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by blaines 14y ago
Was reading wikipedia and found this article, which reminded me of this post. The transfers were small, equivalent to about 12,000 to 24,000 Philippine pesos (500 to 1,000 US$), and would be handed over each night at a Wendy's or a karaoke
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by blaines 14y ago
I have to sign in to read this? =/
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by blaines 14y ago
Wouldn't another tax on fuel just hurt low-income consumers? I'm not rich - I drive because I want/need to, not because it's cheap. Sometimes I drive for fun, to get out of town for a bit, and I don't have the most fuel efficient vehicle, s
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by blaines 14y ago
I'll suggest that fragmentation - not having a single point to find all user data would reduce the impact of a breach. Dropbox is a higher value target than John Doe. So hackers are probably less motivated. The user system itself may not be
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by blaines 14y ago
Quick bug report... I made two pages. They were overlapping (Not sure if this is intended). When dragging elements onto the top page, they went to the bottom page. When I moved them around the top page they went to the bottom page. Chrome/O
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by blaines 14y ago
Great explanation. Thank you.
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by blaines 14y ago
Exactly, there's laws in place that already prohibit running a business out of a home. Specific business types and activities apply, for instance, you cannot start a farm unless it has been zoned accordingly. In addition some cities have
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by blaines 14y ago
I received an email with my airbnb listing and couchsurfing listing attached saying I can't keep either online otherwise I'll get a fine. It wasn't my main source of income, and I'm not running a business. In fact, I'd rather not have someo
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by blaines 14y ago
It's commonplace when you purchase a condo and sometimes even a home. I do prefer to have my building's fire alarms working.
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by blaines 14y ago
I had to take my couch offline because my HOA threatened to fine me. No more visitors, no more foreign friends. :( It seems the first wave of enforcement has come from HOAs, I've heard of various people having to remove their listing for th
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by blaines 14y ago
Sometimes they don't even steal the cables... This guy just liked the sparks. http://www.westvalleyview.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleI...
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by blaines 15y ago
Nice work!
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by blaines 16y ago
Nice! I'm not really digging the design (I'm not a neon color person), but really cool info. I didn't sign up though because I wanted to login with Twitter. I don't like creating a million accounts and connecting to twitter would allow you
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by blaines 16y ago
I second that
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by blaines 16y ago
Nice! I see some mootools? Is that a standard feature or something specially awesome? I really like their site, they put a lot of effort in it and it shows. Good work!
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by blaines 16y ago
The front page has articles in various languages from many countries... http://mirror.wikileaks.info/
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Ask HN: Any SF hackers with an extra couch/bed? Dec 1-11
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by blaines 16y ago
Is it just me or does the mute switch not actually function? I'm running pandora and I flipped the "mute" switch and it did nothing. I then switched to a video podcast and the same issue occurs, flipping the switch does NOT mute. The volume
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by blaines 16y ago
I've been getting this from hacker news links all day, what's the deal? Error establishing a database connection I'm dealing with a client right now that's completely ignored their deadline, I'm not really sure what I can do. What a
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by blaines 16y ago
This article is long, but really good, it reads like a movie. Gonzalez not only hacked computer networks, but also personal networks. He may not have been great at code, but he was definitely good at navigating social structures. Gonzalez w
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by blaines 16y ago
"Error establishing a database connection"
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by blaines 16y ago
Wow good find. I especially like this bet, Warren Buffett v. Protege Partners, LLC. “Over a ten-year period commencing on January 1, 2008, and ending on December 31, 2017, the S & P 500 will outperform a portfolio of funds of he
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by blaines 16y ago
I'm all for automatic updates, but all things considered I should be able to downgrade. Right now I simply don't update my phone for a period of time to make sure it doesn't introduce bugs or kill apps I use. i.e. Pandora worked fantastic o
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by blaines 16y ago
All I have is a four word title... I don't really have an incentive to login to facebook. Plus sometimes it's really inconvenient on a mobile device. Better: link to web page, Twitter, or blog post. Best: link to above and title "WePay and
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by blaines 16y ago
In the case of groceries wouldn't you only be as fast as the slowest line? Your comment only applies if all lines are equal, which they almost never are. So you can't assume perfect load balancing under this circumstance. I think the best s
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by blaines 16y ago
Asks me to login to facebook... Um no.
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by blaines 16y ago
I truly enjoy this series. It gives genuine insight into today's companies (i.e. not a Microsoft or Apple) and offers real advice that startups can act on right now. Two really good posts: WooThemes | http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2359-bo
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by blaines 16y ago
You can opt out of other networks in bulk here: http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp
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by blaines 16y ago
I can't really read it, is this the original?
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by blaines 16y ago
A good solution for obfuscating/encoding ids: http://github.com/kylebragger/tiny

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