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by pdog 7y ago
Here's a blog post from WhatsApp in 2012 on why they don't sell ads: https://web.archive.org/web/20120619170843/http://blog.whats...
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America's Cities Are Unlivable. Blame Wealthy Liberals.(nytimes.com)
127 points by pdog 7y ago|116 comments
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by pdog 7y ago
The score is based on 15 factors in three categories that are pretty hard to fake: neighborhood, family, and high school. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/adversity-score-sat-exam-colleg...
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by pdog 7y ago
> Students won't be told the scores, but colleges will see the numbers when reviewing their applications. What's the rationale for withholding this information from students?
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Founder as Victim, Founder as God(blakemasters.com)
3 points by pdog 7y ago|1 comments
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by pdog 7y ago
If you're concerned about indoor pollution, I highly recommend house plants. In NASA research[1], common house plants were found to remove toxic agents such as benzene and formaldehyde from the air. Some of the best air purifying plant
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AI is generating real people that don't exist(dazeddigital.com)
1 points by pdog 7y ago|0 comments
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How You Make Money from Building a Startup(hackernoon.com)
4 points by pdog 7y ago|0 comments
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Uber faces an “IPO tax” to benefit all San Francisco residents(bloomberg.com)
2 points by pdog 7y ago|0 comments
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Binance Has Launched Its Own Blockchain(bloomberg.com)
2 points by pdog 7y ago|0 comments
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by pdog 8y ago
> I am a paying Spotify customer since 2010 or so... I have no qualms on calling them out on some of their hypocrisy. This is the internet. You don't need to preface your criticism with any sort of justification.
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Caltech Doesn't Care Who Your Parents Are(bloomberg.com)
1 points by pdog 8y ago|0 comments
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Chris Schaepe Ousted from Lightspeed as College Scandal Spreads(bloomberg.com)
3 points by pdog 8y ago|0 comments
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Plastic Plates, Cutlery, Cups to Be Banned in Europe as of 2021(bloomberg.com)
45 points by pdog 8y ago|20 comments
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About the Security Content of iOS 12.2(support.apple.com)
2 points by pdog 8y ago|2 comments
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How to Be a Flâneur(jewishrhody.org)
1 points by pdog 8y ago|0 comments
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by pdog 8y ago
A theory: people who become rich are able to conceal their grievances better.
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by pdog 8y ago
What is the point of a mechanical watch when there are far superior methods for timekeeping?
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Cardboard: The Great American Comeback(nytimes.com)
3 points by pdog 8y ago|0 comments
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by pdog 8y ago
I still don't get it. Are the CS programs at Stanford and Harvard not challenging enough? Are Google and Facebook not demanding places to work?
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by pdog 8y ago
I don't get it. Should highly capable people not pursue a lucrative career path?
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by pdog 8y ago
> I refuse to put an amazon/apple/google surveillance device in my home... Do you have a smartphone? Because that's most likely an Apple or Google surveillance device.
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Haven Healthcare(havenhealthcare.com)
1 points by pdog 8y ago|0 comments
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Death rates by suicide, drugs and alcohol reached an all-time high in 2017(axios.com)
1 points by pdog 8y ago|0 comments
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Nuclear goes retro – with a much greener outlook(knowablemagazine.org)
18 points by pdog 8y ago|3 comments
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The Refragmentation(paulgraham.com)
2 points by pdog 8y ago|0 comments
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Beauty Is Making Scientists Rethink Evolution(nytimes.com)
36 points by pdog 8y ago|45 comments
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Before the Electric Car Takes Over, Someone Needs to Reinvent the Battery(bloomberg.com)
135 points by pdog 8y ago|266 comments
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Screen time changes the structure of kids' brains(bloomberg.com)
1 points by pdog 8y ago|1 comments
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It's Time to Study Whether Eating Particular Diets Can Help Heal Us(nytimes.com)
4 points by pdog 8y ago|0 comments

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