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I keep a series of basic setup scripts for Ubuntu on my github[0]. I do wget and pipe them to bash, which I'm not tremendously proud of... [0]: https://github.com/cjjeakle/devbox-s…

Panamax ships are the absolute maximum size of ship the Panama Canal can handle (eg: PANAma canal MAXimum). [0] Edit: Obviously, the canal is now larger. So Panamax in this case re…

I get these options on the desktop web version of Facebook: Video Default Quality Default You can still change the quality of a video you are watching by clicking the HD icon in th…

I opened it side-by-side with my other tabs (using win + left arrow, win + right arrorw) after pulling the tab out. That way I can continue browsing without actually putting the ot…

To give them the benefit of the doubt, it's possible they've made a new account (45 days old isn't too much tenure). Heck, I've done it, since it's probably not the best to create …

If you're interested, here's a simple bookmarklet I made. It opens the title link at the top of an HN comments page via archive.org: javascript:window.open(' https://web.archive.or…

Another thing I thought of was using the tag for layout. It's austere, as well as an anti-pattern when used exclusively. Despite this, it just plain gets the job done. It has also …

Cool idea! Any plans to share your experience creating the app or to show off the code itself? Anything worth working on for 6 months is likely interesting to learn more about. Plu…

Very cool site! Some quick feedback: changing pages (eg: navigating from 'new' to 'inspiration', 'sources', etc...) while in night mode switches the user back to day mode, which ca…

>"About 80% of small business loan applications in the US are denied." Wow, I thought 80% was an overstatement. You are very much correct with regards to the "big" banks. See: "big…

Most homes built before 1960 contain heavily leaded paint[0]. My assertion isn't that lead wasn't believed to be dangerous, rather that no one saw it as "seriously" dangerous. http…

Not only that, up to the late 20th century many products other than pipes contained lead. Lead paint, leaded gasoline, etc. The jury was out on lead in everyday use until quite rec…

Your inflation point is something I had not considered. The cost of negative interest is likely less regressive than than the existing system of inflation. It will be interesting t…

Although true, there really is no substitute for money (cash or a deposit account) in terms of liquidity and fungibility. You need at least some liquid capital, and those with the …

>"Savers might stomach a modest fee for making bank deposits, but as rates go deeper into negative territory, they will find ways to avoid charges. Switching to cash is the obvious…

I thought the small gap that appears at 125% zoom was quite nice looking, actually! (After some messing around, it only appears at multiples of 75% zoom for me. I am using chrome '…

Hi HN, I created this tool after getting frustrated with the excel sheet I was using to track and re-balance my retirement investments (something Mint, Personal Capital, and others…

Although it's a bit of a hack, you could simulate property or a business in your assets by setting the rough percentage of your portfolio it makes up, putting it at the top of "For…

I'm a huge fan of Eddie Bauer's medium-tall shirts. They usually don't sell them in store, but you can get one online if you are looking for an option to try out. It took me foreve…

At Microsoft I can use [Azure Authenticator]( https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/azure-authenticator/id983156... ) as a second factor to my password for company resources. It's got to…

I'd hypothesize a long history of relatively high population density created the cremation culture. Humans have been so successful because we adapt. Although the original motivatio…

In case you are still interested in those stats, it looks like following a link in this format: " rel="nofollow">http://nlihc.org/oor/ can get you them. Eg: http://nlihc.org/oor/ka…

I really never enjoy this slippery slope argument, when arguably the most harmful drugs [1, 2] are already very much legal (sometimes the drug is controlled, but at least studies c…