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dtmmax33··on You can‘t take the Bar exam if your laptop is too modern
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.
dtmmax33··on Ask HN: What'd you do while HN was down?
I was at the beach today and didn't realize it was down.
dtmmax33··on Three Arrows Capital has defaulted on a loan worth more than $670M
You can also check out behindmlm.com which exposes most of the more popular scams.
dtmmax33··on ST3000DM001
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.
dtmmax33··on The 4:6 method for coffee-brewing (2017) [video]
Yep, my favorite setup as well, french press and grinder. Easy to make and very satisfying.
dtmmax33··on GitHub, fuck your name change
1.5k comments so far. I think this was a great move and opened up a lot of discussion.
dtmmax33··on T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T phone calls are failing across the US
https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2020/06/15/cell-carr...

911 in Central Florida is having issues.

dtmmax33··on Windows NT and VMS: The Rest of the Story (1998)
"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.

dtmmax33··on Stripe Press
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.

dtmmax33··on Leslie Nielsen’s career got serious when he got the chance to lighten up (2016)
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/leslie-nielsen-s-gravesi...
dtmmax33··on SpaceX Plans Facility Expansion at Kennedy Space Center
Damn, I have never been called crusty before.
dtmmax33··on Tom Petty has died
Out of the 10 or so TP concerts I have been to, the 2006 Gainesville was my favorite. There was just so much energy in the arena.
dtmmax33··on Microsoft Paint Is Deprecated in Fall Creators Update
No! Way back in the day when I did consumer tech support, I would occasionally get a call about Paint taking forever to open (this was on Win 3.1) After some troubleshooting, figured out that they had the canvas size set to some extremely large value, like 3000x3000 or something (that was large back then.)
dtmmax33··on Suicides in Rural America Increased More Than 40% in 16 Years
You can just as easily replace "rural America" with "black America" and make the same exact point. Lack of empathy goes both ways.
dtmmax33··on Ask HN: Is it possible to run your own mail server for personal use?
Definitely recommend FBL for anyone running a newsletter. That way if you do get a spam complaint you will be notified. Take a look at the list here: https://www.port25.com/list-of-current-feedback-loops-offere...
dtmmax33··on Teespring (YC W13) uses social media to sell more than 7M shirts a year
So, what happens if Facebook decides it doesn't want to allow Teespring ads anymore? From what I can tell it is very heavy skewed towards FB ads. This seems very risky to depend on one channel for sales.
dtmmax33··on App.net: The Country Club of the Internet?
Why the white male bashing? That is a very narrow minded view and I really hope that you can grow and see beyond race and gender. It is a big world out there and I recommend you go out and explore.