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Retrofitting Old iPods to Keep the Perfect MP3 Player Alive(motherboard.vice.com)
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by patrickk 11y ago
If they can demonstrate that this battery technology is viable for large grid storage uses, there is a potentially enormous market for it in Germany. The problem is that solar pv makes most sense in Southern Germany, where it's sunnier
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Study: Want to play the market? Count the Fed leak weeks(reuters.com)
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There's no evidence for this, they are using the attacks as an excuse. It's like the encryption hysteria. Look at this blatant propaganda from the BBC: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34842854 Some choice
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Plan to Restore the Home of George Boole to a Museum(ucc.ie)
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With all due respect, you have no idea what you are talking about. The headline figures for Ireland are very misleading. The bond spreads are coming down because Irish banks were bailed out at enormous expense and are buying Irish govt debt
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Another Irish expat, living in Germany. The cynic in me says the timing of the gay marriage, the abortion referendum on abortion and now this progressive drug stance is the government playing a game of misdirection with the electorate. This
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by patrickk 11y ago
The Irish Navy is tiny, and there are countless inlets and bays which a smuggler could use. One popular drug smuggling route is Colombia -> up the coast of West Africa -> Ireland, and then onwards to the UK market. There was a famous
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by patrickk 11y ago
They are in the EU also ;) It's mainly data plans I use, Whatsapp/Viber/Telegram and skype over wifi for international calls. Phone calls are a minor thing for me.
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This is a great situation. I moved from Ireland to Germany, where I was shocked to discover the stingy as f*ck data allowances that many German networks have. Sure, they have LTE everywhere, but what use is that when you are capped at 400 o
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by patrickk 11y ago
With young players, you take quantitative factors more into account than an older player. Staff and players at Manchester United have mentioned in interviews how Martial is extremely mature for a 19 year old, he is married with a child and
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by patrickk 11y ago
It's incredibly random in football when it comes to assigning value to players, at least in Europe. Take the example of James Rodríguez[1], a young Colombian player. His "value" suddenly skyrocketed[2] when he scored this won
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DIY Fully-Functional Overhead PC Control Panel(imgur.com)
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Perhaps a more accurate description: provides entertainment vs the cost of a cable subscription. Plus, recession or not, they are riding the wave of chord cutting nicely.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/watchpeoplecode is a good resource too, and it's got over 10,000 subscribers.
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by patrickk 11y ago
I'd be curious to get HN's opinion on crypto/blockchain voting ideas such as http://www.bitcongress.org . It seems many of the disadvantages of traditional e-voting machines and the speed/counting effort of pa
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by patrickk 11y ago
You can also automate the process with GPS tracking: https://ifttt.com/recipes/133495-log-how-much-time-you-spend...
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The only reason Ireland's unemployment fell is because of emigration. The economy is a disaster, especially for young people, home repossessions are just getting started by the banks (who were the actual ones bailed out, wrecking the
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by patrickk 11y ago
Further reading on this topic: https://www.quantopian.com/posts/front-running-s-and-p-500-i...
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Which job links are paid for on HN? That's news to me. I have no problem with this actually, because such things are on a separate page and its obvious the content you are getting is relevant to you (unlike lots of online advertising).
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by patrickk 11y ago
In Germany at least, food and groceries is almost exclusively in cash. I come from another part of Europe, I find it very strange and annoying sometimes. By the way, if anyone knows of a good way to rack up miles with Star alliance/Luf
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by patrickk 11y ago
youtube-dl: https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl I fell in love with this project after discovering I don't need ad-choked, dodgy sites to download Youtube videos/mp3s. It also acts as a catch-all downloader for
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by patrickk 11y ago
I hope things pan out the way the article predicts and I'm a massive optimist for EV adoption in the long term. However, there's some obvious wrenches in the plan for such quick adoption, including: - No great options currently fo
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Also quality issues. If you want the absolute best industrial part/tool/whatever on the market, often you go to a mid sized German company no one has heard of and get it there. Strong apprenticeships and unions (meaning very high
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by patrickk 11y ago
But Saudi Arabia funded/funds Al-Qaeda and ISIS, they are Sunni terror groups, despite the fact that in theory, Saudi Arabia is a US ally. These groups attack Shias and other minority groups, not other Sunnis like the Saudis. Remember,
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This is a HUGE factor. You can deploy a website customised to your needs, with almost any look and style imaginable (look at the top rated themes on themeforest for example), without a graphic designer or web developer. I do consulting work
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by patrickk 11y ago
Not the person you asked, but possibly this (googled "streamer chrome" directly): https://streamus.com/
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by patrickk 12y ago
Thanks!
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by patrickk 12y ago
This comment by jasonlbaptiste in response to "Ask HN: How to become a millionaire in 3 years?": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1447467 Best comment I've ever read here.
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by patrickk 12y ago
Interesting. Would you mind posting details? I would like to know more, if it's possible in Germany, expected ROI etc.

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