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12thhandyman

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About 12thhandyman

Handyman in Seattle

www.12thhandyman.com

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    Comment #42677899

    Wow, and the auto renew clause and right to change pricing without notice

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    Comment #42668733

    Cool article and nice to learn more about the history in Asia. Giant bamboo is great to work with. Myself, an American, and an Argentinian guy build a guadua (word for giant bamboo…

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    Comment #42232993

    Can’t really tell if this is tongue in cheek but starting a company doesn’t make one CEO. It makes them a partner/owner but typically CEO needs a board of directors etc

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    Comment #42173895

    This reminds me of the Stoneway Hardware store in Seattle and their bolt logo which pokes fun at this https://www.stonewayhardware.com/

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    Comment #42147486

    Always thought it was kind of cool how Feynman writes about, when learning calculus and maths as a younger student, would create and use his own symbols for things and how it worke…

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    Comment #42083800

    As seen on a sticker posted at a Topdog in Berkeley, "Do what you're told, it'd be chaos if we all thought for ourselves".

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    Comment #42029341

    Ah interesting thanks

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    Comment #42028233

    I recommend you visit a forum called diychatroom.com for more relevant discussion

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    Comment #42028155

    "Email does not match the one on file. To change your email address email hello@lynx.boo using the email address on file for this user."

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    Comment #42028140

    At least it gives us all a way of seeing what the link pages look like after completion.

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    Comment #42027961

    This is not commented in response to any posting unless I'm missing something?

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    Comment #42027896

    Do you anticipate a pricing model or feature addition for making links "do follow"?

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    Comment #42014782

    I’m curious how combustion temperatures are lowered like you say - is it a pv=nrt relationship hinging on changes in compression ratio or something like injector technology?

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    Comment #42014749

    Ford and VW put a naturally aspirated diesel into their vehicles up until the early/mid 90s.

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    Comment #42014720

    I disagree the diesel crowd doesn’t discuss air/fuel ratios but perhaps I’m misunderstanding something. Sizes and types of turbos, fuel pumps, injector nozzles are frequently discu…

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    Comment #42014649

    You just take the boat to the travel lift and it hoists out pretty easy. Under 1 or 2 boat bucks for in/out lift, dry storage, and paint if you DIY is reasonable for smaller vessel…

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    Comment #42014620

    There are many metrics and facets of a website considered for SEO, with varying weights. The absence of either a robots.txt or sitemap.xml has a non-negligible but relatively minor…

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    Ask HN: What ways are business dba (doing business as) names used?

    This isn't a "how do I do it" question - it's more looking for experience, personal or professional, on how you've seen dba's being used. I'm personally interested in analogues/how…

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    Ask HN: Social Media Importance for SEO?

    I'm a software dev with prior experience working on SEO for a large international company. I now own and operate a local service business. I don't use social media personally or pr…

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    Comment #41042994

    Possibly BofA Securities formerly Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BofA_Securities

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    Comment #40902714

    Regarding Pro pricing should the annual subscription be more than 12x monthly price? I.e $4/month vs $40/year

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    Comment #40875922

    Yes indeed! This is the course/tutorial that introduced me to Rails around a decade ago. Mentioning Hartl and linking the course is better than just saying “learn rails” in general…

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    Comment #40827688

    Badass article, super cool to think about filling pot holes with molten iron. Visited Pompeii with family when younger and one of the few things I remember “experiencing” were the …

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    Comment #40815742

    Don’t use WhatsApp either. Personally I’ve found aggregator/ticket websites to work well for finding deals or availability but they seem to all link directly to the airline anyway.…

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    Comment #40814875

    I interned with GE a while back maintaining their MRIs around sf Bay Area. Think most machines are 1.5T (tesla) with a large minority being 3T. Believe there are 7T machines used f…