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jimboyoungblood

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About jimboyoungblood

http://jimy.wordpress.com/

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    Comment #26258189

    Apparently they're being built by a company called Oshkosh Defense because... delivering mail is just like combat?

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    Comment #26258154

    Better yet- do both.

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    Comment #25510557

    Walk away and start a new company that does the same thing.

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    Comment #11838285

    They've had a notice at the top of https://www.instagram.com/developer/ since late last year. >> Any app created before Nov 17, 2015 will continue to function until June 1, 2016. O…

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    Comment #11155282

    Comcast is not a tech company.

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    Comment #9924374

    i just purchased it. was a bit disappointed that it downsampled my 4k videos to 720p. was there some sort of preference setting that i overlooked?

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    Comment #9534264

    go bears. i just placed my order.

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    Comment #8708525

    who says they haven't? http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Victim-of-alleged-Uber... edit: yes it happens in taxis too, but in that case it's pretty clear that the taxi company h…

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    Comment #7162662

    And to make it even better (if you use OSX): Install GeekTool and use the shell "Geeklet" to affix the todo list permanently on your desktop background. You can adjust the font/siz…

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    Comment #7042879

    Why don't you ask them directly? The email address listed in their github profile is: feministsoftwarefoundation@loves.dicksinmyan.us

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    Comment #6769526

    > The world at large isn't ready to hear these statistics, and overall that is probably a good thing. I agree. Research and data might make people feel bad, and not making people f…

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    Comment #6635390

    i've "abused" countless laptops over the years this way. none of them seem to have been affected negatively. in comparison, my wife routinely lets the battery on hers run close to …

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    Comment #6616325

    ChatRoulette, Napster, BitTorrent, PointCast, RockYou, etc etc

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    Comment #6614732

    There's never been a startup who achieved serious traction but wasn't able to monetize itself. You're joking, right?

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    Comment #5723976

    It's totally actionable- moms should lick their kids more often.

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    Comment #5407328

    afaik, LiveJournal (i.e., Brad Fitzpatrick) invented the follower/following pattern, except they just called it "friends of" & "friends". LJ was the direct inspiration for Twitter,…

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    Comment #5310924

    Hey, I can conjure up random pithy quotes too: "The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, usually fail to do so." "The people who don't think they can cha…

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    Comment #5067913

    dunno that these are the "best", but this definitely inspires me to NOT make a landing page like these examples..

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    Comment #4978918

    do you play live or online? and at what stakes?

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    Comment #4667371

    Not to be confused with "Apple acquires Silicon Color" http://appleinsider.com/article/?id=2147

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    Comment #4381570

    Even worse.

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    Comment #4287750

    typically the original investors get their cash back (no more, no less). there's no reason an acquiring company would want their stock in the hands of random investors they have no…

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    Comment #4230089

    Not if you also register them for a conference that happens to be going on at the same time/place. I've always assumed that's the purpose of most conferences anyway.

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    Comment #4204860

    it's not just an mba or big company problem. i've seen some outrageous misrepresentations made by startups/founders. not talking about random guys off the street either- these have…