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msbmsb

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About msbmsb

http://www.google.com/profiles/mitchellbowden

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    Comment #4242025

    I did the same thing. Tag next to the entry-way light switch for changing to an "at-home" profile, tag next to the bed for switching between night mode and morning mode, tag at wor…

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    Comment #3400377

    Anything that I already know very well (and like, of course). What that is will depend on the day/mood. The main thing is that I find I work better with music already known over si…

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    Comment #2080200

    The google map linked in the article[1] contains many entries that don't quite fit the oddness of some of the die-offs people are talking about. For example, [2] refers to 150 tons…

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    Comment #2014438

    Country names/adjectives: English,England,British,French,France,German,Germany In most cases the adjectival form of a country tracks pretty closely to the nominal form (e.g. France…

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    Comment #2014027

    Also interesting, the 1700s were not kind to the numbers "six" or "seven": http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=one%2Ctwo%2Cthree...

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    Comment #2013876

    The parsing of contractions/words with apostrophes is broken/unsupported: http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=can%27t%2Ccouldn%... vs http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?cont…

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    Comment #2013765

    one,two,three,four,five,six,seven,eight,nine,ten http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=one%2Ctwo%2Cthree... In order, except "ten" shows up between "six" and "seven".

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    Comment #2006119

    I can't upvote this enough.

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    Comment #1976710

    Link to the Chrome branch's tool source code: http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/...

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    Comment #1962454

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/6273202.stm Larger lung capacity, larger heart, lower lactic acid levels, higher Vo2 max. Also: "Spaniard Miguel Indurain, who took five successive [Tour…

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    Comment #1935158

    How does this compare to other question answering systems?

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    Comment #1935044

    I like how they're sharing features with each other.

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    Comment #1935028

    Very interesting mashup. I like how they've decided to share features with each other instead of just one incorporating those of the other.

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    Comment #1922724

    All diff views are returning HTTP 301s instead of the commits for me, same for everyone else? I really like this viewer, definitely much easier to quickly browse a repo than normal…

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    Comment #1921578

    Ask HN: How is the avg in my HN profile calculated? -> http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1648811

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    Comment #1918296

    I looked for a prior submission before posting - search and browse. Somehow I missed it.

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