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spdmn··on My Bose QC-35 II headphones burst into flames and left me with chemical burns
Yep, ^this, it happens. You 100% deserve compensation. But this is what their insurance is for. The remaining 99000 thousand pairs they sold will surely pay the deductable.
spdmn··on Drugs that tamp down inflammation in the brain could slow cognitive decline
Inflammation in all parts of the body seem to be problematic and the source of all kinds of disease and other sorts of deficiencies. What sorts of studies and preventative treatments are leading this field?
spdmn··on Which Interventions Can Be Paid For: The Explanatory Power of “Prasad’s Law”
I agree with you 100%. The problem truly lies not where what someone "is willing" (which of course is almost anything) but where what some "actually can" pay to receive treatment. It's a terrible distinction between the two.
spdmn··on Which Interventions Can Be Paid For: The Explanatory Power of “Prasad’s Law”
That's true. I digress. It's evidently more obvious to those who perpetuate it and designed it as such.
spdmn··on Which Interventions Can Be Paid For: The Explanatory Power of “Prasad’s Law”
I read this like, "Obviously, that's how it's designed." The title does not shock me as a revelation like it's meant to but rather a fact. A rather obvious one to everyone but those who perpetuate the fallacy.
spdmn··on Which Interventions Can Be Paid For: The Explanatory Power of “Prasad’s Law”
I read this like, "duh, no shit."
spdmn··on Information operations directed at Hong Kong
While respecting the attempt to be fair and nonpartisan by way of moderating this site I cant help but feel this soft-touch approach by mods is somewhat naive.
spdmn··on Burger King Has an Opinion on Net Neutrality
The message was clear to me yet open to different interpretations.

1) The difference in cholesterol bandwidth is paid for by who is sponsoring this chicken sandwich. 2) Same, but colder. And waaaay late. Too bad their preferential sandwich is not sponsored to be in the "fast-lane" regardless of the subscribers plan. 3) Non-preferential content (ie. those who didn't pay off the ISP to fast-track their content) is at a competitive disadvantage.

spdmn··on Volkswagen Is Ordered to Recall Nearly 500k Vehicles Over Emissions Software
Seems very UnGerman to patch over a flaw instead of rooting out the problem from the ground level and engineering a solution. I'm just saying deceitfully patching over the problem seems uncharacteristic of the cultural norm/stereotype that I know.
spdmn··on Popcorn App
It seems YIFI Torrents is picking up the Popcorn Time ball and running with it.
spdmn··on Stream Torrents Instantly From XBMC
I've been using this for 2-3 months already. The fact you can send magnet links from chrome is what sold me on its usefulness. Thank you dev.
spdmn··on Government Chemist Tampered With 40,000 Cases
She'll get off on a "tampering with evidence" loophole. Sick sick woman.
spdmn··on Prenda Law ordered to pay $261K to defendants
i've been so sick of hearing about these guys "gaming" the justice system and getting away with it. perhaps there is hope.
spdmn··on Ask HN: What kind of side projects are you working on?
Of course. You can reach out to me at j.bryce.rogers@gmail.com. We can exchange additional contact details through email if need be.
spdmn··on Ask HN: What kind of side projects are you working on?
I'm glad you're doing the research before taking the leap. There are lots of safe neighbourhoods and only a few I would avoid. Let me know if you have any questions about city.

Unfortunately, I'm not involved with any startups at the moment but would love to get involved with the right one (take a leap of my own). I moved back to this city about a year ago after being overseas for six years. I rushed the move due to family reasons and didn't properly set myself up in that regards. I have the right personality, but I'm not confident in my skills. I need to find a company where I can learn as well as contribute and flourish that way.

I hope you find something that suits you. Are you thinking of joining an existing startup or doing something on your own?

spdmn··on Ask HN: What kind of side projects are you working on?
I like this idea. Hope it catches on.
spdmn··on Ask HN: What kind of side projects are you working on?
Cool map. Edmontonians don't generally like their city referred to as "Deadmonton". However, the nickname rings true on so many levels. Good luck with your move. Is it soon?
spdmn··on Ask HN: What kind of side projects are you working on?
Ah, I see! Well that's as good of a place to start as any. Good luck in your endeavours.
spdmn··on Ask HN: What kind of side projects are you working on?
A simple script (in linux, windows or whatever) could do that no problem. In fact, I'm pretty sure something like:

find -iname ".txt" -exec mv -v {} /home/user \;

or

mv .mp3 /whatever/folder/youd/like mv .jpg /repeat/as/many/times/as/needed

would work. Is this what you had in mind? Hope I'm not way off base here.

EDIT: for some reason Hacker News edited out my asterisks and the letters within are displayed as italics. Curious.

spdmn··on Manage your HTPC from anywhere
I've tried this software and find it doesn't quite stack up to the original HTPC frontend project, Maraschino (http://www.maraschinoproject.com) which offers more or less the same functionality. I prefer Maraschino mainly because of the integrated remote control which allows me to control XBMC with the keyboard from the web GUI. I'd recommend you try both and see what works for you.