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by frossie 16y ago
Greece is a good example of what happens with an over-reaching government, high taxes, and expensive social programs. You are joking, right? Greece is a good example of what happens when the state fails in two of its most important functi
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by frossie 16y ago
I am very confused by this subthread. If you run the MacOS client, and you are a premium subscriber all your evernote data is locally available on your hard drive - it's unencrypted and easy to see and parse.
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by frossie 16y ago
It is an environmental sin to own a "gas guzzling" truck or SUV, regardless of whether that truck is used [...] I understand the point you are trying to make (energy consumption is an aggregate quantity so cannot be derived from instantan
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by frossie 16y ago
I assume it is too much to hope that next time someone will think twice before taking the piss out of a person whose circumstances they know nothing about. Naively, I forget that many treat it like an opportunity for some kind of freak show
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by frossie 16y ago
Do you mind saying what the app is?
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by frossie 16y ago
Being able to ask for help when you're down is also a good skill. I think you'll do fine.
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by frossie 16y ago
Looking at Comp Sci major this Jan. (Provided I finish High School.) If? Finish high school! Okay, tough love time: you are not the only person here who things school sucks - you know why? Because school often does indeed suck. But it's n
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by frossie 16y ago
I'm not sure where the value is According to the OP they seem to think it's in the brand name, which is pretty bizarre - how much brand recognition can Lycos have? Last time I can remember using Lycos, something like only 1% of people wer
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by frossie 16y ago
the reality is you’re doomed if you’re even asking yourself the question. You know what I think? I think people who tell themselves ‘if I make $X million, then I’ll stop working and do what I want’ never make that $X million. I'm not sure
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by frossie 16y ago
I don't have the designer chops to explain it clearly Actually that was a pretty clear explanation from where I'm sitting. And yeah, I've noticed that too, but I have to say it is serving to modify my aesthetic expectations - now I get ja
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by frossie 16y ago
Without the enormous quantity of dark matter that gravitationally binds our galaxy together the centrifugal force would cause the galaxy to fly apart. I think you have confused yourself. Dark matter was postulated to explain why the veloc
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by frossie 16y ago
I would be stunned and amazed if e-ink readers were NOT $99 this Christmas. Hell, I bet next (2011) Christmas you'll be able to get them for free (eg. buy 1 Kindle for $100 and get a $100 e-book gift card free). The money's in the content.
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by frossie 16y ago
Does this thing work as well as he makes out? If so, very cool.
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The Pen Gets Mightier(theatlantic.com)
45 points by frossie 16y ago|16 comments
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by frossie 16y ago
Dude, the spouse was above computers. What more do you want? :-) If both me and my kid needed a kidney you think I'd let my husband give his kidney to me? Second priority != neglect
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by frossie 16y ago
Because they, as parents, are entirely responsible for the kid's very existence. Adults are, to a large degree, responsible for themselves, much as we may love them.
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by frossie 16y ago
Yeah, I donate to charity. I also donate to open source projects. I give to bloggers. I buy freemium-service subscriptions even if I don't need the features. I give to buskers. Why? Because it feels right.
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by frossie 16y ago
1. Your priorities will change. You're not the same person after you have had a kid. But, you will find that the pressure on your available hours will help you figure out how to work smarter and triage your worklist better. You will have to
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by frossie 16y ago
Bring it on. I hate phones. I make very few phone calls, and if only my crazy-ass plan wouldn't charge me for SMS when the phone calls are free, I'd make even fewer.
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by frossie 16y ago
The programs were not quite equivalent. Sure, they may not be identical but they were teleologically equivalent. Newly minted PhDs from both countries proceeded to compete for the same jobs on a seemingly equal footing.
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by frossie 16y ago
Interesting article. 2-year Universities: Who made up the rule that we have to attend college for 4 years? Tertiary education does take a hell of a long time in the US. In my field, and in my generation, most UK students got their PhDs ar
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by frossie 16y ago
Well - good job! Nothing like scratching your own itch, is there? I'd say the biggest priority would be adding time estimates - the people who are going to be using this kind of service are probably uncertain of the geography. I don't think
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by frossie 16y ago
I don't disagree with you, but surely the interesting thing is that there is acknowledgment in essentially mainstream media that there could be Life After Google. I think about three years ago that notion was almost inconceivable for a lot
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by frossie 16y ago
Yes, it is possible to save a significant amount of money on Priceline. Choose as wide a geographical range as possible - tick all the areas that could possibly work for you. Don't forget that public transport makes practically any location
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by frossie 16y ago
Phil Libin always seems to strike the right tone when talking to his customers. I don't know whether it comes naturally or whether he has to work at it, but it sure gives me warm fuzzies.
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Evernote’s July 1st Server Problem(blog.evernote.com)
2 points by frossie 16y ago|1 comments
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by frossie 16y ago
OP mentioned being a Linux user. The iPhone, lovely as it may be, is a non-starter without access to a Windows or MacOS machine, at least to set it up. If you are willing to forego backups and your stuff lives in the cloud, you can make do
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by frossie 16y ago
Shame this story hasn't caught on - it's the best piece of the Google Wave kill so far. Quote: Has Google become a bunch of technology spammers? Is their strategy to simply flood the world with as many ideas as possible in the hopes that o
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by frossie 16y ago
(minor paraphrasing for concision) OP (John Gruber): The iPhone 4 is beautiful to behold and feels like a valuable artifact. It’s like a love letter to Dieter Rams. btmorex: A love letter to Dieter Rams? Do other people actually like rea
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by frossie 16y ago
Imagine how these guys feel: http://completewaveguide.com/

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