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samtp
11y ago
Unless the company looking to buy you are professional drunks and/or alcohol salesmen, that's an absurd way of thinking.
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11y ago
http://vj.tv/wallflower/ VJTV Wallflower also used to a good one to put on in the background on unused monitors in hip restaruants/lounges/offices/cafes. It makes a seamless playback experience and smoot
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11y ago
It should be notied the Dr. Blair is one of the most cited exercise science researchers of all time. He's not simply a shrew for Coca Cola, he has produces some of the most monumental papers in the field. If you look at his career time
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11y ago
That's the case for most taxi drivers in general in Vietnam & China. One family member/friend gets the taxi license and lends the car out while he's sleeping/drinking. It's a little rare to actually see the same
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12y ago
If you look at the bottom of the ai2html site, you can see it was made and owned by the NY Times.
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12y ago
> The other stark contrast is how much harder people in China seem to work than people here, and how working hard is considered a good thing, not a bad thing. It is a survival thing, not an inherently good thing. Those factory workers or
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12y ago
They've also started to block Gmail and seriously block most VPNs. A good number of expats are looking into leaving recently because of the recent restrictions.
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13y ago
> Public transport, even in cities with great infrastructure, is soul crushingly slow and inefficient. Wow. Then how would you describe: 1. A daily 45 minute commune through barely moving traffic 2. Driving around a walmart/tj maxx&
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13y ago
I think anything is possible as long as you're open to anything. Putting your head down and plowing ahead can only get you so far in most circumstances. The key is to work hard while continuing to look around and recognize the diverse
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13y ago
I subsist on 100% locally mined and tumbled Bitcoins. All my bills including food, rent, and even my employees salaries are paid in Bitcoin. I am liberating them from the fiat prison camp and setting them free into the Cryptocurrency Paradi
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13y ago
Cool service but your branding makes it look like you are affiliated with Canonical/Ubuntu.
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13y ago
Unrelated, but: > I really love competition, and as a competitor I only want to compete against the best of the best. It’s like Mike Tyson in his prime saying that he wants to box with you. Wanting to box Mike Tyson in his prime is a de
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13y ago
Student loans were exempted from bankruptcy, allowing banks to make riskier loans (more students, higher amounts). Colleges soon followed with increased tuition to match student's new ability to pay.
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13y ago
Prisoner death matches. And you become a prisoner from future thought crimes. And you fight to the death vs jungle animals in Antarctica. Streamed by Google (gl)Ass - the rectal implant that turns you into a networked device.
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13y ago
> If the only thing they did wrong was "failing to comply with regulations", then maybe those regulations are wrong. Tell that to a judge. You sound like you are 14 years old. If you run a business, you should follow the laws o
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13y ago
Why is there so much hate for Quartz on here? It may be hard to read on a mobile device, but if you focus on just the articles it is very distraction free and easy to read. Nit-picking is fine, but overly criticizing is stupid when qz.com i
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13y ago
When will the Android version be released?
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samtp
13y ago
So raise an extra 50K and hire someone to do it.
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samtp
14y ago
His dad is a commodities trader/energy financier at Morgan Stanley.
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14y ago
Should be taken with a grain of salt since the author is in the business of building web/mobile apps (products).
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14y ago
I've never bought into whats so bad about a naked body. We all have one. From what I understand people get scared/agitated about nuditity because it makes humans seem more a part of nature, savage, and wild. People want to think of humanity
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14y ago
there is always alternative marketing solutions including web in person and other. Be alert to the changing demographic in the area. and if it is too hard to user feedback test, go for a leaner product without so much non-tested assumptions
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14y ago
I'm sure there's plenty because of the overall population, but as a % of the total? I doubt that many.
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14y ago
But the apps aren't "server-less". The server is just controlled by a different party.
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14y ago
Would you rather own one of the most established news institutions in the modern world or a 2 year old photo sharing startup? How is this even a question?!
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15y ago
Great, now all restaurants can have the ambiance/experience of a Sheetz or Wawa gas station!
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15y ago
You can make your own music, just like you can make your own videos. I think the analogy works pretty well
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15y ago
Could be... or it could be an overly vague idea that boils down to nothing
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15y ago
It seems nowadays that each startup team is trying to out "quirky" one another. Everyone is screaming about how unique and edgy they are. "Yeah, our brogrammer is a world class Japanese chef from France, who enjoys Native American artwork w
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15y ago
Sorry but you're quite insane. Well maybe not insane, by certainly an egotistical nutjob. Just randomly cc'ing organizations takes away any credibility that you may have had (which wasn't much after not using a lawyer for a case like this).
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