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merubin75

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About merubin75

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Michael E. Rubin See me: http://bymichaelrubin.com See a platypus: http://tinyurl.com/2mtycl

Recent public activity

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    Comment #40231938

    First, thank you for the suggestions. To answer your question: I really don’t know yet. The request comes from wanting to do a project together, and also for him to learn valuable …

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    Ask HN: Modern day equivalent to HyperCard?

    My son is 11 and his school uses Scratch to learn basic programming concepts. I remember being introduced to HyperCard in the late 80’s/early 90’s. Does a modern day equivalent exi…

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    Comment #32852640

    I thought it was “to make the world a better place.” ;) https://youtu.be/B8C5sjjhsso

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    Comment #29462326

    In my opinion, everyone is focused on the wrong thing. HOW these layoffs occurred is not as important as WHY. According to various sources, the company is about to go public at a $…

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    Comment #29462258

    Everyone is focusing on HOW the news was delivered. To me, this is not relevant. What people should be focusing on is WHY. The company is set to go public via SPAC at a $6.9 billio…

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    Comment #20633840

    This made me laugh out loud. Sooooo true. "The excuse is 'what about ancient applications that don't run properly in recent Windows.' But you know the real reason is 'I suffered fo…

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    Comment #19249470

    "Opportunity likely experienced a low-power fault, a mission clock fault and an up-loss timer fault. The team is continuing to listen for the rover over a broad range of times, fre…

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    Comment #16314243

    ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS – EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE.

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    Comment #16164873

    Thank you for choosing to be a douche canoe instead of being kind or helpful. Have a nice day.

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    ADVICE NEEDED: Alternative ICO Bounty System Instead of the Viral Exchange?

    Hello, In the past year, I've managed two ICOs and used The Viral Exchange to manage the Social Media bounty. I found it an easy way to gain Social Media traction quickly. Unfortun…

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    Comment #15841069

    This is how Redbox always plays hardball with the studios; don’t want to negotiate a fair deal for us to stock your movies? Fine, we’ll give our employees credit cards, send them t…

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    Comment #15841027

    I consider myself a reasonably educated guy, and this article feels like a lot of gibberish and gobbledygook. I admit I read through this article three times and can’t make sense o…

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    Comment #14525967

    Hi joosters, I work for Patientory. Please explain why the application -- which is not proposed, but has actually been in development for 16 months -- is dumb. After all, it only h…

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    Comment #14390516

    Truth be told, I'm being generous when I say "inbox duty." It's basically me. I flag things for my boss's attention with a label, but apart from that, I'm the guy responding to mos…

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    Ask HN: Ideal setup when sharing Gmail?

    I'm working with a startup where we all share "inbox duty" on Gmail. What's the ideal way I can access the inbox, respond to email, and have everything remain on the server while I…

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    Ask HN: Ideal setup when sharing Gmail?

    I'm working with a startup where we all share "inbox duty" on Gmail. What's the ideal way I can access the inbox, respond to email, and have everything remain on the server while I…

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    Lifehack question: How do you read a business book?

    I'm looking for tips, tricks, recommendations and methods. Do you use a highlighter? Do you have a coding system? Do you use Evernote? Do you post-its? My objective is to read more…

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    Comment #5326921

    But don't you dare try to use your iPod during takeoff! It could crash the plane.

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    Comment #4800626

    I suspect you're right. But regardless of the reasons, the Power Computing clones were FANTASTIC compared to the crap Apple was peddling at the time. I bought three PowerComputing …

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    Comment #4401227

    I admire Mr. Hale's honesty and thorough examination of what went wrong. But something he said really bothered me. At the press conference where they discussed the foam situation, …

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    Comment #2923586

    "Jobs’s greatest creation isn’t any Apple product. It is Apple itself." Source: John Gruber, Daring Fireball blog http://shar.es/HUYIU

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    Comment #2914937

    As a non-programmer, I absolutely love this. I was able to complete two courses within 10 minutes. More than anything, this makes programming seem like FUN. Well done and kudos to …