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by msantos 13y ago
And here's another fine example: You love Macs, open source software and tools, and cringe when you hear the words .NET
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by msantos 13y ago
Worked fine here. Firefox 17 + CentOS 6
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NSA Files Decoded: What the revelations mean for you(theguardian.com)
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Are you dying to leave the UK?(lawrencejones.eu)
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by msantos 13y ago
I have nearly 10 years experience with international payments to and from Brazil. And although most times, it's as simple as you said, when it comes for largers amounts (i.e. USD 5K+) it is indeed a hassle. Yes, I'm Brazilian but
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by msantos 13y ago
Found their justification on Twitter https://twitter.com/iFit/status/394852154680172544 iFit said: "due to Brazilian labor laws, our corporation will not allow us to hire from Brazil."
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Plausible motivations to deny applications from Brazil: - If the Brazilian is working remotely, sending money to Brazil is costly and a huge hassle for the employer. - The company had a previous bad experience with a Brazilian employee Othe
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That was fast. They removed the reference from the post.
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I'm considering leaving my stable job in London, for remote/freelancing while based in Istria/Croatia any of these days.
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The dangers of dirty bombs should not be ignored. They surely aren't as destructive as a explosion but nevertheless their possible effects financially and morally are potentially devastating. Just look at the historical results of the
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Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) tweeted at 1:00 AM on Sun, Aug 18, 2013: For those asking, @MikeGrunwald's now-deleted tweet: "I can't wait to write a defense of the drone strike that takes out Julian Assange" ( https:&#x2
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Barclays severs account of Singapore based Brit due to North Korea work(nknews.org)
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U.S. filmmaker, Laura Poitras, repeatedly detained at border(salon.com)
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The explanation is lot simpler in practise than most comments have explained so far. From my own experience, in lame terms, if you use non-black caps, for arguments sake let's say you use a red cap from a coca-cola bottle, that red cap
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Netflix works with US based listings third parties, but not in the UK(blog.tanktop.tv)
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I agree with CloudFlare for taking a stand and making it public - I'm a huge fan of their work and John's. Surely CloudFlare just like any other company should take a stand against possibly pretentious bloggers, but the whole amer
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The ancient Chinese exam that inspired modern job recruitment(bbc.co.uk)
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Exploring Cyberspace Without Fear [DoD](spi.dod.mil)
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Here a screenshot, just in case they decide to take that blog offline http://i.imgur.com/Duyq1N4.png
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Whether there are nukes stored in the Volkel Air Base or not is debatable. But that place surely is more secretive than any other base in the Netherlands. Here's the official "map" of the base http://www.fas.org&#x
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Cyberwar Doomsayer Lands $34 Million in Government Cyberwar Contracts [2010](wired.com)
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It's time to bring this https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1264237 back to the front page... > Cyberwar Doomsayer Lands $34 Million in Government Cyberwar Contracts [2010] http://www.wired.com/thr
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by msantos 13y ago
That's a very neat solution! Really like the UX too. A long time ago I had a crack at it because I was working on an app that requires image background removal. In the end I settle for a hybrid like this https://gist.github.com/mvsantos/55
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by msantos 13y ago
They might not spam users, but they don't let you delete contacts. So in short: once they grab your contact list, it's theirs.
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I share this guy's frustration. But with Whatsapp not Path - I heard not so nice things about Path so didn't bother trying it. Anyway, after installing Whatsapp on my Android the app didn't spam my contacts, but quickly uploaded by entire c
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by msantos 14y ago
Part of the payload is a nano satellite - STRaND-1 - developed by the University of Surrey (England), that amongst other things got a Google Nexus phone onboard loaded with a custom app which will test if "in space no-one can hear you screa
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yes the mailman! Here's what happen when you don't "sweet the deal" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1pUm_ApNtU
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I agree with the point you raise and add more, folks without any business or negotiation skills are in for a hard and bumpy road when trying to get financing. Of course the hard way is not always the only road, there are other factors such
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by msantos 14y ago
Surely these 10 Rules can be applied to startups when dealing with VCs. Or to startups when negotiating a new partnership/deal of any kind. I my own case, I recently tried to approach a mid sized payment gateway company when I was spec'ing
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Startups should learn from "10 Rules for Dealing with the Sharks on Wall Street"(ritholtz.com)
2 points by msantos 14y ago|3 comments

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