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California’s drought isn’t doomsday, but yes, it will change the state(grist.org)
1 points by lavamantis 11y ago|0 comments
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by lavamantis 11y ago
It's a pity you're getting downvoted, I thought it was funny. On a serious note, presuming a significant increase in trust among all parties, wouldn't this idea radically change an ominous situation (Iran having weapons-grade
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by lavamantis 11y ago
> "An LLC is pretty often abused for fraud" Do you have any stats on "legit" LLCs vs. "fraud" LLCs? I would imagine that the VAST majority of LLCs are started by honest people just looking to create somethi
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CEO cuts his pay by almost $1M to give his employees big raises(latimes.com)
128 points by lavamantis 11y ago|102 comments
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by lavamantis 11y ago
Another solid purchase by the company that bought broadcast.com in April 1999 for... drumroll... $5.7 billion! Yes, I'm actually not making that up. It's why you know who Mark Cuban is.
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by lavamantis 11y ago
It never ceases to amaze me how positive that guy can be after what happened. He has accomplished so much since that fateful day. (shakes fist) "Damn you Italians and your lust for life!!!"
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by lavamantis 11y ago
There's no question in my mind that we'll figure out the aging thing, and probably sooner rather than later. Then the ethical questions will arise - e.g. "will only the wealthy be able to afford it?", "what happens
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by lavamantis 11y ago
Nice: 'Obree himself said: "My biggest regret of my career is mentioning to a journalist that there was a bit from a washing machine in my bike. "Now forever I will be remembered as the washing machine guy."'
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by lavamantis 11y ago
Right at the beginning of my obsession with cycling, I read about this record and it's most fascinating challenger: Graeme Obree. Nicknamed "The Flying Scotsman", he made his own bicycles out of washing machine parts and inve
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by lavamantis 11y ago
Because of your #3, that means they had some time. Rather than torpedo something that was still a bit of a success, if no longer a moon shot, they could have innovated something new alongside the existing product. Either a compelling new
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by lavamantis 12y ago
I went back and forth on the Facebook thing. I think my generation cares a lot more about it than the younger generations - on the whole they just don't seem to care at all. FB is the absolute easiest - just one click and it's d
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by lavamantis 12y ago
Thanks for trying it! I'll fix that asap. [Edit]: Oops, can't duplicate on my Firefox/Mac. By chance do you see a console error (before I can add Sentry to the site)?
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Show HN: Share text and links between all your devices(cntrlc.me)
35 points by lavamantis 12y ago|13 comments
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by lavamantis 12y ago
There may be a problem on Android/Chrome. I selected "play online" and it's unresponsive at the splash screen.
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by lavamantis 12y ago
Germany has a few other words going for it to promote worker productivity, such as Mitbestimmung ("Industrial Democracy": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_democracy )
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by lavamantis 12y ago
I just wish PgAdmin would respond to typical OSX keyboard shortcuts when editing SQL. Pretty much only control-shift-arrow for word selecting and fn-shift-arrow for sentences is supported. If it would just support a few other basic comman
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by lavamantis 12y ago
The T-Mobile deal seems great at first blush. You get more stuff for free - yay! But, what if you're a startup streaming music service, and T-Mobile does NOT include you in their list of cap-free streaming? Good luck competing with
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by lavamantis 12y ago
If the organizing method at Valve is so great, where the hell is the third episode of the Half-Life 2 trilogy? I've been waiting 7 years for god's sake.
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by lavamantis 12y ago
Thanks for articulating this, although you may have just started a religious war. My only addition is why cyclists don't completely stop at stop signs. It's a LOT of work to get up to speed from a dead stop, so it seems a bit poi
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by lavamantis 12y ago
Also keep in mind that when people come up to a road they expect traffic to be coming from a given direction. They may not expect traffic to be going the wrong way, so they aren't looking for it. For pedestrians, not necessarily a bi
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by lavamantis 12y ago
Agree 100%. Pretty much the only time I get honked at as a cyclist is when one of the drivers at an intersection wants me to go through but the other drivers there don't. Chaos and honking ensues, and I'm the only one who's
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by lavamantis 12y ago
Seems like the FB version of Microsoft's long running Bizspark program. http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark/
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by lavamantis 12y ago
I doubt change is going to come from external pressure or treaties (although those are good things). Change is going to come when a lot more people become aware of just how bad things have been going, and why. All of the atrocities you me
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by lavamantis 12y ago
I'm not sure it's all that obvious. That's pretty much the entire foundation of the very popular practices of "stereotyping" and "racism".
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by lavamantis 12y ago
What people '"believe" in their government'? Do a search for "poll americans believing in government". Most polls will show < 50% of people are willing to state that they believe government officials on va
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by lavamantis 12y ago
We are Nodeists (not nudists - to the best of my knowledge) - we like to use the term "shrinkwrap."
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by lavamantis 12y ago
If you're 65(ish), the answer needs to be "the rest of your life."
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by lavamantis 12y ago
The Internet of Things is poised to take off in the next couple of years. I just got into electronics and there's a whole world that's opening up right now due to miniaturization and economy of scale. As some have mentioned, bein
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by lavamantis 12y ago
That is a sobering article. These guys blink at a product, and their user base is instantly more than the entire population of the US. I wonder how much longer the US can afford to fiddle with ridiculous things like debt ceilings, immigra
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by lavamantis 12y ago
I was about to argue, then I realized my first computer was the Apple IIe. Reset button offset a bit to the right. http://images.cdn.fotopedia.com/flickr-144862832-hd.jpg

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