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In addition, if someone reaches the "I need two hands to open this and both hands are full" stage and can not figure out a solution, it would appear that IQ is still the limiting f…

I am reminded of something I first read on Schneier's blog [0]: Back in the 1980s, Yosemite National Park was having a serious problem with bears: They would wander into campground…

Some of the jobs listed on the site date from 2013 - it seems as though some housekeeping is required.

SEEKING WORK - Remote/Amsterdam/London Devops as a Service Do you want to improve your scaling, resilience and reliability, but don't have a full-time DevOps person on the team? Wh…

The Who is Hiring threads on HN have been pretty useful - you tend to find likeminded people. If you need any part-time assistance with DevOps-related topics (Continuous Delivery/I…

> Anyway it just strikes me as mean-spirited. I doubt the EU leaders really care about immigration that strongly. Freedom of movement of trade, people/labour, capital and services …

There is something Orwellian about referring to this as a 'service event'. I am reminded of 'The Event' from That Mitchell and Webb Look [0]. We don't talk about The Event. https:/…

You raise an interesting point. The prices seem too high for some commenters. They are presumably capable of doing this themselves on a DO box so they do not think it is valuable e…

My bank (Netherlands) offers something like what you describe, and I would still prefer to be able to use services like Mint. > Planning requires thought, so I'm skeptical that you…

> I was going to ask, why do you need to give third parties read access to your account? Tax is not the only reason. How about data analysis services for your personal finances? e.…

> This is fixable. 6 months maternity leave followed by 6 moths paternity leave. Make it a law that spouses have the right to that 6 months. This is similar to how it works in part…

SEEKING WORK - Remote/Amsterdam/London Devops as a Service Do you want to improve your scaling, resilience and reliability, but don't have a full-time Devops person on the team? Wh…

> Does anyone remember the incident where Amazon just decided that they needed to delete books they had sold to Kindle users and just went in and did so off everyone's Kindle? Yes.…

> bring up a smtp and imap server and I can put it on the colo box or do it on AWS. Is that all the server will be used for? If you just want to run a Linux server 24x7 you will no…

Apparently the button supports SNS, which can be integrated with Zapier.

The FB post you linked to is a response to the general allegations, and not a response to the Senate's request. Thune's letter quotes part of tstocky's post: > In a statement respo…

> I don't believe there's evidence to show that she did this for any other reason than wanting to stand out and look special by sending mail from hillary@clintonemail.com Personall…

I use a modified version of the pomodoro technique in combination with David Seah's Emergent Task Planner [0]. The problem you describe is familiar to me - once I am in the zone I …

The idea of a book that could solve your procrastination problems sitting unread on a shelf is an amusing irony. And I say this as someone who has multiple procrastination books on…

> It is very difficult if you are in the circumstance of having to learn things as you go and having to prodding at things and trying things to figure out how things work. With res…

> Any company that doesn't see this as such is a shit company, plain and simple. Nothing is ever that simple. There are perfectly valid reasons for some companies to be unhappy wit…

It says it is "extremely unlikely" in the second line. If you read slightly further you will see: > We judge that the odds that the report is accurate hover near zero. It comes fro…