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11y ago
Panama just passed compliance with FATF (February 2016) and it's a message that their political leader/law firm owner/world's largest money launderer (his name is in the OP's title) is no longer open for business a
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11y ago
"So you think there's a chance" - Niburu Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nibiru_cataclysm
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11y ago
You can't automate exceptions and mistakes, which is what most companies spend a lot of time with. Also the industry has decades of proprietary crap build into it. This is certainly one area the tech sector can tackle (maybe with smart
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11y ago
Well to be frank, they will know why they failed but it's not very relevant to anything else. If you miss a target it doesn't mean you learn how to make the target better.
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11y ago
I agree, it's just sad to see several areas of the market move towards centralized closed source solutions. It's as though a new generation of developers don't even know what open source is, including the dangers these "
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11y ago
A browser that accepts payments that only a tiny fraction of users know how to use or trust (bitcoin)...for a very technical subset of the market (demographic), for which this problem doesn't really exist. Outlook not great.
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11y ago
Google maps UI has gotten much worse over the last few years in terms of usability > aesthetics. It not even close to being intuitive anymore.
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11y ago
Why does anyone thinks that a centralized chat service is a good idea? I especially don't get why open source projects move to a platform they cannot even control or commit to. It makes no sense.
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11y ago
There are a lot missing from your paid only section, such as exacttarget (salesforce).
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11y ago
I would say mainly visuals, think Photoshop meets Excel meets Javascript. One of the founders of Tableau founded Pixar studios so you can imagine that graphics are important. But it also has some great data options. Some examples: https:&#
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11y ago
You say "will already have information about postcodes and so on". How exactly do you get your hands on postal code geo data, have you tried that? Have you created your own geo postal code database, or maybe used an API. I'm
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11y ago
Honestly I don't care about stock rhetoric, it's an awesome product I use every week. I evaluated lot's of BI's options because it's a pricey product and I'm super happy with it, Tableau is actually fun (becau
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11y ago
Lol, so I use Tableau every week. For example today I had a government request to measure quantity of customers outside a particular business radius of 40km. Meaning what percent of total visits are in the radius vs outside it. I had 8k pos
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11y ago
That's ridiculous and will be ridiculous until robots can replace humans. For example, do you think someone like DJ shadow who has spent tens of thousands of hours digging in empty, old, dusty basements finding and curating music over
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11y ago
This is like asking a chef to make new food based on what you like to eat. You will never discover anything really new, your experience will be narrowcasted. Avoid this and let dj's, friends, musicians, people, and just surfing around
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11y ago
Honestly its best to ask a pro, backs are complicated and what works for me might not work for someone else, even with a similar injury. What I do is pigeon pose, cat pose, bird dog, press-up back extensions, and several on my back where I
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11y ago
Some tips because I have a herniated disk and severe back issues at the moment: * Be careful of opinions and chiropractors, if you are in actual pain get a CT Scan or MRI. * I stand all day at work, maybe I sit for 30 minutes here and there
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12y ago
Robert Bunker's opinion is the only thing that makes sense in that article.
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12y ago
Here is a $ sign from pre 1700 Spanish coin http://www.ancientresource.com/lots/shipwreck-pirate-coins.h... ( #CS20730 ). There are more of these that pre date that, so this article is fairly opinionated.
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12y ago
Here is a $ sign from pre 1700 Spanish coin http://www.ancientresource.com/lots/shipwreck-pirate-coins.h... ( #CS20730 ). There are more of these that pre date that, so this article is fairly opinionated.
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12y ago
Wait a minute..backup, you can hire a PR firm for a bug report. WTF.
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12y ago
Its like his twitter feed is bizzaro world: https://twitter.com/TomWheelerFCC Someone who actually makes sense.
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12y ago
I constantly see negative bias towards social media, sure some of it is warranted, and most of it related to privacy, but what abut the positives? The hard reality that revenue needs to be generated is a very real struggle. This was evolvi
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12y ago
The is fear bait and not a well rounded analysis, it belongs on FOX news and is completely sophomoric. For example: (Peter Thiel) - believes in a theory called "memetic desire" which uses people's social groups to manipuate
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12y ago
This is pretty meaningless in context, when you visit pinterest the site is login gated. Sure that might look good on paper but it's a short term strategy.
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12y ago
I agree, I thought this article was going to be about public transportation, since in many places outside the U.S. a "metro" is a subway/train. I was actually looking forward to a comparison of actual metro fares.
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12y ago
Most likely the Lion of Judah, who's symbol and emblem was and is still currently used, considering Yahweh was the national god of the Kingdom of Judah. This can be seen on the coat of arms of Jerusalem : http://en.wikiped
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This is a fairly naive and negative statement no offensive, the context of history is important, the planet is in a much better place to communicate ideas and consensus, and it gets better every year. The fact you're even reading about
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There is an age old word too, scapegoat. It's must be easy to lay blame on something that can't be heard.
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This has been going on in one form of another throughout history. But if you want to sway opinion on the internet, it's not that easy. There are a lot of voices and noise in the mix, compared to how it was a mere 20 years ago. This is
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