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by arjn 15y ago
My 2-3 experiences with choosing "Zagat rated" places were not particularly good. Three years ago I chose a rated restaurant in Philly and took friends there only to find the place had shut down (the Zagat sticker was still on the front doo
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by arjn 15y ago
I agree. the "Iran Forged ...." heading is a bit much. No one really has any idea if this was state sponsored/encouraged or not. One cannot discount the single self motivated actor in this case. In fairness, the article does mention the pre
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Federal judge nixes Oracle's $1.3 Billion case (awarded) against SAP(mercurynews.com)
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The end of an era for Apple. However, this is hardly unexpected. He has been very ill for a while now. Time for him to focus on himself and his family.
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You're just trolling right ? Portland is a great place. And its good even though Oregon (in general) has had an unemployment problem for longer than most other states.
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dunno what you're talking about. Portland is not filthy and dilapidated.
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>>>> "Yes, he has. In fact, most people have forgotten about these things." So in effect the "Blind Faith" title is correct, no ?
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You've already forgotten about the iPhone 4 antennae fiasco haven't you :) ? (Also the overheating problem with the earlier 3GS among other issues.)
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I use google reader on my Transformer tablet (Android). While it's not perfect, its reasonably usable and works well.
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why is this comment being down-voted ?
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Back when I was in undergrad, I met a German exchange student who mentioned something about this. He may have been part of it at some point. They have a special belt buckle or something which identifies them and he said it was almost a stat
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by arjn 16y ago
Actually the entire premise of MIT OCW was to make superior educational material available worldwide i.e to a mass audience, and it was a pretty big deal when announced. After OCW, several other organizations started doing the same. I would
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by arjn 16y ago
All the links I posted are undergrad-grad level which is what I'd expect most HN visitors to be interested in. I assume not many 5th graders frequent HN (perhaps I should account for parents of 5th graders). While KA is definitely well orga
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by arjn 16y ago
I love OCW too and I don't agree with the evolutionary/revolutionary statement. Revolutionary would be OCW or TIMMS as they started this free online video lecture thing (there could be an earlier initiative which I'm not aware of). I also d
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by arjn 16y ago
Khanacademy is neat but I find it odd that people on HN either aren't aware or dont care about other earlier sources such as : - MIT's OCW - USNW eLearning channel on Youtube (esp Richar Buckland) - TIMMS (Germany, possibly the firs
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by arjn 16y ago
I agree, how does this qualify as hacker news ? There are other websites where this has its place.
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by arjn 16y ago
Hi Selena, how about an course on optimization, configuration and advanced features of PostgreSQL ? I know at least 3-4 people from my extended group who will be interested.
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I have zero interest in football (and its not really football anyways ;)
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Yeah. I visited the museum in May 2010 and it was open then. I recall that one portion was closed for renovation or something but there was still plenty to see. The Babbage engine was the star of the show.
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Yay!!!
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I agree in general but IMO its even simpler than that. If you are taking someone else's work that they asked you to pay for, then you are STEALING. Its plain and simple.
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by arjn 16y ago
Nice. I like not having to register. Thanks!!
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by arjn 16y ago
Oh Man! how I hate iceberg lettuce. Why does anyone like it at all ? Cucumber tastes way better.
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welcome to my world :-(
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They're ok, not great. And a bit pricy.
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Also: - Saturday Farmer's market near PSU - Burnside bridge market - Food carts - Southeast Portland's many nice restaurants. - 1 hour drive to the coast (Cannon Beach etc.)
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Wooo! looks like i'm not the only one. though my intention was to leave the book lying around in someplace like a cafe and where someone may pick it up and continue the chain.
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I wouldn't call paan a mouth freshner. I think its more like a stimulant.
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by arjn 16y ago
Neat!! I had a similar idea a while ago , for any books. The idea was to read a book, then write your name/email in it and leave it somewhere where someone else may pick it up and read. Then they in turn would write their name/emails in it