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alexfarran

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    Comment #21572966

    Bricklink.com is a lot like that. They have a large catalogue of set inventories and a database of sellers' stocks of bricks. Here's a how-to video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=…

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    Comment #16413194

    The paper is here http://rmi.nus.edu.sg/events/pku2017/Program%20Agenda/3.%20M... I don't think it's suggesting that quantum effects play a major role in the movement of the stock …

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    Comment #14803010

    Thanks for posting that. Where would a PHP programmer go to get a foothold in Scala web development?

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    Comment #14058229

    This article in Popular Mechanics explains it a bit better http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a25922/apollo...

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    Comment #13948000

    Have you looked at Hack? It has all those features.

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    Comment #9113496

    This seems to be the way that commercial Wordpress themes are sold. 100% GPL licensed, but sold in the normal way. eg http://crowdfavorite.com/carrington-build/docs/faq/#license . …

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    Comment #9058241

    And the wheel, that was revolutionary.

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    Comment #8068572

    That's a really useful insight. What particular problems did you run across in Python that Java/C++ handled better?

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    Comment #6774445

    Tim "4 hour workweek" Ferris actually did something similar using virtual assistants. http://blog.timferriss.com/1/post/2009/07/how-to-tim-ferriss...

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    Comment #6626155

    I find it really helpful to write little notes and diagrams to help visualise the problem and as a basic mnemonic technique. There's not much space in your short term memory so it'…

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    Comment #6249374

    Help! My digital self has been enslaved by corporate missionaries and forced to drink coke. Can we calm down on the emotive metaphors a little so I can see the actual point?

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    Comment #6132835

    You might also want to listen to The Search For The Perfect office, another BBC documentary on the subject http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b036wfzv

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    Comment #5694335

    Just read it in the voice of Hugh Grant.

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