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541.
by martey 16y ago
The guidelines say: If other users want to learn more about you, they can click on it to see your profile. A lot of HN users have used the "About" field in the profile to link to their websites.
542.
by martey 16y ago
A 600 lb helicopter landing on your house would do significant amounts of damage.
543.
by martey 16y ago
Based on the submitter's other submissions, I think it is the "Swippet PC": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc-qO5RVdmI
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by martey 16y ago
It wouldn't be trolling if you actually explained why you thought PHP was not appropriate for this project. The developers already covered the reasons why they are using it in the FAQ - http://www.gnu.org/software/social/faq.html : Why a
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Young Americans: International trade is the best way to make your fortune(slate.com)
7 points by martey 16y ago|1 comments
546.
by martey 16y ago
I think the value-add is the editing and layout. Yes, you could find all of the articles online, but you would have to wade through several hundred articles of lesser quality, and it would not look as nice.
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by martey 16y ago
The article seems to suggest that it is rather the result of a press looking for short-term advantage over their competitors and an uneducated populace who listens to them. I think that it is true that increases in lobbying and decreases in
548.
by martey 16y ago
From the article: In Swingly…. I just ask it the question. ”Who was the first manager of the Texas Rangers?” And then I’m given an answer (Mickey Vernon). When I google "Who was the first manager of the Texas Rangers?", the first result
549.
by martey 16y ago
I think that there is a bit of a stigma around those who distribute DMCA notices since they are often used not to prevent illegal sharing, but to restrict distribution of negative information or constrain fair use. If I was working in such
550.
by martey 16y ago
In the same vein, virtual assistants are not pixie dust, they are employees that you have to maintain. I think that the biggest amount of time in creating scripts to do tasks if writing and debugging them. It could be avoided by contracting
551.
by martey 16y ago
The point of the article is not that men should not be ambitious, but that their self-image should not rely on how much money they make. You might consider it "ambitious" if a woman spends a significant amount of time, money, and effort on
552.
by martey 16y ago
I think a corollary to this question is whether HR people and others in charge of hiring attach a negative stigma to working on a failed startup.
553.
by martey 16y ago
I bought 3 W810is for myself and family. Ironically, I think many of the things that made this phone successful were actually manufacturing limitations of the time: * rugged nature: Most of Sony Ericsson's newer phones have been thinner and
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Firefox Sync Server in Python — Take 1(tarekziade.wordpress.com)
2 points by martey 16y ago|0 comments
555.
by martey 16y ago
This was already submitted at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1582203
556.
by martey 16y ago
Probably has to do with the background of the board of the organization making the software: http://www.censorshipresearch.org/board/
557.
by martey 16y ago
The domain in the screenshot (mytracking.net) is owned by ABOL Software ( http://www.iabol.com/ ), not Apple.
558.
by martey 16y ago
When I made my comment, I believe it said "please offer the app on Steam", or something similar.
559.
by martey 16y ago
What about http://store.steampowered.com/app/40700/ ?
560.
by martey 16y ago
I think it is on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/40700/
561.
by martey 16y ago
I assumed that the grandparent commenter was being sarcastic, based on the frequency of Debian stable releases: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian#Release_history
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Will I? (Self-Talk and Motivation)(scienceblogs.com)
1 points by martey 16y ago|0 comments
563.
by martey 16y ago
This seems to be similar to the article from last month's Atlantic Monthly about Paul Romer's plan to have developed countries run microstates similar to Hong Kong or Singapore in developing nations. It was discussed at http://news.ycombin
564.
by martey 16y ago
It does say on the home page that "Only you can see your entries." If they are not currently encrypted, that would seem to be untrue.
565.
by martey 16y ago
While the T43 is a laptop, and therefore more portable than the desktop built in the article, it is also 5 years old. Unless it was upgraded, it will have a smaller hard drive and slower CPU, giving you less performance. The T43 is a great
566.
by martey 16y ago
Wouldn't it be possible to use GMail's labels to approximate tags? You can add them to email conversations, search them, and automatically filter conversations into them.
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A Guide to Meditation for the Rest of Us(lifehacker.com)
65 points by martey 16y ago|11 comments
568.
by martey 16y ago
If the machine is having hardware issues (which is probably the case if you did a clean install of the operating system and the issues are still recurring), and they are not the result of any accidental or intentional damage (as grandparent
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by martey 16y ago
So instead of journalists being tainted by the political positions of companies that bought ads from them, they would be beholden to PremiumContent's politics?
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GCons: Free All-Purpose Icons for Designers and Developers(smashingmagazine.com)
2 points by martey 16y ago|0 comments

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