geetfun

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by geetfun 8y ago
Nice game! How old is your little brother?
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by geetfun 8y ago
You know, it’s tough. We don’t know this guy’s backstory, but we do live in a society where there are rules. His decision will have personal repercussions. Unfortunately that’s the way things are. And yes, other people steal too but never s
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by geetfun 8y ago
N is the sample size that you’ve sampled already in your observation. If you’ve sampled all the pages, then we are talking about certainty which this wouldn’t apply.
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Nortel(thecanadianencyclopedia.ca)
1 points by geetfun 8y ago|0 comments
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Toronto taxi owners sue city for $1.7B over arrival of Uber, lost plate value(thestar.com)
2 points by geetfun 8y ago|0 comments
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by geetfun 8y ago
@raiyu, this is excellent and thank you. It’s reassuring to see DO’s leadership come out and explain things.
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by geetfun 8y ago
Thanks for the insight.
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by geetfun 8y ago
Just curious, what are boutique VOIP providers?
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Unencrypted database servers from NCIX sold online(geekoff.com)
5 points by geetfun 8y ago|0 comments
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by geetfun 8y ago
And don’t forget to make sure that whatever you name them, the associated domain name eg. firstlastname.com is available. Working as a web developer, occupational reflex made me do a quick check every time my wife and I came up with a name
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Geekbench Scores for the iPhone XS, XS Max, XR(browser.geekbench.com)
4 points by geetfun 8y ago|0 comments
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by geetfun 8y ago
I do use it on a consistent basis, after my MacBook had keyboard issues in May. I forced myself to create an entire web app on it over the course of 1 month to see how it felt. Surprisingly, it was quite a pleasure to work with. There are c
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by geetfun 8y ago
Unaffiliated with Hatchbox. +1 for the ease of use and reliability.
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Ask HN: Programmers with kids, how are you teaching your kids programming?
11 points by geetfun 8y ago|4 comments
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Top grossing Mac app steals user browser histories(engadget.com)
2 points by geetfun 8y ago|0 comments
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by geetfun 8y ago
As a bootstrapper, I see the point of what this article is trying to say. It's been increasingly difficult to create products that can find product market fit/validation and reach a scale where the income justifies the effort. And
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How can a jury decide on a cancer cause when scientists can't agree?(cbc.ca)
4 points by geetfun 8y ago|0 comments
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Scientists capture the speed of apoptosis through a cell(rt.com)
1 points by geetfun 8y ago|0 comments
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Montreal couple shaken after Amazon delivery person enters home(montrealgazette.com)
2 points by geetfun 8y ago|0 comments
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by geetfun 8y ago
What I found interesting in Apple’s earnings is how little money they need to pour into R&D and operating expenses. This leaves a huge retained earnings which has resulted in them having so much cash left over. It’s super easy for Cooke
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by geetfun 8y ago
Wife and I were just talking about this and how this is a great example of how decisions made in one generation can have consequences that span multiple generations (eg. Eggs, where one’s family immigrated to, etc)
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by geetfun 8y ago
Just purely out of curiosity when reading this. It seems like a lot of companies license these specific patents (eg. Twitter, Alphabet) as mentioned in the article. Does anyone know what patents they were referring to?
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IBM Wins $83M from Groupon in E-Commerce Patent Fight(bloomberg.com)
3 points by geetfun 8y ago|2 comments
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by geetfun 8y ago
The guidance is nice. It resets expectation, especially amongst the analyst community. Makes it easier for FB to beat expectations the next time around.
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MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Supplemental Update for MacBook Pro (2018)(support.apple.com)
2 points by geetfun 8y ago|0 comments
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Planet of the Apps' Star Blames Show's Failure on Apple's Poor Marketing(macrumors.com)
1 points by geetfun 8y ago|0 comments
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Walmart acquiring Shopify is no longer a laughable idea(techcrunch.com)
3 points by geetfun 8y ago|0 comments
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Retired engineer faces disciplinary hearing for speaking out about amber lights(cbc.ca)
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by geetfun 8y ago
Agreed. There’s definitely a real technical meaning in the word professional. Although the idea of being a “profession” sounds good, it’s riddled with regulation and ways that make the job less likeable for the practitioners. I left one bef
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by geetfun 8y ago
There are certainly many definitions of “winning”. I can only speak for myself: quitting my old job lowered my pay, but resulted in my being a lot happier and having more time to spend with my kids. If anything, the current trend and the nu

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