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by engtech 14y ago
So under the hood, it is just random tracks curated from existing blogs using their soundcloud pages? http://soundcloud.com/dubstep/ http://soundcloud.com/drumandbass http://soundcloud.com/housemusic So I guess the next genres to be a
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Does this idea seriously raise its head almost every hurricane season? Is there any citation for that? Who (other than Michael Bay) is talking about nuking hurricane? edit: tried some google news searches, I can't find any discussion about
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Gladwell writes a lot of anecdotes which are then taken as pseudoscience, and unfortunately get repeated as science because of his popularity. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/11/18.html > Michiko Kakutani reviews Malcolm Glad
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If you like this, you may want to get a copy of the book this evolved in to: "Smart and Gets Things Done" http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/06/05.html http://www.amazon.com/Smart-Gets-Things-Done-Technical/dp/15... $3 used, $11.6
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Even if you are a "normal white male", your wife and children aren't. It can be fairly trivial to find out family details of a target and harass the wife/children. Maybe you don't have strong opinions that would inflame someone to the level
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They're probably using 1080P as the definition of HD. The last time I looked at buying a movie in iTunes, the max resolution they sold was 720P.
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two paragraphs followed by a "sign up to read more". Content in that format is not going to do well on any social media site. Even with a Vanilla Ice picture.
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This is the same reason why the idea that you can't bequeath your iTunes purchases on death seems like lunacy to most people. Purchased goods are purchased goods, and the idea that something is licensed with restrictions seems ridiculous to
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From the comments on the blog: "I'm reminded of the guy who decides that there should be one standard because there are n divergent implementations. So he goes and writes his own. Now there are n+1 divergent implementations.
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There is a grey area where you can have a Genuine copy of Windows that you paid for (and that can still Windows update) but was derived from an OEM license that was transferred to another machine. This is still desirable compared to torrent
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I suspect that you can buy a used license for Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 easily. Really, just visit a friend/relative and find a dusty old PC that has a license sticker on it and ask if you can have it.
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Windows 8 Pro upgrade for $39 dollars ($15 for newer PCs). [1] That's... reasonable. I might consider buying a copy of Windows 8 Pro at that price and then waiting until it hits SP1 to install it. I might even spin up a VM to try it out. I
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One of the best technique I have ever seen as a user/customer is being able to do the entire call to action without having to log in / fill out forms. eg: if you're going to sell me something, try to convert me into a longer time customer /
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I had hoped this article was going to be able how to convince your friends to communicate with a medium other than Facebook.
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I hadn't heard this expression before: "Hurt People hurt people" So simple, but something great to keep in mind when you are hurting others or when others are hurting you.
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I'm unhappy that my iPad 1 is essential on it's way to brickdom. I had bought it planning to pass it on to my toddlers as it reached about 4-5 years old. Unfortunately I don't think there will be any supported iOS 5 apps at that point. I ma
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For $129 you could buy most of your frequently used apps on Android. But already being tied into iTunes is a huge momentum.
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When she says 1 hour of video games or at most only 30 minutes of TV, I'm sure she means on average. So 7 hr video games a week or 3.5 hr of TV a week. I interpreted it as "someone who doesn't ignore me". Rather ironic point given that she
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by engtech 14y ago
We all have a list of demands/requirements (eg: non-smoker, likes dogs, will put up with my !@#$). Not all people are as blunt about it as this women. What's always funny about these lists is that they are only based on your previous experi
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by engtech 14y ago
"It's true that kindle books don't work like regular books, but being ignorant of that fact isn't an excuse." Have you tried explaining to a non-technical person about remote wipes? I had a 20 minute discussion on this subject with a 58 yea
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Here's a fun game to illustrate why we should be interested in protecting consumer rights to maintain their own libraries of digital goods. Go back through the New York Time Best Seller list in 5 year increments, and see at what point you s
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IMF's plan to dethrone bankers [Chicago Plan Revisited](telegraph.co.uk)
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so true: "In devops is turtle all way down but at bottom is perl script. " https://twitter.com/DEVOPS_BORAT/status/248770195580125185
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Thank you for the clarification, guys. I hadn't realized Nature was British/UK.
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Does anyone understand the title of Nature article? "Italy puts seismology in the dock" ? is it meant to be "in the dark" ?
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Hey, my comment got used in his slides when he shows an example on hacker news. Awesome!
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Microsoft could buy Always and re-purpose the Maxi-pad brand.
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The ipad software keyboard is hard to use for any length of time because you have to switch between several virtual layouts to hit every key. It slows you down if you're writing code instead of English words. Having punctuation characters h
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If wordpress.com can exist offering to host people's blogs, I think someone could create a site that does these techniques in the backend and provides a nice content management front end.
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what I find really weird is why iOS 6 doesn't run on iPad 1? I know there's an issue with memory, but I think if you disable background apps you essentially get past that.

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