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There is a very interesting and recent development that can help you woth this. I forget the name, but i think it's something called a telephone.
Re:Ask HN: Non-lethal weapon to defend one's home? on Saturday June 10, 2017 @06:55PM (#14529670)
Your body, without clothes, stared at by the aformentioned potential burglars. They'll know you're loony and will stop bothering you.
Re:What We Think About When We Think About Code [audio] on Saturday June 10, 2017 @06:51PM (#14529655)
I mean, he did say he's happy to answer any question, so.....
Re:Ask HN: Best resources to teach a 6-year old to program on Saturday June 10, 2017 @02:26PM (#14528479)
Give him an issue of Byte magazine and tell him to copy all 30 pages of machine language to the computer using the keyboard. Better yet, tel him that at the end of all the typing, there will be a game to play!

Yay!

Re:What We Think About When We Think About Code [audio] on Saturday June 10, 2017 @02:23PM (#14528465)
Should I roll over my 401k from a previous employer to the new one?
Re:Ask HN: How to make money while commuting to work? on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @11:51PM (#14355512)
sell drugs while commuting.
My SEO checklist: - make sure to not do any SEO crap.

Done,

Re:Ask HN: What made you decide to marry your spouse? on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @11:46PM (#14355485)
Same here. It was super obvious to us too when we had been living together for 24 years and had 5 kids.

Not too obvious by year 23, but mos def by 24!

Re:Ask HN: What made you decide to marry your spouse? on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @11:44PM (#14355474)
>> He liked my brain.

Hahahaha. So creepy.

"Hey, I like your brain."

Or better yet: "hey, i can tell ur the one for me cuz i like your mucus."

Hahahahah

Re:Ask HN: Hardcore CS jobs in LA? on Sunday May 07, 2017 @11:59PM (#14289148)
There are a lot of porn companies needing CS people for their webdev and such.

Good luck!

I've seen people choking the rooster with it, and doing some cool machine lesrning with it to see how much they can mine for bitcoin a la Martha Stewart meets James Bond.

DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS!!!!

Re:Ask HN: Speed of thought vs. speed of speech? on Sunday May 07, 2017 @01:54PM (#14286573)
Yes, yes there is.
Say: hello, good to meet you <shake hand>. My name is <your name> and I am applying for a junior position.

Then look at them in the eyes and let them speak in return.

And so on and so forth.

Good luck!

Re:One Day, a Machine Will Smell Whether You’re Sick on Sunday May 07, 2017 @01:47PM (#14286530)
Really? I wonder how it will smell like..
Re:Ask HN: How do I protect my parents from the internet? on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @04:58PM (#12915113)
Take it away from them. Really, if it means that their identities are at risk, I would not put your parents at risk and persuade or force them to not use the interwebs until they get educated.

Btw, a chromebook does nothing to protect them against identify theft. Don't get them anything, better teach them what they might lose.

Re:Donald Trump Is Elected President on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @04:56PM (#12915093)
We're all fucked now!!
Re:Ask HN: What would you do on your sabbatical? on Friday November 04, 2016 @10:36AM (#12872852)
You clearly have not traveled
Re:Ask HN: What would you do on your sabbatical? on Thursday November 03, 2016 @09:30AM (#12863745)
I second traveling the world. It helps you grow as a person and you become more human.

My grandfather used to say: there are two types of people in the world: those who simply take trips (even if to other countries) and then those who travel (and take in the experience and, hence, grow).

Here's a possible itinerary for you:

Arrive at Guatemala City

Take a 40 min ride to Antigua, a beautiful place. Stay in Antigüa as your HQ.

On day one, explore Antigua, drink the coffee and eat chocolates.

Day two: hike a volcano, called Fuego

Day three: visit a coffee plantation

Day four: go to lake Atitlán and stay in San Marcos for several days. Take in the local festivities as there is always something being celebrated.

Day five: travel by boat in the lake to other towns, like Panajachel. Go to Hotel Atitlán for a great and hefty meal.

Day six: visit a women's cooperative in a town around the lake. Use the tuc tuc service to travel around as the drivers are also great tour guides because they know their towns.

Etc etc.

Re:Request for product: “Parent bot” for kids on Thursday November 03, 2016 @09:22AM (#12863688)
What a terrible idea!

What kids need is actual parents that provide structure, a good home and learning experiences, not constant 24/7 entertainment.

Perhaps this is why i see so many parents delegate their responsibilities to their ipads and let their kids drool while watching entertainment instead of interacting with them and parenting them.

Disclaimer: father of two who don't need tech crap or constant entertainment to be happy.

Re:Must – Simple Way to Manage Your Movies and TV Shows on Thursday November 03, 2016 @09:16AM (#12863656)
The simplest way to manage movies and tv shows would be if either:

- all content providers merge or

- i pay one content provider and have access to all others

In other words: single sign-on.

It does not seem like your app does that.

Anything else (like yet another content provider or management service) is idiotic, IMO.

I agree with this. Literally: look at the real world!

Or at least use your cell phone in vibration mode.

Either your question is incomplete or it is so trivial that it begets a simple answer.

Re:Ask HN: How should I quit my job? on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @10:11PM (#12861068)
Write an open letter to your boss telling him that you are not earning enough and want to quit to start something on your own. Publish it on as many outlets as possible, like medium.

He will understand and fire you on the spot, making it the easiest way to quit.

QED

Re:How Ancient Humans Reached Remote South Pacific Islands on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @03:44PM (#12858574)
Article should be called:

"How we think ancient humans reached remote ..."

We will never know without having been there, just like the bering straight migration "fact" has now been debunked, to name an example.

It is very disappointing how sbjective and arrogant researchers have become, from astronomers to psychologists, and political scientists at the top.

We don't know many things, we think that is how they work based on what we see, but they never say that and it becomes the master narrative.

Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with grief? on Saturday October 29, 2016 @04:36PM (#12826217)
once, in university, I worked really hard coding a homework for an OS class (spent around 2 hours or so). It was modular, well engineered, had inode stuff all taken into account, it was efficient and I was feeling very nice. I then lost it all.

I felt grief.

I started again but was infuriated.

Lesson: ALWAYS MAKE A COPY OF YOUR WORK!!

(You did not specify what kind of grief)

Re:Founders talk on Friday October 28, 2016 @06:54PM (#12821456)
Asking the right question
Re:Evidence that birds sleep in mid-flight on Thursday October 27, 2016 @07:16PM (#12811313)
>> We know about things unimaginably distant in scale or time -- like quarks and the Big Bang

Oh, we do?

That's funny, Afaik quarks still confuse physicists because they behave erratically and appear to be composed of other particles. And the big bang is simply an assumption that makes the cosmological model work well for our human brains, but it is not how the universe started specifically.

We don't know jack shit, that's the bottom line, and we like to pretend we do.

Re:Ask HN: How to Begin Contributing to Open Source? on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @05:15PM (#12791704)
Since you're interested in getting attention from recruiters, let me tell you my best tip that will get your email flooded with recruiter spam: open a linkedin account and fill it with bullshit skills that sound trendy.

You'll start getting emails from recruiters within the week with the canned text:

"I stumbled upon your resume..."

Never fails brah!!

Prostitutes and cocaine
Re:Ask HN: Why am I such a bad programmer? on Saturday October 22, 2016 @09:52AM (#12768662)
Craigslist, of course! Duh!

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