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shortimer

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    Ask HN: Music sampling fun / beat box for 7 year old?

    My son really enjoys making “songs” using what I can only describe as “mouth noises....” some combination of words, lip-smacking, humming, humming, and various other mouth-generate…

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    Comment #16059945

    This is only personal experience, but multiple/many data points in that personal experience. I'm familiar with government departments where 20%+ of the employees do essentially no …

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    Ask HN: Lists of IPs that are blacklisted, anonymizers, etc.

    There are plenty of companies that will sell a fully packaged service that includes risk scoring of an IP address, based on information about IP addresses, including whether they a…

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    Comment #14395806

    At our place, we put a redirect on the front end networking device that detected if a browser couldn't support more modern encryption protocols, and sent them to an HTTP informatio…

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    Comment #14149328

    Being another person giving you advice may be irritating, but on the off-chance it helps, in my area (Northeast USA) there are places where people who need help "living" can do jus…

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    Comment #14138465

    I thought that their imaging was all from satellite, but this image seems to show a very-close-to-the-camera windmill which would seem to hint at a drone....? https://earth.google.…

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    Comment #14132980

    The guideline doesn't say "don't call people names"; they say "don't call names." Here's the text: When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. E.g. "Th…

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    Comment #13885175

    New fintechs who want to move money have to obtain a Money Service Business license in every state where they operate. In almost all cases, that means they have to get 48ish MSB li…

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    Comment #13088578

    Isn't the underlying assumption here that the team members know everything they need to know to make a decision? While that may be true for, say, algorithm selection, I would argue…

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    Comment #10035564

    We're using Delphix too. Complements an approach like this, doesn't replace it. We use Liquibase to support the schema-as-code concept; it's enforced by no one outside Sr. DBAs bei…

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    Comment #9471499

    Bottomline Technologies | http://bottomline.com | Portsmouth, NH or South Portland, ME | Architect | Onsite Only Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY), headquartered in beautiful …

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    Comment #9030401

    I've watched Groundhog Day probably 100 times. For six or so months, I left it on repeat on the main house TV (I lived alone at the time).

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    Comment #9016194

    Can the original poster just try putting a sheet of cardboard in front of the flash and see if it affects the 'scope results?

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    Comment #9001121

    Seconded. This seems like a way-too-dramatic writeup of private company which comes to the same conclusion folks have been coming to for a while, based on my 30 second Google searc…

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    Comment #8783936

    Thanks...agree that we all start somewhere, I'm just really anxious about starting on a global stage. Appreciate the response.

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    Comment #8783930

    Ok...thanks, the balanced perspective of the community in looking at experience and mistakes is helpful. I can't imagine I'm the only one who feels this way, so I appreciate the fe…

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    Comment #8783914

    Thanks for sharing the first-hand experience!

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    Ask HN: Getting started, when there's no anonymous

    How do you get a foothold in this era of no one forgetting anything, ever? I have taken to heart all the advice about not posting Facebook pictures involving me doing keg stands, b…