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by tbirrell 8y ago
Ah yes, another "TITANIC MYSTERY FINALLY SOLVED" article. And right on schedule too! If you Google "Titanic coal fire", the results page will be full of articles positing this exact theory. This is neither new, nor corre
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Ask HN: What to do with a computer that can't connect to the network?
2 points by tbirrell 8y ago|2 comments
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by tbirrell 8y ago
Okay, so if the planet has done it on its own before, who are we to think we can stop it? Are we gods to command the sea and tides? On a slightly less melodramatic note, it takes a massive amount of hubris to think that we can do anything t
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by tbirrell 8y ago
Your scrolling is broken when the decision modal is open[0]. You should either let the background scroll behind the modal or prevent it entirely. [0]: https://i.imgur.com/XYe7pDE.gifv
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by tbirrell 8y ago
Does Atom work with mounted directories yet? Especially sshfs? I'd love to go back to Atom, but unfortunately, last time I tried to use it, it had massive indexing problems when working through mounts.
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by tbirrell 8y ago
Pick a starting point then write a lot of comments.
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by tbirrell 8y ago
You could just define the second to be a 1/100,000 of a day and go from there. Aside from screwing with literally everyones perception of time, it could work.
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Individual vs. Collaborative Programming Culture(twitter.com)
1 points by tbirrell 8y ago|0 comments
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by tbirrell 8y ago
I'd postulate it is because we are intimately familiar with how the sausage is made, so we can identify the problems (perceived or otherwise) with ease. Since everyone thinks a little bit differently, even if we do make something impre
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by tbirrell 8y ago
Figure out what you want out of this job. - If there something you want to learn, focus on achieving that. - If you are there for the money, invest in something outside of work you enjoy. - If you think you can find a new job easily and thi
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Ask HN: What do you look for in a tech conference?
1 points by tbirrell 8y ago|0 comments
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by tbirrell 8y ago
This is the theory I subscribe to.
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by tbirrell 8y ago
The other way around. There are 7 notes and the accidentals give us a 12-tone chromatic scale.
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by tbirrell 8y ago
Musical notes are a base-7 system denoted with the letters A-F repeating. Given that it is not a numerical system, different A's or B's (ect) are marked with numbers rather then continuing like hex. i.e. A3, E5 (etc) with lower to
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by tbirrell 8y ago
Explain the role in management/development centric terms. Project management can be "lead a team of devs" or "managed a project". Think of it more like translating to two different languages, rather than being selec
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by tbirrell 8y ago
You could also say "not sure how these are better than buying a 2-year old pixel". If good-enough is what you want, there are a ton of options, I won't disagree. I buy latest (at the time) phones because I plan to hang onto t
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by tbirrell 8y ago
yEd Graph Editor https://www.yworks.com/products/yed https://www.yworks.com/products/yed/download
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by tbirrell 8y ago
This seems super generic. Why is this tool better than any of the others? Also, smooth scroll is a blight that should be eradicated.
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Ask HN: How to commit comments to different repo?
1 points by tbirrell 8y ago|1 comments
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by tbirrell 8y ago
Not a script perse... But this runs behind the scenes to truncate excessively long paths in the terminal and present git branch and status at a glance. For example (master):~/p/s/my-app$ (mobile-css):~/p/s
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by tbirrell 8y ago
Probably that it uses CSS as opposed to SASS or LESS or some other thing that requires preprocessing.
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by tbirrell 8y ago
Do you have any recommendations of where to start?
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by tbirrell 8y ago
I think both are true. If someone kept a phone for 2 years on contract, anything priced over ~$750 is absorbed by the carrier (probably made up by reoffering the phone cheaper to someone who doesn't need the latest and greatest). But o
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Equifax is extending year of free credit reporting(trustedid.com)
2 points by tbirrell 8y ago|1 comments
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by tbirrell 8y ago
WordPress does if I recall correctly. Though it's been a few years since I've worked with it.
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by tbirrell 8y ago
As someone with synesthesia, "typecasting" one sensory experience to some other sensory experience is not the same thing at all, and will almost certainly be considered the "wrong" result by anyone with synesthesia. That
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by tbirrell 8y ago
No... That's not really the point of the article. The secret sauce is that /that/ ritual, its /any/ ritual. The premise is that by doing the ritual, you are more liking to do the "correct" thing. Probably
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by tbirrell 8y ago
I don't understand. Why are the points of light moving?
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by tbirrell 8y ago
That obligation is separate from the right to life. It falls more under the social contract than human rights.
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by tbirrell 8y ago
The right /to/ life is different from the right /of/ life. The right to life means that no one can deprive you of your life, but neither is society obligated to ensure you have a life. The right of life means that you ar

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