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You also don't have to leave your ethics behind when coming into the office.
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It's such a bad deal that it's already been banned.
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16y ago
'Yeah, you're probably right.'
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16y ago
The new decade's version of http://www.amazon.com/dp/0735201374/
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16y ago
Where's the option to choose which items get sent? Looks like all or nothing.
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16y ago
A single copy being handed out potentially infinitely! For free! THEFT!
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16y ago
Where do libraries fit in your world?
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16y ago
Site wants a lame login to comment, so I'll just do it here: The solution is you need to know some bakers, who have baker friends. In theory you'd have already developed these connections while working on your bakery software. (Seeking advi
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16y ago
Worked for me. Try querying your favorite search engine (Bing) for the opening sentence. I've found news sites tend to like you if you have a search engine as your referer. "In the end, there was no way to ignore the problem, and no way for
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16y ago
While we're at it, let's start storing customer data on these personal machines. What could possibly go wrong?
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16y ago
Meanwhile, http://consumerist.com/2011/01/vegas-atm-dispenses-gold-inst...
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Not specifically chinese: VGTSX/VTIAX Plus, rather than speculating on a currency, you're actually purchasing a piece of a foreign company's productivity.
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"I have not seen a better time to raise money for web startups since the late 90s." oh boy...
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Not the classiest bug report in the world, but the official response of 'Yep! Take it or leave it!' isn't so great either.
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16y ago
5% operational expenses? Sounds a tad high. Are they currently a 501(c) (or similar)?
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"The ECN is aimed at institutional investors such as mutual funds, hedge funds, pensions and endowments." Here's a better solution for us poor people: https://personal.vanguard.com/us/funds/snapshot?FundId=0085&...
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Banks are in on that too. "Free checking" has always been about hoping you won't have a big enough cushion to avoid occasionally going under a $0 balance. The people getting hit by those fees would then pay for everyone else who can afford
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16y ago
Additionally, if that income has a label of 'capital gains' slapped on it, it's only taxed at up to 15%, rather than up to 35%.
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16y ago
I just skim the rss when I'm taking a break. This usually only lasts a few seconds unless something actually looks interesting, plus there's a clear indication of what's new and what isn't (constant reposts aside).
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16y ago
The catch is this database would need to be kept away from spammers, lest they be able to test their site designs against it directly.
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16y ago
Seriously wondering here: What's disrespectful about this announcement?
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"In 2003 he published a paper arguing that when people study success stories exclusively--as many avid devourers of business self-help books do--they come away with a vastly oversimplified idea of what it takes to succeed. This is because s
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16y ago
If someone is that concerned about speed, what's wrong with just using a compiled language to begin with?
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I think you're mixing up inline documentation with api documentation. For inline stuff where it's explaining a complex/dense lump of code, it's useful to keep it as close to the original code as possible, so that if somebody updates the cod
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"Don't retreat, reload! ;)"
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- "There are a bunch of studies linking IQ drops to fluoride exposure." By "a bunch" we of course mean "an inconclusive one comparing two Chinese villages from a couple weeks ago": http://ashartus.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/fluoride-and-iq/
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for those of you who aren't omniscient: Tir is an experimental web framework for the Mongrel2 webserver and Lua programming language. Hype.la is a simple way to promote your art, music, etc. with other like-minded artists by trading small p
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"Goldman will be creating a “special purpose vehicle” to sell the stock to its wealthy clients and then will charge them a 4 percent initial fee plus 5 percent of any profits." Heads we win, tails you lose. I'm just waiting until they start
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Yeah, I think my family is already sufficiently gossipy.
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Who really wants to put that much effort into putting their relationships into little boxes?
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