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SwissCovid contact tracing app publishes active user statistics(experimental.bfs.admin.ch)
2 points by philshem 6y ago|0 comments
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by philshem 6y ago
One big reason that Big Brands advertise is to drive up the ad price and block out smaller competitors by raising the cost of entry.
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Land Lines: Start with a line, let the planet complete the picture(lines.chromeexperiments.com)
1 points by philshem 6y ago|0 comments
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by philshem 6y ago
> I made several warranty claims in-store, and they went above and beyond to help me out, even when my grounds for a claim were kinda shaky. Maybe having a physical store that lowers the barrier for making warranty claims, especially “sh
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by philshem 6y ago
You can even request a query from the community: https://wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query
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by philshem 6y ago
cool site! Russia (USSR) wasn't on the list, but I can recommend THE IRONY OF FATE (1976) > The film is widely regarded as a classic piece of Russian popular culture and is traditionally broadcast in Russia and almost all former Sov
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by philshem 6y ago
iPhone SE (1st gen) will get iOS 14, too. “Be still, my heart.”
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by philshem 6y ago
Here's the email I got - and the shady thing is that except for the link to the Privacy Policy in the email, all other links are using the domain http://<redacted>.t.en25.com/ . > Hello, > We are writing to
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by philshem 6y ago
A twitter thread to answer your question https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1066547670477488128
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by philshem 6y ago
Are you thinking about blackjack?
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by philshem 6y ago
self-reply with this great NYer profile (2013) about backgammon and all its weirdness https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/05/13/the-chaos-of-t... Sadly, Falafel (Matvey Natanzon) passed away in March
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by philshem 6y ago
there are lots of existing code that one could build on (e.g. https://github.com/quasoft/backgammonjs ) but it probably makes sense to start from scratch, and use the gnubg smart game format ".sgf" https:&#x2
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by philshem 6y ago
https://lichess.org is fantastic for online chess. But we need a lichess for Backgammon! Backgammon has tons of strategy but also has the element of chance because of the dice roll - anyone can win anygame (in theory, at least).
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by philshem 6y ago
And here's a HN post that links their blog post about acquiring hey.com https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22504582
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Email service Hey is selling two-letter email addresses for $999 a year(twitter.com)
1 points by philshem 6y ago|1 comments
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by philshem 6y ago
“If a LinkedIn account is deleted, and no one is there to hear it, does it still make a sound?” (I previously deleted my account and then waited 12 months to see if anyone noticed. No one did. I did have to create a new one in order to crea
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Coronavirus: Should We Aim for Herd Immunity Like Sweden?(medium.com)
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by philshem 6y ago
I agree, and especially liked the salty Scottish sailor speak that was sprinkled throughout. If you liked that one, you may enjoy this other great NYer article about modern explorers (2018): https://www.newyorker.com/magazin
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by philshem 6y ago
from their blog: > DuckDuckGo has been a profitable company since 2014 without storing or sharing any personal information on people using our search engine. and > As mentioned, DuckDuckGo is profitable based mostly on keyword-based s
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by philshem 6y ago
Aha! I am vindicated! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20453797
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by philshem 6y ago
https://poolside.fm (clickable link) Thread from 3 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22371629
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Poolside.fm just passed 1M sessions with $0 marketing, 0 employees(twitter.com)
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Eurythenes Plasticus(en.wikipedia.org)
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by philshem 6y ago
The standard term is “renewable”, and yes, there are environmental concerns for any type of human-engineered energy production. For run-of-river hydro power, one mitigation is fish ladders: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x2F
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by philshem 6y ago
I would petition to add “Software” in front of “Engineers” in the title, and perhaps adding “Product” in front of “Marketing”. I’m supporting a mechanical engineer get his remote services business going, and as far as I can tell this reso
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by philshem 6y ago
“Anything can be an API - if you are stubborn enough.”
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Academic data centers abused for crypto currency mining(csirt.egi.eu)
2 points by philshem 6y ago|0 comments
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by philshem 6y ago
Did anyone else misread the title as "learn/to do Excel", as in Microsoft Office? (Edit) in case it’s edited: “Ask HN: I've been promoted to Architect. What do I need to learn/do to excel?”
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by philshem 6y ago
Next project? Enclaves in enclaves in enclaves? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahala_Khagrabari Edit: Too late. Ceded to Bangladesh in 2015.
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by philshem 6y ago
The initial build time is “about 3 minutes” but I’d like to know the build time of the final image.

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