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They didn't address it in the slightest. They mentioned "social good" in a sentence and then demonstrated that they either didn't understand what that meant or decided to completely ignore it by then talking mostly about individual happines
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The article misses the entire point of civil marriage in the first place, which is to provide incentives for a structure historically seen as positive for society, not to give individual people what they want. We provide (dis)incentives for
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I used to work as a professional mechanic and the auto industry used to be split, with American brands using SAE and imports using metric. This was all changing fast in the 90s such that pretty much everything is metric on cars these days.
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Think cloud computing saved you from Sandy? Think again.(cringely.com)
5 points by mdesq 14y ago|2 comments
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The ability to have two (or more) accounts per number might be good for separating business/personal uses on one device if they can track it that way. The limitation of (generally) one phone number per device is restrictive. Yes, I know you
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Why is this on the front page of HN? If anyone needs evidence that the quality here has suffered, this is exhibit 1. "On-Topic: ...anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity. Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sp
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Take home final exams are everywhere and they can easily be some of the most challenging. I like this story of one of Tyler Cowen's final exams[1]: "Tyler [Cowen] once walked into class the day of the final exam and said, “Here is the exam.
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Interviews are complex, but I view part of the process as negotiation. One of the principles of being an effective negotiator is knowing what you desire to be the future relationship between the parties. Typically in the technology space, I
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Microsoft Flight released today(microsoft.com)
3 points by mdesq 15y ago|0 comments
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Could be. I've seen hacked sites get cleaned up and two years later still be stuck in these databases. Integration with some antivirus programs can make it so that large numbers of people are effectively blocked from visiting the site.
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Access to the site is blocked by my employer due to a perceived security threat. "...this web site ( http://htmlformail.com/ ) has been blocked because it has been determined by Web Reputation Filters to be a security threat to your compu
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Ask HN: I'm designing a board game. What resources would you recommend?
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Google's results were dramatically better, but I'm not sure that was the biggest reason most people were switching. I remember it was also out-of-control blazing fast. No more waits at all. Performing a single query would change the expre
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I wouldn't recommend competing primarily on price. Start fresh with solving the problem in a way you think would address the needs of the market better. MP3 players existed well before the iPod and cost a lot less. Find and talk to target c
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Backupify uses AWS, if I recall correctly. Services like this will become an absolute must, I expect.
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Circles seems like the Google+ equivalent of labels in Gmail or tags in Reader. You can easily tag a thread or user with one or more descriptive labels. I don't find that a lot of work. Facebook, in comparison (last time I checked), makes y