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by frogpelt 12y ago
When 23 million people are talking about your little weekend project, you have changed the world. Maybe your definition of 'change the world' is too stringent. Squeezable ketchup bottles changed the world too. Instead of being so
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by frogpelt 13y ago
The hydrophobic/oleophobic coating bay could be another option at the car wash. That's a great idea.
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by frogpelt 13y ago
I have thought February would make more sense as the last month of the year. But I guess that's because I live in the Northern Hemisphere and having the year start right after Winter starts seems like a bad combination. EDIT: Apparentl
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by frogpelt 13y ago
I thought so too. You could call undeveloped, beach-front property empty space too, but it would be disingenuous.
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by frogpelt 13y ago
Self-storage is quite an interesting phenomenon. The total self storage rentable space in the US is now 2.3 billion square feet.[1] That's enough space for every American to have over 7 square feet in which to stand. In fact, that&#x27
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by frogpelt 13y ago
Let's see, is that better or worse than a drone strike? I guess President Obama is trying to keep you alive so it's okay if he takes out a few miscreant citizens with drone strikes, right? (And this is why these discussions belong
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by frogpelt 13y ago
This phenomenon shows me that our brains must be wired to ignore quite a bit of clutter until we have a reason to consider it interesting.
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by frogpelt 13y ago
"And it never will" I would never pay for a Picasso or a Van Gogh to hang in my house (because it's would be exorbitant and) because it doesn't evoke positive emotions when I look at it. Norman Rockwell does just that an
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by frogpelt 13y ago
I'm stuck on part 2 #1.
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by frogpelt 13y ago
EDIT: Let me preface by saying, the fact that a person could be sued for creating an app that creates a solution where few or none existed is both utterly ridiculous and highly likely. Which is why I think... ...There needs to some kind of
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by frogpelt 13y ago
Individuals can freely choose a taxi cab over Uber if insurance is a concern for them. Individuals who are not concerned with insurance may find that they should have been. Governments should not make it their job to protect individuals fro
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by frogpelt 13y ago
A few paragraphs in I realized that is surely must be uniquely human to wonder what it is like to be another creature. I would think bats don't spend much time thinking about being bats or not being bats.
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by frogpelt 13y ago
I remember the original introduction and a few things stuck out to me: visual voicemail, downloadable OS updates, the look and feel of the phone versus the other options at the time. That's all it took for me. I was willing to be stuc
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by frogpelt 13y ago
Perhaps the plaintiff should be required to contribute all the legal fees for the defendant (up to a maximum). If the defendant loses the lawsuit, he must pay the plaintiff back for his own legal fees in addition to the damages that he must
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by frogpelt 13y ago
We used to believe in the morality and the decency of business in this country, not just assume if someone else is trying to make money that they are trying to cheat us. Making profit and serving your fellow man are not mutually exclusive.
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by frogpelt 13y ago
They don't usually write articles about the people that they find.
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by frogpelt 13y ago
He's probably not completely safe from governments either.
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by frogpelt 13y ago
This is Newsweek's watershed. They're laying Satoshi Nakamoto on the line to recreate their brand as a hard-hitting journalism publication. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsweek EDIT: The relevant parts of th
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by frogpelt 13y ago
That's what you've heard? Couldn't the argument be made that the other side is rooted in racism too since it appears their goal is to keep a large percentage of African Americans completely dependent on the government fixed-i
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by frogpelt 13y ago
Ha! Now, who's being sexist?
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by frogpelt 13y ago
Really simple solution to this: stop using new technology. Unplug. Stay away from cities and other people who have devices.
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by frogpelt 13y ago
The total of the Cash + Short Term Investments + Long Term Investments is $158 billion+. I'm not sure if this is the same as cash but it may be.
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by frogpelt 13y ago
1. Gadgets are made of plastic is made of oil. 2. Transportation is critical to you receiving the gadget that you hold in your hand.
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by frogpelt 13y ago
My thoughts exactly, but you said it so concisely.
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by frogpelt 13y ago
I have to say I don't understand companies that have very little in the way of tangible assets being valued higher than companies that have mounds of tangible assets. For instance, Exxon-Mobil has $347 billion in tangible assets while
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by frogpelt 13y ago
Perhaps these apps are created by developers from other countries who are not as familiar with USD and software value and are just trying to publish something on the App Store. I could see a young college student in Pakistan creating an app
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by frogpelt 13y ago
Something like this: Ask HN: Should I be really excited about how awesome drchrono is? They have treated me with dignity and class since I signed up. This is in addition to saving me hours per day and thousands of dollars
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by frogpelt 13y ago
IKEA has a similar set up in the Netherlands. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IKEA#Profits
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by frogpelt 13y ago
Did you twitch when you read OP's article? "Image in your bank treated you this way..."
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by frogpelt 13y ago
Non-tech-related: I was doing HVAC work while I was in college and we were removing an old air handler from underneath a house. Just inside the crawl space, under the access door was a water pipe. My boss told me to make sure I held it down

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