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ColinWright

136,193karma·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 think you are mistaken. FWIW: I have over 135K karma and I can't downvote submissions.
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FWIW: I have over 135K karma and I can't downvote submissions.
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I had trouble reading the web site ... I'm sure someone can provide a link to an archive or something. Meanwhile, I used "lynx -dump" and lightly edited the result, so the plain text is…
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I agree entirely that seeing and experiencing are different, but seeing it is more than being blissfully unaware, and can be enough to provide motivation. And I've worked with many youngsters who…
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I know 16-year-olds, and 15-year-olds, and 14-year-olds, who absolutely know what goes on in a job hunt because they are observant, socially aware, and have watched relatives sending literally hundred…
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That's not telling me what the message is that HN is giving you when you try to submit the project.
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Can you tell us what the actual message is?
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In case anyone else is as baffled as I was by this comment, I did a quick web search and found this: Pondering the orb refers to a meme that features a sagely figure looking into a crystal ball, ofte…
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