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contacternst··on How a White Mountains trek turned into a survival test
Not so much steep as Rugged, dangerous, and extremely unpredictable.
contacternst··on How a White Mountains trek turned into a survival test
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.

contacternst··on Braintree is giving $50k in processing to every startup
Hey, I'm wondering if Knox integrates with Key Bank? Thanks
contacternst··on The broken-down grace of Bill Murray
Awesome man, thanks. Glad to see a fellow football fan, rare around these parts.
contacternst··on The broken-down grace of Bill Murray
link please?
contacternst··on Free static page hosting on Google App Engine in minutes
"All the services has its advantages and disadvantages over other."

What's wrong with this sentence?

contacternst··on One HTML5 Game Per Week
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!
contacternst··on One HTML5 Game Per Week
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!
contacternst··on Facebook may lose 80% of users by 2017, say Princeton researchers
Step 1: Make totally ridiculous claims about social giant

Step 2: ?

Step 3: Profit

contacternst··on President Obama calls on every American to learn code
We certainly don't currently teach everyone trig...
contacternst··on Ask HN: Easy Address Updater
Yeah, my info with the USPS is always the first thing I update. Sounds like it may be more trouble than it's worth.
contacternst··on Ask HN: Turn a hobby into a profession?
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

contacternst··on Why America's Outdated Morals Won't Let Porn into Mainstream Business
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.
contacternst··on Best way to host a local race race?
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.

contacternst··on President Morsi overthrown in Egypt
Bassem Youssef should be given the Nobel Peace Prize.
contacternst··on Al Jazeera Live stream from Egypt [video]
From the live feed: "What we are seeing is a euphoric outburst from the people."
contacternst··on Bolivia says Morales' plane diverted, apparently over Snowden
Judging by the demographics of DC... I suspect the vast majority of that cocaine is crack.
contacternst··on Bitcoin Black Market Competition Heats Up
I kept hearing about how Bitcoin was so often used for "money laundering" and illegal activities. Are these sites what all the fuss is about?
contacternst··on Inside An Illegal Party In An Abandoned Subway Station Deep Under NYC
The point is that this "professional" photographer doesn't seem to be acting as professional as this kind of event calls for.
contacternst··on Inside An Illegal Party In An Abandoned Subway Station Deep Under NYC
In the comments section, the author explains that he shut down comments by others due to them exposing the location of the event. The responsible thing to do would be to take the blog post down. I'd be very surprised if he got an invite to the next event at this rate...
contacternst··on How to properly plagiarize a website
You mean you didn't already have respect for Kim's contribution to protecting privacy on the internet?!
contacternst··on The most telling part of “1984″ is the appendix
I commented to tell you my observance about your conversation in hopes that you wouldn't post more similar ones. That is what my commented contributed towards.

Everyone here created an account at some point. This one was created by me about 95 days ago. I see you have observed that. Very nice I guess.

contacternst··on The most telling part of “1984″ is the appendix
This is the worst discussion on HN I have ever seen.
contacternst··on The IRS has upgraded its technology to track virtually everything you do online
Enable scripts?
contacternst··on Don't Freak Out About the New Gmail 4.5 Update for Android OS
No problem! I've honestly tried to get into blogging for a long time now. This post just flowed so naturally, I really enjoyed putting it together. Thanks so much for the feedback.
contacternst··on Samsung is hurting Android
I'd think twice before going to war with Google. Samsung's phones aren't as much better than Motorola as Samsung seems to think they are. It isn't hard to see Google pumping the next Razr model with significant advertising dollars and claiming the crown for best selling Android smartphone for itself. Remember how fast Chrome beat out Firefox and and IE?

Samsung should have been content slipping under Google's radar and riding that wave. I can't see how poking the Google beast is a good idea.

contacternst··on My business worked... until I found out it was illegal
Wow, really? I didn't think this was necessary, but I guess I will have to specify: My girlfriend is not developmentally delayed. She was a counselor at the camp like me and is in the "normal" intelligence category.
contacternst··on Show HN: Online Buying, Selling, and Trading Made Simple
I've been waiting for someone to take over where Ebay left off. Selling things doesn't need to be take that much time or favor the those with big shiny paid templates.

However, I really would like to see your marketplace transactions be free, allowing the seller to keep all the profit. If you did this, and just charged on the backend for payment processing similar to Paypal, I think you'd really be competitive.

As it is, theboxngo is cheaper than Ebay, but just by a little bit. If you want me to switch, then you've got to give me a REALLY good reason, not just a pretty god one.

contacternst··on My business worked... until I found out it was illegal
I certainly agree. I believe her request was phrased "Our lawyer is quite expensive. Please don't make me use him again."
contacternst··on My business worked... until I found out it was illegal
I suppose I've illustrated that point quite well...
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