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4,018karma·827submissions·July 30, 2014
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And more than 150 years of Punch magazine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch_(magazine)
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In addition to doing things like storing any excess solar power you might have, it could also be used to charge up at night on off-peak rates ("Economy 7" in the UK) and release during the d…
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The one he was showing to the BBC yesterday was the Nixie tube one: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-31463351 …
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Danny Boyle's Sunshine [0] also made good use of colour - the interior of the ship had no reference to red, orange or yellow to make the appearance of the sun more striking. [0] https:/…
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I'm in a very similar situation - I have been working for many years, and seen both extremes of salary transparency, but am still unsure about the best approach. I started out in a very small but…
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According to http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-06/20/harley-davids... they are working on a new sound for the electric Harley-Davidson.…
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Apache Solr is also extremely good. I use it at work for enterprise search and know it meets all but your last requirement (emacs integration) but a search for "solr emacs integration" sugge…
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Just 31 days after "Countries are still paying off debt from World War 1" at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8544796 …
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I tend to agree. The other point to consider is that if you are (for example) putting 30% of your salary in to a mortgage in a high cost high income area, you will have a much more valuable asset by t…
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I think one of the points of the article is that investing in index funds isn't a full time job, so even if you are newly rich you don't have to either make managing your money a full time j…
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And similarly, whatever the result, Scotland can be proud to have pursued a peaceful approach, unlike the majority of both successful and unsuccessful independence movements in the past and in present…
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According to the BBC article at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28770876 , the original article author says "The hemp we use is perfectly legal to grow. It has …
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Reminds me of an idea I had for lighter than air packing material. It was going to be something like over-sized bubble wrap filled with helium, or balloons you'd insert into the spaces and inflat…
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The argument resolves around the "longer-term trend toward income and wealth inequality". There is nothing however to directly link this to technological innovation. In fact I believe it is …
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Where I live (or have lived). Aim to get other people to pay for my mortgages. Started out by renting out a spare room, then moved and rented out the whole property, then moved again and rented out bo…