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by prs 16y ago
Exactly at 200 - Once you have 201 karma points, downvoting functionality is unlocked.
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by prs 16y ago
I worry less about the tagging aspect. The real problem is having those pictures on the net in the first place.
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by prs 16y ago
I have this analogy in mind where the modern-day smartphone is the equivalent of a technological swiss-knife. In 80% of all situations it is sufficient for the task at hand.
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by prs 16y ago
Exactly my thoughts. This post will generate a decent amount of visitors from HN. The vast majority of these visitors including myself will be first-timers to your site and unable to tell whether they are interested in subscribing to your n
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by prs 16y ago
http://apps.ycombinator.com/item?id=1353307 yields the following information: Max Klein does not exist. He is an identity created by Mark Essien (www.essien.org). The posting is worth a read in my opinion.
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by prs 16y ago
To my eyes, Max Klein headlines occasionally look as if penned by Tim Ferriss.
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by prs 16y ago
I like your a domain purchasing analogy as Demand Media owns eNom, a domain name registrar.
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Borrowers Refuse to Pay Billions in Home Equity Loans(nytimes.com)
1 points by prs 16y ago|2 comments
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by prs 16y ago
What is the ?t=mattc58 good for in the URL? Just curious.
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by prs 16y ago
The forums at digitalpoint are also known to have some decent volume - Not necessarily high-end sites but sufficient for some small-scale website flipping. If you know what you are looking for, contacting website owners directly is a method
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by prs 16y ago
For years I was conditioned to pick up the phone as soon as it rang. Growing older, I realized this to be the wrong approach. Today, most calls end up in my voicemail. Lessons learned: - Urgency is typically defined in terms of the calling
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Malware Infection Hits Russian Android Phones(bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
2 points by prs 16y ago|0 comments
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by prs 16y ago
Although not applicable to DVD collections, I realized the following: When I started using Dropbox, I uploaded some media files onto my account and realized that even for the most obscure items, someone out there has already done so before
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by prs 16y ago
Reminds me of the early days of Steve Jobs in 1982. http://workvitamins.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/6a00d8345...
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Netflix to Pay Nearly $1 Billion to Add Films to On-Demand Service(nytimes.com)
2 points by prs 16y ago|0 comments
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by prs 16y ago
Duplicate entry - See http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1126993 for additional discussions.
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by prs 16y ago
If you are developing with RoR, http://github.com/astrails/dotvim#readme is a good resource to start your quest for knowledge.
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by prs 16y ago
Nearly 45 percent of the electricity in Portugal’s grid will come from renewable sources this year, up from 17 percent just five years ago. Very impressive makeover, indeed.
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by prs 16y ago
I love the energizing effect a walk can have on my mind. What I also love is to have a smartphone and a notebook with me. This allows me to quickly jot down notes and thoughts once I get kissed by a muse.
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by prs 16y ago
Greg posted a nice compilation of shady tactics used during the startup period of major internet companies at http://glinden.blogspot.com/2006/11/ruthless-enough-for-star... A quick summary: Facebook : Spammed Harvard Students BitTorren
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Derek Sivers launches KarmaList(karmalist.com)
4 points by prs 16y ago|0 comments
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by prs 16y ago
You are right about that - I merely wanted to highlight that there are always other avenues of enlarging the sum of human knowledge. Investing your mental resources into a PhD is only one path a person can choose in order to strive reaching
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by prs 16y ago
Do not forget that the boundaries of human knowledge have been surpassed by a healthy amount of individuals that never went the PhD route.
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by prs 16y ago
As for some corruption, I might add that Romania ranks on the last place for EU member states according to the Corruption Perceptions Index 2009.
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by prs 16y ago
Yet it is still misleading a visitor to that site as "Draw Now" actually means "Sign Up Now" in case you do not have a DeviantART account.
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by prs 16y ago
Based on the initial reactions to the first Google Wave demonstration by a few non-tech friends of mine I thought Google Wave might gain the necessary product adoption and momentum. I erred and so did many other folks. I applaud Google for
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by prs 16y ago
I wonder how you define ugly? To my eyes, Facebook ranks relatively well amongst the major sites on the Internet.
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by prs 16y ago
Given that Slide has received $78M in funding this exit does not look very exciting to my eyes. Nevertheless, congratulations to Max for yet another sold company.
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by prs 16y ago
http://www.alexa.com/topsites -> http://s3.amazonaws.com/alexa-static/top-1m.csv.zip
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by prs 16y ago
plentyoffish does not fall into the established / founded in the early web category. What all these sites have in common is that they provide the visitor with something they want. No need for fancy graphics if you have something to offer

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