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by ntoll 16y ago
I'd be up for getting that sorted. Where is this XML dump of which you speak..? ;-) Seriously, we're interested in importing datasets that people would find enjoy hacking around with. I know I would enjoy exploring/linking/annotating a Ha
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by ntoll 16y ago
Hey, I'm the author of the linked post. More than happy to answer questions...
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by ntoll 16y ago
I've pasted a copy of the original email I sent to the ReadWriteWeb guy below. Inevitably some of the interesting stuff was edited out in the article: <quote> In a nutshell, FluidDB is an openly writable hosted service for storing,
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Backing up my Delicious data to FluidDB = social tagging++(blogs.fluidinfo.com)
1 points by ntoll 16y ago|0 comments
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by ntoll 16y ago
This is very similar to FluidDB (Fluidinfo, the creators of FluidDB have recently closed series A funding with some great backers).
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by ntoll 16y ago
Amen!
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by ntoll 16y ago
I practice Zen, but since there is no concept of God or other supernatural "magic" I can also accurately describe myself as an atheist although this might be better categorized as "it's complicated".
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by ntoll 16y ago
Nice video... shame about the song. (Ref "Not the 9 o'clock News" - classic British 80s comedy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQamw4xxxHY )
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by ntoll 17y ago
Documents -> People -> Places -> Objects. What's next? You should check out FluidDB from the FluidInfo guys... http://fluidinfo.com/
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by ntoll 17y ago
such a shame...
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Musical Mashup on YouTube(inbflat.net)
2 points by ntoll 17y ago|0 comments
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by ntoll 17y ago
I'm a classically trained musician (Royal College of Music) and played professionally for a couple of years before getting into software development. My brother is also a musician turned developer and this seems to be a common career path a
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by ntoll 18y ago
I got bitten by this when I worked at an Investment Bank in London. It made me realise how much I valued my freedom to choose what and where I browse. Sad really, as IT staff in big mega-corps could probably do with an injection of entrepre
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by ntoll 18y ago
Quite...
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Ask HN: Joint venture negotiation advice..?
5 points by ntoll 18y ago|2 comments
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by ntoll 18y ago
If you're in or near Oxfordshire then you should take a look at http://www.oxin.co.uk/ Of course, there is also the Europe-wide: http://www.seedcamp.com/
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by ntoll 18y ago
An oldie but a goldie: Sir Ken Robinson's talk on education and creativity delivered with such panache: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools...
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by ntoll 18y ago
Regarding music and hacking. Personally, music theory and the compositional techniques I learned as a student "feel" very similar to hacking: writing an examination fugue in the style of J.S.Bach involves complex thinking and problem solvin
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by ntoll 18y ago
I like this one... Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one. - Voltaire
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by ntoll 18y ago
I'm doing exactly that right now. Fortes fortuna adiuvat (fortune favours the brave)! Best of luck... :-)
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by ntoll 18y ago
A single example of something you think is of poor quality does not mean everything within that field is poor. This is simply lazy (and prejudiced) thinking. :-(
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by ntoll 18y ago
prove it.. :-)
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by ntoll 18y ago
> Why exist? Just ask yourself why you don't commit suicide...