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rhspeer

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About rhspeer

I'm an independent solutions architect or technical project manager

Blog: http://www.robertspeer.com

Recent public activity

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    Comment #47111040

    Ai tools have flipped the build vs buy math in favor of passionate small teams making CraigsList.com style business models.

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    Comment #40980278

    https://www.narratear.com/ is pretty far along with this, and the founders are solid.

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    Comment #39206178

    Meh, Mockflow & Lucid Chart consistently deliver better outcomes. Figma is optimized for invoicing & silos. I know these are fightin words for some, but I've personally never seen …

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    Comment #19097137

    I recognize the good intentions of your comment. However, I want to push back a bit. I was depressed, but not from trauma. I avoided going to the doc to avoid long term prescriptio…

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    Comment #19087169

    Well I took a written survey about my symptoms answered some questions. Doc said my brain did not produce enough of something and wrote me a script. She's a funny old lady and was …

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    Comment #19078705

    Yup, this was me for 18 years. Doctor had me fixed in about 45 minutes. Massive life improvement all around. Feel dumb about waiting 18 years, so I talk about it to break down the …

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    Comment #18469933

    Correct, they are exactly random inflammatory topics. So what examples would you suggest? The examples from the post were: * Euthanizing disabled babies * The positive side of colo…

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    Comment #18469682

    This is necessary. Yes there will be ideas discussed at the quality of eugenics. However, there may also be ideas like the earth orbiting the sun. Example topics that should cause …

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    Comment #18230352

    H.D. Smith perfect handle tools. From my understanding they went out of business in the great depression. However their hand tools endure through quality and continued utility. If …

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    Comment #17025925

    Skill qualification and the more formal communication requirements.

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    Comment #16749712

    FYI: Sails plugins are called hooks, and there are about 7 community hooks at this time https://sailsjs.com/documentation/concepts/extending-sails/h...

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    Comment #15722237

    I did some research on how to optimize for getting a site into the answer area at the top of results using schema.org's question & answer protocol. http://robertspeer.com/schema-or…

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    Comment #15171133

    that's new to me, thanks!

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    Comment #15161461

    It would be interesting to refactor zork into HTML+CSS and set it up like cssZenGarden.com so folks could add their own designs. Although a much smaller text adventure game would m…

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    Comment #14874019

    This could be a nice acquisition by Jeep/Chrysler since they're lagging behind in EV development due to lack of funds. It would also help get the taste of the compass & patriot hor…

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    Comment #14731281

    Huh, down votes signal it is reasonable to want a pet human, but not an apprentice?

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    Comment #14730669

    Contimplating fostering a computer nerd to do QA. I believe that is how the old apprenticeships worked. Would also move out with a savings, a marketable skill, and references at 18…

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    Comment #13006239

    Food nutritional information and packaging photos are essential for B2B foodservice applications where purchasing decision makers are looking for quality data that's quick to find.…

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    Comment #12667149

    It costs money & time to take people to court, so jerks will under pay you like $2000 because it's not worth the time and effort to go to court over it. Dev is not like other servi…

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    Comment #8846515

    It would be interesting to see the Omniprocessor used to treat animal waste from factory farms in the US. They are a significant source of multiple forms of pollution in the states…

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    Comment #8412397

    Had to switch from BitBucket to GitHub because BitBucket has performance issues dev team in Nepal. The 24 hour dev cycle is upon us and it's important to make sure these tools work…

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    Comment #8310314

    For Education, I really like this approach: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/davinci-flight/davinci-... Learn by making awesome things to solve problems, then attach rockets an…

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    Comment #8224805

    I just watched 4 guys get stuck in a dumpster and shout profanities at each other for 2 minutes. A questionable use of a billion dollars IMHO. Maybe this means I'm old now?