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smallegan··on The Haunted Toys R Us
Sounds kind of like they may have had their own Roofman.
smallegan··on Google Glass is getting a second life in the manufacturing industry
It has to map the area around you so it has a really hard time being used outdoors and is almost completely unusable when moving in a vehicle.
smallegan··on I had an autoimmune disease, then the disease had me (2013)
My brother went through a Stem Cell Transplant for CIDP. He went from being nearly wheelchair bound to being able to run. Look into Dr. Burt from Northwestern in Chicago for a domestic way to get this done.
smallegan··on Snap commits $2B over 5 years for Google Cloud infrastructure
I guess I should have been more specific. Really I mean the basics like how tax brackets and deductions work.
smallegan··on Snap commits $2B over 5 years for Google Cloud infrastructure
It always boggles my mind how often I come across people that don't understand how our tax system works...
smallegan··on Pricing Comparison: Cloud Hosts
Great marketing on Linode's part by adding in the Bandwidth to the cost. It is kind of the opposite of Tesla factoring in the rebates and other cost savings in their pricing. Linode is instead inflating competitors pricing assuming maximum bandwidth usage which wouldn't happen in most normal scenarios with a vm that size.
smallegan··on Google Trends for Tumblr, Google+, Reddit, Twitter
I was wondering why you didn't include and so I plunked it in there and then realized why you didn't include facebook: https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=%2Fm%2F05pdgbz%2C%20...
smallegan··on The Secret Money Behind ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’
Do I smell a sequel?
smallegan··on $250k of DigitalOcean credits for YC startups
Bizspark does not require you to be part of an accelerator. I've used it with two separate startups without any external funding.
smallegan··on New metal is so hydrophobic it makes water bounce like magic
Making a hydrophobic urinal seems like an interesting prank.
smallegan··on Google Inbox
It is one step away from a feminine hygiene ad.
smallegan··on Search Funds: The quiet, dependable, risk-averse sibling to the startup
You are putting a fund together to go out and do it.
smallegan··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2014)
Not sure why I was downvoted but I'd like to understand. I am hiring and I am on hacker news so I think I fit the bill...
smallegan··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2014)
Grand Rapids, MI - Hiring Experienced .Net Web Developers. Experience in MVC, Angular JS, Knockout a huge plus. Rates are extremely competitive and the cost of living is low in Grand Rapids. Also if you love Craft Beer GR is the place to be! If you are interested in chatting about opportunities shoot me an e-mail (in profile).
smallegan··on Micro heaters cut 87% off my electric heat bill
I have often wondered why we don't all sleep in heated pods (bubbles). All of the wasted heat to keep houses warm at night drives me nuts.
smallegan··on Poll: How religious is hacker news?
I believe the way Mormonism differentiates itself from other forms of Christianity is the additional text (Book of Mormon) and the addition of Joeseph Smith as a prophet.
smallegan··on Poll: How religious is hacker news?
Fair enough but I figure it never hurts to ask if there is a chance at learning something new or interesting and the comments in this thread have proved interesting enough for me.
smallegan··on Poll: How religious is hacker news?
Sounds like you'd fall into the Agnostic category by definition.
smallegan··on Poll: How religious is hacker news?
Good point, I guess that may have had a bit less controversy if it was only a couple of buckets. Also it is sad to see something core to our humanity moderated off the front page.
smallegan··on Why I don’t eat on Mondays
That depends on how many calories you are taking in. If you eat 5k calories a day and suddenly fast 1 day a week you aren't going to lose weight you will just stop gaining as quickly.
smallegan··on Why I don’t eat on Mondays
"I still try to adhere to a low carb diet, eating mainly meat and vegetables and severely limiting my intake of bread, pasta, rice and potatoes." - I think this is a much larger player in his weight loss success than he may realize.
smallegan··on PunchClock: Fun With iBeacons
It would certainly be useful but currently a lot of things don't have Bluetooth LE and are controlled via zigbee, z-wave, wifi, etc.. So knowing what room you are in is very useful in itself because it can help identify what target devices you may want to control.
smallegan··on PunchClock: Fun With iBeacons
I'm interested in using this for home automation purposes. Accurate information about what room of the house I am in allows for the home automation interface to be greatly simplified by only showing options to control nearby items.
smallegan··on Amazon Fire Phone
It is worth mentioning that they are including a year of prime which is worth $99 and a $10 credit on their store so the actual price compared to say an iPhone is $90.
smallegan··on Show HN: We put an iPhone on the front wheel of a car
Bought the app, seems very laggy on my iPhone 5s. Is this to be expected? I wonder if it is doing the processing as the phone is recording or if it is capturing the accelerometer data and modifying the video after that fact?
smallegan··on Why don't you want to be a full time employee?
The trick to getting around this cap is to be running teams of your own employees.
smallegan··on The new X-Men movie explained in Git
This had the exact opposite effect on me of further explaining some Git features via the X-Men movie!
smallegan··on Mac keyboard shortcuts
Wow that sounds great, is this the product you are referring to: http://grabbox.devsoft.no/?
smallegan··on Mac keyboard shortcuts
Screenshot shortcuts are my favorite:

Cmd+Shift+3 = Capture the entire screen

Cmd+Shift+4 = Capture a selection with the mouse

Cmd+Shift+4 -> Space Bar -> Move cursor and click on window = Capture the selected window

By default it will save these to an image on the desktop. By holding down the Control key it will copy it to the clipboard.

smallegan··on Send money to a customer’s checking account using their debit card number
Are there plans to raise the $2500 limit at some point or is this some type of system restriction with Debit Card transactions? Also, is there a total daily limit?
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