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by qohen 15y ago
>The only thing more expensive has passed through the asshole of a small cat-like creature. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_Luwak
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by qohen 15y ago
There's an app for that (actually, a website): http://www.decide.com/ More info: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/20/decide-com-the-fare...
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by qohen 15y ago
Yes: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/05/12/080512fa_fact_...
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by qohen 15y ago
I thought that sounded familiar... http://www.paulgraham.com/californiaavenueoaks.html
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by qohen 15y ago
> They're classics. I can't wait for ToS to arrive :-) All 79 episodes of ST:ToS are available at this page on startrek.com (a CBS site): http://www.startrek.com/videos/star-trek-the-original-series...
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by qohen 15y ago
> I would love if everyone could look up the Rawlsian "Veil of Ignorance" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veil_of_ignorance
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by qohen 15y ago
I was looking at an HP laptop online last night and saw it has a "Brightview" screen. This description of it, apparently from the company that makes the screens, suggests that, while glossy, it is also anti-reflective. Does anyone know if t
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by qohen 15y ago
> If you could buy/sell Beiber or Gaga this system might actually work. Hollywood Stock Exchange: http://www.hsx.com/search/?keyword=bieber&status=ALL&#38... http://www.hsx.com/search/?keyword=gaga&status=ALL&a...
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by qohen 16y ago
> I couldn't name one specific person at IBM who's responsible for their success One (very) specific person: Louis V. Gerstner. Like Jobs, he saved his company. Unlike Jobs, he was very much an outsider, but this apparently was what IBM
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by qohen 16y ago
Looks like he did--in the comments to his post, Osherove says this (sorry, not linkable): BTW - I DID sit down and learn how to implement a binary search after the first time I got asked. I do not like leaving things 'open' like that. so th
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by qohen 16y ago
She's on reddit: http://www.reddit.com/user/cassie_yunis As you can see from her overview page, she started a similar thread on reddit tonight. (There was an earlier one from a few days ago in /r/suicidewatch).
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by qohen 16y ago
"The medication and the therapy I got for my bipolar condition ended my suicidal ideation. If ever the thought occurs to kill myself - and it sometimes does- I dismiss it immediately. Life has too much to offer to spend any time wasted in t
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by qohen 16y ago
> That's it. Nothng more to say. If that were true, as fractallyte says, you wouldn't be here. Please talk to someone who can help: National suicide hotline: 1-800-273-8255 Remember: - Depression can be effectively treated. - Suicide is
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by qohen 16y ago
Lemelson's story is rather interesting: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/discoveries/2005-08-21-... Relevant: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_patent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_H._Lemelson#Patents_and_... (The USA T
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by qohen 16y ago
I'm thinking this is more likely the actual origin of "real artists ship": http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Pirate_Flag.txt (The story in the original link above, of course, exemplifies the phrase).
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by qohen 16y ago
"I also hear people divulge way too much information in public...such as routing numbers, credit card details and the like...People need more than a privacy screen." Would you believe...that technology to deal with this problem was actually
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by qohen 16y ago
Clickable: Launch blog-post: http://personalmba.com/personal-mba-book-launch/ Book site: http://book.personalmba.com
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by qohen 16y ago
Eh, not so well done--Bezos got the quote wrong. The correct/canonical version of Alan Kay's quote is: "The best way to predict the future is to invent it". This version has 50+ million hits vs. 5100-ish for the version Bezos has (plus 40 m
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by qohen 16y ago
"I'm relocating from London to NYC...I've heard that despite being quite cosmopolitan NYC is generally a little more inward looking." Sounds like you could use a map: http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/newyorker2.JP... (Discus
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by qohen 16y ago
You think being in Southern California will help with "sedentary inactivity"? As the song says, nobody walks in LA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_UpLtGEWoY Seriously, the streets are pretty much deserted in LA--most people are driving
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by qohen 16y ago
Speaking of Babylon 5, for those of you who haven't seen it--or those who wish to rewatch it--all 5 seasons are available online for free at AOL's online TV/movie site, SlashControl.com. Series page: http://www.slashcontrol.com/free-tv-sho
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by qohen 16y ago
BTW, a few links related to divorce eBooks, which should give you an idea of what topics are being covered (including some of the details, which you can then add to your own, as appropriate). Also, you'll get a sense of pricing, length and
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by qohen 16y ago
On the other hand, you could get a lawyer to vet it. Or, if you wanted to give it more heft, get a divorce lawyer to write a chapter or two about the legal ramifications or how a lawyer like him/her see these things. You could pay the lawye
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by qohen 16y ago
Re: eBook info: Try Google, using search terms: writing ebook You'll get back links like this that might be helpful: http://www.copyblogger.com/write-and-sell-ebook/ (which led to this: http://www.copyblogger.com/create-ebooks-that-sell/
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by qohen 16y ago
FYI, it was actually a calligraphy class. From the transcript of Jobs' speech ( http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html ): "Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. Throu
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by qohen 16y ago
It's likely* a play on the phrase, "(put the) pedal to the metal", i.e. going all out (based on the notion of pushing a car's gas pedal as far as possible, for maximum speed): http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/put_the_pedal_to_the_metal Mettl
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by qohen 16y ago
Raytheon, the maker of this system, is already pursuing agricultural applications, though apparently they are focussed on preventing frost-damage (via Slashdot): http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2010/06/25/raytheon-turns...
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by qohen 16y ago
The quote is: "Real artists ship". E.g. http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Pirate_Flag.txt
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by qohen 17y ago
For six dollars, Amazon has an eight(!) hour Chopin collection for download -- 99 DRM-free MP3's, tracks vary from 192-256kbps according to one review. I bought it a while back (when it was on sale even cheaper) -- worth your while. You can
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by qohen 17y ago
The "glowing profile" you mention may have been this 2008 article in the New Yorker, by Malcolm Gladwell: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/05/12/080512fa_fact_...

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