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by Ras_ 16y ago
Scandinavia?
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by Ras_ 16y ago
Salli also appeared in The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. I vividly remember Andy Richter proofing one... and the genital jokes. These originate from Rautalampi, Finland. Just over 40 miles from where I live. I'd also recommend trying bef
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by Ras_ 17y ago
Fred Wilson seems to be the top ranking individual. I'm quite surprised that GigaOM, CNET, Mashable and Engadget are less popular than him.
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by Ras_ 17y ago
There could be a market for monthly pack, including a pair of socks, t-shirt, toothbrush, underwear etc. in other customer segments. I'm thinking of all of those over-protective moms, whose offspring leave home for good (or for extended per
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by Ras_ 17y ago
I remember tutoring my mother in the use of computers. It was the early 90s and she had no previous experience whatsoever. To my amazement such seemingly trivial things like double clicking turned out to be a problem. She tapped the mouse b
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by Ras_ 17y ago
Sooner than later.
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by Ras_ 17y ago
IEEE and ACM also dole out MS developer tools to students for free (price of subscription). For example I got Windows 7 release to manufacturing -edition from ACM this way two or three months before its launch date. They've since pulled th
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Hedy Lamarr - a movie star and an inventor(en.wikipedia.org)
6 points by Ras_ 17y ago|1 comments
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How Europe Missed The Transistor(spectrum.ieee.org)
20 points by Ras_ 17y ago|9 comments
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by Ras_ 17y ago
Search from LinkedIn if anyone you know knows someone at Google. Secondary connection is better than nothing.
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by Ras_ 17y ago
Strip I, me etc. Time is of essence (resumes are not read but skimmed). How about adding some things from business perspective? I mean when you talk about what you've done, it's good to know that you gained experience. But it would be even
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by Ras_ 17y ago
It is so. About emulating Nokia (est. 1865)... it "never" was a tech start-up so it shouldn't be compared to new companies in terms of continuity/selling out. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia#History I think it has more to do with its o
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by Ras_ 17y ago
Heroism around doing ones work aka Protestant work ethic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_work_ethic
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by Ras_ 17y ago
Interesting. This "almost total lack of rank" is also present in Finland (mandatory conscription could be the reason why). In Finnish the personal pronouns second-person singular (you) and plural (you) are not the same. Second-person singul
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by Ras_ 17y ago
No it wouldn't, since there already is a functioning heat transfer network and the server room heat will be lead into it. District heating has been functional in Helsinki since 1953. "Helsinki district heating covers more than 93 percent of
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by Ras_ 17y ago
Town heating / district heating is based on cogeneration (combined heat and power, CHP). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogeneration#History In my home town Kuopio (pop. 93 000) 90% of all real estate is connected to district heating. In F
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by Ras_ 17y ago
All this for one question in a FAQ?
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by Ras_ 17y ago
True, and often that consortium isn't just a bunch of SME-sized companies. Even the bigger players, like universities need to form multinational consortia to compete successfully. Long processing times might effectively require you to have
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by Ras_ 17y ago
Plenty of business in retirement & death + low competition. Bad for living "the start-up life" - but it might be a golden opportunity for business.
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by Ras_ 17y ago
Better education = more engagement in democratic initiatives in the USA. Ok, I accept. Same rationale does not seem to fit Scandinavia, where engagement is low. I'm guessing that education might be key to stronger institutions, which do cre
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by Ras_ 17y ago
Here's one price comparison from Aftenposten at 9th October 2009. Fårikål for 10, aka Mutton in cabbage for 10 people. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A5rik%C3%A5l Lamb meat (fresh), 4kg - 200 NOK / 34,7$ Cabbage, 4kg - 10 NOK / 1,7$
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by Ras_ 17y ago
We had a meat re-dating scandal in Finland too. I believe it was this summer. Omnipresent consensus-mentality unique to Scandinavia does sometimes prevent seeing the wood for the trees.
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by Ras_ 17y ago
Vero. Now there's a name not suitable for the Finnish market. Vero = tax. Then again, selling water to Finland would be like selling freezers to Inuits. Nice logo. Applied here to the company website: http://verowater.com/ Like heyitsnick
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by Ras_ 17y ago
TED Talk: Jay Walker on the world's English mania (4 mins) http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/jay_walker_on_the_world_s_... Summary: 2 billion people are currently trying to learn English. In China you are required by the law to learn Engl
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by Ras_ 17y ago
Finland comes close. Swedish is compulsory here from primary to tertiary education. It is only used in coastal Finland, not at all elsewhere. Of course there is more practical purpose with Swedish than with Gaelic, but nevertheless it does
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by Ras_ 17y ago
Too bad that journalists in Finland can't write about these ...if they want to keep their job. Nokia is too big a player in a small pond.
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by Ras_ 17y ago
Gordon Gekko approves.
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by Ras_ 17y ago
Around here we would call that house money, not "garage money".
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by Ras_ 17y ago
Alexander Hamilton: The Man who enabled Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase with his shrewd policies (like debt assumption - cool economic hack) as Secretary of the Treasury. Federalist Papers are/were invaluable too. Bonus point for not having
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by Ras_ 17y ago
True. Lack of "white space" between functional elements (submissions) is key weakness. Could be easier to read if every other submission had a darker background (creates contrast to help skimming).

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