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by george88b 13y ago
Wouldn't an average, reasonable person in today's age consider an email or digital file to be a modern version of a "paper" or a cell phone to be a modern "effect"?
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by george88b 13y ago
Maybe this is what they need: http://www.rethinkrobotics.com/products/baxter/
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Coinbase is down
1 points by george88b 13y ago|0 comments
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by george88b 13y ago
Why is it the industry's responsibility to help them quit? Also, why is it the government's responsibility?
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by george88b 13y ago
They do not smell like traditional cigarettes. The Blu eCigs I have smelled are very aromatic, almost like pipe tabacco or hookah. They smell a whole lot better than traditional cigarettes and the smell is less strong but some people still
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by george88b 14y ago
Am I correct in assuming that the introduction of ASIC systems will cause a drop in bitcoin price (at least temporarily) due to a sudden surge in mining ability and thus a surge in bitcoins introduced to the market? If so, would this trigge
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by george88b 14y ago
You do not need to melt down gold and take it to an expert to determine authenticity. There are many ways you can determine if a metal is real gold on your own (density, hardness, magnetism, nitric acid test).
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by george88b 14y ago
That is a good point. New is not always better but consumer products need to be "new and improved!" in order to give the customer a sense they are buying something better than the model from five years ago. But at the same time I can't help
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by george88b 14y ago
I would argue it already has reached appliance level familiarity. Do you know anyone between the ages of 7 to 60 that doesn't know how to use an iPhone (or iPod, or iPad) with ease? Probably not many. But the UI feels stale after a while. I
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by george88b 14y ago
Apple hasn't had a significant iOS UI change in too long. I know people who have left the iPhone just for that reason. About time.
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by george88b 14y ago
Looks great! This is definitely useful. Only two things, when I go to add a service, dropbox is not appearing as an option for me. Also, it was not immediately clear to me how I would delete a collections folder. I kept trying to right clic
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by george88b 14y ago
I appreciate you sharing your insight. Would you say the hostile environment you experience is part of the overall culture or does it differ from group to group?
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Ask HN: Would you rather work at Google or Amazon +20% pay?
1 points by george88b 14y ago|2 comments
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by george88b 14y ago
Looks great! I will definitely use it in the future, and would pay for it. One thing I noticed though is that when you close the window by hitting the red circle in the top left, the app stays in the icon try but clicking the still active i
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by george88b 14y ago
A lot of people use their phones far more for browsing, reading, playing games, etc. rather than actually making calls and a bigger screen makes these activities easier. However, I think that the popularity of full size tablets has caused p
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by george88b 14y ago
I would love an invite if you still have one to spare. What do you think of Simple.com so far?