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Indeed - it's very well done. I think what makes it so smooth is something quite simple. Its letting the previous stream run while it buffers the new one and switches you over?
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Fundnel, a Singaporean crowdfunding platform was assisting spaceX with a recent raise[1]. The minimum investment value is 250k on the website now but if I recall correctly it was as low as 50k a few months back. [1] https://fundn
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Find something that fascinates you and research it. It's an amazing time for learning now, with introductory through to really deep knowledge and supportive communities available throughout the internet. Youtube itself is a goldmine, w
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I was also confused until I read until the end, especially since its a BBC article. Might have been worth putting the little explainer about the series at the top (instead of the bottom) of the article.
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For anyone who hasn't seen Harry Shearers re-enactment of extracts from the Nixon tapes, say goodbye to a few hours: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEQFt3mO2-I
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Im going to resist the urge to copy/past Molly Blooms soliloquy here but for those who like particularly long sentences its quite the read. https://archive.org/stream/MollyBloomMonologEnd/MollyBloomMo...
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Your right. Unfortunately I cant edit the comment though.
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I was introduced to sci-fi last year and pretty much stuck to it throughout 2018. Perhaps the usual suspects given the crowd here but in any case below are my highlights. Completely blew me away: - Anathem by Neal Stephenson - Accelerando b
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> a wad is a default file format for DOOM® and DOOM II®. It stands for “where’s all the data?” All this time and I never knew that.
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- As a founder, after you are up and running, be prepared to spend lots of time on tricky, time consuming and seemingly "non-core" jobs. Eg legal, fundraising, HR, accountancy, tax, compliance. Because these are actually important
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Quick-link for those wondering how to do this (as I was): https://home-remedies.wonderhowto.com/how-to/make-aspirin-fr...
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> Your purchases and reservations are brought together from across your Google Account, from sources including: Orders placed using Google services, like Google Play Store, Google Express, or through the Google Assistant. Order receipts
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> pushed back the date to 1932 for the first helicopter The TSAGI 1-ea with 2 tail rotors. I spotted that one alright - but the entire shape is quite different from the single-tail rotor versions (eg in the second pic down). Still doesn&
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Couldn't help but notice the very modern looking helicopters in the March and June 1938 covers. A bit of digging reveals the first modern (large main + small tail rotor) helicopter was only flown for the first time the following year [
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There are good threads on reddit and other money forums that have advice on things like this, as I recall: - Don't make any drastic changes to your life now - Learn how to make your money work long term (diverse investments with plenty
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For those wondering the same thing as me: http://www.perennialfinancialservices.com/blog/thank-uncle-f...
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> If you're working in Indonesia and your boss is Muslim and you're not, the fastest way to get ahead is to convert. This is hyperbole. While Im sure there are businesses where it's true (there are millions of them in Indo
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Not saying ad spend on branding is a very optimised area in general - but the prices of billboards / tv ads etc are sky high and have a much lower degree of targeting. There is an assumption that their prospective and current customers
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The twitter exchanges between the geologists mentioned in the article are great. They talk in real life how hackers talk only in movies. Very jealous. https://twitter.com/matarikipax/status/1061590953876582402 ht
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Useful maybe but expensive (at least in the older networks). Handset reported cell-tower signal strength information (what you need to triangulate) was only accessible to non-core parts of the network to reduce data load on regional links.
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Wow, I didn't even realise Helvetica needed a licence. Nor that its pay per click: "When purchasing your digital ad license, you specify the number of impressions your campaign will require. If you’re uncertain how many impression
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>> Carriers require knowledge of where you are to give you service - it is a physical limitation of cell technology. Quick nitpick. Carriers don't need to know where you are. They just need to know which cells handsets are moving
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Heres one for you. Years ago, when realtime traffic data was released on maps, I had an argument with a friend. I claimed that the only way they could get that accuracy was by recording the cell data of every single android user and validat
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Well they are hardly going to say the opposite :P
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Yep we are on the same page. I actually really like cryptocurrencies, but I work in regular payments so Im a practical and cynical sob :) > It's like if you invented email but nobody was using it yet. People would say email is usele
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Still doesn't make any sense. - You need a third party intermediary if you want to use bitcoin as an intermediary unless you want to build an exchange yourself. It's just as easy if not more so to use a remittance company. - Why w
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1. Remittance networks are constantly being disrupted. Just look at Transfer-to, Transferwise, Ozforex etc. And the real wallets are just starting (eg Alipay). Whats not disrupting international remittance markets is crypto. And the reason
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Why would you convert money from one currency into bitcoin before converting it into another instead of just converting it directly from one currency into the other? - It doesn't reduce cost or forex exposure - It adds to the infrastru
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I can only comment from a user's perspective but the issues I face with google maps directions: - The warning to turn a few hundred meters out works, but I find in dense urban areas is that the "turn now" message is delivered
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Id say the value of new earlier stage companies in the space will increase given its obvious FB needs to constantly buy new properties to keep the machine running :)

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