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   by pkfrank 13y ago

   This actually raises a slightly terrifying reality. How much would someone have to pay you to never again recover your gMail account? I would demand just an absurd payout to willingly walk away right now, with all those contacts, messages,
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   by pkfrank 13y ago

   I love the confidence of F.lux's domain name. "JustGetFlux.com" -- it's like: "why is this even a question?" Judging from most of these comments, I'd say we're all in agreement. I definitely make a
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   by pkfrank 13y ago

   Does this apply even when the "copyright holder" has meaningfully manipulated the information in order for it to be in a useful form? Have they imparted some IP that is now protected in some way? IE, could I mirror deep-level spo
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   by pkfrank 13y ago

   > On Oyster, once a person reads more than 10 percent of the book, it is officially considered “read.” Oyster then has to pay the publisher a standard wholesale fee. via: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/25/t
5. 125.▲
   by pkfrank 13y ago

   A ridiculously tepid non-apology apology considering the scale of the breach.
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   Terrorism’s Fertile Ground(nytimes.com)

   1 points by pkfrank 13y ago|0 comments
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   by pkfrank 13y ago

   I really feel like SnapChat is fumbling this whole thing. They ignored the security warning, and now seem to be blaming the security group for the leak of info: >On Christmas Eve, that same group publicly documented our API, making it e
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   by pkfrank 13y ago

   I like the "Shake Alarm" feature. It's cool to encourage an energetic response that will ensure you're actually "waking up" to silence it. I've seen more annoying versions [1], but it seems like you shou
9. 129.▲
   by pkfrank 13y ago

   I use a "search shortcut" as well with the "Alfred App" for Mac. It's easy to bind a shortcut to either search directly at the intended site, or perform a google search with the appropriate prefix (i.e. "site:
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    by pkfrank 13y ago

    Is there a legitimate way to "tattle" on competitors that are blatantly abusing SEO practices?
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    by pkfrank 13y ago

    I've had Uber drivers say not to bother using the app at LAX. They need to get a separate permit from airport officials to pick up the passenger, so it's at minimum a ~30 minute ordeal to arrange pick-up. Uber isn't right fo
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    by pkfrank 13y ago

    Here's another great response from someone who was unfairly bullied on Reddit. "Subway Sitter" responds-- http://www.reddit.com/r/nyc/comments/1m3pvq/being_a_workahol...
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    by pkfrank 13y ago

    Haven't you always been required to place it into it's own bin to go through the X-Ray machine? That seems like an effective "second glance" to me. They'll also sometimes swab it and check for explosive residue.
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    by pkfrank 13y ago

    I haven't been able to find any instance of an air marshal actually confronting a "terrorism-related" event. I'm sure there are examples of them subduing an unruly or drunk passenger; but the sheer magnitude of flights,
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    by pkfrank 13y ago

    I guess I simply don't buy that any terrorist on board -- even if there were several of them and they were armed with box-cutters and the like -- could ever take the cockpit. The doors are locked, the pilots are sometimes armed; and
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    by pkfrank 13y ago

    I fundamentally don't understand the danger of "traditional" (box cutters, etc.) weapons getting through airport security. I understand that we need to continue testing for bombs and anything that can actually bring a plane
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    by pkfrank 13y ago

    While building Texts.com, my CTO and I learned a ton by studying the path of GetchaBooks. They had shut down and decided to open source their code ( http://getchabooks.com/open-source.html ), which is a generous and noble th
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    by pkfrank 13y ago

    It would definitely help, but I don't think it'd be a silver bullet. http://moz.com/search-ranking-factors I'm seeing the domain name considerations well below bigger factors (link juice, page rank, etc.)
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    by pkfrank 13y ago

    http://www.donuts.co/about/team/ Do a ctrl+f for "ICANN" and you'll see how well-networked the Donuts.co team is. Can't be sure if this is true cronyism, or whether they just really know how t
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    by pkfrank 13y ago

    To nitpick, "gtlds" are generic top level domains (.com, .net, .etc), while the reserved two-letter tlds are ccTLDs (country-code top level domains).
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    by pkfrank 13y ago

    Thanks for posting this. It was infuriating to try and find the full text of this manifesto (in English); I finally turned to HN and found this submission. It boggles the (my) mind that no major news outlets in the US printed the whole tex
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    by pkfrank 13y ago

    Thanks for this comment. It frames the valuation in a way that actually makes some semblance of sense.
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    by pkfrank 13y ago

    Precisely. If Southwest's banner hit for "cheap airfare" or something similar, this would indeed be outrageous. But this just seems like useful (and sponsored) info being offered without needing to click-through. Somewhat s
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    by pkfrank 13y ago

    Without arguing the motivations of this "third party" study, you ignore the fact that it finds: - People stayed longer and spent more - Money ended up in individuals' hands, instead of a hotel megacorp chain - Much was outsid
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    by pkfrank 13y ago

    I don't think this product is really tailored to a privacy-conscious consumer. Even if they're safely disposing (recycling) the books, uploading them in an encrypted manner, etc., you're still losing control of your "pri
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    by pkfrank 13y ago

    This is a really cool idea. My startup, Texts.com, was actually endorsed by Jimmy "The Rent is Too Damn High" McMillan just a month or two ago. This picture got ~5,000 "likes" and 250 shares on FB; though I'm &quot
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    by pkfrank 13y ago

    I'm more excited by cricket farming for protein flour (here in the US). There's a Brooklyn company called Exo (Exo.co) which is doing just that after a kickstarter campaign + media blitz. Cricket flour is super high in protein, a
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    by pkfrank 13y ago

    This is great publicity for the service, if nothing else.
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    by pkfrank 13y ago

    >Also, a lot of people have mentioned cronyism, which I think is baseless. CGI Federal already had contracts for Medicare.gov and CMS.gov, so when CMS had to build healthcare.gov, CGI was an obvious choice. You may be correct, but arguin
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    by pkfrank 13y ago

    Good find. He (or this account) even lists a personal phone number on a video uploaded two years ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D16fm5NgsA