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by geargrinder 8y ago
Higher education has figured out how to mortgage the future earnings of their students through the federally-subsidized student loan program. All while greatly increasing the number of administrators and squeezing real professors.
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Disappearing Clicks(seobook.com)
5 points by geargrinder 10y ago|0 comments
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by geargrinder 10y ago
The next interesting chapter of the Schwinn story is about how it was bought out of bankruptcy by the same investor group that owned the Scott brand. They moved the headquarters to Boulder, Colorado and became a true quality manufacturer, a
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by geargrinder 11y ago
In my experience, over-50 employees are easy to work with, knowledgeable, experienced and flexible. They bring a lot less personal drama because they have things pretty much figured out in their personal lives. They are often anxious to lea
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by geargrinder 11y ago
Now if we could only apply the same technology to Hacker News comments.
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by geargrinder 11y ago
That running automatically results in hip and knee injuries used to be commonly believed in the medical community. Then this study (and others since) have changed that thinking. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/233778
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by geargrinder 11y ago
For anyone looking to monetize a project like this, and avoid all the crass and imposing advertisements the OP rightfully complains about, I highly recommend reading The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer.
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by geargrinder 12y ago
Yeah I was also surprised Catherine Wheel didn't make this article. I consider their album Adam & Eve to be the pinnacle of shoegaze. Ferment and Chrome are also prime examples of the movement. Maybe they weren't included beca
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by geargrinder 12y ago
Long articles are fine and there is good content in this one. Just help me navigate it better by using a familiar hierarchy more common to informational essays.
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Dear Comet, Please Kill Us(theamericanconservative.com)
4 points by geargrinder 12y ago|0 comments
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by geargrinder 12y ago
If the author had just summarized his points in a thesis paragraph I wouldn't have had to wade through so many words just to try and figure out what he was ultimately trying to say. Ironically, he spent much of the post complaining abo
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by geargrinder 12y ago
Google once again takes information from your web page and puts it on their search results page. How will this affect click-throughs? I can see how it might help with traffic sent from SERPS as your site might seem more authoritative.
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by geargrinder 12y ago
The reason Ritchey, Fisher, and the rest of their group are known as the "founders of mountain biking" is because they were the first to make bikes for others to also enjoy off-road riding. Lots of people rode off-road, down mount
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by geargrinder 12y ago
Red Bull F1 may be "profitable" but only if you separate it from the 100's of millions invested by the Red Bull parent company. It is simply a marketing venture whose real profit is measured in brand awareness and sales of li
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by geargrinder 12y ago
I was a technical writer in the late 80's and early 90's, and had the opportunity to extensively use most of the popular word processors. One thing I remember about WordPerfect was how much they bragged about having a large custom
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by geargrinder 12y ago
Integrity could also earn money. Most people would rather buy from a truthful and transparent organization than a shady one. The market often punishes liars over the long term.
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by geargrinder 13y ago
A lot of similarity of websites has to do with usability. If I go to a website that is similar to others I frequent, it is easier to figure out what to do. This is proven out in user testing. Those sites that are familiar will do better in
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by geargrinder 13y ago
When municipalities offer cable they roll out with a competitive package but often fall behind in technology over time because they are slow to upgrade and have no leverage with content providers. I imagine it would be the same for internet
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by geargrinder 13y ago
Working countless hours on your startup project can also have devastating effects on your loved ones. They may be terribly upset. Your selfishness may be altering their future, and not for the better. (Using "you" in a generic sen
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by geargrinder 13y ago
There are several of these around, on different themes, like http://fattweet.com
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by geargrinder 13y ago
This is harder than it sounds.
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by geargrinder 13y ago
There is nothing wrong with it. I just prefer the technological competition that is so much a part of F1.
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by geargrinder 13y ago
When you say "foil design" are you referring to airfoils? Under the current F1 rules, almost all innovation is occurring in the aerodynamic area and teams are constantly testing and improving. The envelope is pretty small, but the
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by geargrinder 13y ago
NASCAR and F1 take opposite approaches to regulating technology. F1 defines an envelope and you can do anything within that envelope. NASCAR defines specs and anything on either side of that spec is treated as a violation. I much prefer F1&
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by geargrinder 13y ago
It is also blocked by the "Low" setting of the OpenDNS content filter, a fairly popular service and setting.
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A Green Car Named Desire(on.wsj.com)
1 points by geargrinder 13y ago|0 comments
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by geargrinder 13y ago
escrow.com specializes in domain transfers. I have used it several times and found the process easy, transparent and secure.
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by geargrinder 13y ago
If the government gave money to buyers of Porsches like they do for buyers of Teslas these number might be different. Or better yet, stop taking my tax dollars and giving them to rich people to buy a luxury electric vehicle.
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by geargrinder 13y ago
Quote from 20 years in the future: "Many people were very successful in the '10s... It was way too easy, not necessarily an indication of talent or strong leadership."
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by geargrinder 13y ago
May have been more dangerous for him than for you. An unscrupulous person could have just deposited the check and not transferred the domain. Using escrow.com avoids these trust issues for both the buyer and seller. I have had a good experi

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