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Inside the $499 aluminum NES that’s crafted like a Leica(theverge.com)
5 points by kitcar 11y ago|1 comments
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by kitcar 11y ago
I think more-so what past decades may find unusual is that a Canadian, born in Germany, is an artist in residence position in France, at an American institution.
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by kitcar 11y ago
Depends on where you want to work / what you want to do - If you are a software engineer, a strong Github/Stackoverflow presence which demonstrates your technical competency (and that you can draw attention to early in a cover let
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by kitcar 11y ago
Just a guess here (I'm not affiliated in any way) but the "Ontario Centers of Excellence" is listed on their partners page - the OCE is a gov't funded body which provides ~$55K of matching funds in the form of grants to
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by kitcar 11y ago
Mostly conversations with Kijiji Canada employees between 2008-2010. I vaguely remember them mentioning the recruitment of a "super affiliate" from Montreal to manage their PPC program as being a key event in their success in Cana
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by kitcar 11y ago
I believe the main reason for Kijijis success in Canada is in its early years Kijiji canada ran massive PPC arbitrage campaigns - buying clicks for pennies from Google and reselling to unsophisticated Canadian media buyers for a significant
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The Ghost Army of World War II(themorningnews.org)
3 points by kitcar 11y ago|0 comments
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Baboon bone found in famous Lucy skeleton(newscientist.com)
1 points by kitcar 12y ago|0 comments
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by kitcar 12y ago
Although I can't stop the requests from being sent, a standard line I add into all my nginx confs to at least minimize my logfiles: location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
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by kitcar 12y ago
Not in fintech, but: http://www.meetup.com/SF-Fintech/
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by kitcar 12y ago
This could just be a scammy link building technique - release fake news relevant to the SEO industry in order to get links from high authority SEO sites, in order to increase rankings of your SEO consulting firm. The proximity to April 1st
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by kitcar 12y ago
in Canada, UberX is 100% non-licensed taxis (i.e. just normal people with their personally owned cars picking up passengers using Uber)
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by kitcar 12y ago
You're basically describing ODesk, Elance, Mechanical Turk, etc... Not saying this execution will/won't work, but there are lots of firms that seemed to have make it work to solve a similar / the same problem set.
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by kitcar 12y ago
One comment which I haven't seen come up much is bitcoin mining doesn't actually have to be "profitable" to be useful. For example, if you live in a country that has restrictions to prevent capital flight (i.e. extra tax
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by kitcar 12y ago
As an aside but related - I bought a Surface Pro 3 and was shocked to discover major issues with its WiFi when you have Hyper-V enabled. Basically WiFi "breaks" whenever you wake the device, and can only be re-enabled through a re
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The Difference Between Uber and Airbnb(recode.net)
4 points by kitcar 12y ago|1 comments
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Taming the Wild Tuna - Why farmed fish are taking over dinner plates(online.wsj.com)
49 points by kitcar 12y ago|15 comments
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How Madewell bought and sold my family's history(buzzfeed.com)
2 points by kitcar 12y ago|0 comments
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For $390 you can illegally buy an elite university email account(qz.com)
3 points by kitcar 12y ago|0 comments
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by kitcar 12y ago
He is a huge history buff - Stephen Harper actually wrote a book about history relevant to Canada, while acting as Prime Minister! ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Great_Game - It got pretty bad reviews though)
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by kitcar 12y ago
Usually CPMs advertised in media kits are cut by ~50% by the time an actual insertion order is placed -
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by kitcar 12y ago
One interesting thing I've noticed as a home depot customer is they don't require you to have a receipt for returns, as they can access all previous transactions based on your credit card number (... and therefore presumably have
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by kitcar 12y ago
Except our commutes to work / meeting would be 5x as long due to unpredictable travel patterns, causing us to achieve significantly less in any given 24 hour period. (I remember my first trip to India (Mumbai) being 3 hours late to a m
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Project PERCEPTION NEURON: Motion Capture, VR and VFX(kickstarter.com)
2 points by kitcar 12y ago|0 comments
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by kitcar 12y ago
Yes, there have been problems with vitamin manufacturers making aggressive claims regarding the power of vitamins (see http://www.salon.com/2013/06/25/are_vitamins_a_billion_dolla... )
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by kitcar 12y ago
Depends on the specific role, salary, and the lifestyle you choose to live, but Facebook has thousands of employees, many of which have families larger than yours and are still doing fine -
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Hackers root Google's Nest thermostat in 15 seconds(theinquirer.net)
6 points by kitcar 12y ago|1 comments
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by kitcar 12y ago
Playsmart Labs Inc Industry: Toys, Gaming and Children's Entertainment Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Playsmart Labs is a new, well-funded interactive children's entertainment company. We're creating the next generation o
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by kitcar 12y ago
Quebec has unusual laws with regards to contests (Quebec's legal system is unique in many ways from the rest of Canada's due to its French past) http://business.financialpost.com/2011/09/08/why-many-
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Will Virtual Reality Reshape Documentary Journalism?(technologyreview.com)
1 points by kitcar 12y ago|0 comments

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