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Sticker shock: Why are glasses so expensive? (2013)(cbsnews.com)
3 points by sheltgor 12y ago|0 comments
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Why Comcast just added a $1.50 ‘Broadcast TV Fee’ to your monthly bill(geekwire.com)
2 points by sheltgor 12y ago|0 comments
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Spotify, Pandora and how streaming music kills jazz and classical(salon.com)
1 points by sheltgor 12y ago|0 comments
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by sheltgor 12y ago
This personally gives me another good impression on MSFT since Nadella took the helm. Took them long enough to come around to it, but this sort of mentality could do them well.
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Microsoft exec admits new reality: Market share no longer 90% – it’s 14%(geekwire.com)
8 points by sheltgor 12y ago|1 comments
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How Sega Planned To Crush Nintendo, 24 Years Ago(kotaku.com)
93 points by sheltgor 12y ago|17 comments
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Washington pot store opens its doors(blogs.seattletimes.com)
2 points by sheltgor 12y ago|0 comments
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The Culture Keeping Women Out of Tech Jobs(fivethirtyeight.com)
6 points by sheltgor 12y ago|4 comments
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Tips For Crafting A Strong Password That Really Pops(clickhole.com)
1 points by sheltgor 12y ago|0 comments
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How the Sounders use wearables to improve soccer player fitness(geekwire.com)
1 points by sheltgor 12y ago|0 comments
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by sheltgor 12y ago
That's how most of the teams have been able to counter Messi so far; whenever he gets the ball, make sure two or three guys are on him. That he's still scored four goals despite that is a testament to his prodigious skill, but its
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by sheltgor 12y ago
"During the 2013 fiscal year, the Taxi and Limousine Commission impounded more than six hundred illegal vans, two hundred and forty of them in Brooklyn." Imagine the uproar on HN if this were to happen to, say, Uber drivers...
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by sheltgor 12y ago
Sounds nice except when you consider that: 1. Even Leo Messi isn't "1000x more productive/as talented as the average [footballer]". Messi is a difference maker to be sure, and one might even say he counts for two or thre
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The Effect of Board Quotas on Female Labor Market Outcomes in Norway(nber.org)
1 points by sheltgor 12y ago|0 comments
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Were the Billions Brazil Spent on World Cup Stadiums Worth It?(fivethirtyeight.com)
3 points by sheltgor 12y ago|0 comments
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T-Mobile employees speak out against CEO’s ‘raping’ remark(geekwire.com)
4 points by sheltgor 12y ago|0 comments
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by sheltgor 12y ago
Awesome! When you leave and return, are your planets saves? Can your planets be attacked while you're away?
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by sheltgor 12y ago
While Van Gogh and Bach certainly lived fairly modest if not, in the former's case, threadbare lives, the others, who unlike Bach and Van Gogh were also quite highly regarded in their lives, were pretty well off (though Mozart squander
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Teachers protest in downtown Seattle, say Bill Gates is ruining education(geekwire.com)
5 points by sheltgor 12y ago|0 comments
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T-Mobile CEO John Legere makes case for wireless merger(geekwire.com)
1 points by sheltgor 12y ago|0 comments
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Pixel Currency(sureskumar.com)
2 points by sheltgor 12y ago|0 comments
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Amazon CTO: Cloud isn’t a winner-take-all market(geekwire.com)
1 points by sheltgor 12y ago|0 comments
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by sheltgor 12y ago
It may be the case that he gets paid, but the Surface is at least a legitimately good piece of hardware (much better in its product domain than IE)
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by sheltgor 12y ago
This could seriously open up the market for a new contender. Didn't Twitch take off thanks to how onerous it has become to handle game-related videos on Youtube? Perhaps something similar could happen for music, since as far as I know
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by sheltgor 12y ago
That's pretty much how I use facebook, though its in the form of a chat and related group, while I'm still in Uni. One or two chat threads with ten or so good friends each. Lots of great conversations, sharing, in-jokes, etc. Way
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by sheltgor 12y ago
Interesting tidbit at the end on Dicks, and I completely agree. As simple as it is (only four variations on the burger, cheese, no cheese, all the fixings, double with everything, one size of fries, shakes, and that's their entire menu
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Microsoft to sell new Kinect for Windows at $199, ships July 15(geekwire.com)
1 points by sheltgor 12y ago|0 comments
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by sheltgor 12y ago
I recall a lot of this stuff being in their visitor center around 2002 or 3 and recalling just how futuristic it seemed. Interesting to see in context with the internet of things and Apple's own announcement today.
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Microsoft Smart Home (1999)(youtube.com)
1 points by sheltgor 12y ago|1 comments
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by sheltgor 12y ago
Agreed. I would assume it is due to e being used so frequently as a modifier of other letters in the form of silent e to change the pronunciation of other vowels.

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