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Comment #7647212
If people want my business they'll optimize for DuckDuckGo, whatever that may entail. That's my primary search engine. I've been using it heavily since the Snowden release and it's…
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Comment #5688905
The writer of the article acts so far removed from how poorer people live s/he doesn't realize why they spend small amounts on gas, but it's just a ruse. For those to whom it's act…
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Comment #5674106
"X is the new rock star." -X. We've been through this before with "designers," etc. If someone is calling you a rock star and you are not a rock star, they are probably pumping you…
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Comment #5668191
This article has little to do with the food truck business and everything to do with NYC. Other cities have thriving food truck cultures which the author acknowledges in the final …
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Comment #5638877
I definitely agree that not every web/social app is valuable, and I believe in treating the Earth like a campsite - leave it in better condition that you found it. I also want to p…
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Comment #5612841
Agreed. There IS a point of diminishing returns. I've found i save myself 5-15 minutes a day simply by ignoring all Apple-related news :) The day-to-day is simply same old same old…
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Comment #5554397
Well are you able to express the same sympathy and empathy for the people (twice as many) killed with handguns yesterday? and the day before? and the week before? and every day of …
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Comment #5554289
Also tax day.
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Comment #5533967
Pretty neat, but I don't and won't have iOS. I'm also nervous because ebay is hiking their fees. That makes THREE markups to absorb: credit transaction fee, ebay fee, Sold fee.
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Comment #5526537
yes exactly. i have a G1 and this looks pretty much like my homepage, except for the graph of # of emails my employees have sent. It took me a few minutes to figure out that is all…
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Comment #5481091
Something few realize is that payment is about to make a serious shift as NFC becomes mainstream. LevelUp, being partially entrenched as an alternative to credit cards, could take …
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Comment #5480057
>Everything is proprietary!! that is our big advantage. Do your customers care if it's proprietary or not? What about when there's a security breach and you can't upgrade to fix it…
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Comment #5460656
Plenty of people know why. They're researchers. They've published why. The end of the NYT article blandly states in one sentence: "Some researchers have concluded that neonicotinoi…
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Comment #5457991
Thank you for succinctly stating what I used 9,000 words above to say. Sure, thanks to discretely-dressed marketing ladies, the author's life has become "harder than it used to be.…
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Comment #5457878
From the article's author's words "if I could have substituted all the plain-clothes promoters for traditional booth babes, I would have done it in a heartbeat," I would say your u…
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Comment #5443216
Typical commercial unit is $10k - $25k Typical diy unit is $2k-$3k w/ major but not hard assembly. See http://buildyourcnc.com and http://nortd.com/lasersaur Typical power nec. for…
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Comment #5402694
People should probably realize they don't need Sendgrid at all. There are plenty of competitors out there, why not switch today? Amazon SES Postmark SocketLabs MailJet Mailgun Post…
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Comment #5393936
It tells what it is in terms of Smalltalk. I don't remember what Smalltalk was. It was old when I was a kid.
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Comment #5294986
You are so right in every way. I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
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Comment #5294980
I'll just leave this here. https://www.google.com/search?q=html5+midi
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Comment #5292610
From that same page: >ABS plastic is damaged by sunlight. This caused one of the most widespread and expensive automobile recalls in US history.