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kochb

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About kochb

Co-founder, FarmLogs (YC W12). https://farmlogs.com

Recent public activity

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    Comment #48193028

    Yes, the audio speed can be adjusted. Whether that control you see visually is actually accessible to a blind user is a different matter entirely. Further, it maxes out at 2x, but …

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    Comment #45890636

    The J&J vaccine (which I received) was ultimately pulled due in part to blood clots which resulted in one documented death [1]. The AstraZeneca vaccine suffered the same fate. It h…

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    Comment #44593964

    LeVar Burton hosted a podcast marketed for adults where he read short stories. Though it ended last year, there are almost 200 episodes in the archive. He’s still been at work enco…

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    Don’t miss this bit. Currently enrolled students are going to need to find a new university. > In a news release, the Department of Homeland Security sent a stark message to Harvar…

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    Comment #43984450

    Either it is able to fully fund itself through sender fees and other operations, or the net losses are ultimately paid for by other government revenues, primarily taxes. I enjoy Ch…

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    Comment #43569296

    The exact growing conditions for olive production aren’t common in the US, so most of the production comes from California - west of Sacramento and south along the San Joaquin rive…

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    Comment #36724079

    While I’m not personally familiar with them, Redeemer Presbyterian Church[1] in New York City (previously pastored by Tim Keller[2]) comes to mind. [1]: https://www.thegospelcoalit…

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    Comment #35432685

    Here’s where we ended up: Apple resolved the issue after 48 hours of performance disruptions. Though I further noted one five minute disruption on 4/3 at 6pm ET. They still haven’t…

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    Comment #35432665

    The historical limitation should be emphasized - requests for dates before August 1 2021 will return a success status, but always with the data for 8/1.

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    Ask HN: How is your Apple WeatherKit transition going?

    We updated our product’s forecast functionality to Apple WeatherKit’s REST API ahead of Apple shutting down DarkSky’s API today. The API change was mostly straightforward, but the …

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    Comment #33507881

    I agree that judicial candidates draw bipartisan support more often than most would realize, but you might be overstating how often this happens. In our current political era, Conn…

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    Comment #33505430

    Nominated Delaware DA by George W. Bush. Recommended to Delaware District Court by Senators Coons and Carper. Appointed by Trump. Confirmation approved by voice vote (which general…

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    For this clause to have any positive effect, you need to 1) be willing to pursue legal action against violators and 2) actually notice that the clause has been violated. Such langu…

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    Comment #33082412

    I also founded a company which built a large portion of our backend on Clojure, using it through Series C. Your experience matches ours verbatim.

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    Comment #32600223

    This podcast covers most of the important points: https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/tsmc

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    Comment #32474616

    The context, from Mauro’s previous message: > Only an application that handles video should be using those controls, and as far as I know, pulseaudio is not a such application. Or …

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    Comment #32133308

    There’s plenty of quality content on YouTube. But there’s plenty of low quality knockoffs, and even outright dangerous videos like Blippi smashing things with hammers or Peppa Pig …

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    Comment #30516180

    Bushel | Backend Software Engineer | Full-time | Remote | Fargo, ND Bushel’s ecosystem powers APIs, apps, websites, and digital solutions to support ag businesses and build the dig…

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