mixmax

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by mixmax 9mo ago
I've been sitting here in front of my keyboard for a while thinking of a nice way to say it, but I just can't come up with anything. So I'll just state the plain and obvious seen from a European (Danish) perspective: America
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by mixmax 1y ago
a direct quote from the article you linked : "The United Nations, the European Commission and major international aid organizations have said they have no evidence that Hamas has systematically stolen their aid, and the Israeli gover
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by mixmax 2y ago
hey, thanks for remembering the oldtimers!! I check in often, but don't comment much anymore.
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by mixmax 2y ago
my guess would be that it's because you have to sign up to read the article.
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by mixmax 2y ago
since you have to be alone in the voting booth and your vote is anonymous it can't be bought. You can say that you voted for X, but vote for Y and noone will ever be able to tell.
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by mixmax 3y ago
I'm till flabbergasted that noone stole it, it worked so well.
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by mixmax 4y ago
Only a flashy page with absolutely no explanation of how or what they do, how effective it is, what it costs, whether they have an actual product etc. etc. What I see is a webpage that could be made by anyone in a few hours.
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by mixmax 4y ago
Ironic that you write this comment on hacker news
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by mixmax 4y ago
The people are the vlue
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by mixmax 4y ago
Nanotechnology was actually envisioned by Richard Feynmann in his famed 1959 lecture "there's plenty of room at the bottom". I don't presume anyone would call out Feynmann for not knowing his physics. He even won a nobel
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by mixmax 5y ago
buying and selling of drugs/weapons/child pornography Yes, I'm aware of the fact that the ledger is public, but not everyone is.
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by mixmax 5y ago
Or as Warren Buffet says, "The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent"
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by mixmax 5y ago
This is the most stupid thing I've ever seen. I love it!!
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by mixmax 5y ago
No. According to international maritime law ships propelled by engines give way to ships under sail. There are no specific rules for sizes, so theoretically if a triple E class Maersk containership catches up to your dinghy powered by a 5 h
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by mixmax 5y ago
they call it inflation...
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by mixmax 5y ago
All ships of this size have a number of large ballast tanks that they use to pump seawater in and out to compensate for placement of cargo. My guess would be that they've emptied the ballast tanks in the end that has run aground and fi
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by mixmax 6y ago
Not really - steel boats easily last 100 years. A friend of mine lives in one from around 1940 and the steel is in fine shape. As long as it's properly maintained there's no problem.
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by mixmax 6y ago
Slashdot had something similar many years earlier
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by mixmax 7y ago
In the press conference that was just held the minister of public health commented that he had been on a conference call with his Italian counterpart that had strongly advised him to shut everything down NOW, and not make the waiting mistak
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by mixmax 7y ago
In Denmark it's 2 weeks starting friday. After that the lockdown will be reassessed.
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by mixmax 7y ago
yes, the specifics aren't out yet but a package is being put together right now by the government. We don't know yet how much, but the numbers are in the billions. The government is aware that this is a dificult situation financia
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by mixmax 7y ago
Also, all public sector employees who do not perform critical functions will be sent home on paid leave, and all private companies are recommended to do the same. On top of this all public gatherings of more than 100 people is discouraged,
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Denmarks shuts down all schools, daycare facilities, universities, highschools(thelocal.dk)
231 points by mixmax 7y ago|158 comments
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by mixmax 7y ago
I'll start: Customer acquition cost: roughly 15 us dollars Product cost: 200 us dollars Businnes: lifestyle and tourists
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Ask HN: What is your customer acquisition cost?
2 points by mixmax 7y ago|1 comments
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by mixmax 7y ago
In the daytime - probably more. In the nighttime - zero. that is one of the primary points of the system; You can generate molten salt when the sun is out, and genereate the electricity via a steam turbine whenever you want. This gives you
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by mixmax 7y ago
* I don't think this can be 'disrupted' either * Tinder disrupted the online dating scene by introducing the feature that you can only write someone after you've liked their profile, AND they've liked yours. That ma
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by mixmax 7y ago
"High tech cowboys of the deep seas" should definitely be on the list https://www.wired.com/2008/02/ff-seacowboys/
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by mixmax 8y ago
Copenhagen Suborbitals do thrust vectoring, and if I remember correctly the 4 jetvanes are controlled by an arduino . The software is written by one guy in his freetime. Pretty amazing feat, considering how difficult it is, and that he has
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by mixmax 8y ago
your comment reminds me of the commentary on Drew Houston's announcement of a product called dropbox (you might have heard of it...) here on HN 10 years ago. (1) "This is nothing new", "I could build this myself", &

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