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Techstars to open up shop in Detroit

Posted by nwest on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @12:05PM
from the crainsdetroit.com dept.

http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20141210/BLOG007/141219993/techstars-to-open-shop-in-detroit

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Mind-boggling XKCD April Fools comic

Posted by nwest on Sunday April 01, 2012 @01:29PM
from the reddit.com dept.

http://www.reddit.com/r/comics//comments/rnpiw/mindboggling_xkcd_april_fools_comic/

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Re:Vim ported to iOS on Thursday January 19, 2012 @06:00PM (#3487315)

"Unfortunately, without an escape key it’s not possible to leave insert mode. That’s why by default the backslash key (‘\’) is mapped to the ‘Esc’ key. You’re free to overwrite this setting by unmapping the backslash key."

from http://applidium.com/en/applications/vim/support/

Amit Gupta has found a 10/10 matched donor

Posted by nwest on Wednesday January 18, 2012 @05:18PM
from the tumblr.amitgupta.com dept.

http://tumblr.amitgupta.com/post/16079119166/many-of-you-have-asked-so-heres-whats-going-on

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Re:Shipping $36000 worth of Japanese candy on Saturday January 14, 2012 @12:42PM (#3464710)

http://member.ly/ (no affiliation)

Design is becoming a competitive advantage for startups

Posted by nwest on Monday November 28, 2011 @12:37PM
from the venturebeat.com dept.

http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/05/design-is-becoming-a-competitive-advantage-for-startups/

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Realsay — Send a one-time video to anyone. No pausing allowed.

Posted by nwest on Thursday November 17, 2011 @03:39PM
from the realsay.com dept.

http://realsay.com/

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A Mathematician's Lament

Posted by nwest on Tuesday August 16, 2011 @11:52PM
from the gist.github.com dept.

https://gist.github.com/aa3f64a7df38cfd06848

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Raising Money On AngelList: 21 Tips From Two Active Angels

Posted by nwest on Wednesday August 10, 2011 @12:43PM
from the onstartups.com dept.

http://onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/63010/Raising-Money-On-AngelList-21-Tips-From-Two-Active-Angels.aspx

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5000% Increase in the sale of baseball bats on Amazon.co.uk

Posted by nwest on Tuesday August 09, 2011 @12:15PM
from the amazon.co.uk dept.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/movers-and-shakers/sports/

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Re:Show HN: a social site designed to manage multiple groups on Saturday April 30, 2011 @01:52PM (#2501106)

It was difficult to find the logout link. It needs to be more prominent.