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by robk 11y ago
They're not at all uncommon around Victoria. Lots of construction around here.
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by robk 11y ago
Or just curl -OL
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by robk 11y ago
All of his actions lead me to think he's considering a run for the presidency one of these days. Maybe 2024 after Hillary. They're quite aligned and he'd be a natural Democrat successor.
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by robk 11y ago
Thank God. This was such an un-Googley product to launch. The conflict of interest was terribly high with so many advertisers and from the UK at least they clearly intended to onebox this into the top of search results. As an ex-Googler in
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by robk 11y ago
Sorry that's just not how targeted advertising works. Seriously with MySpace you had TONS AND TONS of data about posting history, likes, affinities and such and it made virtually no impact on monetization. Things like attendance are la
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by robk 11y ago
How do you think Google makes money on random student data? they couldn't monetize MySpace well so I'd consider this data worthless here.
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by robk 11y ago
It's really hit or miss to be honest. I was skeptical when I first started using Ocado myself. I love to thump watermelons and feel the skin of honeydews for example to pick out the nice ripe ones. Quality is inconsistent - sometimes I
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by robk 11y ago
You should be more outraged at the fact scissors are banned, not happy they were found by the Aussies.
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by robk 11y ago
Exactly this! Once it's in existence somewhere it's immediately part of the NSA/CIA/FBI basic iPhone toolkit.
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by robk 11y ago
That's like 50th percentile for central London for a 2 bed flat.
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An open letter to founders (from a fund LP)(lp2dot0.com)
2 points by robk 11y ago|0 comments
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by robk 11y ago
In the US it's not unusual to be "dating" multiple people at the same time. This is quite unusual in Britain where dating is much more serial than parallel.
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by robk 11y ago
Have you come across anyone who has been fined under this law? I have not and know many people who are rubbish at filing on time or even in the same year. I've not seen any enforcement commensurate with $20k fines willy nilly. Not that
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by robk 11y ago
Sharia courts are recognized as a legally binding arbitration system when used in that way
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The "Tourist" Investors Flooding Silicon Valley With Money Will Go Home One Day(buzzfeed.com)
62 points by robk 11y ago|23 comments
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by robk 11y ago
But how do you reconcile that with those that marry through arranged, sometimes forced marriages, to those in some poor countries? This law is intended to reduce that scenario which is a wide backdoor to normal immigration.
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by robk 11y ago
It's disappointing there really isn't a great high-end Android phone these days that's competitive with the iPhone 6S. All the mainstream higher end units either have screens that are too big or lack something in features IMO
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SF tech bros told to get out of the gayborhood(theguardian.com)
2 points by robk 11y ago|0 comments
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by robk 11y ago
I don't see how Twitter makes him smart but Facebook doesn't. I get just as much thoughtful conversation and content from FB as Twitter. This is just one random, insignificant dude's rant.
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by robk 11y ago
Camera speeding tickets are totally common across Europe already
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Social video startup growth hacks itself with fraudulent celebrity endorsement(mashable.com)
1 points by robk 11y ago|0 comments
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by robk 11y ago
Some restaurants have gone back on the no tipping policy http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/19/pf/no-tipping-reversed-bar-a...
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by robk 11y ago
The economics of this are really difficult to add up at scale. You can't pay sustainable wages on a model like this unless the delivery costs are prohibitively high for an average consumer.
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A Canvas Made of Pixels(claybavor.com)
525 points by robk 11y ago|105 comments
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by robk 11y ago
Citation on this please?
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by robk 11y ago
I can't see why anyone is surprised by this. Classic Apple move. It'll just create a market for the cheap 3.5mm to Bluetooth dongles [1] you can plug into your headset, which I've actually come to like since I can tuck the he
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by robk 11y ago
The BA 787 economy seats are a total disaster. Narrow and poor legroom makes them worse than EasyJet.
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by robk 11y ago
Not always imo. A British doctor was able to provide care on. Jetblue flight when no one else was available. Of course they can't check British Medical registration but they were happy nonetheless to allow care to be provided as no one
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by robk 11y ago
Torrent often beats usenet in freshness
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by robk 11y ago
Nice but pricey to assemble at home

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