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by sharpn 17y ago
London, England.
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by sharpn 17y ago
It's not a computer keyboard, but there is a good use for this that's been around for years - midi piano keyboards.
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by sharpn 17y ago
I would have a problem with this - it's like forcing a shop to justify not stocking a particular product. I do think Apple should be clearer, but they shouldn't be compelled to do so.
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by sharpn 17y ago
Good idea to have a less formal meal the evening before (rather than after) the meeting, where possible.
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by sharpn 17y ago
okra
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by sharpn 17y ago
Yes, and often there are two levels of user - those who 'get' what a site is about immediately, and others who need more information. Seperating out detailed descriptions into an FAQ section can lead to a cleaner 'main' site.
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by sharpn 17y ago
I'm learning Spanish at the moment, purely using Michel Thomas's course CDs, and going to Spain for a week every few months. I guess going to Mexico as often as possible would be the US equivalent (I'm in the UK). The CDs are available free
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by sharpn 17y ago
Or "there's no 'i' in 'team', but there is in 'winner'".
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by sharpn 17y ago
The light that burns...
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Interview with Stelios Haji-Ioannou (easyjet founder)(telegraph.co.uk)
1 points by sharpn 17y ago|0 comments
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'electric smoke'
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by sharpn 17y ago
If you are an EU citizen you can work anywhere in the EU (with some temporary restrictions in Austria & Germany if I recall correctly). So for example a Latvian citizen can fly to the UK or Spain & apply for any job without addition
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by sharpn 17y ago
I would flip the 'idea guy' & 'dev guy' percentages at least. An idea without development/execution is worth ~nothing, wheras the development of a good idea is valuable. Find the sucessful company that is closest to what you have in min
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by sharpn 17y ago
'Create Your Own Economy' by Tyler Cowen - a good read.
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by sharpn 17y ago
This is very cool - stroke victims could benefit from this too.
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by sharpn 17y ago
yes, at age 32. It seems his lifestyle (not just pot-smoking of course, but it likely didn't help) contributed to his early death.
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by sharpn 17y ago
Hicks was a great comic, but if you're going to take his act as lifestyle advice then do bear in mind how & when he died.
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by sharpn 17y ago
Context is everything, though. My concern over password security for a meaningless survey is much lower than for a site that stores my credit card details, for example. If the password to your survey got stolen, I'd lose nothing.
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by sharpn 17y ago
I suggest you use a newspaper's archive if wikipedia doesn't suit you.
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by sharpn 17y ago
If you just want to test static pages in different browsers, you can use this site for free - it's what I used to test my site (there are probably others): http://browsershots.org/
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by sharpn 17y ago
"running ruby" too.
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Thoughtful outsiders take on the US by Stephen Fry(stephenfry.com)
41 points by sharpn 17y ago|7 comments
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by sharpn 17y ago
Utter nonsense. Overlaying a racist agenda onto the shift from Myspace to Facebook is ridiculous. Neither have any barier to entry. Abandoning Yahoo! for Google might also shadow the population changes the author alludes to, but does that m
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by sharpn 17y ago
The Jackson ticket game theory thing is noteworthy - but indirectly discovering that The Times is partially hosted on typepad is more remarkable to me. I'd be interested if other Murdoch papers follow suit.
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by sharpn 17y ago
I heard that too (again without proof) - that Lehman (& Bear Stearns) refusal to participate in the LTCM rescue still rankled with other market participants.
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Startup checklist cartoon(thisisindexed.com)
5 points by sharpn 17y ago|0 comments
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Thankyou, yes I think I see your point & it is a valid one. But I suspect any such complicating of the rating algorithm would be of very marginal benefit, if any. For example, I enjoy not having to ever visit TC directly, knowing that I
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by sharpn 17y ago
Do you mean populist ? I don't understand your argument otherwise. Popular stories are destined for the frontpage - and the problem is?? I'm not being snarky - I just don't understand your logic. Are you suggesting that HN should only (or
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by sharpn 17y ago
All interesting deadline-based work involves some degree of overworking at one point - not just startups, but journalists, project managers & many others. But the problem with asking 'successful bootstrappers' whether it was all worth
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Alan Turing, Issac Newton or Jimi Hendrix

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