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by froo 17y ago
Increased exposure for "noname" artists/developers/creators and thus stimulated growth in those areas. This is only a single example (one datapoint does not a trend make), but.. http://torrentfreak.com/ink-the-movie-that-blew-up-on-bittor.
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by froo 17y ago
Your example is probably more likely to be an outlier. I've done several searches, some of the most disappointing were singular searches of pretty much any animal you could think of - returned nothing. The search for "cow" is particularly b
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by froo 17y ago
>Does Visa have the right to use this data to target users? Its probably buried somewhere in legalese in one of the Product Diclosure Statements. I was surprised by some of the things my bank had wanted me to agree too several months ag
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by froo 17y ago
Cool, you'll find that us Aussies are definitely a welcoming bunch. What part of the country you visiting or is it going to be one of those whirlwind tours?
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by froo 17y ago
I figured this might be interesting to some people, especially given the comparative number of quakes in the last couple of days
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Earthquakes from niceone.org(niceone.org)
1 points by froo 17y ago|1 comments
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by froo 17y ago
>I wonder if he wears a digital watch, owns a TV, drives a car, uses a printer etc etc. All of which have closed source software within. I'd never seen a pic of RMS before the above link, but given how he looks like a cross between a hi
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by froo 17y ago
Not necessarily, they were all in a mad dash to get the film done because of a change by Disney and a major rework of the film. I posted a little about this http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1246745
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by froo 17y ago
I'm curious which version of Toy Story 2 this was done too as the film was originally slated as a straight to DVD edition. When it turned out Disney wanted to do a screen release, there was a mad rush as the first iteration of the movie was
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by froo 17y ago
Go see your doctor. You can confide in him/her and never underestimate the wonders of pharmaceuticals. I became severely depressed as a result of a combination of things. Studying 2 degrees at once was fine, however in the last 2 years of m
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by froo 17y ago
I've started using digg again occasionally and the Diggbar doesn't bother me that much from a casual user point of view. What ended up making me turn it off was actually all the framebusters, because I had gotten in the flow of using it and
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by froo 17y ago
Very cool vid. We haven't gotten these in Australia yet so I'm wondering what (if they exist) the parental controls are like for the iPad? I'd be curious about purchasing another one for a nephew.
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by froo 17y ago
From Markus' post "This is why you don’t build companies that are completely dependent on the whim of another company." Of course, an advertising supported dating site who's revenue comes primarily from Adsense doesn't come under this swe
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by froo 17y ago
Unfortunately, this is not an April Fool's day joke. This mouthbreather's latest dribble: Asked what percentage of all of the nasty material on the internet his filters would block, Senator Conroy dodged the question, responding that his f
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Internet's not special, says communications minister(theage.com.au)
1 points by froo 17y ago|1 comments
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by froo 17y ago
Not off topic, my grandmother just cannot use a mouse. She's sat in front of my PC and is absolutely baffled by it. I might as well have asked her to do Differential Calculus. However, I think the iPad will be different. If she's playing sa
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by froo 17y ago
(I'm not trying to be a smartass in the following comment, I honestly believe this to be the case) I think the thing is that women start turning down propositions from horny guys early on in their lives, so that by the time they get into th
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by froo 17y ago
He's 100% correct too. Personally, the iPad isn't for me. I want less screen time in my life, not more - and the iPad doesn't fill any gaps that warrants me purchasing one for myself. That being said, I did order one for my grandmother. She
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by froo 17y ago
Hmm, I think Steve Jobs could learn a thing or two from Arrington. Using power tools on stage will definitely sell product - perhaps they could relaunch the Apple TV by taking a jackhammer to a TIVO.
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by froo 17y ago
I know this might sound odd, but I'd like a "privacy policy" and "terms and conditions" generator that doesn't suck. I'd be willing to part with cash for something where I just tick off the various things I want and it would generate those
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by froo 17y ago
You can do CAD in blender. http://www.blender3darchitect.com/2009/07/blender-3d-as-a-ca...
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by froo 17y ago
I had one when I lived in Melbourne recently. Its a company called "The Lifestylers Group" http://www.thelifestylersgroup.com.au/ So, they already exist, you just have to find them. They call themselves a "Personal Concierge Service" so p
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by froo 17y ago
Exactly, there are even situations where one's family is the reason for whatever semblance of career they have. Look at that Octomom person (I never thought I'd reference her on HN). Her entire "career" is based around her ability to breed.
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by froo 17y ago
RTM is brilliant I've found. I've got access to it from pretty much anywhere (within gmail, in my browser, on my phone etc), so its a great way to keep tasks organised.
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Remains of the Day: Teach Yourself Programming in 21 Days Edition(lifehacker.com)
1 points by froo 17y ago|0 comments
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Government goes to war with Google over net censorship(smh.com.au)
2 points by froo 17y ago|0 comments
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by froo 17y ago
How about a free crowdsourced talking tour guide app. Basically, something that plots your location (GPS) and which direction you're facing (Magnetometer/Compass) and if there is anything interesting available on the server, play it. Essent
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by froo 17y ago
Fortunately the hair on my face grows unbelievably slowly. It takes about 2 weeks (maybe 10 days, I haven't measured it exactly) to get something akin to a 5 o'clock shadow. The downside is my face gets itchy often, which sucks to code with
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by froo 17y ago
Perth here, contact details in my profile if you want to chat about whatever
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Ask HN: Aussies, put your hands up
15 points by froo 17y ago|39 comments

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