philers

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by philers 8y ago
My two favourite detective series are: - Bernie Gunther series by Philip Kerr (March Violets is the first) - Marcus Didius Falco series by Lindsey Davis (The Silver Pigs is the first) They may be a little noirish for your tastes (more focus
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by philers 8y ago
The UK CEO presented some of their different data capabilities at the agency where I used to work: they were encouraging advertisers to use this data to soundtrack ads. The different 'shazam'd songs were also connected to location
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Putting America's gun problem into perspective with some great interactive data(theguardian.com)
2 points by philers 10y ago|0 comments
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What we know about how non-bank lenders are connected to the big banks(bankunderground.co.uk)
1 points by philers 11y ago|0 comments
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Great visualisation of sunrises/sunsets on instagram(michellechandra.github.io)
3 points by philers 11y ago|0 comments
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by philers 12y ago
In fact, those mistakes look more like accurate transcriptions of Early Modern manuscripts - with their looser spelling rules and often idiosyncratic use of letters. It's kind of interesting that they look like the same errors as those
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A collection of the best online journalism this year(medium.com)
1 points by philers 12y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Is there a big startup scene in KL?
3 points by philers 12y ago|2 comments
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by philers 12y ago
If you're interested in the history of Rinse.fm, check out this article: http://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/aug/27/rinse-fm-geeneu... Real Pirate radio for the last twenty years.
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New York’s Shadow Transit(newyorker.com)
239 points by philers 12y ago|123 comments
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by philers 12y ago
I think that off-piste skiing shares the same immersive flow-like experience whilst also being a physical activity. It's the combination of feedback, decision making and then successful completion of the challenge that really combines
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by philers 12y ago
I think that your exception for Doodle's case is also applicable to this use case and many more: if you're creating a predict-a-score league with your friends, you're going to have to share it immediately.
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by philers 12y ago
This can be seen by all of these maps of around this period that are made by Dutch/English/German cartographers that don't show California as an Island, including Munster's very popular one: http://www.ianchad
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by philers 12y ago
This looks nice, although I agree that I would find the scrolling difficult to put up with. An alternative, focused on travel mainly: http://maptia.com/maptia/stories/the-overview-effect