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The relatively unknown megafauna tragedy and its relevance today(barefootmuse.wordpress.com)
38 points by vjvj 12y ago|29 comments
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Investment Banking 2.0 Says “Hello World?”(techcrunch.com)
8 points by vjvj 12y ago|0 comments
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by vjvj 12y ago
It doesn't say where he is going to go. It seems to be a plea for support rather than a bone fide plan. Can't imagine being constrained to the same place for 2 years, horrible stuff.
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MET Police whistleblower resigns over manipulated crime statistics(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by vjvj 12y ago|0 comments
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by vjvj 12y ago
That demo video gets the concept across very neatly and succinctly.
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by vjvj 12y ago
Songthaew
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by vjvj 12y ago
Speed does not cause accidents. Bad driving does. The two are sometimes, but not always, linked. We should stop focusing on policing speed and start policing bad driving.
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by vjvj 12y ago
Sure the public appeal is a better option for a small start up to put pressure Instagram to use a different name rather than a behind the scenes legal notice...
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by vjvj 12y ago
Neat! I'll be honest, I wouldn't have thought so many but sounds like you've found a good market.
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by vjvj 12y ago
There is already a service like this that uses 3 words instead of that weird string: http://what3words.com
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by vjvj 12y ago
How many sales have you made at $50?
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by vjvj 12y ago
Awesome now I understand what it does and when I'd use it. This is much clearer!
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by vjvj 12y ago
I don't understand what (or rather how) it does from reading this: "Knock is a message which acts like a call. When you knock a friend, your friend receives a call, and can see the text written on the screen. You get a response wi
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We cannot outsource the business of doing good to the government (Julie Meyer)(google.co.uk)
1 points by vjvj 12y ago|0 comments
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by vjvj 12y ago
The main disadvantage is not being able to type with one hand. That said, if the physical keyboard is touch sensitive and Blackberry have managed to incorporate flick to type, this could become very interesting.
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Watch London in real time: tweets, tubes, etc.(wearedata.watchdogs.com)
96 points by vjvj 12y ago|39 comments
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by vjvj 12y ago
As much as I rely on LinkedIn they have a HORRIBLE approach to user privacy. Hope they get hit hard and learn a lesson.
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The White List tracks which startups investors have their eye on(venturebeat.com)
1 points by vjvj 12y ago|0 comments
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Find startups as soon as influential investors follow them(areyouwhitelisted.com)
1 points by vjvj 12y ago|1 comments
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by vjvj 12y ago
It seems like it's aimed purely at developers & designers, but from past sessions, this would be useful for any kind of founder. What's the deal for technically minded founders that aren't devs/designers?
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by vjvj 12y ago
Sensational headline. Blackberry has made many mistakes in the past 5 years but to say that this is its first good idea is wrong.
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Ask HN: How is LinkedIn pulling in contacts from an unlinked email account?
1 points by vjvj 13y ago|0 comments
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by vjvj 13y ago
Thanks for the tips Vlod. I do actually eat veggie quite a lot and enjoy actively trying out the vegetarian stuff that I wouldn't without the mindset that I have now. My issue is that when you're traveling or you just come across
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by vjvj 13y ago
Agree with the gist of the article but ultimately if I were to see a co-worker leaving at 5.30 prompt each day as well as spending time doing unrelated things on the internet, I would be of the impression that he/she wasn't workin
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by vjvj 13y ago
I tried to eat only expensive meat to reduce the chances that the animals it comes from are bred in conditions such as those described in the article. The idea was that naturally this would reduce the amount of meat I ate as the cost of the
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by vjvj 13y ago
What a feeble attempt at reform. In particular, the sentence copied below makes it sound like just another summer new story that will soon fade into insignificance: "But this summer’s revelations highlighted the urgent need to reform g
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Ask HN: How to graph total tweets about "bitcoin" in given timeframe?
3 points by vjvj 13y ago|5 comments
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by vjvj 13y ago
Logically, either they are: 1) Being killed off by agents representing the interests of other countries - likely aided by Indian politicians. or 2) Being killed by India's own agents because they are suspected of leaking sensitive data
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by vjvj 13y ago
That would be the opposite of progress.
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by vjvj 13y ago
I was hoping for a how-to

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