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Ask HN: What happened when Slack didn't consolidate communication @ your office?
3 points by vwcx 8y ago|1 comments
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by vwcx 8y ago
I've noticed this with several friends who complained about the fees their bank is charging them on a simple savings or checking account. It is like people don't realize that banks pay to borrow your money and anything else is a n
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by vwcx 8y ago
"The problem [in India] isn't just a lack of toilets -- it's a lack of toilets that people want to use." National Geographic's deep-dive on the issue: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine&#x2F
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by vwcx 8y ago
Anyone remember AOL Keywords?
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by vwcx 8y ago
It's a great surprise to realize you've been shooting HEIFs for months and then can't open them on your MBP because you're "only" on El Capitan.
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by vwcx 8y ago
There will be a point in the future where your child or grandchild will encounter this audio. What will you tell them about this time period?
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by vwcx 8y ago
I highly doubt most men can take tires off and lift them and put them back on, too.
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by vwcx 8y ago
I was hoping, based on the title, that this was going to address the exploding popularity of people starting IG accounts for their huskies and then claiming the animals are part-wolf. This is a real phenomenon with (albeit smaller) conseque
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by vwcx 8y ago
“It comes down to the luck of where your ancestors settled,” Wilson says. “Or where you bought ground.” https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/08/vanishin...
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by vwcx 8y ago
"“I think that there isn’t a photograph in the world that has any narrative ability. Any of ‘em. They do not tell stories – they show you what something looks like. To a camera. The minute you relate this thing to what was photographed
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by vwcx 9y ago
And National Geographic has just been sold to Disney. I assure you, the ownership doesn't affect reporting on a story like this.
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by vwcx 9y ago
No, because in most cases the program requires the passenger's name to match the FF account name.
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by vwcx 9y ago
Can you recommend a particular BP machine? I have $100 in an FSA I need to spend in the next 16 hours and I've had a similar experience to you with white coat syndrome.
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by vwcx 9y ago
On a related note, a team has just set off to attempt a summit of K2 in winter -- a feat thought physically impossible: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/12/K2-mountain-wint...
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by vwcx 9y ago
Real estate is not a passive investment and not something to get into casually because you have money and want to grow it.
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by vwcx 9y ago
I sometimes share similar thoughts, and then I realize that my outlook on a manual job like this is one born in privilege. The 8-year-old boy in me would love to try delivering UPS packages for a week, but it would be different knowing I ca
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by vwcx 9y ago
Disney owns ESPN. Combining Fox Sports and ESPN is big in its own right.
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by vwcx 9y ago
Hello fellow DMV resident. Where in the area do you hope to find a municipality more tolerant to basic biodiversity? Out towards Harper's Ferry, perhaps?
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He's the last in the lineage of those who do this within this specific group: "“For the Kulung, the ethnic group that lives in Saadi, for them to be able to go onto the cliff and touch the honeycomb and the honey, you have to be s
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by vwcx 9y ago
Yes, but that still doesn't mitigate the rapid freeze/thaw effects on the concrete/asphalt that the City of Pittsburgh uses.
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The Atlantic and citylab are the same company. Of course they are cross-posting.
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How Africa's Tech Generation Is Changing the Continent(nationalgeographic.com)
2 points by vwcx 9y ago|0 comments
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> "this is still a great way to retire" what is? having a home that's appreciated 4x over decades to liquidate or having locked in a home to live in?
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by vwcx 9y ago
Anand Varma has a really powerful/terrifying photo series on host-parasite relationships in nature: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/11/mindsuckers/varma-... The accompanying article in National Ge
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by vwcx 9y ago
One reason for the decrease in state-run psychiatric beds was the rampant abuse most facilities hosted. As this was addressed, a replacement was not introduced.
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by vwcx 9y ago
No mention of SkinnyCorp LLC. I always admired them for walking away from the design race when they discovered t-shirts to be more profitable.
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When was the last time you applied for public housing? It isn't just a "fallback" for society when the economic structure falters. Even people in public housing struggle to keep eligible by showing certain proofs of PT income
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I wonder what this comment section would like if this study was released during last year's Zika panic.
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And the same process will occur with the memories of their jobs. In X years, a politician will harken back to the days of a strong local economy where high-quality products were produced internally and provided a living wage. Slogans will b
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by vwcx 9y ago
Thanks. That's a perspective that didn't really dawn on me until your comment. I guess in some ways, the muted colors could be seen less as the colorist's stylistic choice than an appeal to "safe" representation of

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