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by alva 10y ago
Gives me flashbacks to the Temple Of The Screaming Electron.
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by alva 10y ago
In London there are tens of thousands of new build properties which have been built through Chinese investment. Currently unaffordable to most (£1m plus for a 1 bed) and so rather unpopular with Londoners. Many developments are 50%+ sold i
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by alva 10y ago
> Also a concern. If it's gone in a year, what does it look like in 6 months? Once the nature of the decay is worked out I could see an awesome opportunity for tattooists to artistically incorporate it for evolving designs.
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by alva 10y ago
If it is proven safe and they manage to get worldwide patents, they are going to be exceptionally rich.
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by alva 10y ago
Missed out q! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_(programming_language_from_K...
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by alva 10y ago
>Prosecutors in New York said the company operated as “the financial hub for cyber criminals around the world.” Well fortunately for the cyber criminals, I have some great suggestions for alternative banking solutions. Plus! Your co-cons
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by alva 10y ago
Great response dang and big respect to Maciej for directing the 20k towards charity. A good resolution.
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by alva 10y ago
My life is slightly worse having watched those videos
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by alva 10y ago
If by some extremely small chance he is Satoshi And his identity was close to being revealed (I think his name was first lingering in the ether around August), this could be a truly beautiful sleight of hand. Purposely release 'proof&#
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by alva 10y ago
I think this is what was behind (still is?) the huge surprise to many, that Trump has a large number of supporters. The social cost in my friendship group of airing conservative views, has for the last few years been quite great. If you are
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by alva 10y ago
Great, thanks for the follow up and link. Personalised approaches to health/medicine is an exciting area.
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by alva 10y ago
>I wonder why, when we talk about obesity, there is this tendency to use language that removes responsibility from the person Whether they are right or wrong, there is a significant community dedicated to promoting the view that personal
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by alva 10y ago
This is the first time I have heard glucose meters being used specifically for weight loss, very interesting. If this is a safe and effective way to encourage weight loss, this could be a huge business opportunity.
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by alva 10y ago
Respect to Greenpeace for sourcing and distributing these. They tend to get a good amount of news coverage. The more organisations that get involved in this, the more pressure we can place on our respective governments.
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by alva 10y ago
Stalker is one my favourite films. The atmosphere created is absolutely haunting. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079944/
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by alva 10y ago
Adoption is definitely dependent on interest from hotels. We would offer either a generic non-branded pdf/email or something that fits with the hotels current marketing style to give the feeling of a more personal service.
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by alva 10y ago
> The whole point of the article is that the traditional "calories in/calories out" model is wrong. I think what they mean by this is that the "calories out" portion is what is mostly wrong (or at least, misunder
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by alva 10y ago
Im sure Schrödinger's could
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by alva 10y ago
> To use an analogy, zerohedge is like the 4chan of the finance world. Less of an insult than some may think. There are significant signals buried beneath the huge noise at 4chan
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by alva 10y ago
> You rarely find a conspiracy theorist who believes one crazy thing, it's almost all or nothing Not sure how true this is. There are certainly a lot of vocal conspiracy theorists online who match your description. Unfortunately the
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by alva 10y ago
I agree. Many of my professional female friends spend a large amount of money on beauty/cosmetics/make-up. Items at the higher end of the market, thought to be luxury, are extremely popular among this demographic. It is useful for
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by alva 11y ago
Firstly, it is the entire UK, not just England The UK is definitely a bit proponent of necessary EU reform. One significant reason behind Brexit, is that getting the EU to actually change is nigh on impossible. As the other comments request
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by alva 11y ago
"The internet, as opposed to AOL and the others, was like a great city. It certainly had slums and red-light districts and places you wouldn’t want to visit after night, but the museums, ... streets were packed with excitement. "
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by alva 11y ago
I have absolutely no clue why they think this is a good idea. The Land Registry is one of the few governmental departments that actually turns a profit! Average is £80m a year if I remember correctly. Apart from that, I think having this da
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by alva 11y ago
Thanks for the feedback. -Unless you have some serious AI this will need to be done manually by a highly skilled team. Do the economics work when you need lots of expensive labour? For a near to perfect set of listings, I think you are righ
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by alva 11y ago
You come across to me as a nice, honest guy. However, I believe that making statements like this, then asking people to fund [0] your unemployment whilst you pursue hobbies will rub many people the wrong way. [0] https://www.patr
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by alva 11y ago
Out of interest, does any one know what liabilities such investors might have? If the outside investors had knowledge of the problems we are now seeing and sold off without disclosing the issues, are they somewhat accountable?
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Apply HN: Tailored events info for hotel guests
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by alva 11y ago
I think it is a noble cause. You are correct in that it means the price of some of the food groups increases dramatically, so many people are left out of regularly consuming it. I believe that 50/60 years ago, people did not expect to
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by alva 11y ago
A great bit of journalism here, hopefully it reaches a lot of eyes. I think that the fines levied on restaurants that are knowingly deceiving their customers should be much higher. The articles states $300 is the fine for first-time offend

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