melvinmt

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by melvinmt 10y ago
Contrary to popular belief there is no real freedom of speech in Europe, as least not in the sense as Americans know it. You can still get up to 2 years of prison time for insulting the King or a friendly Head of State in the Netherlands (a
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by melvinmt 11y ago
Small CSS/JS bug: Hovering over the grid highlights the boxes and turns my cursor in a pointer, but I can't click on anything but the text.
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by melvinmt 11y ago
How can I test my own bot without using the API? Basically looking for something like this: https://wit.ai/Francis88/Internet%20of%20Things/eval?_t=856&...
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by melvinmt 11y ago
Well, they don't actually sell it, so you're lucky.
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by melvinmt 11y ago
Note: if you choose to reach someone over the phone number linked to their Messenger ID, there's a one-time $99 fee to Facebook.
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by melvinmt 11y ago
Is there a VR headset out there that already allows you to experience 3D?
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Reach Customers on Facebook Messenger Using the Twilio Messaging API(twilio.com)
1 points by melvinmt 11y ago|1 comments
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Facebook unveils “Surround 360” open source VR camera(techcrunch.com)
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Amazon, Slack and possibly all of AWS blocked in Turkey(twitter.com)
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by melvinmt 11y ago
Looking for a PS/2 port to safely connect my USB keyboard... dammit!
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by melvinmt 11y ago
Of course techcrunch.com itself still does not support HTTPS.
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by melvinmt 11y ago
Thanks :)
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by melvinmt 11y ago
And, don't forget "Yüz Kitap".
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by melvinmt 11y ago
Every time I meet a French person my go-to sentence to show off my French is: "à quelle heure le garage est fermé?", only to be met with the same blank stare. I then ask if I pronounced it wrong and they say (in English): "no
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by melvinmt 11y ago
Before you start using your "unique" and "exotic" RGB color as the primary color for your brand, always make sure it actually has a CMYK/PANTONE equivalent. You'll thank me later.
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by melvinmt 11y ago
https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/products/payflow-g...
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by melvinmt 11y ago
Simple: You enter the duress password and suddenly, you have "bad connectivity".
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by melvinmt 11y ago
Maybe just an average price per bedroom.
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by melvinmt 11y ago
Cool! What did you do to diet and eat better?
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by melvinmt 11y ago
> This of course ignores all the fixed costs, so it doesn't mean much. Au contraire, my friend. In business finance there are roughly 2 methods to calculate costs per unit: direct costing (DC) and absorption costing (AC) and they bo
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by melvinmt 11y ago
What's on March 31st?
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Dutch government to only allow electric vehicle sales starting in 2025(electrek.co)
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by melvinmt 11y ago
> without having to subsidize orders If there's another market player that is willing to subsidize orders and provide the same service as you (let's call them Amazon, Google, and Uber) then commanding a profit is not feasible
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by melvinmt 11y ago
It's all relative - I've moved to the US from NL (relatively wealthy I'd say) and I have never considered myself an expat. I'm an immigrant.
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by melvinmt 11y ago
Who would want to take notes in a -1 degree angle?
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by melvinmt 11y ago
Can't wait 'til adblockers start blocking sponsored content.
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by melvinmt 11y ago
LinkedIn is great: everyone you want to connect with is not active on the platform and everyone you don't want to connect with is very active.
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by melvinmt 11y ago
> Even long 3-month t bills gives an infinitely high sharpe but the returns are crap If your investment has a high Sharpe ratio (especially in respect to other investments), by definition you have the highest returns at the lowest risk (
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by melvinmt 11y ago
justinkan
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Justin Time(blog.ycombinator.com)
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