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by beoba 16y ago
Wow, all you've accomplished is making me want to look at your competitors. What's "innovative and honest" about this? Edit: When was this thing actually posted? The ego-stroking Google Trends chart at the bottom cuts off at the end of 2008
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by beoba 16y ago
In general, a PIN works if a limited number of attempts are allowed before a lock-out is enforced.
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by beoba 16y ago
So at that point you end up with identical functionality to a credit card, except in a gimmicky package that's much more expensive to replace if lost or stolen, and much more valuable to the individual who obtains it. What's nice with a sim
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by beoba 16y ago
- It could only be remote wiped if it's turned on and has a signal. A credit/debit card can be disabled no matter where it is. - Biometric scanners can be outfoxed with a piece of play-doh. And what happens when you just want to loan the th
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by beoba 16y ago
Your main concern is the safety of your money. This savings isn't supposed to make money for you, that's what the business is for. You can put it into a savings account or CDs at an FDIC/NCUA-insured bank or credit union, and that'd work ju
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by beoba 16y ago
To avoid someone making a 'contactless swipe' of my credit card information, I drilled the chip out of my card: http://consumerist.com/2007/08/how-to-de-rfid-your-credit-ca...
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by beoba 16y ago
(article is about metered internet, actual headline: Stop The Meter On Your Internet Use)
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by beoba 16y ago
Same carrot, with less stick.
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by beoba 16y ago
Perhaps this is why startups are always filled with 20-somethings. Imagine how much would be done if those who happened to have families could also easily make the leap.
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by beoba 16y ago
Let's not forget that if it was such a bad deal, they could vote to change things. When's the last time a "slave", using your words, had a vote? But it takes more than perks to keep a worker motivated in Norway. In a country with low unemp
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by beoba 16y ago
What's the difference between a "Software Engineer", a "Software Engineer/Programmer", and a "Software Developer"? The BLS has categories of "Computer Software Engineer" and "Computer Programmer" which are fairly well defined[1]. The gist o
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by beoba 16y ago
(Article is about weight loss)
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by beoba 16y ago
The first thing I learned is that Norwegians don't think about taxes the way we do. Whereas most Americans see taxes as a burden, Norwegian entrepreneurs tend to see them as a purchase, an exchange of cash for services. "I look at it as a
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by beoba 16y ago
I thought this line was particularly telling: "Although America remains near the top of the world in terms of entrepreneurial aspirations - that is, the percentage of people who want to start new things-in terms of actual start-up activity,
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by beoba 16y ago
There's nothing saying that both approaches shouldn't be pursued simultaneously.
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by beoba 16y ago
hey it's a pretty good movie what can i say
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by beoba 16y ago
BYOB BBQ
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by beoba 16y ago
How's the schools?
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by beoba 16y ago
And assuming you're good at typing one-handed :)
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by beoba 16y ago
I agree, the most minimalist thing is making do with what you already have.
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by beoba 16y ago
Do they still sell compatible batteries though?
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by beoba 16y ago
*$40
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by beoba 16y ago
I think that would be pretty bad, you'd have to get paper refills approx every 5 seconds (and there'd need to be room for that paper to be stored somewhere), and the text recognition would have to either be perfect or extremely cumbersome.
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by beoba 16y ago
My grandparents wouldn't get this; too expensive.
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by beoba 16y ago
I think those qualify as spam.
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by beoba 16y ago
I thought this was normal? They'd have two separate mailings sent from two locations such that they would only meet at the destination's mailbox on separate days. Then, after receiving the card, it'd have to be activated by calling an 800 n
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by beoba 16y ago
Are you logged into RedTube? If you were, would that be 'private' information?
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by beoba 16y ago
...or spin money in circles.
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by beoba 16y ago
What's consumer friendly about waiting for a reader to slowly meander its way through the entire text of an article? When's the last time you read a wikipedia article from start to finish, without even first checking that it contained the t
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by beoba 16y ago
Nothing is being 'learned' here, the only thing being produced is a rote repetition of an article after it's been passed through a mediocre TTS engine.

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