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alastair
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Comment #46818288
Also check out The Case Against Reality by Donald Hoffman
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Comment #34952855
"Consultants, The real reason it costs so much to ____ in _____"
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Comment #14496129
08CB2993E1B8234AAC23C25B5EEF666EABCE712A thanks :)
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Comment #14496127
08CB2993E1B8234AAC23C25B5EEF666EABCE712A - Thank you!
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Comment #12412248
expandable memory
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Comment #10834842
This seems like one of those comments people will link to in a few years when VR is ubiquitous and its success obvious.
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Comment #10551958
FYI the Australian Payments Clearing Association is building a new payments platform to enable instant transfers and is expected to be operational by the second half of 2017: http:…
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Comment #10544250
Zoho Mail also attacked recently: https://www.zoho.com/service-updates/blog/zoho-services-unde...
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Comment #7395193
> As far as I know Google has no desktop client https://tools.google.com/dlpage/drive/?hl=en
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Comment #5066751
What you just described is basically why the patent system sucks - if your idea is so obvious that other people will think of it, it's not worthy of one. Your motive for getting th…
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Comment #4927987
Article is here if anyone is interested (saves you a google) - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1336571/Terr...
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Comment #4360355
Correct - remember relay teams are allowed 5 members.
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Comment #4349246
Make sure you're using an application-specific password for any application that doesn't support two factor authentication - eg, Mail.app on Lion. Thats what they're for.
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Comment #4349229
FB doesn't use Google Authenticator.
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Comment #4125319
Your version plays so much better, that was really not a good way to save 2 bytes.
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Comment #4011210
Do you have an example of this already happening?
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Comment #3981266
It's interesting to note that 27% of Google's revenue comes from partner sites [1], aka Adsense on 3rd party sites, where the "purchasing intent" is not so clear. I personally thin…
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Comment #3887389
It seems along with this announcement google have revised their storage pricing. On the old scheme I could get 20GB for $5/year, now 25GB is ~$30/year (600% increase) - http://supp…
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Comment #3856193
I think this article represents a great starting point when brainstorming, but obviously it should be only one of many tools in your toolbox. Some of the more critical posts here a…
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Comment #3846335
I find this funny considering you need to login with a google account to view public Google+ posts (even though they appear in the SERPs).
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Comment #3831674
It's worth noting that Mark Zuckerberg has already pledged to donate more than half of his wealth to charity, in addition to +$100 million he has already given away.
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Comment #3831666
This isn't spare cash, its equity. I agree with your sentiment, eg. some company giving 10% of your salary to charity on your behalf - thats obviously not a good idea, thats your m…
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Comment #3541225
"We define a monthly active user as a registered Facebook user who logged in and visited Facebook through our website or a mobile device, or took an action to share content or acti…