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by mdesq 12y ago
There's a similarity of sorts here to airline pilots. What separates the decent ones from the great ones is how they handle the rare cases. There's enough dreary repetition that it's easy to be unprepared when it counts the m
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Sony has now pulled ‘The Interview’ from theatres(washingtonpost.com)
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Datto Acquires Backupify(blog.backupify.com)
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by mdesq 12y ago
I wonder how we could maybe put this idea to work as part of immigration reform or the much-discussed work visa topic. After all, moving is tough so not everyone can just up and move for diversity's sake, but if someone is already movi
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by mdesq 12y ago
Paying for FB ads probably makes sense for Nike, Coke, etc. but I live in an area with a little smaller population. Local businesses I like subsist off a core of maybe a couple hundred customers max. My local family-owned wood-fired pizza
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by mdesq 12y ago
This was predictable, but the only reason I like business FB pages to begin with is so that I can receive content from them in a way that doesn't clutter up my email inbox. If I'll now only be hearing from the businesses that ca
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by mdesq 12y ago
A large number of them are definitely criminals. Unfortunately, it's politically risky for legislators to make even the slightest criticism of "our fine men and women in uniform." Maybe it's time to get rid of sovereign
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by mdesq 12y ago
I saw Ricky Jay at the Magic Castle several years back doing closeup magic and his was the only show that stuck in my memory.
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by mdesq 12y ago
> Most of the "hard to decipher" identifiers become obvious if one knows the name of the airport rather than the city served...Grand Rapids, Michigan, has the G e r ald R . Ford airport (GRR). I would have just assumed it was
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Andreessen Exits EBay Board(businessweek.com)
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Important – please change your Blubrry.com password(blog.blubrry.com)
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by mdesq 12y ago
I work with a number of sales folks who changed my impression of what it means to be a "drinker." I know personally several people who will easily and regularly down a few (3-4) 4-ounce vodka martinis before dinner, split a bottle
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by mdesq 12y ago
> The new companies, unlike taxi operators, have lesser insurance requirements, no restrictions on the number of vehicles they put on the streets, no clean-air standards and less-stringent background checks. There are clean air standards
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Path of Stolen Credit Cards Leads Back to Home Depot Stores(nytimes.com)
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You’re 16. You’re a Pedophile. You Don’t Want to Hurt Anyone. What Do You Do?(medium.com)
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Google and Barnes and Noble Partner to Take on Amazon(wired.com)
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Opt Out From Online Behavioral Advertising(aboutads.info)
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by mdesq 12y ago
I don't think so. Lime should raise pH and sulfur lower it. Lower pH is more acidic.
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Russian government edits Wikipedia on flight MH17(telegraph.co.uk)
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by mdesq 12y ago
Statistically, you'll be absolutely fine either way even though I don't buy that "now is the safest time to fly the airline" crap. For myself, having recently flown the reverse flight (KL to Amsterdam) and a handful of o
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Comcast agent's 'belligerent' tone prompts apology(money.cnn.com)
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A $35,000 Tesla Model III Is Coming In 2017(forbes.com)
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For This Author, 10,000 Wikipedia Articles Is a Good Day's Work(online.wsj.com)
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by mdesq 12y ago
I found this video helped explain the key exchange using colors quite well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QnD2c4Xovk
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Android Data Wipe Leaves Personal Data(informationweek.com)
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by mdesq 12y ago
... the best way to proceed is to interview (or date) the first 36.8 percent of the candidates. Don't hire (or marry) any of them, but as soon as you meet a candidate who's better than the best of that first group — that's t
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Google Launches 'Right To Be Forgotten' Request Form(pcmag.com)
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by mdesq 12y ago
Just a guess, but maybe that it always gives the user a full calendar Mon-Fri to check it out?
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Recall That Ice Cream Truck Song? We Have Unpleasant News For You(npr.org)
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Apple’s Beats Buy Would Show Chronic Issue(online.wsj.com)
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