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RIM CEO terminates BBC Click interview(news.bbc.co.uk)
85 points by sdfx 15y ago|75 comments
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by sdfx 15y ago
This dip was expected and isn't necessary a problem as long as the "positive effects" outnumber the negative ones. By a move like this, you'll lose visitors and attention because your stories potentially aren't referenced as much anymore, b
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Revolutions are caused by human agency; not telecommunications technologies(english.aljazeera.net)
4 points by sdfx 16y ago|0 comments
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by sdfx 16y ago
Great project. Is it possible to include the best time of the day to visit, e.g. "quiet on Wednesday mornings"? Also: Do you adjust for longer opening times? Maybe some venues close sooner on some days.
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Fast Action Holds Intel Error to Mere $1 Billion(wired.com)
1 points by sdfx 16y ago|0 comments
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Study: Teams work best when members are physically close together(collisiondetection.net)
65 points by sdfx 16y ago|32 comments
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by sdfx 16y ago
It's great to see how ThinkGeek uses April Fool's day as a way to gauge customer interest. They did this before with their Tauntaun sleeping bags which they produced/sold after a lot of positive feedback to their April 1st joke.
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by sdfx 16y ago
As with lists like these, the selection is always subjective. What about the XBox360 red ring issues? Also, I'd include Google's Buzz/Wave before I'd put Beacon on the list (Number 8). But everyone evaluates these "mistakes" differently.
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The deal between the owner of Java and the Community(jroller.com)
2 points by sdfx 16y ago|0 comments
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An analysis of cold medications(arvindn.livejournal.com)
1 points by sdfx 16y ago|0 comments
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by sdfx 16y ago
The cost of installing new panels can be quite high, depending on where they are installed. Also I'd be worried of a format war - I bet that each manufacturer comes up with his own standard, which would lead to higher prices for the replace
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We've got so much stuff that it's easing the slump(online.wsj.com)
3 points by sdfx 16y ago|1 comments
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A Western fantasy(arvindn.livejournal.com)
1 points by sdfx 16y ago|0 comments
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The struggle for Arctic riches(bbc.co.uk)
3 points by sdfx 16y ago|0 comments
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by sdfx 16y ago
Yes, this way of interacting with your pc could be a nice addition to existing ways like touch or voice recognition, particularly if this is part of a system wide framework. Locking your screen when you are not in front of it (and eventuall
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What is the Speed of Gravity?(scienceblogs.com)
218 points by sdfx 16y ago|117 comments
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Numbers don't count(capgemini.com)
1 points by sdfx 16y ago|0 comments
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by sdfx 16y ago
Doesn't it say in the article that in the past, 24% of the Hindenburg Omen were followed by a stock market crash? From the article: Looking back at historical data, the probability of a move greater than 5% to the downside after a confirme
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by sdfx 16y ago
In the discussion page of this article is a link to a schematic drawing - although it's obviously hard to tell how accurate this depiction is: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Typhoon_class_Schema....
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by sdfx 16y ago
He points out that minimalism isn't the "best" design, just a different style and a designer has to pick the most appropriate one. While I wouldn't call this an earth shattering new insight, it's still is a fair point. But his examples are
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by sdfx 16y ago
Sure, I think runmap.net especially offers a great mapping-tool and a good way to discover new tracks, but leaves a lot to be desired in the community area. If you could combine great maps with Twitter (Sending messages like: I just ran X m
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by sdfx 16y ago
Running a marathon is hard - really hard. Most people need month to train for a marathon and only run maybe 70% of the distance during training. A designated city marathon offers a lot of benefits that you don't get when running alone:
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Is there a doctor in the network?(blog.palantirtech.com)
1 points by sdfx 16y ago|0 comments
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by sdfx 16y ago
I really applaud your bold move and wish you the best of luck. But there is a lot of "the grass is always greener on the other side" mentality in this post, especially regarding personal freedoms and the bureaucracy/legal-system. I wonder
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by sdfx 16y ago
I agree that the effort and money spent on conservation is skewed in favor of cute and furry animals. But there is a real upside to getting rid of mosquitoes. From the article: Malaria infects some 247 million people worldwide each year, a
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by sdfx 16y ago
I've heard an interview on the planet money podcast some time ago where they had a teacher on. The teacher said, that she uses one dollar bills which she hands over to a student one bill at a time to give them a sense of larger numbers. She
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by sdfx 16y ago
There is a place for the "compare to everyday measurements" info-graphics. But as others have pointed out, it doesn't take a genius to understand that one gallon of oil has the same volume as one gallon of milk and 184 millions of anything
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by sdfx 16y ago
From the abstract of the study: Participants were 7744 men (20-89 yr) initially free of CVD who returned a mail-back survey during 1982. Time spent watching TV and time spent riding in a car were reported. Mortality data were ascertained t
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by sdfx 16y ago
Yes, it reminded me of them as well. But while Yahoo Pipes look nice they get over complicated pretty fast. Flow charts for automatic call answering on the other hand have been around for quite some time and might be a better fit for such a
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by sdfx 16y ago
Then why not skip the sign up page completely? Let everyone upload non persistent data with a limit on the number of data points.

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