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brianherbert

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About brianherbert

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Recent public activity

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    Comment #46168013

    These "savings cards" have a maximum annual benefit applied to them so for those on insurance that do not cover those expensive medications or who are self-paying use up the benefi…

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    Comment #38805309

    I fit this category perfectly when I was staying in Korea over 10 years ago. I ended up being there on a tourist visa on and off for a few years. I never had any trouble as a white…

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    Comment #35345092

    This intrigued me so I found an article describing this idea: https://news.stanford.edu/press-releases/2022/05/02/gravity-...

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    Comment #35199542

    Same here, no peanut allergies on both sides of our family but one of our daughters has a peanut allergy. We are the same mix.

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    Comment #28158726

    It looks like you can provide a seed based on the readme in the github repo. This would produce the same fish every time.

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    Comment #24286588

    This is great. My wife and I spent many hours looking for names that work in both of our native languages / cultures that weren't super common and having a starting point would hav…

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    Comment #19077150

    The repo owner runs the website sponsoring the list.

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    Comment #17676935

    FWIW, Google Fiber is actively being rolled out here in Louisville.

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    Comment #17592632

    I took Larium (Mefloquine) for about 7 months while in the US Peace Corps. I had incredibly vivid dreams, all of which I would remember and I also developed depression that went aw…

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    Comment #17252450

    You can get some smaller ones at Adafruit which are good for tinkering. I have the PaPiRus Zero which was easy to add to a Raspi Zero and comes with lots of example code.

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    Comment #12934698

    In Korea, the US is paid about $1 billion which is approaching half of the burden to the US.

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    Comment #11809241

    http://990finder.foundationcenter.org - Look up most nonprofits I encounter

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    Comment #9303527

    REMOTE - FULL TIME - Intermediate & Senior Web Developer - Ushahidi http://www.ushahidi.com/jobs/ Looking for someone who can be a senior developer on our core platform team, be a …

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    Comment #7371022

    Kentucky used to have Amtrak, the Kentucky Cardinal. It went from Louisville to Chicago and took what felt like 12 hours although not sure I'm remembering that correctly. It was on…

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    Comment #7344658

    I haven't seen anyone mention the fact that this was successfully crowdfunded to the tune of almost $100,000 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/207474036/iconic-advanc...

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    Comment #6661768

    Maybe they are trying to connect with the expat community.

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    Comment #6631629

    Funny, terrorism didn't even make the list ;)

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    Comment #6525052

    My company is 22 people. I think we're out of luck.

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    Comment #6507621

    I'm in the same boat as you. I was anticipating this game but after all of the issues, I never even thought twice about passing on it.

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    Comment #6486534

    It's a good thing gasoline doesn't catch fire otherwise we would all be in trouble.

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    Comment #6275467

    Hackathons are events where ideas are born and are quickly laid to rest. I'm glad there's some encouragement to work on existing projects, especially on projects that have a civic …

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    Comment #6197590

    I'm going through the whole green card "papers" process now with my wife. Compared to almost every other country, the amount of time and effort it takes to even bring family over i…

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    Comment #6068334

    I know this is a different situation but... I completed half of an MBA program in the classroom (1+ yrs), then moved out of state and had to switch to an online program at another …

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    Comment #6056322

    There's no tipping in South Korea (and many other places). You will get excellent service, if not better. Nobody leaves a restaurant or cafe feeling confused and staff never feels …

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    Comment #5777370

    I'm curious, are there any plans to work with local providers? It would be a shame for African telcoms lose out to Google.