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henrybaxter

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About henrybaxter

Founded & ran some companies, now at university with wife and three great little kids.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #12527788

    I believe the author is arguing that, regardless of where you turn the knob (except off), you'll end up with a redistribution of wealth that helps some and hinders others. Put anot…

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    Comment #5821447

    Smart might be to buy a cut-off saw. Brilliant would be to find a working cut-off saw with blade for $20!

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    Comment #5777626

    Also in Victoria (Fairfield) with three young ones, I'd love to meet techie families in town.

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    Comment #5755057

    I think I understand why you decided to do that, but it might be worth an explanation modification. I tested my understanding of the rules by trying 21, and was surprised. Not that…

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    Comment #5755022

    Getting a sum of 21 the first time gets you a score, and the second time (since you've already used that sum) it gets you a loss. I think it should make you lose the first time! Al…

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    Comment #4622308

    I did the same in high school, and now at uni it is paying off, my work looks great and is at least as easy to write as in a modern word processor except for good spelling and gram…

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    Comment #4327160

    It's not clear to me whether the author has much experience actually working with lawyers, in law firms or otherwise. It would seem that experience, even a few years, would vastly …

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    Comment #4306575

    I think that's a good idea, but in practice it can be hard to strike a balance that I like. If you get to the question part too soon, or if the question requires too much of a leap…

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    Comment #4305859

    I have kids (4 and under) and I sometimes wonder if my 'daddy answers' are a bit much. The kids sometimes get bored, sometimes overwhelmed, and generally have to do very little res…

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    Comment #4259538

    Driving is one of the few times I stop mindlessly reading mediocre content [1] on whatever screen happens to be in front of me and actually start thinking. It's a wonderful website…

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    Comment #2486130

    So ask her if she's willing to be on this project! Seriously though, ask your developer why there is a correlation between them and project success - if they can tell you, even if …

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    Comment #2464534

    You can get the best of all worlds imo by using lxml, which supports the selectors you want, uses Python which I prefer, and in my experience lxml is more robust than BeautifulSoup…