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bulltale

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    Comment #8620256

    I'd love to see such a list. I am anxiously awaiting your "Show HN" submission, scott_s!

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    Comment #8553609

    Related, although a different use case: http://www.ampelmann.nl/

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    Comment #8512680

    Good for Blendle! Not the first Dutch start-up to be funded by US investors, but one of the most well known (in the Netherlands anyway). As far as I am aware, there is no US-based …

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    Comment #8458770

    In addition, in the step before where the heat is transferred away from the reactor walls to the turbines, a heat flux is needed of 100MJ/s. Assuming a contact surface of 100m2, th…

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    Comment #8436507

    It looks like the interview parts were mixed up in the editing. To watch the interview in chronological order start at 13:44, watch till the end and then start from the beginning.

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    Comment #8355472

    The fraction is 0.00021. The percentage is 0.021%. Still small though.

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    Comment #7483147

    Fred Wilson gave a nice overview.[1] Indeed not much better than other investments. [1]: http://avc.com/2013/02/venture-capital-returns/

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    Comment #7080992

    Nice, although I'd like some more explanation about what I see. When I click the hint for the oldest object in the universe I get: [object Object], with the URL: javascript:Zoomers…

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    Comment #6970101

    On my Macbook Air I have remapped the eject key to forward delete.

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    Comment #6200937

    I haven't used BB10 yet, but I am willing to believe you. However, I think the issue is that success on the mobile OS market is determined in a large part by the ecosystem around i…

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    Comment #5795046

    This is of course part of the risk associated with Kickstarter, projects may fail or be delayed. As you seem to be an avid backer, do you feel satisfied with the general delivery o…

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    Comment #5770402

    The story Businessinsider refers to is at Businessweek: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-03-28/how-samsung-...

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    Comment #5770383

    My initial reaction is that this is a turning point in electric car technology. If there was one company suited to take the role in battery swapping like Tesla did for electric car…

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    Comment #5062837

    From what I recall you can stop friends from tagging you in photos on FB.

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    Comment #5012668

    There is fine line between creating a positive experience for the end user, and suggesting a positive experience. Some examples: Cars: No, cheaper car makers will not degrade the e…

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    Comment #5012622

    Yes, we should, but my trail of thought tried to address the deeper (or tangential) rationale for humanized error messages. My argument was that if you humanize error messages, you…

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    Comment #5012524

    I think there is a strong causation between the way products address their users (not only software, but also cars, appliances, physical forms), and the perceived value of that pro…

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    Comment #4739826

    At first thought I agreed with you. But then I realised, that is how many of those names started: they were the dominant brand for a while and thus became the household name. I hea…

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    Comment #4739815

    Some ideas: - Do the bookmarks have any extra info? For example the links to the HULU pages. Do they contain parameters (such as ?campaign=fb) which could point to the origin of th…

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    Comment #4613585

    Outstanding comment. Especially since you wrote it in 30 minutes. Very interesting that the best tests still have a low validity.

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    Comment #4613563

    Paraphrased: Ask the applicant to explain any topic for 5 minutes to the one interviewing. Then the interviewer will draw a blank face. Talented applicants will ask the interviewer…

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    Comment #4613518

    Very good question. This could not only apply to programmers, but anyone involved in communicating complex issues (medical personnel, engineers, etc). On a side note, I do not read…