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Re:10 Hobbies for Programmers That Don’t Involve Code on Friday September 01, 2017 @03:25AM (#15146768)
Woodworking.

It's similar in that you can go from a idea to concept to finished piece in a weekend while also providing something tangible - unlike code.

There is just nothing more satisfying than touching your project after it's done.

The best thing is: you even do sports, that is, if you don't use a lot of power tools. Forget the planing with the jointer and use the hand planer :)

Ask me for details if you'd like yo hear more.

Does namecheap.com sell your email adress to spammers?

I recently signed up and bought a domain from namecheap.com with a per-domain email address. Today, one day later, I get various emails from indian companies trying to sell me software development services. Does anybody else have the same issue or is it known that those email adresses get sold?

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Re:Ask HN: How do you unwind at the end of a day? on Saturday April 22, 2017 @02:38PM (#14173984)
Ha! Just what I'm doing. I'm into cheese making so I watch videos related to that while making some new ones / flipping the stored ones.

- https://www.youtube.com/user/greeningofgavin

Re:IPv6 Support for AWS Extended to 15 Regions on Thursday January 26, 2017 @04:32AM (#13489954)
In 80 years we're back to the 90s so relax.
Re:Apt: please make the moo reproducible on Saturday December 31, 2016 @07:53AM (#13290821)
Keep adding more v.
Re:Ask HN: What do you wish someone would build? on Saturday September 24, 2016 @06:46AM (#12570398)
A thousand times this.

Ask HN: VCard service with API / self-hosted

Is there something like keybase.io, but instead of keys, they serve fresh vcard info?This could be useful for contact management. Best if they have an api to download all your contacts fresh and up-to-date vcf files to import in Outlook / gmail / etc

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Same here. I was never hungry. Now, for some reason, I really like breakfast :O
Re:Ōryōki Web Browser on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @02:53PM (#12003767)
I can see that this is useful for reading books only avaialable in the browser. For example for

safaribooksonline.com

Re:Blue. No, Yellow on Sunday May 22, 2016 @10:24AM (#11748664)
yes
I'm German and that's just a false statement.
Re:Why not just a simple spreadsheet of salaries? on Monday March 21, 2016 @05:30PM (#11332272)
If you have Excel, you can use Data -> Import from Website
Re:Up in the Air: Escaping from East Germany on Sunday August 23, 2015 @12:19PM (#10105860)
Naila resident here. Ask me if you want to know something :P
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2015) on Sunday March 01, 2015 @01:35PM (#9128289)
horribly pronouncable company name :) good product though
Re:Ask HN: Recipes for Digital Boondocking? on Saturday January 24, 2015 @11:43AM (#8940046)
Why would one do that?