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erjjones

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    Comment #34582308

    Making promises. When my child would ask to do something or desire something I might have said, "Not today but I promise in the future ...". Often I would never follow up on those.…

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    Comment #28751945

    Does everyone just buy in that this is just a network change gone wrong? OR could they be mitigating a breach/hack? OR could it be some other theory?

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    Comment #27373593

    You know Prosus will get all their money back and then some . time to build a new one [thinking face...]

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    Comment #24702296

    As I "favorite" this thread, so I can reference it later to learn how to remember better ;)

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    Comment #24472514

    "Inch is a sinch, yard is hard"

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    Comment #24443269

    "When normal sense makes good sense, seek no other sense."

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    Comment #23035337

    .. and there was a time to not build for good??

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    Comment #22529664

    It will be interesting to see what other types of new technology (good & bad) emerge from this. Such as: New rfid (or image) spoofing tech, etc. -or- Stories "Just walk out" store …

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    Comment #21610425

    Ideally, they wouldn't re-invent the wheel again and just stick with the ODATA protocol. They already have the platform to do so - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/odata/resources/…

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    Ask HN: iPhone no service shortly after paying off Sprint lease

    A week after paying off Sprint for my iPhone 7 it stopped working, "No Service". I happen to know a repair man at Sprint so I took the phone in and he asked "Did you just pay this …

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    Comment #18221971

    > I don't necessarily have a perfect solution all lined up The "metaverse" . Where you can be what you want people to see w/o others knowing what you are. #highfidelity

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    Comment #17987186

    Does anyone know how you could go about installing your own regulator at your house on your gas line? Would it even be able to mitigate something like this? Curious..

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    Comment #17321388

    > At what point do we collectively decide, you know what, this is ridiculous. I would say things are at that point. So move to a different city. Success != The Valley

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    Comment #17302265

    I could see using this for fraud detection and then kick off a 2FA flow if it couldn't verify. However, most biometrics aren't the best single line of verification. You still have …

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    Comment #17255354

    GitLab has taken a good amount of funding. Which means they will sell out eventually and the ones concerned about big brother taking over will be right back in this discussion agai…

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    Comment #17227141

    Right click and publish to Azure. For the win!!

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    Comment #17205221

    If you were to take a random room of people. Reset all of their incomes to square one. In a few years the same people that were rich to start would emerge "rich" again. Some people…

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    Comment #16877789

    I did something similar to this in my startup days, it was called "FORMS". This is where you take a particular focus for each day of the week. - Monday: Finances - Tuesday: Operati…

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    Comment #16867090

    There is always elder law! #saulgoodman

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    Comment #16776406

    Sparkfun.com is a great spot to buy and learn. They have several YouTube channels, one in particular "According To Pete" is a great set of videos to learn the ins and outs https://…

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    Comment #15873093

    Out of curiosity, which insurance did you end up going with?

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    Comment #15788866

    Instead of a basic income, why not make the first $1,000 each month of taxes owed exempt.

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    Comment #15639895

    Crowd source this problem. Add a report fake account option. If so many (x) number of different IP address, etc. report it, sandbox that account. Simple.

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    Comment #15551515

    Ideally, the cubbie would work like a PostOffice drop box and have a way to insert packages at will with out a code and then the owner has a key to unlock the cubbie.

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    Comment #14315491

    Retailers also use your MAC address from your phone which is always being published unless you take precautions. http://lifehacker.com/how-retail-stores-track-you-using-your...