samolang

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   by samolang 13y ago

   And if you are in the financial industry you often need to be in the office when relevant markets are open.
2. 212.▲
   by samolang 13y ago

   And the associated hacker news discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5325540
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   by samolang 13y ago

   No it doesn't. You still have those devices. They don't go away. Now you have expend time manually copying your photos to the device.
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   by samolang 13y ago

   That stinks. I've been using it on android for a while now and have had a great experience. It's really cool to be able to pull up a picture from a vacation you took ten years ago that happened to randomly come up in your current conversat
5. 215.▲
   by samolang 13y ago

   There are two problems with this. One, it's another physical device to manage which is a pain in the ass. Two, what happens if the external HDD breaks?
6. 216.▲
   by samolang 13y ago

   If you raised $36MM on a $300MM valuation I would guess that is possible.
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   by samolang 13y ago

   TL;DW: http://i.imgur.com/myizeus.gif
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   by samolang 13y ago

   Regarding a (at least in the US) I think a big part of the problem is a system of laws that people generally agree is unjust (i.e. the drug laws)
9. 219.▲
   by samolang 14y ago

   It matters to me since my taxes are paying for its production. I would prefer to have both the penny and nickel discontinued.
10. 220.▲
    by samolang 14y ago

    And it costs more than 11 cents to produce a nickel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_(United_States_coin) .
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    by samolang 14y ago

    In my mind it's a harmless crime. If you are doing something unethical then you risk turning off customers with your scummy behavior. If you have the superior product, then you are doing the customers a favor. If you have an inferior pro
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    by samolang 14y ago

    You don't have to do anything unethical to take advantage of your competitors' struggles. Was it unethical for domain registrars to offer sales when Go Daddy was catching flak for supporting SOPA? All I'm saying is capitalism works best whe
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    by samolang 14y ago

    I strongly disagree. That is not how capitalism works. You should take advantage of every opportunity you can to get people to try your product. If you have a superior product they'll stay, if you don't they won't.
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    by samolang 14y ago

    "It turns out this isn’t just a fleeting alliance. For some time now, Wyden and Paul—along with two other senators, Republican Mike Lee of Utah and Democrat Mark Udall of Colorado—have been working together to try to curb the broad authorit
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    by samolang 14y ago

    I watched on C-SPAN and a Democrat named Ron Wyden participated and in the process implied he had multiple discussions with Paul about the morality and constitutionality of drone strikes. Perhaps I'm naive, but I believe he was standing up
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    by samolang 14y ago

    http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/chromebook-pixe...
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    by samolang 14y ago

    I don't think the Amazon document conversion service works for non-kindle devices. EDIT: Nevermind, seems to work now. Just sent a .mobi file to my kindle android app using http://www.amazon.com/gp/sendtokindle/pc
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    by samolang 14y ago

    Ironically, this is probably making HBO more money as it gives them stronger bargaining power with the cable companies.