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jarek
14y ago
Breach of fiduciary duty lawsuits are very common for all major acquisitions. For the law firm it's high potential reward with relatively little downside. The mere fact of one or two being filed means pretty much nothing.
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jarek
14y ago
But does "kurczak z kaszą" mean anything?
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jarek
14y ago
> what exactly is the point of different languages anymore? True. This is why I will be teaching my children Basque and Basque only. New languages might have originally emerged due to separation, but that doesn't mean lack of separation
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14y ago
Both. There was a Nov 6 forecast and a "now-cast."
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14y ago
> You don't see lines like this in other developed countries. It's not that they're not reported on because "no one cares", they're not reported on because there aren't any lines . Well, that's not strictly true. I recall waiting about
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14y ago
Are there problems ("bugs")? Sure. Are there problems similar in magnitude to the 'shenanigans' in the United States of America being discussed by morsch? Quite possibly not.
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14y ago
> Because having groups of random, untrained people squinting at dangling chads is less error-prone? What on earth? I marked the candidate I wanted to vote for with an X in a circle on a paper ballot. Marking circles for more than one c
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14y ago
Yes, I have a bit of a grasp on the setup, I just think it's completely insane and not worth the tradeoffs :) Do you feel it's beneficial for New Hampshire to be in a federal union where it doesn't control its economic policy, central bank
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14y ago
> Why are you guys keeping it a secret? Care to share? Who's keeping it a secret? Elections Canada policies aren't exactly classified information.
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> If you never hear about these things in your own country that means that apparently no one there cares. Or that they don't happen...
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14y ago
I had a similar reaction. The regulations on what is required to vote differ between states?! Cities run polling stations?! David Frum weighing in: http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/05/opinion/frum-election-chaos/in...
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jarek
14y ago
We've always been at war with 9.7"
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jarek
14y ago
That sounds like a bug in the iPad browser?
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jarek
14y ago
Oh! Sorry, looks like I'm wrong. I do see it being offered on their website, but it's for new activations only - that would explain why I was under the impression it's no longer offered after not seeing it in the prepaid plan switcher in my
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jarek
14y ago
FWIW, T-Mobile has recently withdrawn this plan, it is no longer available for new or switching customers. Cheapest "unlimited*" prepaid data plan is now $50 a month.
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14y ago
> From an app developer's perspective, there's no contest currently. To be more exact, this is the perspective of a developer looking to monetize their application by selling directly to users.
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jarek
14y ago
I rather liked http://amber.case.usesthis.com/ and http://andrew.huang.usesthis.com/ , though theirs are not quite in the same vein as Joey's.
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jarek
14y ago
I read that as more of a reflection on the necessity of things. It's possible fiber would be an improvement for jakobe, of course, but perhaps only a local maximum. "This guy does without it - maybe the lack of fiber isn't the biggest thing
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14y ago
> I am routinely contacted by people asking if I am looking for work, and what they are doing seems like it could be an amazing experience, but you get comfortable in your six figure job that you love One percent (of developers) problem
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14y ago
God save the design world if an app with a spinner display for non-linear, non-rotational, non-user-controlled data and a prominent switch that maybe 5% of the users will use more than once is the future of Apple's UI.
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jarek
14y ago
So he was just like Steve then?
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jarek
14y ago
I'm not sure if that part of the comment was aimed at me: I don't hate it, I just think it fails at reaching or perhaps even understanding its stated design goals.
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I was so confused when I saw that app a couple of months back. Why spend so much effort creating an admittedly aesthetically pleasing design, name check Rams and his principles, and so completely miss the point of "as little design as possi
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jarek
14y ago
Skeuomorphing physical objects designed by Rams is still skeuomorphing.
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jarek
14y ago
Can you comment on the articles or fields you were editing in, or would that jeopardize your anonymity?
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14y ago
I'm actually rather curious as I see this argument repeatedly and it doesn't match my personal experience (I've corrected plenty of mistakes both with a user account and as an IP and I don't think I've been reverted once). Do you mind shari
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14y ago
The only challenge is distinguishing large deletions of worthwhile content from large deletions of crap. Both programmatically and philosophically.
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jarek
14y ago
Defaming sovereign leaders is against the laws of many other nations - laws as popular as Anglo-Saxon copyright laws.
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jarek
14y ago
You seem to have high standards for "meet"
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14y ago
Thank you, my bad, I misread
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