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Re:Isn't it time that Cyclists had Indicators like Cars on Tuesday November 25, 2014 @11:59AM (#8658494)
Re:A Nice Cup of Tea by George Orwell (1946) on Friday June 13, 2014 @09:33AM (#7888701)
This depends entirely on which hemisphere said tea-maker is located.
Re:Infinity Computer on Thursday June 12, 2014 @07:24AM (#7882786)
The font used is very difficult to read naturally (blurred edges) which stopped me from making any significant progress within the game. I understand it's going for the Monochrome look and I like the authenticity although it takes away from the experience.

I'm a big fan of text based adventure games, I will definitely be giving this one a go if the legibility is sorted.

Re:Lemonade Startup – A satire simulator game on Tuesday April 29, 2014 @11:16AM (#7667534)
I have been acquired by JuiceBook after finishing with $116k in cash and a valuation of $8.6m.

It seems that the secret is to increase price throughout the game - hitting $10/cup by the 2nd half of Sprint 4. Also accept any and all popups.

Re:Social Builder: Social embedding made simple on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @11:32AM (#6762274)
Nice interface and design. The Twitter logo however is out of date. https://about.twitter.com/press/brand-assets

Ask HN: Affiliate network for private jets

We are a global aircraft charter company with offices in over 30 countries worldwide.I am currently looking to create an affiliate scheme for our private jet business. We would look to pay a fixed percentage of profit for every charter flight that goes ahead.I have already contacted Commission Junction although they feel our site gets too little traffic for their platform (20,000...

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Re:Ask HN: What is your job title? on Wednesday September 11, 2013 @11:55AM (#6367950)
Digital Marketing Manager.

Funky titles are ok for smaller startups but not really great for individual career progression

Re:HelloRun - A WebGL 3D Game on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @05:05PM (#6323749)
Has anyone used this with Leap Motion? Would be interesting to see how well it fares.
Except the people who apparently now have the jurisdiction to 'regulate' the internet seem to wholly lack the working knowledge to do so effectively.

Why hasn't this Facebook sharing bug been fixed?

Anyone that manages a Facebook brand page will know what I'm talking about here. On far too many occasions to ignore, sites with Facebook sharing or like buttons are completely broken when a user visits the site using Facebook as a page.At first I thought it was just a small bug but after noticing more and more sites that suffer from this I can't understand why it hasn't been flagged up and...

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