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Not so much steep as Rugged, dangerous, and extremely unpredictable.
Re:How a White Mountains trek turned into a survival test on Saturday May 24, 2014 @10:30AM (#7793390)
Having hiked in the White Mountains with a small group for 6 days, it sounds like the leader of this group underestimated a mountain range containing Mt Mansfield, where the coldest wind chill has ever been recorded.

Just because these mountains aren't any taller than 7000 feet doesn't mean it isn't one of the most rugged in the world. The Jet Stream is particularly low in this part of the world which is the reason of the extreme cold.

Sometimes, vanity can be deadly.

Help With Using Google Docs/Forms and exporting data

I'm trying to figure out the easiest way to get this done:The nonprofit I work for has a Summer Camp which requires multiple waivers to be filled out for liability reasons (like 6 or 7). So every year, the parents fill out all 6 waivers again and again, and it's a big pain for everyone involved.The application waivers ask for the same information over and over again. So I want to make a form to...

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Re:Braintree is giving $50k in processing to every startup on Thursday March 06, 2014 @05:12PM (#7356977)
Hey, I'm wondering if Knox integrates with Key Bank? Thanks
Re:The broken-down grace of Bill Murray on Friday February 21, 2014 @10:42AM (#7277431)
Awesome man, thanks. Glad to see a fellow football fan, rare around these parts.
Re:The broken-down grace of Bill Murray on Friday February 21, 2014 @10:10AM (#7277265)
link please?
Re:Free static page hosting on Google App Engine in minutes on Monday February 17, 2014 @11:13AM (#7252709)
"All the services has its advantages and disadvantages over other."

What's wrong with this sentence?

Re:One HTML5 Game Per Week on Saturday February 08, 2014 @01:11PM (#7201950)
Thanks again. I'm reading through your tutorial now and will setup an environment to do this as well. I'm not very advanced at this stuff, but your writing level is at a level where I can just barely grasp enough of how to do it (I hope :) much appreciated!
Re:One HTML5 Game Per Week on Saturday February 08, 2014 @12:47PM (#7201863)
I like this a lot! Do you have a good place for someone else to start learning how to do this too? I would really appreciate it!
Step 1: Make totally ridiculous claims about social giant

Step 2: ?

Step 3: Profit

Re:President Obama calls on every American to learn code on Monday December 09, 2013 @04:53PM (#6877312)
We certainly don't currently teach everyone trig...
Re:Ask HN: Easy Address Updater on Saturday November 23, 2013 @10:42AM (#6786251)
Yeah, my info with the USPS is always the first thing I update. Sounds like it may be more trouble than it's worth.
Re:Ask HN: Turn a hobby into a profession? on Saturday November 23, 2013 @10:33AM (#6786223)
Hey There, I'm in a bit of a similar situation to you. I enjoy studying Web Design in my spare time. I also really like helping nonprofits and small municipal organizations. I've taken some first steps to turning this into my profession, and the key to this was two-fold: 1) The nonprofit I worked for in the summer had a terrible website. I made a portfolio website that showed what I could do, sent it to the director, and asked her if I could redesign her website. She agreed, and we went for it. Things went well, but one thing about starting your own business is you really work closely with people, and if they are very difficult people, you have to find a way to deal with them. 2)So I had my first success at an opportunity I found by leveraging my current connections. How to proceed from there? Offer to volunteer your services. I reached out to a local Americorps worker offering to volunteer my web design skills. We emailed back and forth for weeks and just recently say down for a meeting of 4 people in a small municipal government office. We are currently putting together a proposal to update the current website and if it goes through, I'll have my second client.

I'm not where I want to be yet, but I've started to get some traction and very hopeful that I'm on my way.

I'd love to talk to you more and see if we could help each other if we can find similar interests.

- Max

Ask HN: Easy Address Updater

Being in my "after college" years, I've moved pretty consistently once per year. That time is coming up again and I wonder: Is there one portal I can go to where I input my new information once, and then select my banks, state dmv, web host registrations, etc, and not have to do each one manually?

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Can you provide any evidence at all to this point? I understand that you're just providing a possible potential benefit of porn, but it seems totally unfounded to me.
Re:Best way to host a local race race? on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @11:50AM (#6013245)
I spend a lot of time pondering a good way to host a local fundraising event for a nonprofit that I am passionate about.

I just ran across this site, and I was wondering if anyone had incite as to the best software of this type in which to host a local race or contest. Thank you very much for your help.

Re:President Morsi overthrown in Egypt on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @03:43PM (#5987068)
Bassem Youssef should be given the Nobel Peace Prize.
Re:Al Jazeera Live stream from Egypt [video] on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @03:41PM (#5987051)
From the live feed: "What we are seeing is a euphoric outburst from the people."

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