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by Retreads 14y ago
Complete coffee snob here, but I also like to think that I can find the happy medium between crazy/exquisite and important. Here are my pointers: 1. The most important factor is fresh grind of good-enough beans. Grind just enough for each
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by Retreads 14y ago
Really? We're talking about an article that claims Monsanto is, "responsible for a farmer suicide every 30 minutes?" In the very first sentence! Sorry, I don't care how relevant or accurate the other information is, but it's not valid after
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by Retreads 15y ago
AKA: Quadrocopters - Flying Robots Deliver Themselves To You! With all the crazy scamming I've experienced on places like Craigslist, I can't imagine there wouldn't be some jerk that would just start taking the vehicles. Even if there's som
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by Retreads 15y ago
Thanks for posting. Something about this rubs me the wrong way, so I read it a couple times to help me formulate my feedback. I think the problem I have with this is that I can't create the same level of abstraction on the 'modern system' a
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by Retreads 15y ago
Thanks KE! This was my initial reaction as well. Sometimes it's nice to apply abstraction in order to grease the wheels of reason, but abstraction has a nasty double edge. ("Owner cared for well-being") does not equal ("Only individual care
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by Retreads 15y ago
For those who thought they would be OK with streaming-only or DVD-only Netflix: Congratulations on your price hike!
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by Retreads 15y ago
See also: Angies List.
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by Retreads 15y ago
We had (and used) both services, but the price hike caused us to reevaluate all of our media expenses. Cancelled all Netflix and our cable. Retained Xbox Live (and internets, of course). We were more annoyed by the Netflix change than enrag
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by Retreads 15y ago
I am brushing up on my atrophied/outdated code-fu. Years in business will do that to you, but start-up here I come.
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by Retreads 15y ago
Agreed - this was also my favorite part of the post.
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by Retreads 15y ago
Good point. Where else do they provide the backend?
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by Retreads 15y ago
Good testimony. The comments seem like a pretty smooth way for Google to: -(As the writer identifies) try not to seem like a monopoly -try to simultaneously reassure investors. It sounds like parody on purpose...nobody can take it seriously
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by Retreads 15y ago
When I read about FB Timeline (and watched the trailer), I was concurrently impressed and uneasy. Impressed because it's an elegant way to deal with a problem that didn't exist until recently...how to make old user info useful and re-releva