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They should do it like medicine. You go to school, then a residency then pass your boards. It would be better if you went to law school, did x number of hours under a lawyer, then take the bar exam.
Re:Ask HN: What'd you do while HN was down? on Saturday July 09, 2022 @12:08AM (#32031549)
I was at the beach today and didn't realize it was down.
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Re:ST3000DM001 on Monday June 07, 2021 @11:11AM (#27423502)
I worked tech support for a large desktop line. This was around 96 and pentium 133 days. We had a large batch of HD's that would fail. Funny thing is, a nice slap on the side of the tower would get them working again. Many times the customer would be satisfied with the solution, but I had to keep them on the line so I could get them a replacement. Can't remember which manufacture the HD's were, but rumor was that a truck broke down in the desert and it degraded the grease inside. So, they would work for a while but then lock up if drive stayed off for a while.
Re:The 4:6 method for coffee-brewing (2017) [video] on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @02:01PM (#27371926)
Yep, my favorite setup as well, french press and grinder. Easy to make and very satisfying.
Re:GitHub, fuck your name change on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @03:58PM (#26496095)
1.5k comments so far. I think this was a great move and opened up a lot of discussion.
Re:Windows NT and VMS: The Rest of the Story (1998) on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @02:38AM (#17660186)
"VMS included a utility called BACKUP long before Microsoft developed NT's backup utility."

Did Microsoft ever create a backup utility? I can't remember who did the NT 3.51, but 4.0 used Seagate Software for the backup app.

Re:Stripe Press on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @03:17AM (#17556092)
I'm going to write a book "Don't Use Stripe for Your Startup"

They can shut you down without any reason, just that you are magically high risk. Just when you are freaking out and think you will pick up the phone and call and find out what is going on you discover they don't have a phone number.

Re:SpaceX Plans Facility Expansion at Kennedy Space Center on Saturday June 09, 2018 @01:09AM (#17271641)
Damn, I have never been called crusty before.

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