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by ddlatham 13y ago
It's not the revelations that are costing the tech companies. It's the spying.
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That would be the second party.
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The bacteria hate it too.
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I love buying when prices are quoted in even amounts, especially if they include the tax. It makes me sad that we humans are so affected by tactics like this and that sellers (rationally) take advantage of them.
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The person who happens to submit something first shouldn't thereby get the right to choose the title for everyone else. To throw another idea in to the mix of interesting ones proposed here already: When someone submits the same URL
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Some interesting numbers and quotes from the article when you put them together: "As of July 31, Oakland had 626 officers - still far less than the 800-plus officers the city had in 2010." 2010: 2917 robberies 2013: 5311 robberies
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They are called flash cards. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashcard
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Seriously. Headline reads just like http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2013/07/how_...
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Or fence lizards! http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/02/15/ticks-lizard-lyme-...
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Renaissance software creator, perhaps. A true renaissance man (or woman) is someone proficient in much more diverse fields.
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by ddlatham 14y ago
Is there an ideal long term human population level for the planet? If so, what is it? Will we need to create more incentives to have children to maintain it?
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New Tool for Police Officers: Records at Their Fingertips(nytimes.com)
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For most people, their email password already is 'one password' for everything. If someone compromises their email account then they can use the account recovery features of these other websites to reset their password through email.
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72 percent of professors who have taught Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) don’t believe that students should get official college credit ... which means the actual number of professors who discount the quality of MOOCs is probably much
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Always good to have a reminder to measure and validate your ideas of what is causing a problem before jumping to the solution.
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My family recently purchased three Nexus 4 phones straight from Google ($300 each), and picked up a T-Mobile Family Value plan (which means you don't get a phone subsidy, but it is a cheaper) with 1000 minutes, unlimited sms, and unlimited
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Pi Manifesto rebutted: http://tauday.com/tau-manifesto#sec-the_pi_manifesto_a_rebut...
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Happy Half Tau Day!
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F.T.C. Suggests Guidelines on Privacy for Mobile Apps(nytimes.com)
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Is there a way to see how much progress toward your goal you've made?
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The benchmark referenced in this post was previously discussed here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4453500
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Unfortunately?
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Half a quart = two cups.
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That reasoning assumes that the number of subscriptions is going to be the same regardless of the change in their policies. If including a more reasonable plan for higher priced purchases allowed a greater volume into the store, then that
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If it's merely a break-even proposition for Apple, then perhaps a flat fee per purchase (or at least a maximum) would make more sense and allow services like Dropbox, Skydrive, and Amazon to participate.
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Allow apps to charge users the extra 43% if they are buying from the app compared to the price they would pay direct, without the markup.
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Agreed. I say "gas money" above so people envision the poor being able to pay for the gas at high prices, but the whole point of keeping it based on taxes and currency is so that the market can balance between alternatives besides buying g
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Even if there is no additional supply available, there still could be some benefit. If the price of gas were far higher, people may not fill up their tank all the way and only purchase what they really need. So instead of the first X people
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If everyone gets on board, great. If only a couple sites band together, then I see it more like this: http://xkcd.com/927/
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No. Being a hypocrite would be telling other players not to take advantage of the rules while you take advantage of the rules. Advocating for change while still trying to win within the current rules is not.

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