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ColinWright

136,194karma·18,658submissions·December 14, 2009
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If you want to contact me, find me on the web. I am especially interested in math, juggling, programming, and education, and since there are other people with my name you'll probably need to include at least one of those terms in any search.

I was once a prolific contributor and commenter, but no more. I go through bouts of submitting stuff, but then go and disappear for lengths of time. If there is something you'd like me to see or comment on, you can email me. Don't ask me to upvote things. If it is interesting (to me) then I will.

Submissions do not imply endorsement.

My spam filtering is pretty severe, but I've put the word "Dysprosium" on the allow-list - quote that and your email will get through.

I used to have an email here but it got harvested by spammers - I'm looking at you, mbientlab.com - so it has been removed. This is a temporary one:

HN_a7dab8S4@solipsys.co.uk

Email sent there and quoting the element name will pass my spam filters. After that we can use "proper" email addresses.

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I deal with a lot of young people who have grown up with tech, and my experience is that in general they haven't got a sodding clue about how anything works, or the implications of any of this.…
11mo ago·view thread
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The title given on the page itself doesn't reflect why I'm submitting this. Taken from TFA: > At 404 Media, Matthew Gault was first to spot a press release from the UK’s National Drought…
1y ago·view thread
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Some feedback. I know you think you're explaining this, but it comes across as word salad. You're telling me a bunch of stuff that you've done, but I need to know what problem this is …
1y ago·view thread
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I was lucky enough to have met and spent some time with Jim Lovell. An absolute gentleman, and it was a joy to have been in his company. Ad Astra ...
1y ago·view thread
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I was lucky enough to have met and spent some time with Jim Lovell. An absolute gentleman, and it was a joy to have been in his company. Ad Astra ...
1y ago·view thread
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Yes, already referenced in this posting: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44798572
1y ago·view thread
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I think you mean ... "... may now be seen as an active liability." If you see this reply in time you might choose to edit your comment. Alternatively, feel free to explain to me why I'…
1y ago·view thread
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I was unable to find a previous submission, so thanks for this. I'm now interested to compare any comments and contributions here with those made last time. Have people's opinions changed?…
1y ago·view thread