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   by kgermino 16y ago

   I wrote this up after the earlier discussion at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2496527 It's nothing fancy, but I figure it might be a nice reference. Let me know if there is any pages/links you want added.
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   Show HN: Page of HN links(hnlists.pen.io)

   1 points by kgermino 16y ago|1 comments
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   Cardpool mobile lets you buy and use gift cards from your phone(techcrunch.com)

   7 points by kgermino 16y ago|0 comments
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   by kgermino 16y ago

   Please do. I'll gladly pay for it.
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   by kgermino 16y ago

   >12 dozen eggs = 750ml of egg whites I just want to make sure (12 and dozen right next to each other confuses my tired mind) is this 12 Dozen (as in 1 gross) eggs or 12 (a typo)?
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   by kgermino 16y ago

   If you're very interested the US Tax code can be found here: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode26/usc_sup_01_2... </sarcasm> Or save yourself 9814 pages and read this article on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
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   by kgermino 16y ago

   I'm sorry but how is this similar? I'm probably missing something but I don't see the connection.
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   by kgermino 16y ago

   20 years. It looks to me like this one was actually filed on 2 Jan 1997 and granted on 6 Apr 1999. [1]. I think the 1992 date came from on of the patents used as a reference in the application. [1] http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parse
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   by kgermino 16y ago

   Nor do they allow people with iPads to view any part of their site, even pages presumably unrelated to playing music. Why? Just, just why?
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    by kgermino 16y ago

    I just hope 3D never becomes so pervasive that I actually have to buy one of these... Bookmarked just in case.
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    by kgermino 16y ago

    Um... http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/20/atandt-agrees-to-buy-t-mo...
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    by kgermino 16y ago

    Oh thanks, I actually did write it from scratch on my phone, it's not a comment I would usually make but for whatever reason I felt like I should. Sorry about that. Edit: I've lost my editing power so I guess it'll stay that way.
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    by kgermino 16y ago

    But, while trying to avoid the semantics arguement, their profits depend on their advertising, which depends on search qualtity. By keeping search qualtity high they are passing over small, short-term profits for long-term ones. Yes the m
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    by kgermino 16y ago

    Welcome to HN! Since your a new user I'll let you know that your being down voted because your comment doesn't actually add anything to the conversation, a comment of agreement should be replaced by, at most, an up vote of the parent. I kn
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    by kgermino 16y ago

    I read it as haters of the deal rather than haters of DDG. For example, thebooktocome made a comment saying that (s)he was done with DDG because of the deal. Sorry if it was confusing.
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    by kgermino 16y ago

    Scroll down. Or don't, your not really missing anything by skipping that thread.
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    by kgermino 16y ago

    "Players are really loyal in this industry," Ifrah said. "You really have to ask yourself what is the incentive a player is going to have to leave a trusted site with global competition to play in a site that's untested and kind of unknown
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    by kgermino 16y ago

    Same story, different source: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2433965
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    Sony drops Geohot suit(google.com)

    1 points by kgermino 16y ago|1 comments
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    by kgermino 16y ago

    Wait, who do you have that it's only ten cents?
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    by kgermino 16y ago

    Consumers IME prefer the predictability that tiered plans offer. That is, many people would rather pay $40 for 400 minutes when they usually use 300 - 375 than $.11/min even though on average the PAYGO plan would be cheaper.
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    by kgermino 16y ago

    The only problem I see with this is in cases where you sign in from multiple devices. How would each device know which x (for h^x(p)) you are on? Is that something the server sends to each device at login time? Would that be a security r
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    by kgermino 16y ago

    And can we please get back to tagging videos with [video] at the end of the title? If you submit a link to a video or pdf, please warn us by appending [video] or [pdf] to the title. [0] This is the second all-video submission today (
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    by kgermino 16y ago

    I would bet $100 neither of you have any way to know. :)
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    by kgermino 16y ago

    I don't totally understand what's going on here. This seems like a scam site that will get around the NY Times pay-wall if I pay a toll. Where is the money going? If the money goes to NYTforanickle then I call bullshit at best, something
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    by kgermino 16y ago

    They're a deal site right? So essentially their conversions are for the third parties, not for them. It's possible that their sales to the third party companies depends more on their list size than on their conversion rate.
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    by kgermino 16y ago

    Canada is far less dense than even the United States and internet access is controlled by a duopoly, which is a bad combination for competition or affordable access.
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    by kgermino 16y ago

    If you use Chrome there's an extension for that. I don't remember what it's called or if it works on other browsers but I'll find the name and update this when I get back to a real computer. UPDATE: It's called HN Unread Comments and you c
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    by kgermino 16y ago

    An "active user," by their definition, is someone who has logged on in the last 30 days.
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    by kgermino 16y ago

    What does his average have to do with it? spoiledtechie has been around much longer than you or I, and was only expressing his opinion about the usefulness of the top comment. Now I happen to disagree with him and may down-vote the comment