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by antr 12y ago
correct, in the above talk they mention the origins of "jaywalking". i found it fascinating.
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by antr 12y ago
search the article title on google, read it without paywall
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Rakuten Buying E-Book Firm OverDrive for $410M in U.S. Push(recode.net)
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Universal takes on Spotify freemium model(ft.com)
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by antr 12y ago
A few months ago I attended a conference where they spoke very clearly about how the automobile industry, in the early 1900's, used marketing to make roads their own. Here is the talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH
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Stanford to run its entrepreneurship course in London from this autumn(bbc.com)
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Spain Finds Cervantes' Tomb in Madrid(bbc.com)
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by antr 12y ago
The underlying technology for the Makani kites and a standard turbine are the same. In the Makani case you have one kite with eight turbines, and like a standard wind turbine, all turbines need to be serviced. If you have to service 1 turbi
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by antr 12y ago
> effectively unsustainable due to the materials they are made of and their actual lifespan not offsetting the initial financial and environmental costs I don't know where you got the information from, but I can assure you that that
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by antr 12y ago
The 60% load factor seems a dream come true... well above offshore wind levels (c. 50%). Having said that, I'm very curious to know the capex per MW, and the ongoing O&M costs for each of the kites. Onshore wind has experienced a c
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'Mars One' finalist breaks silence, claims organization is a total scam(techspot.com)
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by antr 12y ago
Two talks worth watching regarding this very issue: Enrique Peñalosa, former Mayor of Bogota: "In no constitution, parking is a constitutional right." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3YjeARuilI&feature=youtu.b
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Nintendo Opens Door to Smartphone Games(wsj.com)
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Apple to launch online TV service(ft.com)
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Spain Finds Don Quixote Writer Cervantes' Tomb in Madrid(bbc.com)
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YouTube for Artists(youtube.com)
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YouTube Debuts a New Resource Site for Music Artists(techcrunch.com)
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by antr 12y ago
You should take a look at the Madrid Rio project by Dutch studio West8, it's very similar to the mentioned idea in the BBC article: http://www.west8.nl/projects/madrid_rio/ In Summary: - The city of Madrid bu
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Can a city really ban cars from its streets? (2014)(bbc.com)
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by antr 12y ago
> Are you really leaving finance for a tech job if all of your clients are in finance? I'd be concerned if these people left finance to create another photo sharing app. If their contacts, network, and expertise are in finance, and
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We’re finding out what’s in fracking wastewater, and it ain’t pretty(grist.org)
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The Long Story Behind GigaOm’s Sudden Demise(recode.net)
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It might not be a bubble but sure as hell the rent is too damn high(professorvc.com)
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by antr 12y ago
tl;dr - Biologist offered €100,000 to anyone who could prove that measles is a virus. - The biologist believes the illness is psychosomatic. - The reward was later claimed by a doctor who gathered evidence from various medical studies. - Th
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Can a city really ban cars from its streets? (2014)(bbc.com)
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by antr 12y ago
I don't think it works that way. One might be sending emails from abroad, but if you sell a product/service where you are suing, the company can still be liable, regardless of the geographical origin of the email.
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by antr 12y ago
For the UK, ICO: https://ico.org.uk/media/report-a-concern/forms/1479/spam-em... They ask to send them the spam emails (with headers) to them, all communication from and to. I guess it's the same ar
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by antr 12y ago
I've filled two formal complaints to an EU regulator regarding spam (one is a company, another an individual). The first complaint was made back in early 2014, and a few weeks ago I got a response from the competent authority. They fin
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4G around the globe(venturebeat.com)
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Most GCHQ snooping ‘essential’, parliament report concludes(ft.com)
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