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by nixy 11y ago
I'm sure Berlin is getting traction and I've no doubt it will be a big tech hub. But I would probably place it more as an "Austin" than as a "SV". Another issue is red tape... Germany banning disruptive ideas l
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by nixy 11y ago
Since 2005, 9 % of global billion dollar exits have come from the Nordics[1], a region less populated than Germany. In comparison, the rest of Europe only accounted for 8 % of global billion dollar exits. So the Nordics win, hands down, her
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by nixy 12y ago
Great idea, and nice results! Some suggestions: - Allow exporting to PDF or printing. I would want to be able to print this as a full-page poster with nice resolution - Allow user-configurable colors
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by nixy 12y ago
My boss asked me for input when scouting for a new office a while back. I asked for private offices, because for programmers working in an open space is like writing a math exam at a busy lunch restaurant. She said she understood. And then
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by nixy 12y ago
Stockholm, Sweden | Accedo.tv | Web developer (Javascript) SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER (Professional Services, Stockholm) Accedo.tv is looking for experienced Web Developers who want to join our talented development team at Professional Servic
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by nixy 12y ago
Pass it on to my wife. And my wife passes her old one on to either her or my parents.
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by nixy 12y ago
Very cool! Glaciers can also be seen on Street View from Iceland since some time back. Here is one example, Svinafellsjokul, where I visited last year. It's a powerful sight indeed. https://www.google.se/maps/@64.0
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by nixy 12y ago
Made a jsfiddle where you can see the ant move and die (crash) after building the highway for a while. http://jsfiddle.net/zuu7bd2e/
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by nixy 12y ago
"The Expedition" by Bea Uusma. A forensic investigation into why three arctic explorers died trying to reach the north pole in a balloon—conducted over 100 years after they died. It's a fascinating story, as well as a great i
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The Ice Balloon (2010)(newyorker.com)
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by nixy 12y ago
> Where on earth did those come from? Are the pirates supposed to have brought dynamite with them a century or two before? This is an obvious point which the OP does not entertain at all. Dynamite was invented by Alfred Nobel in the mid
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by nixy 12y ago
This can also be useful in unpredictable ways. One is the North Korean nuclear test a couple of years back[1]. "The blast generated infrasonic waves that propagated all the way to the upper atmosphere causing small variations in the de
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by nixy 12y ago
The most common fuel efficiency ratios are expressed either in miles per gallon or kilometers per liter (or liters per 100 km). Mixing imperial and metric units is pretty unusual.
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Google Rubik's Cube Doodle(google.com)
3 points by nixy 12y ago|0 comments
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by nixy 12y ago
I build "smart" TV apps for a living. Samsung's connectivity check for their TVs from 2010 has a list of five domains that it checks against. Discovered this during some debugging a couple of years ago. The list, in the order
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by nixy 12y ago
I lived in the US last year and just finished my taxes. It was unbelievably complicated and confusing—even using Turbo Tax. Never seen the likes of it. This is how I do my tax return in Sweden: 1. Receive equivalent of W2, but all returns a
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Lexbase goes offline following hacker attack(thelocal.se)
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by nixy 13y ago
Given the population size of Iceland policies that work well there might not be instantly replicable on a larger scale. Nevertheless, Iceland is a fantastic place to visit. Being such a small welfare nation makes Iceland special in many way
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by nixy 13y ago
I'm pretty sure these shuffle restrictions apply to users of the free service only.
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by nixy 13y ago
Amazed by the quality of some of the names, knownhell.com for instance. Not as amazed by others, like stepbrotherdrizzle.com.
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by nixy 13y ago
Sweden, for example. Capital punishment was abolished for all crimes committed in peacetime in 1921, and for those committed in time of war in 1976[1]. But if you meant do say "wouldn't have executed" instead of "doesn&#
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by nixy 13y ago
Yes, the English term is rent-a-wreck, stemming from the company with the same name[1], founded in the sixties. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-a-Wreck
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by nixy 13y ago
I've had similar issues renting cars from Avis at SFO. Once reserved a mid-size and ended up with a Toyota 4-Runner that flat tired after five days. Ironically we got the flat tire on 101 800ft from the airport exit as we were returnin
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by nixy 13y ago
Fun fact: Grundtal means "cardinal number" in Swedish.
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by nixy 13y ago
20/20 here too. Did not know a single black metal band, but on the basis of being Swedish I aced it with the following logic: Swedish word? Ikea. Not a Swedish word? Band.
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by nixy 13y ago
Accedo.tv, Stockholm | Hong Kong | Madrid | Santiago SOFTWARE ENGINEER Job Description Accedo.tv is looking for experienced web developers who wants to join our team of talended developers to continue to build and deliver rich web apps for
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by nixy 13y ago
Insufferable marketing aside, people seem to think that Apple can back it up with one of the best quality smartphones on the market.
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by nixy 13y ago
> Combined with the findings of one study, which says that we consume 34 gigabytes of information (or 100,500 words) outside of work on an average day, it’s no wonder that images come as a relief from our regular information overload.
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by nixy 13y ago
Negatives must also include Microsoft Mediaroom, the much yelled at[1] IPTV platform which was recently handed over to Ericsson for an undisclosed sum which I can't imagine yielded a good ROI for MS. [1] http://www.theregist
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by nixy 13y ago
> "Expecting to know the answers made people more likely to get the answers right." Well, yes, if someone expects you to know the answer it seems pretty straight forward that you would be more inclined to make a guess rather th

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