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by star0zero 7y ago
I have not used this myself, but as serendipity would have it, I came across it the other day: https://github.com/rudism/Ficdown
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by star0zero 8y ago
15. Click on any of the links in the Trending Now section at the bottom of the article.
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by star0zero 9y ago
Such a horrible and sad disease. I was introduced to it through (surprisingly) a Jeep club affiliated charity in the United States called Crawling for Reid. A few thousand off-road enthusiasts get together in South Pittsburg, TN to have a
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by star0zero 10y ago
I'm a complete armchair economist and realize that a lot of really smart people are tackling this, but, in my limited understanding of supply and demand, my concern would be that a new floor for basic goods and services would materiali
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by star0zero 10y ago
I'm also assuming that they had to take a bit of a lowest common denominator approach to m2m communication given that they have cell-based (read - costs amazon money) and wifi (does not cost amazon money) enabled versions of the device
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by star0zero 12y ago
I'm inclined to agree with the consensus here, so far. As soon as I saw that 38.8 hours a week was the consideration for "long hours", the rest of the article became suspect.
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by star0zero 12y ago
I'm not sure when the site was updated, but it looks like it goes the way of muxtape - http://getpopcornti.me/ Edit: Looks like this was written almost a couple weeks ago (March 14th, 2014 according to the time stamp
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by star0zero 12y ago
My sincere apologies for the sarcasm, but you mean to tell me that your previously free source of massive one click fan reach is no longer free?! There is no possible way that this was intentional ...
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by star0zero 13y ago
The Rolling Stone interview that this story is based on is actually pretty fascinating - I recommend it: http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/bill-gates-the-roll... . While his opinions on the myriad subjects
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by star0zero 13y ago
"And if they do become entrepreneurs, the companies they start will be far less successful than those started by degree holders." - suggests a zero-sum scenario which, by my anecdote back of the napkin assessment (which is all tha
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by star0zero 13y ago
Another great piece on the same topic: http://www.penny-arcade.com/report/article/lucasarts-eulogy-... Key quote? "If the cost of a fun game is a failed marriage, then it may be time to admit that the cost is too high." - agreed.
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by star0zero 13y ago
I've heard this figured bandied about quite often, as well, and I think it's mostly anecdotal and should be taken as a general rule rather than empirical fact.