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by sgc 11y ago
There is one thing about github I find annoying, which is inseparable from what makes it great. On SF, it was normal and the cultural norm to find compiled software along with the the source. I just spent my morning going back and forth wit
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by sgc 11y ago
I am typing on a $500 Asus flip that is all aluminum with a glass touchscreen. It is very nice, but I regret the OS (Windows 8.1,locked in place using the hosts file to avoid MS upgrades). The issue I see is that the other side of the fence
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by sgc 11y ago
They probably just have a well-planned contract.
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by sgc 11y ago
Highest corporate rate, but far from the highest effective corporate tax, Where much of Europe, Australia, Japan, etc. have higher rates. http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IC.TAX.TOTL.CP.ZS?order=...
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by sgc 11y ago
Right, but this is not one of those. It is a case of using existing infrastructure because it was already 80% built.
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by sgc 11y ago
I don't think he was saying they acted poorly by announcing on HN, but that he would prefer to grant someone trust rather than have it forced on him before he even knew about it. Not an easy task for a functional web, but it would obvi
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by sgc 11y ago
I use fastmail and I am happy with it, but you may never know if they access your servers and mirror them using the datacentre back end. Honestly, I would be surprised if they have not done so already, it's not like you are a low profi
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by sgc 11y ago
I think you are too cynical to be able to understand it. What you propose they are doing is the equivalent of inviting the fox into the hen house to give the other roosters a run for their money--it is Russian roulette. I doubt anyone using
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by sgc 11y ago
It does because emission regulations are not there for comparison purposes alone. We need to reduce emissions to a certain level, and the environment won't be fooled. This is similar to the way unemployment is now calculated based on a
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by sgc 11y ago
That is its first definition, not its only one. It is regularly used to simply mean immense.
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by sgc 11y ago
As long as you aren't constantly bricking/breaking things, as has happened to me with updates from Windows 8 and Office.
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by sgc 11y ago
I don't buy this. The real issue is prestige. Many journals use a large publisher for their brand name. As schools themselves manage to establish significant international brand awareness, they no longer need this service. There is cur
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by sgc 11y ago
I think what you are looking for is MIRR: Modified internal rate of return. What were the initial and later cash investments? What was the opportunity cost to the founders? When was that money and time spent? When were they payed and how mu
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by sgc 12y ago
I looked into this after they spent a billion in the north bay just to add empty carpool lanes. First of all, many people are unable to change their work habits to accommodate carpooling, and thus a major use of the carpool is simply bringi
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by sgc 12y ago
And that is why Chrome did away with the bookmark pane. What people do today is largely determined by their choice of browser. I use FF and bookmark my login urls. We are discussing the problems of domain names--part of the basic infrastruc
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by sgc 12y ago
Here is Nokia maps. It is most likely they have a more complex relationship with Google than most and prefer to release the beta app before finalizing the details of that relationship. I have been waiting for this for years.
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by sgc 13y ago
If you use these much, mscdirect.com is strong competition for mcmaster-carr, because they often have better prices and their shipping is very fast--although the site can only be used in internet explorer at times. These are all US-centric,