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53,799karma·6,821submissions·October 11, 2007
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I was using IE 7. Now the pages render, but with errors: Line 121
Char 5:
Error:"expected identifier, string or number" The same error shows for all of thestandard.com URLs on that page, apparently.…
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Interesting ... I wonder how his career would have worked out if he had started in the VC business in the early 1980s, instead of the mid 1980s or later? Or, if he didn't have the software background?
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The second link shows a broken page for me. The first link works, except the titles/links for each of the pages are the same, which makes navigation difficult.
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Actually, this content was built because it's interesting (and therefore satisfying for users), it ties into our coverage areas and historical mission, and it supports our business. The format was der…
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All of the links to the profiles appear in the first paragraph of the featured article. The companies/services are Boo, TheGlobe.com, Pets.com, Webvan, eToys, DrKoop.com, Garden.com, Kozmo, Excite@Hom…
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I hope most people will be biking long before we get close to that level: http://bikeworker.blogspot.com/
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I haven't noticed too much of this, but I definitely don't want the HN front page to go the way of Reddit.
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This article has lots of generalizations but no data from surveys or other research to back it up.
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I've kind of wondered about a related question ... do developers get sick of working on certain types of games, and want to switch, or do their skill sets limit them to just sports or just FPS, etc.?
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I have two kids, one who is definitely a fast eater, and the other who eats at a glacial pace. It's not hard to figure out who has the potential for weight problems. At least he's into outdoor activit…
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Well, some of them do raise prices: http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/05/12/why-yahoo-boostin... ... but prices can't rise too much, as long as costs remain low and there is a lot of competition.…
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Interesting that online media companies have been employing prediction markets for years, and some Internet startups have been formed around this concept. Of course, the ones I've seen are sensitive t…
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This Washington Post article is pretty thin, looks like the editors cut it down a ton before it was published ... the Wikipedia article on Japan's demographic changes is far more informative, IMHO: h…