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by rms 15y ago
Grain of salt, sure, but it's enough for me as a foreigner to never want to invest in Russia or do business with Russia (or similar states like China). The rule of law is sublimely important in having a functioning business economy. Maybe R
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by rms 15y ago
Double Copy Plus Paste Good.
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by rms 15y ago
I just mostly can't get it in me to write long comments when there are so many more short comments that I can easily reply to. I also feel like if I do have something long/complicated/insightful to say, no one will see it anyways. I also ha
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by rms 15y ago
Running the website in my profile. Buy low, sell high, supply chain management, answer my email, SEO, SEM, the American Dream, etc.
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by rms 15y ago
$7k/month in salary
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by rms 15y ago
Practically immune to HIV. A blood transfusion from a late stage AIDS patient would still infect a CCR5 delta 32 homozygous person. The mutation also grants less resistance against the rarer HIV-2.
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by rms 15y ago
Nope. HIV-1 versus HIV-2, and this treatment would have been less effective against HIV-2.
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by rms 15y ago
Yes, it is a really awful article. I'm sure it's not the worst thing to ever be #1 though. Some of the specific advice is interesting, even if oddly wrong on specifics. Box springs aren't really important unless the design of your frame or
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by rms 15y ago
OK, it was a good joke, but signing up new accounts for one joke works on reddit, not here.
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by rms 15y ago
I moved to Berkeley from Pittsburgh within the last year, and basically picked Berkeley over SF for the food, but... the food in Pittsburgh really isn't that bad. I feel like you are judging all of Pittsburgh's food based on the popularity
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by rms 15y ago
(actually I meant Terry Gilliam, not Terry Pratchett)
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by rms 15y ago
He's transcended lists like this.
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by rms 15y ago
In 2011, we have precrime. See video of those arrested for planning on staging street theatre to protest royal wedding. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOli98fgBP0 [01:15] "This is minority report! Pre-crime! We're being arrested for stree
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by rms 15y ago
Actually there were rumors that Reddit Gold was about internal Conde Nast politics -- CN takes paid subscriber count very seriously, so they get a lot more respect at CN now that they have lots of paying subscribers.
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by rms 15y ago
http://www.lesswrong.com http://www.kottke.org http://www.boingboing.net http://www.longform.org http://www.reddit.com
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by rms 15y ago
It's almost definitely not an effective use of one's capital. Angel investment is a bad industry to diversify into unless you have some sort of strong competitive advantage as an angel. Otherwise you're likely to be one of the median invest
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by rms 15y ago
>If someone refuses to sell you the Mona Lisa for the price you want, it's okay to copy it? Yes! The Mona Lisa is in the public domain, copying it is perfectly acceptable.
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by rms 15y ago
It's not an ultimate website my any means, but a Facebook page is a certain kind of strict minimum restaurant webpage.
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by rms 15y ago
Only if you would have been a true stand-out application in the regular round. Definitely more slim.
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by rms 15y ago
Judges have a lot of authority, and he is right, after all.
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by rms 15y ago
I'm pretty sure the Russians know how to put guns on their floating nuclear fortresses.
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by rms 15y ago
The bubble is not at all systemic. The most likely consequence is that lots of angel investors and VCs are going to lose money and then there will be a downturn in investment for a while. It's very cyclical.
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by rms 15y ago
Even if they were using encryption, it was probably the kind the US government can very easily break.
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by rms 15y ago
A California police officer in a major cities makes even more but those jobs are just as hard to get.
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The Casino Next Door(businessweek.com)
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by rms 15y ago
3) is known as an offer you can't refuse.
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by rms 15y ago
Don't do it without really living with that other person for at least a year before getting married.
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by rms 15y ago
5) Build out a sales team
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by rms 16y ago
Every single open question thing Obama gets is inundated with questions about medical marijuana, and every time he mostly ignores it...
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by rms 16y ago
Reluctance to adopt nuclear batteries.

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