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motherwell

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    Comment #8957681

    What makes you think that the solution they implemented was a good one, and should have worked?

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    Comment #8957670

    Everyone - repeat after me: SEO DOES NOT HAPPEN IN ISOLATION! I repeat: SEO DOES NOT HAPPEN IN ISOLATION! If one improves a factor on their own site, it doesn't mean that will make…

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    Comment #7463951

    I wish he'd start charging me again. I'm cool with paying for the work he has already DONE, I don't need new work or new things, the back catalogue, even if it was free, would be s…

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    Comment #7363628

    Fuck that's awesome! It needs a lot of work, but I love the ideas behind it. Keep chugging away!

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    Comment #4160575

    Have you looked at the design? This site is a classic example of not over doing anything. It is about conversation and knowledge, and NOTHING else. An extra minute on table-less de…

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    Comment #3989310

    >Finally, after 22 days, it came back up in the rankings That is EXACTLY what is supossed to happen. Google runs a SE with over 5 billion URLs - if anyone tells you, or told you, t…

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    Comment #3439095

    How? Generally curious, because I have ALL those symptoms.

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    Comment #3332061

    You HAVE TO have negative gearing - and it isn't like a family home is tax deductible!

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    Comment #3332056

    So true! But dude, you are in PERTH - the most isolated city in the world. Sydney and Melbourne are far less like that, especially now the dollar is high and we are starting to get…

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    Comment #3214881

    Waiter, boot polisher, hair dresser... anything you need to be there in person to do. For everything else, there is outsourcing :)

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    Comment #3214806

    I wonder if the solution to this whole issue is a proper market, and true innovation, in student lending. A competitive financing market, where college hopefuls compete for access …

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    Comment #3055637

    I lie that, but I think the article implies that unequal societies encourage migration: > unequal sharing of scarce resources created more incentive to migrate in search of additio…

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    Comment #2831062

    https://github.com/nvie/gitflow works really well. The original post http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/ was really compelling, and using it has really helped, …

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    Comment #2163434

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extortion > Extortion, outwresting, and/or exaction is a criminal offense which occurs when a person unlawfully obtains either money, property or servi…

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    Comment #2121824

    Problem is, I'll be out, say at movie, something goes wrong, I get a frantic call asking what is up, have to taxi home to sort it out. So an iPad/iPhone app would REALLY help there…

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    Comment #2120475

    Sweet thanx guys!

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    Ask HN: Anyone have an iPad SSH client suggestion?

    I know I'll need one one day, and the reviews on the App store are less than awe inspiring. Has anyone used one, and have suggestions / complaints / apps to avoid or buy? Not worri…

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    Comment #1952969

    What is the margin of error? For example, if Texas debt is between 10 and 30 billion, then we can't comment. But if it is between 20 and 30, then I think we can reasonably say that…

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    Comment #1952109

    That's really cool and super fast (my god is it fast!). If you are going to launch this, can I suggest that, rather than IP detection, you build out a series of pages for each loca…

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    Comment #1413204

    If a business is profitable, a publicly listed company can "arbitrage" the deal. As some rough numbers, a private sale nets 2-4 times profit as value. A public company is valued at…

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    Comment #888136

    In the same way that marketing exists to game people into buying things? A one word argument, "game", lacks substance. The goal of SEO, good SEO, is to build a site that caters to …

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    Comment #888126

    "Good development of a good service and spreading the word about it is what's needed to get customers." That's a touch simplistic. Spread the word where? To whom? How? The issue of…

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    Comment #888112

    Bah! What dross. This is the same BS that gets spewed about everything "If you have a great product, you don't need marketing", "If you're a great writer, you don't need an editor"…

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    Comment #701134

    "They probably decided to compete on a numeric basis " Really? I would think if you go freemium, you at least have to offer a compelling "free". 1 GB seems useful, 250MB seems usel…