ftse

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by ftse 17y ago
Yes he is. He also speaks his mind like every fat-mouthed, intelligent American from Franklin to Vidal did. So shut your trap and get on with life. lol.
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by ftse 17y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=765301
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by ftse 17y ago
You kids! His persona is often troll... however, his operandi is journalism. Remember that? You know, telling the ugly truth (as you saw it), without fear or hinder?
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by ftse 17y ago
'Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea' by Charles Seif
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by ftse 17y ago
Cute. To illustrate the sum of limits, however, I prefer a graphic with sum -> 1. Take an empty circle then add a chunk of shaded semicircle, then add one quarter, then add one eighth... you get the idea.
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The Cold War in high frequency trading turns hot(ftalphaville.ft.com)
15 points by ftse 17y ago|2 comments
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Happy birthday, Nikola Tesla: thanks for the electricity(guardian.co.uk)
16 points by ftse 17y ago|7 comments
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No trial for Twitter 'panic' man(news.bbc.co.uk)
7 points by ftse 17y ago|3 comments
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Call for limits on web snooping(news.bbc.co.uk)
1 points by ftse 17y ago|0 comments
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by ftse 17y ago
'Squirrel' returns a good search square, but no red or grey squirrels.
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Ask HN: What do we do when our leaders are corrupt?(news.bbc.co.uk)
2 points by ftse 17y ago|7 comments
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by ftse 17y ago
Seems to me there are more Reddit-type comments submitted lately. It is something I have been very conscious of, much stronger than a hunch or gut feeling. I'm curious as to why you tried to measure this - do you still suspect a drop in the
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by ftse 17y ago
It looks incredible. I think Google are right to be concerned. Others should be too - take the mortgage example: it wouldn't be hard to integrate current deals on offer from mortgage providers. One query I'd like to build is a TCO for a par
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by ftse 17y ago
It looks great. Now let's compare it to the competition... Amazon's web page for the Kindle shows only one entry under 'Browse similar items in Electronics': 'Kindle DX'
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by ftse 17y ago
Tax isn't about raising money... its purpose is to instill fear and drain your mental energy so you are not equipped to compete with the bureaucratic entity that imposes tax on you.
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by ftse 17y ago
I'm not one to break house rules, but sometimes it is necessary. So why did my comment get down voted? Assuming it wasn't a slip of the click etc you have to conclude it was a deliberate decision by someone who didn't _like_ what I said. I
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by ftse 17y ago
Link bait. One minute it is plain text passwords the next it is this. Somebody call these guys out.
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by ftse 17y ago
The problem is the definition of 'healthier, happier humans'. Who gets to decide? Some people would be keen ensure 'healthier, happier humans' == compliant slaves.
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by ftse 17y ago
Textmate Transmit Sequel Pro OmniFocus or OmniOutliner for GTD I'm finding I use Nambu more and more for reading Tweets
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by ftse 17y ago
The annoyance: this will be fixed. I'll add it to the list. :)
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by ftse 17y ago
I'm running Rails... I had to move it from the root directory to ./public/images and it seems to work now.
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by ftse 17y ago
Oh, if you switch Javascript off, only your first selection from 1 -> 10 is accepted. Well, that is the way it should work, but I'll test that.
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by ftse 17y ago
I'll investigate that. The favicon is uploaded.
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by ftse 17y ago
The checkboxes will soon be turned into radio buttons.
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by ftse 17y ago
There is an 'embed' link to allow you to do this. Typically, I find it's broken at the moment, but should be fixed soon!
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by ftse 17y ago
I'll probably have the price taper off when it hits the high end.
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by ftse 17y ago
Thanks for the helpful input... the page is fixed now ;-)
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Ask HN: What do you think of my new site?(foosurvey.com)
23 points by ftse 17y ago|29 comments
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by ftse 17y ago
Sixty-eight deaths from around one thousand infections is a lethality of 7%. That alone should make us take this very seriously until we have more data.
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Swine Flu May Be Named Event of ‘International Concern’ by WHO(bloomberg.com)
1 points by ftse 17y ago|0 comments

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