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mattwdelong

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About mattwdelong

Reach me at matt [a] matthewdelong.net

Recent public activity

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    Ask HN: What kind of setup do you run for your children?

    I have a 6 year old daughter I want to get setup with a custom desktop. I am thinking about running a custom Linux distribution on an old iMac (form factor) and lock it down via cu…

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    Comment #39746828

    Nothing of note. I still see plenty of turkeys, frogs and possums. I spray the beneficials so that it does not harm other beneficial insects and I assume if there is a healthy popu…

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    Comment #39746606

    I bought property in 2021 with significant tick pressure. I’ve pulled dozens of ticks off me in the first couple years. The past two years I’ve been spraying Heterorhabditis bacter…

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    Comment #33282270

    Chiming in to day I would also participate in this order. I have a farm and would love to automate aspects of my irrigation and have been looking for something like this. This in c…

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    Comment #28088663

    Have you thought about meadow mixes with native beneficial flowering plants [1]? There is some planning and expense to get it established, but once established your only maintenanc…

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    Comment #9885871

    Interestingly enough, my beloved Nexus 4 just died this past month. I noticed it getting extremely hot, and then one day started a boot loop that I could not fix. I figured some ha…

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    Comment #5677797

    Thanks for the heads up, I did not notice that.

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    Comment #5677660

    It looks like they may have used RSA encryption with a 4096 bit key [1] and as far as I know, if the private key is not compromised; this is pretty darn secure...Can anyone confirm…

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    Comment #5332617

    Does anyone notice a striking similarity between the "Debian swirl" and the e in Designmodo? It's obviously not a copy of it, but rather an "inspired version" of it. With that bein…

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    Comment #5267486

    Out of curiosity, and if you don't mind divulging such details; what do you feel made you an exception?

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    Comment #5249776

    No need to be snarky. Have you been on any freelance sites recently? I've seen grown men bid less than $10/hour - I can't attest to the quality of said bidders, but they're out the…

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    Comment #5244268

    Yikes. If you're paying around $200/month (Not sure if this it total, or for each service, making it $400/month), would it not be feasible to invest in a VPS at linode and run your…

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    Comment #5152042

    How could someone monetize this?

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    Comment #4998085

    Here is a video of their announcement for those unable to reach the site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpWHJDLsqTU

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    Comment #4869500

    Nicely done, but I would seriously consider updating your daily limit. I did not have nearly enough time to play around to consider converting as a registered user (I was clicking …

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    Comment #4826947

    Derek, this would be a cool project. If someone could work alongside a talented UX/Designer and bundle together some open source software with a nice UI, that would be quite useful…

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    Comment #4826943

    This is not really a well thought out response. Most businesses don't have the resources to employ a system administrator to manage their Windows install, let alone manage all the …

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    Comment #4826937

    Thanks Mark, this is the mind of answer I was looking for. I think I tried Zoho a few years ago, but maybe I will check them out again.

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    Comment #4825925

    Just for my own personal curiosity, has any company made a reasonable attempt at competing with Google apps core services? I know Microsoft offers similar services, but it's not th…

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    Comment #4666921

    What about nowjs? http://nowjs.com/

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    Comment #4576210

    Is this a real problem? I would never use this. First, I don't expect people to get me gifts. Secondly, even if I don't need/will never use the gift I received, it truely is the th…

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    Comment #4517912

    I would recommend that get_object_or_404, with the 404 page enabled, would be better suited for this application. Very similar methods, but this way just handles all the heavy lift…

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    Comment #4418428

    There is a mental line between annual and "once and forever" type purchases. I think it comes down to the thought of getting more value and the fact that you own it..it's yours. Se…

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    Comment #4417632

    This is pretty neat, but it's not something I would enter my CC details for and pay for each month. I would however drop a one time ~$25 fee and self host it on my own server, and …

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    Comment #4410651

    Do you support Canadian numbers? I can't find the answer in the FAQ's or else where on the site.