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thmorton

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    Comment #22400588

    I built something like this awhile ago ( http://weather.basementserver.org/ ) as an afternoon hobby project. I'm shocked that Google hasn't added this feature yet!

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    Comment #13544882

    Counsyl | Software Engineering (Robotics) | South San Francisco | ONSITE Counsyl is a health company that offers DNA screening for diseases that can impact men, women, and their ch…

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    Comment #13347461

    Usually this notation ("x >> y") means " x much larger than y ," so you need way more than 1 person to A/B test.

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    Comment #8474215

    It's currently listed on Ali Express (NEXX WT3020) [1]. Can't vouch for if it would arrive or not. [1] http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Brand-Original-WT320...

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    Comment #8424863

    Link: http://3things.gitbooks.io/77-failed-startup-post-mortems/co...

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    Comment #8371563

    Nah, that would be fine. It's not a problem with the source being available, more the fact that the file could contain sensitive information like passwords (like say in a config.ph…

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    Comment #8371275

    It's probably a PCI compliance scan. They check for a lot of things like (basic) XSS, CSRF, insecure versions of PHP/Apache, unprotected folders named "admin/", backup files which …

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    Comment #8254873

    Location: Oregon Remote: Possibly Willing to relocate: Absolutely. Technologies: C, C++, Java, Python, R, SQL, and standard bioinformatics tools are my primary tools at the moment,…

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    Comment #8251182

    To prevent them from falling into the wrong hands and another nation building an SR-71: > In 1968, a presidential order required that all molds and tools used to build the SR-71 be…

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    Comment #8233506

    If you don't mind hosting yourself, Seafile is also open source and has really nice Mac/Windows/Linux/Android/iOS client apps. It also does delta syncs, which I don't believe ownCl…

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    Comment #8225082

    419 Eaters, possibly? There are quite a few people who contribute their stories there: http://www.419eater.com/html/letters.htm

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    Comment #8122333

    Location: Oregon Remote: Possibly Willing to relocate: Absolutely. Technologies: C, C++, Java, Python, R, SQL, and standard bioinformatics tools are my primary tools at the moment,…

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    Comment #8055972

    Link without the annoying Quora-login pop-over: https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-most-profound-life-lesson...

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    Comment #8055938

    Thanks for the feedback! That was actually one of the features I wanted to add, but I never got around to implementing it. I was planning on using the time estimates from Google's …

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    Comment #8054686

    Hey Erik, I just wanted to say thanks for your awesome icons. I used them on a Saturday project I did awhile ago ( http://weather.basementserver.org/ ) and they looked great!

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    Comment #8021817

    > Totally fascinating subject. It wasn't clear to me if Dragon 2 is going to use the APAS-95 connector (what the Shuttle used), or the newer NDS connector. Dragon 2 will use a newe…

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    Comment #7948082

    Just a heads up, your Youtube videos on the home page won't play in Chrome if you loaded the page over HTTPS (you get a blank pop-up and the "This page contains insecure content." …

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    Comment #7750093

    > - I cannot visit Reddit and many similar sites with a cold web browser cache without revealing my use of the web site to Google, thanks to their AJAX library hosting Not disagree…

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    Comment #7657577

    Back in the day, CMS Made Simple ( http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/ ) was pretty excellent, but I haven't used it in a few years. PHP-based (so you can host it pretty much anywhere), …

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    Comment #7649357

    > #2 is actually a really big deal with developing software to interact with anything USB. Well, I should say anything based on the FTDI chipset. I don't have any experience with a…