joncrane

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by joncrane 8y ago
How reliable is this source of news? The farther I go, the less tied to the truth the content seems to be.
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by joncrane 8y ago
I would think that one hybrid option would be for the balls to enter into a low-power mode when out of cell signal range and simply store their coordinates once ever five minutes. Then when it washes upon the virtual shore, it connects and
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by joncrane 8y ago
It's all economics. As soon as the breakeven point of a space-based datacenter goes below a certain threshold, you'd better believe AWS will start building them.
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by joncrane 8y ago
I never thought of it that way. Framing it that way is ingenious.
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by joncrane 8y ago
Can't there be an in-between? I shouldn't have to be admitted to a hospital to experience the beneficial effects of lavender treatment.
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by joncrane 8y ago
Meanwhile another post on the front page says that Apple has been fined for intentionally slowing down their phones.
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by joncrane 8y ago
Probably shared a podium with Daniel Ricciardo.
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by joncrane 8y ago
Yahoo invented Hadoop?
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by joncrane 8y ago
Wait, people were treating real estate in Vancouver like putting their money in the stock market? And on top of that, there were lots of real estate investors who weren't even trying to keep their places occupied? Isn't that super
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by joncrane 8y ago
The "ignore your competitors" bit is the part I struggled with the most.
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by joncrane 8y ago
This seems like good advice to maximize personal satisfaction on a side project. Many of the tidbits are the exact opposite of advice for startups that are trying to maximize value.
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by joncrane 8y ago
Ha ha I thought it was a Washington DC thing, where politicians and important people are constantly meeting lots of people so it's a good weasel word.
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by joncrane 8y ago
This is devious.
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by joncrane 8y ago
Or use it as a hiring pool if you're an organization that is recruiting excellent code breakers.
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by joncrane 8y ago
That's neat.
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by joncrane 8y ago
What is "vulture investing?"
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by joncrane 8y ago
I used to repair smartphones for a living, with the majority being iPhones. Back in the 3G and 3GS days, popping those cracked screens and fixing them for $80 was my bread and butter. From what I understand, factories would receive an orde
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by joncrane 8y ago
With all due respect, no. I live in the Washington DC suburbs and used to be married to a woman from Chicago. I would recommend DC over Chicago any day of the week. It may be slightly cheaper. But as they say "there are two seaso
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by joncrane 8y ago
The leverage is the ability to make the same amount of money in a non-cleared role.
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by joncrane 8y ago
That's part of the deal when you buy an Apple device.
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by joncrane 8y ago
Do people really brag about their salary? I've always found that announcing my income will provoke jealousy and the expectation that I'll "invite" people to more things. Perhaps it's also tinged with a little bit o
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by joncrane 8y ago
How was it finally "dealt with?"
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by joncrane 8y ago
Good article. Is anyone else scratching their head at the exclusion of the Pacific Coast Trail from the list of "Other famous long-distance trails?"
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by joncrane 8y ago
Reminds me how those "Simulator" games are so popular in Germany!
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by joncrane 8y ago
I watched way more of that than I should have. It was way more interesting than I thought it would be. I would love to be an airline captain.
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by joncrane 8y ago
OMG that is just pure gold! The United guy is SOOOO laconic. Like him speaking up on the open freq saved hundreds of lives and he sounds like he's reading yesterday's corn future prices.
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by joncrane 8y ago
I'm not going to lie, after reading articles and comments like these, I appreciate living in the DC area more and more. There is really great hiking all around, a plethora of cool people to hang out with and things to do, and it's
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by joncrane 8y ago
This looks like a big part of the story: >As Business Insider previously reported, Palihapitiya's involvement in the firm has been inconsistent. It definitely paints this guy as capricious and ADD about his company.
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by joncrane 8y ago
There's a guy who did a drug abuse study on rats but not locked in cages. his theory was that being locked in a cage was different than being in a social environment. So he built a habitat where rats could socialize with each other,
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by joncrane 8y ago
I think the comment above yours may be misleading. Perhaps lawmakers are following a different set of metrics (contributions from private prison industry) when considering their rulemaking.

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