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From the synopsis page, it almost sounds like the River Tethys in the Hyperion Cantos: farcaster portals that join segments in disparate worlds into a single, unbroken, flowing riv…

I'd love to hear your explanation. I've tried my hand at explaining it to others in various contexts, but I usually lose my audience pretty quickly.

Yep, it's good. It starts off with a really cool description of the process by which a synthetic mind is created from scratch and thrown into a community of other minds (both synth…

Looks great, and as the other commenter mentioned, solves a problem I've had on previous teams. I actually like the layout and the graphics on your landing page. If you're comforta…

Location: Madison, WI USA Remote: Yes Willing to Relocate: Depends on salary/location. Technologies: Python, Django, Postgresql/Oracle/MySQL Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/pub…

This is awesome! Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

I'm building a video game (2d/mobile) and am finding out how labor-intensive art asset creation can be. I know I'm not efficient yet and am making rookie mistakes, but even so, I'm…

Anywhere, Remote, Full Time Stack: Python, Django, Postgresql, PostGIS, Linux - can do DevOps/Full Stack, testing automation with Selenium Resume: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/eric…

I'm pulling together a fairly large dataset that I am using for some side projects and I believe it could be valuable to other businesses. Any advice out there on the following? 1.…

I plan to, if there is interest. It's easy in that the solution is straightforward and there are few difficult technical problems to solve. It will, however, require a substantial …

I have an idea for a site that I suspect would be useful to members of a niche online community. I would like to float my idea around to gauge interest. The problem is that the ide…

What's number one?

I asked a similar question a few months ago and got mostly the same answers as you. Most people here seem content dealing with the lack of cool Gmail interface stuff and opt to hos…

This looks pretty interesting. Thanks for the tip!

What software do you use to monitor your servers and the services running on them? I'm looking for Nagios competitors that are better and easier to set up. Right now, I've got a fe…

I guess I'm a little confused on the legal requirements surrounding sales tax for online vendors. If brick and mortar shops are required to, why aren't shops online required to? I …

I was pondering over the Amazon/California Sales Tax story and wondered why more eCommerce sites don't collect sales tax. If you don't collect sales tax from your customers, why no…

In my mind, replication has historically been a pretty big deciding factor in favor of MySQL. PostgreSQL didn't support it natively until version 9.0 (which still isn't part of mos…

Awesome, thanks for the great response! Do you happen to know what model your buddy's laptop is?

I'm looking for something to do illustration and animation on for web design, 2d games, etc. I want to draw on the screen, but it can't be tied to another computer, so the Wacom Ci…

Sorry, what does "repro'd" mean?

Thank you for the concrete suggestion! From the screenshots, Roundcube looks like a very good webmail client. It looks like they're going after Outlook though with their feature se…

Ok, let's change the context then. What if I run a web hosting company and want to offer an installable package that includes an MTA, MDA and a front end for viewing/sending mail? …

I'm a long-time Gmail user and love the slick web interface. I love the searchability, threading of emails, intuitive reply mechanism, built-in chat, etc. However, I don't have ful…

i would like to know how you searched for and chose the property. did you spend a lot of time searching for the right neighborhood? was the property in the city where you lived, or…