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The Case for Filth(nytimes.com)
59 points by msrpotus 13y ago|33 comments
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by msrpotus 13y ago
You might think that most people hold that view and I would guess that a lot of the people I socialize with would agree but the majority of Americans don't. That's why people like Jon Huntsman didn't win the Republican primar
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PSA: Advertising Businesses are Hard(sethjs.wordpress.com)
3 points by msrpotus 13y ago|0 comments
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by msrpotus 13y ago
I love New Work City but took me several bad experiences to find it.
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by msrpotus 13y ago
California has nonpartisan redistricting already. Just because it doesn't look good on a map doesn't mean it isn't fair.
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by msrpotus 13y ago
Don't eat it like rice, then you'll just be disappointed. Quinoa is a different food and (I say this as a quinoa-lover) just tastes boring if you eat it the way you'd eat rice.
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Challenging the Bing It On Challenge(freakonomics.com)
108 points by msrpotus 13y ago|62 comments
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Leading vs Following(avc.com)
6 points by msrpotus 13y ago|0 comments
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What We Can Learn From Bingo Card Creator(startupteardown.com)
3 points by msrpotus 13y ago|0 comments
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by msrpotus 13y ago
While Shyp might be a great company (it seems like a great idea), I worry about this being the start of a flood of dumb money into startups. I wouldn't consider myself knowledgable enough to invest in a new startup and I follow tech ne
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by msrpotus 13y ago
But THEY thought it was related to Ramadan.
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by msrpotus 13y ago
I'm not a lawyer but I know if you rent an apartment, there are cases when your landlord can let the police into your apartment without a warrant.
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by msrpotus 13y ago
One of the scariest parts of this is that it seems like surveillance (if not censorship) is much more targeted. If you aren't the NSA's focus or on a TSA watch list, you might not know anything is going on. But if you are unlucky
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by msrpotus 13y ago
That's appalling.
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by msrpotus 13y ago
If it was just the false positive, that would be one thing but the utterly humiliating, quite frankly stupid, way they treated him was completely unjustified. There's nothing that warranted denying him water and not treating him with d
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by msrpotus 13y ago
If only it was something you either "got" or "didn't". I think it really depends on your personality and what you're working on. I find that it works best for long, drawn-out projects where each single task can
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by msrpotus 13y ago
You can download Coconut Battery [1], which will show you the battery capacity and number of cycles. 1: http://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutbattery/
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by msrpotus 13y ago
Have fun. It's easy to work constantly and lose sight of why you're doing it but remember why you're doing it and take time to enjoy it.
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by msrpotus 13y ago
The Netherlands and England fought several wars in the 17th Century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Dutch_Wars
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by msrpotus 13y ago
How do other people who bill on a project basis deal with changing requirements? I generally do just a flat fee (unless the scope is really unclear) but then if a client changes their mind about a feature, it leaves me in an uncomfortable s
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How to Make Buying from Your Website Inevitable(blog.kissmetrics.com)
1 points by msrpotus 13y ago|0 comments
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by msrpotus 13y ago
Of course, you still need someone to actually make the delivery; even a self-driving car can't really give a person a package. At least, not yet.
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by msrpotus 13y ago
It's generally pretty obvious if you know dogs.
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by msrpotus 13y ago
I find that many of my clients aren't eager to do retainers because they don't trust that I'll actually be around (I did only start consulting this year). Do you have any advice for overcoming that?
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by msrpotus 13y ago
I wouldn't trust any code they published to be real.
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by msrpotus 13y ago
In part because America is much larger: NYC to Los Angeles is similar in distance to a trip from London to Baghdad. At that scale, trains are always going to be inconvenient. Now, that's not to say trains in the US are good, but they a
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We're Too Cheap to Fly Faster(medium.com)
127 points by msrpotus 13y ago|165 comments
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by msrpotus 13y ago
Actually, should work as long as the zip code is right.
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Costco CEO Craig Jelinek Leads the Cheapest, Happiest Company in the World(businessweek.com)
1 points by msrpotus 13y ago|1 comments
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by msrpotus 13y ago
I don't expect anyone to be looking through my window with binoculars, though.

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