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by jraines 18y ago
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_be... Check out the movement in the graph starting around 7:40. A huge portion of East Asia and South Asia (where a large part of the world's population lives) experienced a large
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by jraines 18y ago
Heroku is great. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but the main drawbacks at this point are that your app can't send email, and you can't do cron stuff. The free service is great, and I'll have my wallet out when they offer premium with thos
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by jraines 18y ago
Tomorrow in the San Diego Union Tribune: How to get a credit card in someone else's name.
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by jraines 18y ago
Short quotes are a lot better for use in real life, if you're going to quote something to make a point.
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by jraines 18y ago
Yes.
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by jraines 18y ago
It's a great line from a great speech, and it was perfect for this context.
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by jraines 18y ago
No, not at all. I'm saying that no one over that would think of it as a "kill time before I get a real job" solution.
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by jraines 18y ago
I doubt it. I think by the time you're about 21, 3 months and ten or fifteen grand no longer seems like a long time or a lot of money to play with.
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by jraines 18y ago
"Shoot yourself before you spend money on an expresso machine. Coffee is for closers." Awesome. But he follows that up with "Sodas are free." Wha? Please share your free soda hacks.
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by jraines 18y ago
the form is prominent on the front page of the site and a captcha would make it look ugly. Plus the reasons stated above, such as validating that the person submitting the email address actually owns it.
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by jraines 18y ago
Are you talking about double opt-in? I have a site where if I don't use double opt-in via a confirmation email (with "click this link to activate") then I get a ton of bots filling out my form and cluttering my inbox.
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by jraines 18y ago
Are things like Intrade regulated?
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by jraines 18y ago
You only need to train 90 minutes a day if you're going to be in some pretty serious -- not elite, but serious -- athletic competition. If you're not already lifting weights, this will do you pretty good for about 4 months (no weights neede
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by jraines 18y ago
Maybe if they would link out . . .
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by jraines 18y ago
Nah, just sources that have been beaten to death around these parts.
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by jraines 18y ago
Heavy lifting for the lower body is the closest thing to a natural replacement for taking steroids. Maximum exertion of large muscle groups (glutes, hanstrings, quads) increases the body's testosterone production. Studies have shown that p
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by jraines 18y ago
What's the best way to learn about these openings? I am looking to relocate in the next month and I want to get into Rails development (as in, for money as opposed to a hobby). If you or anyone can give advice (particularly about these two
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by jraines 18y ago
In that case this is even more true: the hardest part is convincing people that they don't need the ones you left out.
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by jraines 18y ago
my apologies -- I originally read that as "not everyone" and took it as odd misplaced arrogance. But it was a reading fail. Definitely deserve those downvotes.
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by jraines 18y ago
Not everyone on hacker news is cool enough to use scare quotes around a word that is used in a commonly accepted sense.
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by jraines 18y ago
You could also setup a Yahoo! Pipe for it and then subscribe to the RSS feed of the pipe. This way you could stay on top of any Warren Buffett HN without having to search for it post hoc.
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by jraines 18y ago
too many serifs!
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by jraines 18y ago
[edit] -- That's it. I think the version in "Consider the Lobster", which is called "Authority and American Usage" is a bit longer, though It's my second favorite essay of all time -- after DFW's "E Unibus Pluram"[1], which is television a
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by jraines 18y ago
What I don't understand is why everyone who praises Ferriss feels compelled to trash him in the same breath -- Merlin and yourself included. It's like admitting that you like him or his ideas in front of the cool kids means you're some kind
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by jraines 18y ago
>> more bullshit than a limo full of lifestreamers Love it!
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by jraines 18y ago
Well, it was a nice excuse to analyze RoadRunner cartoons, but there's no data refuting the claim that the ads don't work.
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by jraines 18y ago
a11offense.com says it's approved in 40 states. What does that mean? Do the rules of football change from state to state? Would it be legal in the NCAA? How about the NFL?
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by jraines 18y ago
It's not edgy, it's already old and stale.
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by jraines 18y ago
This hits home for me as well. Are these traits really as symptomatic of ADHD as the commenters on the site are saying? I have always disqualified myself because of this part: Capable of working through entire books of information; does e
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by jraines 18y ago
http://www.johntreed.com/Kiyosaki.html Here's a pretty thorough exposure of Kiyosaki as a total fraud, by the main guy cited in that Wikipedia segment, John T. Reed.

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