
by smoyer 7y ago
The Apple I was launched just two years after this in 1976 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_I
746.
by smoyer 7y ago
Only two years out of uni? ... I would have to say that the IT business isn't for you. What are you passionate about? And how would you go about earning money related to that passion?
747.
by smoyer 7y ago
We built a couple products using PolyForth in the '90s ... I didn't hate it but I'm not really interested in returning to coding in a Forth dialect (maybe on uP and uC). On the other hand, I learned a lot about programming i
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The Yeast Supply Chain Can’t Just Activate Itself(slate.com)
1 points by smoyer 7y ago|0 comments
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How to Cut Your Hair at Home(wired.com)
3 points by smoyer 7y ago|0 comments
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by smoyer 7y ago
Can this be compiled (and minimized) at some point or are we stuck with an interpreter?

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