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by hubb 15y ago
being a patent troll
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by hubb 15y ago
agreed. to the dev: make it free, man. with this app you should have no problem getting that internship you're looking for
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by hubb 15y ago
tarsnap to the rescue!
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by hubb 15y ago
you seriously think bill gates has any concern about his personal fortune at all now?
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by hubb 15y ago
1) except that lending someone your kindle isn't like lending them a book -- it's lending them your entire library at once 2) you are comparing "copying" text from a sheet of paper to an electronic device. that doesn't make any sense at all
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by hubb 15y ago
sudo apt-get install ack got me: ack - Kanji code converter :(
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by hubb 15y ago
huh? on AWS I can develop python/php/ruby/c/lisp/go/whatever on linux/freebsd, using pretty much any software stack i want.
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by hubb 15y ago
eben's a wonderful speaker, but i believe he's resigned from actively working for the FSF? i could be wrong
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by hubb 15y ago
"forget about classic unix filters that have been used for 30 years" no thanks, link-bait!
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by hubb 15y ago
thankfully, there are those of us who draw their conclusions from a pool other than that determined by hugh3. bitcoin is a very interesting experiment, and there are plenty of other valid reasons for learning about it or using it, than an i
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by hubb 15y ago
googling "rim india" while give you a pretty broad range of stories covering the topic -- here's a sample: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-31/rim-s-agreement-wit... basically some middle eastern governments want easier access to BB
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by hubb 15y ago
that divide works both ways. for example, most of the cmpe students i know weren't exactly well versed in the innards of a compiler.
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by hubb 15y ago
This is the way the case ends: not with a bang but a whimper solid TS Eliot reference
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by hubb 16y ago
zoom in a bit. russia and canada both have a handful of servers scattered around
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by hubb 16y ago
although not submitted separately, this was discussed a bit yesterday on HN, when plux posted it: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2411141 it looks like the attribution is different for each presentation, though the content is identica
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by hubb 16y ago
i live in fredericton. i was amused and delighted to see my hometown mentioned in a tech crunch article. a disconnect i never thought i'd see. congrats to the radian6 guys, and here's to hoping q1 labs is the next big canadian tech success!
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by hubb 16y ago
agreed. i'm also wondering why he felt the need to obliquely link to a graphic picture of a group of dead seals. you stay classy, techcrunch
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by hubb 16y ago
If you want to complain about the behaviour of children, you should simply do so: masking it with a shallow comparison to a for-profit retail chain is more than a little silly. Any child is entitled to attend a public school for free, and t
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by hubb 16y ago
personally mostly interested in the fiction section: cat's cradle is indeed awesome. it contains what is among my favorite quotes from a character of vonneguts', " Any scientist who can't explain to an eight-year old what he is doing is a c
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by hubb 16y ago
like several people have mentioned already, these guys actually did build a product. i wont speculate on what they're entitled to, but claiming all they did was 'discussed at length' some concept is factually incorrect. not sure why you're
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by hubb 16y ago
reading this quote: "When you're in a startup, the first ten people will determine whether the company succeeds or not. " gave me some immediate deja vu. pg quoted jobs jobs in 'how to make wealth', one of the better essays that made it int
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by hubb 16y ago
and if he wasn't already, he's now stinking rich
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by hubb 16y ago
you were most likely downvoted due to your choice of vernacular (i didn't downvote you).
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by hubb 16y ago
i would never have expected to read an article that mentions both ezra pound and paul graham. awesome
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Ask HN: What investment apps do you use?
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by hubb 16y ago
FTA: It was a huge confidence booster that I will take with me into my future projects. I hope to interview with YC again with whatever project I happen on next (maybe Fready?)
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by hubb 16y ago
i didn't find the blog all that readable, but the report itself is interesting: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/docs/lf_linux_kernel_developm...
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by hubb 16y ago
read the article before making blanket statements about the depravity of youth these days. the students studied sample tests from a textbook, and the midterm ended up being an exact copy of one of the samples
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by hubb 16y ago
some of those almost brought me to tears. brent spiner with stephen hawking, brent spiner with what looks to be an insanely large cigar. the various directorial shots of jonathan frakes. oh man. thanks for these
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by hubb 16y ago
i can't believe you had the gall to not only be upset with zed for wanting you to take down the repository, but to post it here as if we would side with you. what is wrong with you?

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