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by geomark 10y ago
I've wondered about that. The imperial system is positively awkward. What about other countries that also use the imperial system instead of metric? Are they also behind?
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by geomark 10y ago
If only it was a market . The US healthcare system is anything but. If you've lived in a country where healthcare is more free market you would note the striking differences in cost, quality of care and accessibility. I lived in the U
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by geomark 10y ago
My anecdote: I was brought in to help with an AdWords campaign for an ecommerce site. I did some keyword research, ran some small campaigns to get some CTR and conversion metrics, then kicked off a bigger campain, pruning keywords as needed
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by geomark 10y ago
I'm not so sure. Thais call things แดง that don't look red to me. The egg yolks you mentioned are one of them. Brown dogs are another. People with dark complexion are another (if really dark they call them เขียง = green).
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by geomark 10y ago
I feel the same way. And I'm a US citizen! I've been an expat for quite a while now and looking back at the US it is indeed a freak show.
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by geomark 10y ago
It's good to keep in mind how police are incentivized. They are paid to arrest suspects and close cases. Whether or not they nab the wrong person hardly matters to them. So although they generally may not intend to harm you they will g
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by geomark 10y ago
While not as big as security and media devices that were already mentioned, seems like a lot of effort is going into DIY 3D printers and CNC machines. Having a lot of those kind of machines around could enable the rise of guilds that produc
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by geomark 10y ago
It's worse than that. Some prominent lawyers advise that everyone should never talk to the police.
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by geomark 10y ago
Is there a way to export chart history and then import it to the new account?
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by geomark 10y ago
Where I live they make a copy of your ID when you buy a SIM. So you'll also need a fake ID. And then there will be a copy of your fake ID with a photo of you on file somewhere, which could lead to some issues if the authorities discove
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by geomark 10y ago
There are a quite a few Buddhist monks who perform acts that are clearly contrary to the Buddha's teachings. Self harm is a very obvious one. A monk commits suicide for whatever reason and that implicates Buddhism? I don't think s
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by geomark 10y ago
What about hosting options for Django? I've used Heroku for my Python/Flask apps and that works well. There's also Redhat Openshift which I haven't used but looks reasonable. Workflow is nice with updates pushed up via g
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Ask HN: Best platform for blog+store+members area
8 points by geomark 10y ago|3 comments
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by geomark 10y ago
Yeah. I've done some work for other people and businesses in their Facebook accounts but never signed up myself. Recently I tried to sign up just so I could add Facebook Login to one of my apps. Used my real name, verified my email and
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by geomark 10y ago
I like the data science angle where they're using their large number of deliveries to make predictions for customers on when packages will arrive depending on carrier, route, day/time. Would be nice for a future blog post to show
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by geomark 10y ago
It is pretty bad that a company with a global product doesn't include global support. In addition to the lack of support for non-latin characters in search, here's another one. I live in a country that uses the Buddhist era calend
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by geomark 10y ago
Or if you really need surgery get it done for about a third of that price at a hospital that's probably done more than any other.[1] [1] http://medicaltravelsite.com/blog/gastric-banding-at-yanhee-...
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by geomark 10y ago
FTA "...we have long known that technology destroys jobs..." Should I even bother to continue reading after that? After all, what we actually know is that technology creates jobs, like the ones that I and a large number of people
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by geomark 10y ago
Ok, but how is it that such a large fraction of an entire generation has become introverted? People whose business it is to pay attention to these kind of things have a lot of data showing that's the case. Andy Puzder, CEO of Hardee&#x
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by geomark 10y ago
I'm not a millenial so maybe the millenials on HN can explain it. I keep reading that millenials don't like human interaction. Things like prefering to wait in line at a kiosk to order food when there is an order taking human avai
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by geomark 10y ago
What's the story in Asia? I only know about Thailand where a photo, age, sex and religion(!) are standard on CVs. Most advertised jobs state requirement for male or female of a certain age.
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by geomark 10y ago
I was looking for more. I feel empty now.
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by geomark 10y ago
Government protecting the interests of big business? Seems like there's a lot of profitable legal drug related business to be lost if kratom use was to become widespread. It smells a bit like the history of kratom in the country where
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by geomark 10y ago
I went to DeVry. It was good. I was motivated, got through it with good grades, and had three job offers waiting for me when I graduated. Everyone in my class who graduated had at least one offer. Employers knew the reputation of the school
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by geomark 10y ago
I also graduated from DeVry quite a few years ago. I attended on a FISL (Federally Insured Student Loan it was called then). The FISL was easy to get because the school had a track record of nearly 100% hire rate for graduating students. A
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by geomark 10y ago
You raise a very good point. When I first saw this announcement I thought it was a great deal for foreign founders. But as a US expat I know what a curse it is to be a "US taxpayer". Foreign founders who end up being US taxpayers
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by geomark 10y ago
"Remove the subsidies that oil, gas & coal receive, and you will witness a new day." Yes. But you will also need to remove the anti-dumping import duties on Chinese-made PV cells. Those are some pretty big special interest gro
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by geomark 10y ago
Actually, if you want it literally it would be "eat rice or not yet" (กิน=eat, ข้าว=rice, หรือยัง=or not yet). Like you said, verbs are not conjugated in Thai but instead verb tenses are accomplished with helper words to indicate
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by geomark 10y ago
Interesting. It's sort of the opposite when Thais ask if you have eaten already because if you answer "not yet" it is common for them to offer you something.
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by geomark 10y ago
Same in Thai. They ask กินข้าวหรือยัง ("Have you eaten yet?", or literally "Have you eaten rice yet?") as a greeting.

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