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by jimmybot 15y ago
One thing that Chrome doesn't do is even when there are zero windows open, you still have to hold down Command-Q to quit. If no windows are open, there doesn't appear to be any danger in quitting right away--after all, the major mis-press
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by jimmybot 15y ago
Why would it be good to avoid passing around the request object?
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by jimmybot 16y ago
That would leave app makers susceptible to a major player with large amounts of capital that can sell at a loss until all other players are driven from the market and then raise its prices once it has gained pricing power. Book publishers a
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by jimmybot 16y ago
I mentioned Walmart because they sell some furniture too, though the article points out that IKEA doesn't really have true competitors. You're right, Walmart has avoided quite a bit of tax, and that would be unfair relative to other big bo
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by jimmybot 16y ago
Magnitude, not true-false.
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by jimmybot 16y ago
Interesting, thanks for sharing. I'm a packrat myself, but I guess something like S3 where you actively pay for storage and transport shows you very clearly the cost of being a packrat--there may be value in what you keep around, but it's
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by jimmybot 16y ago
What's terrible about IKEA's whole tax avoidance scheme is that it gives an unfair advantage to IKEA over Target, Walmart, etc. who are all presumably paying expected amounts of corporate tax and additionally, by virtue of being public comp
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by jimmybot 16y ago
Don't keep us in suspense, what are you storing?
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by jimmybot 16y ago
Clarridge denies Pinochet caused thousands to disappear or be murdered under his dictatorship. He also calls Amnesty International a propaganda mill. Judge for yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNgCyDsvi84 The end of the video:
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by jimmybot 16y ago
Contrast that with for 60 years before that, we had this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act Later extended to cover all Asian immigrants. There was certainly demand to emigrate to the US, but it was forbidden. This act a
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by jimmybot 16y ago
This could be fixed with an on/off button on the fobs, no? It takes some of the convenience out of the fob, but it would still be somewhat easier than fiddling around with a physical key, though quite a bit of convenience is lost. Another
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by jimmybot 16y ago
Isn't this PubSubHubbub, but not? What differentiates your protocol from PuSH?
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by jimmybot 16y ago
So all the merchants that can't buy an ad aren't trying to subtly insert ads as content currently? Advertisers only have one choice now--try to get a mention, try to get a link, perhaps as a source--do whatever it takes to get into the con
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by jimmybot 16y ago
Ah, you're right, thanks.
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by jimmybot 16y ago
Hmm, startswith('/', '../') in is_secure_path doesn't check for paths like this: './../' Although it would prohibit some legitimate uses, you could just prohibit any usage of '../' anywhere in the path.
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Governments Should Borrow More. Lots More.(slate.com)
2 points by jimmybot 16y ago|0 comments
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by jimmybot 16y ago
Probably that is because of calls made during lunch breaks. Or the complaints could be about streetlights that are on during the day rather than off/broken at night.
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by jimmybot 16y ago
What area of Jersey City are you guys located?
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by jimmybot 16y ago
Here's the health blog that was on the HN front page a few days earlier: http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2008/10/vitamin-d-its-... He talks about bit about Vitamin A and Vitamin K2 at the bottom of the post; supplementing both might
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by jimmybot 16y ago
Not a doctor, but just reasoning based on what you said: The Vitamin D sounds promising. My guess is that Vitamin D is part of the solution but you may have depleted something else that Vitamin D is supposed to work in conjunction with whe
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Venture-Backed IPOs Head to Taiwan(blogs.wsj.com)
9 points by jimmybot 16y ago|5 comments
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by jimmybot 16y ago
Are those comments directed at me? I'm not the creator of longform.org; just wanted to share a great site with everyone.
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Longform: Good, long journalism, 4000 words and up(longform.org)
75 points by jimmybot 16y ago|14 comments
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China's Troubling Stranglehold on the Green-Technology Industry(slate.com)
1 points by jimmybot 16y ago|0 comments
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by jimmybot 17y ago
But search engine technology, with a few caveats, generally works across different languages and markets without too much work. It isn't really possible for NYT or CNN to just translate themselves into a 20 popular languages easily.
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by jimmybot 17y ago
If they can't actually identify a gun as a gun, why are they engaging?
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by jimmybot 17y ago
You seem to imply that Chinese culture is incompatible with freedoms as understood in a liberal democracy. I am very, very curious--what part of Chinese culture could you be talking about?
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by jimmybot 17y ago
Though there may be other things wrong with it, given Wikipedia's Creative Commons-Share Alike license, it's certainly not stolen content. It certainly does make me think about alternative ways of presenting Wikipedia that are more intere
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by jimmybot 17y ago
This article is like the tail wagging the dog. Krugman made a name for himself challenging the very assumption that free trade always leads to mutually beneficial outcomes . If you want to take him on with regard to trade theory, you can'
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by jimmybot 17y ago
Are there other similar hacker houses in other locations? NYC?

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