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by filiwickers 10y ago
This is not against the first/fifth amendment because you will have already consented to it. Similar to a Breathalyzer you will have "implied consent" when you get a license. Either you consent to this and get your license or
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Building a Dynamic Static Website with Pelican and IFTTT(joeahand.com)
2 points by filiwickers 11y ago|0 comments
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by filiwickers 11y ago
There is an effort to make this process a bit easier using OpenStreetMap & Field Papers ( http://fieldpapers.org/ ).
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by filiwickers 11y ago
Yes, large cities make humans more productive! It's not necessarily intuitive but more interactions leads to more innovations. (Shameless Plug) You can read a bit more about the research in the TED talk here: http://santafe.
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by filiwickers 11y ago
Most of that doubling will not be in the US (or other developed countries). It will mostly be in India & China with Africa following not far behind.
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by filiwickers 11y ago
That is probably already true of other companies. The systems that run the traffic lights may be run by IBM, train routes may be overseen by Cisco, etc.
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by filiwickers 11y ago
T-Mobile already offers basically the same international plan. The only catch (and it is a headache) is they cap the international data at 128kbps, whereas Google is capping it at twice that.
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by filiwickers 12y ago
You can turn it off in settings on the bottom left.
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by filiwickers 12y ago
Also, it looks like the cities w/ the same name in different countries are treated as one city. I am in Santa Fe, NM but ranked with people in Santa Fe, Argentina.
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by filiwickers 13y ago
They are joining for exactly this reason. Simple excels in their user interface and experience. BBVA is a huge bank with lots of cash and backing. Seems like these are good partners.
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by filiwickers 13y ago
Ya, perhaps I am being thick, but what would this be useful for?
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by filiwickers 13y ago
This was motivated by an idea from the Open Knowledge Foundation: https://github.com/okfn/ideas/issues/59 It is built with Flask & Backbone/Require. Source is available here: https://githu
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Show HN: DataNews.co, a HN Clone for Open Data and Visualization(datanews.co)
2 points by filiwickers 13y ago|1 comments
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by filiwickers 13y ago
This looks great! How did you get so many people using it already? Was it just Hacker News crowd? I recently also built a HN Clone with Flask, this one for Open Data, Data Visualization, and other things along those lines. http:/&#x2F
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by filiwickers 14y ago
I have had the same problems. I am a Simple member but I just can't justify putting my money there over my local credit union. Local credit union gives me a great APR, no ATM/overdraft fees, free bill pay, and dividends (on a checking accou
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Ghost: From Fiction to Function(john.onolan.org)
4 points by filiwickers 14y ago|0 comments
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by filiwickers 14y ago
View the GitHub repo: http://github.com/periscopic/EaselFL
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Introducing EaselFL: HTML5 Animations Renderable in IE8 and Older Browsers.(periscopic.com)
3 points by filiwickers 14y ago|1 comments
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EaselFL: Render EaselJS to Flash(github.com)
2 points by filiwickers 14y ago|0 comments
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by filiwickers 14y ago
This is not true. Slow Carb includes legumes to ensure you are eating enough and maintaining satiety throughout the day (so you don't snack). Coming from the Standard American Diet (SAD) most people are used to eating high and fast carb die
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by filiwickers 14y ago
The initial feeling of being tired, groggy, achy, etc. is called the "low carb flu."[1] Usually it takes a week or three for the symptoms to pass before you get over it. The more you relied on carbs as energy before, the longer it will take
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by filiwickers 14y ago
I created a Svbtle/Obtvse clone (in terms of styling) that uses Jekyll Bootstrap if you are interested ( https://github.com/joehand/joehand.github.com ). I took some liberties in terms of functionality to suit my needs. Definitely love usin
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by filiwickers 15y ago
I have used WePay ( https://www.wepay.com/ ) in the past and really liked it. They charge less than Mint is planning on charging. For credit cards its 3.5% with a 50 cent min. The fee is less if you use your bank account.
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Research into Flash and HTML5: Ten Months Later, a Second Look(now.periscopic.com)
1 points by filiwickers 15y ago|0 comments
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by filiwickers 15y ago
My thoughts exactly. The whole library is available as a torrent. Why ask if its okay when asking is not even necessary. How to be more awesome: do cool stuff for people without needing them to hold your hand.
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by filiwickers 15y ago
Thanks! I am part of the company (Periscopic) that built the visualization for Yahoo!. We have been ecstatic about the positive responses to the project.
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How Yahoo Delivers Personalized News to 700M People (HTML5 Visualization)(readwriteweb.com)
1 points by filiwickers 15y ago|0 comments
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HTML5 Visualization showing what is behind the scenes of Yahoo's homepage(visualize.yahoo.com)
4 points by filiwickers 15y ago|0 comments
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Yahoo’s New Visualization Beautifully Shows What’s Happening on the Web(mashable.com)
1 points by filiwickers 15y ago|0 comments
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Visualization of Yahoo's innovative Cloud, Hadoop & personalization technologies(visualize.yahoo.com)
2 points by filiwickers 15y ago|0 comments

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