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by farnsworthy 8y ago
"It was an offer like no other offers. The groom asking for Powersoft's hand in marriage was Sybase and the billion dollar dowry offer was very seductive. So a wedding/merger was arranged on February 13, 1995. I hope they too
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by farnsworthy 8y ago
Beautiful. I wonder if a business publication would be interested in an expanded version of this...
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by farnsworthy 8y ago
Open plan verdict: Too much mayo.
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Almost Impossible: The 110 MPH Fastball(thescene.com)
1 points by farnsworthy 8y ago|0 comments
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by farnsworthy 8y ago
It needs a new name (that isn't "ECMAScript").
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by farnsworthy 8y ago
http://zty.pe/
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by farnsworthy 8y ago
12-packs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEX_Btnpd5GWYCOIXtFpb1g/vid...
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Disasters, Arrogance and Greed: From the Titanic to Fukushima(realitysandwich.com)
2 points by farnsworthy 8y ago|0 comments
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by farnsworthy 8y ago
Interested parties: https://www.scribd.com/document/375623623/Call-for-Rule-maki...
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by farnsworthy 8y ago
"After going about as far as I could go folding planes, I decided I need to study this other field, this art called 'Origami.' So I worked on that for about ten years..."
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Designing, folding, and flying the finest paper airplanes [video](wired.com)
115 points by farnsworthy 8y ago|11 comments
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by farnsworthy 8y ago
I could write that series in a weekend.
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by farnsworthy 8y ago
How about for new startups (with low or no volume)?
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by farnsworthy 8y ago
Whitelisting might be better...
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by farnsworthy 8y ago
How about credit card companies, who refuse to allow opting out?
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by farnsworthy 8y ago
The quote sounds like wishful thinking to me (reminiscent of drum-beating realtor-speak). 100% of this customer wants to hear from 0% of the companies with whom he does business. Then there's this common unsubscribe strategy: "Oka
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by farnsworthy 8y ago
https://www.eff.org/
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by farnsworthy 8y ago
Dictionary Attack 1.0
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Spring Tanking: The Business of Baseball(sbnation.com)
1 points by farnsworthy 8y ago|0 comments
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They Call This Abandoned Town the “Weirdest in America.”(wimp.com)
2 points by farnsworthy 9y ago|0 comments
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by farnsworthy 9y ago
Companies are using this, though? The price (both annual, and the above, especially considering transaction costs) is too low! The post says: "Abot logo is just an icon from Icons8. I have to pay $19.90/month for a license."
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by farnsworthy 9y ago
I think you pointed this out yourself: everybody is in fact reading the questions, but in the SERPs, not on SO. (And I'm sure people are scanning the body of the question there, too, if only subconsciously--I know I do.)
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by farnsworthy 9y ago
"When I told a group of kids my eyes were naturally blue (they thought I wore colored contacts), they backed away and whispered, “Scary.” The first time I went to the grocery store, my appearance alone caused a small child to burst int
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by farnsworthy 9y ago
Yes, there's an incredible lack of self-awareness and understanding out there, with regard to others.
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by farnsworthy 9y ago
Not being permitted to do my job. Yes, I'd love to help you, if only you'd let me. Won't you let me? But you won't, because you can't seem to control yourself--it's like a compulsion to self-sabotage. (Similar
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by farnsworthy 9y ago
"Hello monster/ghost person." Yes, that's me?
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by farnsworthy 9y ago
Agreed, it's a simple, polite request to a business partner. George says: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usN3rpfFoGA&t=30s
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by farnsworthy 9y ago
Sad Original Simba. :(
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by farnsworthy 9y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_sWmWM7-fs Experts (?) with their "sense of excitement" and such, but the parents shopping for this year's Xmas sensation consumer good will be looking at price and availabili
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by farnsworthy 9y ago
"In 2002, she oversaw a secret prison in Thailand that tortured two terrorism suspects. That torture took place within the CIA’s “extraordinary rendition” program, in which suspected terrorists are sent to US allies, and interrogated i

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