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Ask HN: Does changing locales to fix productivity doldrums work for you?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=757407The article about the creative bliss of moving to an attractive, cheaper foreign environment to bootstrap a startup:http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=756570... got me thinking on a somewhat tangential question: Does moving around to change your environment actually help you work? Or is it solving the wrong problem the wrong way?From a personal state-of-mind angle that the author is pushing, I guess I'm not entirely sold on the fact that a change of scenery will let a hundred flowers of creativity bloom - in a sustainable way - to an extent that confers upon a startup a meaningful economic advantage. The cost differences might, but I'm not so sure about the aesthetic/spiritual quality.I've moved around a lot in my 23 years. I emigrated from Russia with my parents when I was 6, and moved around the US several times during childhood. Within the last few years spent in Georgia, I've moved several times within the general area I inhabited, including twice within Atlanta. When I was young,Aug 12, 2009 5:53 AM
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The SM Appliance Center lifestyle goes to Nagahttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8ad4e21d4342d496e6d93b264fccde&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.philstar.com%2Flifestyle%2Fshopping-guide%2F2009%2F05%2F01%2F462566%2Fsm-appliance-center-lifestyle-goes-naga&c=10590332239372473231&mkt=en-usMANILA, Philippines - With its wide selection of popular and quality appliance brands, SM Appliance Center is the ultimate destination for the latest home entertainment center, electronic gadgets, and ...Apr 30, 2009 5:00 PM
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Ask HN: Testing Out of College?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=573504Has anybody reading done it? What's the experience been like?I'm not referring to just doing a lot of tests so that you can put them towards credit, but to getting a university degree without ever attending a lecture, and proven one's knowledge by getting tested on it.I had been mulling this over after Eliezer linked to Excelsior College Exams but I let it slide because I didn't see any examinations that seemed to be at a high enough level that I actually believed a degree would be granted, even if you did technically have enough credits. I learned differently courtesy of www.testingoutofcollege.com (one of the ugliest, most poorly designed websites ever)I'm asking out of curiousity, and a desire to acquire the credentialling/signalling benefits in the minimum time. Or B.A. = Easier VisasApr 22, 2009 4:10 AM
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On Buying Silicon Valleyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=500785Silicon Valley 2If one wishes to replicate the Valley's success and status as a startup hub one needs to mimic the ecosystem and support structures that have grown up around it, the angels, VC funds, (money) legal expertise, financial infrastructure (enabling infrastructure) and entrepreneurial culture (residual). The money and enabling infrastructure will accrete around the residual if it exists, quickly or slowly. Paul Graham has proposed that for US$30m-$100m this could probably be achieved in any US city fulfilling certain criteria, with greater or lesser likelihood of success dependent on the degree to which it fulfils them.The money can realistically come from three types of sources, governments of whatever level, private individuals, or corporate bodies, profit-oriented or not, or some combination of the three, acting in concert. Given the electoral dynamics they labour under it is unlikely that any politician or party in serious danger of being out of power 10 years after the fMar 2, 2009 11:29 PM
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Colonel's secret recipe in new, safer vault at KFC headquartershttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8a538406404e04a171b03dc38455c0&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.idahopress.com%2Fnews%2Fcolonels-secret-recipe-in-new-safer-vault-at-kfc-headquarters%2Farticle_b5dba1f7-2324-5119-a075-d157458c4a11.html&c=15337511493762327006&mkt=en-usLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Colonel Sanders' handwritten recipe for fried chicken was back in its Kentucky home Tuesday after five months in hiding while KFC upgraded security around its top corporate ...Feb 10, 2009 11:00 PM
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Colonel's secret recipe in new, safer vault at KFC headquartershttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8a539c126448f2b6aac6a83b7bba27&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.idahopress.com%2Fnews%2Fcolonels-secret-recipe-in-new-safer-vault-at-kfc-headquarters%2Farticle_b5dba1f7-2324-5119-a075-d157458c4a11.html&c=15337511493762327006&mkt=en-usLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Colonel Sanders' handwritten recipe for fried chicken was back in its Kentucky home Tuesday after five months in hiding while KFC upgraded security around its top corporate ...Feb 10, 2009 11:00 PM
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Colonel's secret recipe in new, safer KFC vaulthttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8a538406404e04a171b03dc38455c0&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.semissourian.com%2Fnews%2Fcolonels-secret-recipe-in-new-safer-kfc-vault-1500886%2F&c=16794387578384271195&mkt=en-usLOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Colonel Sanders' handwritten recipe for fried chicken was back home Tuesday after five months in hiding while KFC upgraded security around its top corporate secret. Nothing went ...Feb 10, 2009 4:00 PM
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Colonel's secret recipe in new, safer KFC vaulthttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8a539c126448f2b6aac6a83b7bba27&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.semissourian.com%2Fnews%2Fcolonels-secret-recipe-in-new-safer-kfc-vault-1500886%2F&c=16794387578384271195&mkt=en-usLOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Colonel Sanders' handwritten recipe for fried chicken was back home Tuesday after five months in hiding while KFC upgraded security around its top corporate secret. Nothing went ...Feb 10, 2009 4:00 PM
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Ask YC: Auction-based pricing?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=402131We are organizing a coworking office space in Sofia, Bulgaria. One of our biggest problems is finding the right price to ask for rent, as the difference in income for freelancers here can be as big as 15 times.Therefore, we are leaning towards auctioning off the 30 office spaces one by one. (Technically, the 30 best bids will win, with the minimal bid being the cost of electricity and water for the person.)Pros:- Maximal usage of office space. We better have 1 person pay $5/mo instead of leaving the workspace empty.- If this is a blind auction, the best bid could be as much as twice the average.- We can accommodate people from different levels of income (e.g., underpaid artists).Cons:- Confusion on behalf of people wanting to sign up.- If the auction is open (everyone can see the bids) we won't get such a good price, because we don't think there will be more than 100 people bidding for the 30 places.- Winner's curse. People may feel tricked if they pay more than their peers.- We won't Dec 18, 2008 2:37 PM
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The Colposcopic Examinationhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8b3a1aa46443ec9bfc3e1e38a66ecf&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.medscape.com%2Fviewarticle%2F579947&c=1355430614376293376&mkt=en-usColposcopy is used to evaluate women with genital tract abnormalities and abnormal cervical cytology. It is an office-based procedure during which the cervix is examined under illumination and ...Oct 5, 2008 5:00 PM
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One in 10 Girls Engages in Frequent Binge Eating or Purginghttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8b4a566a4d4da18096c7414ca40226&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.medscape.com%2Fviewarticle%2F575678&c=149005927237884703&mkt=en-usTo read this article for CME/CE, click here. June 6, 2008 — More than 10% of adolescent girls and 3% of boys binge eat or purge at least once a week, according to a new study published in the June ...Jun 5, 2008 5:00 PM
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Torrentspy shutdownhttp://www.torrentspy.com/Friends of TorrentSpy,We have decided on our own, not due to any court order or agreement, to bring the Torrentspy.com search engine to an end and thus we permanently closed down worldwide on March 24, 2008.The legal climate in the USA for copyright, privacy of search requests, and links to torrent files in search results is simply too hostile. We spent the last two years, and hundreds of thousands of dollars, defending the rights of our users and ourselves.Ultimately the Court demanded actions that in our view were inconsistent with our privacy policy, traditional court rules, and International law; therefore, we now feel compelled to provide the ultimate method of privacy protection for our users - permanent shutdown.It was a wild ride,The TorrentSpy Team"Big Brother in the form of an increasingly powerful government and in an increasingly powerful private sector will pile the records high with reasons why privacy should give way to national security, to law and order [...] and the lMar 29, 2008 11:35 PM
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For Skybus, High Load Factor Doesn't Mean Successhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8974bd3c44472498d6b18535888b61&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Fnews%2Ffor-skybus-high-load-factor-doesnt-mean-success%2F&c=12739700572773140322&mkt=en-usThe December DOT data is now in, and though I haven't had a lot of time to poke through the data yet, I have found a couple interesting things. For today, let's focus on Columbus-based Skybus. Even ...Mar 18, 2008 3:04 PM
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Copthorne's gone but not forgottenhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8a53f0d38b4347b715972af1ee20e8&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.coventrytelegraph.net%2Flifestyle%2Fnostalgia%2Fcopthornes-gone-but-not-forgotten-3101667&c=12394211851712656123&mkt=en-usPAUL BUTTLE is so fond of his old school that he has created a web-site to preserve the memories. Paul, who now lives in the Lake District, was a pupil at Copthorne School between 1958 and 1963. The ...Feb 19, 2008 4:12 AM
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The Story of a Magazinehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8b44ed019e483db0a92e1b3e1ab508&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlantic.com%2Fmagazine%2Farchive%2F2007%2F11%2Fthe-story-of-a-magazine%2F306449%2F&c=2643520957867636347&mkt=en-usVeteran editor Robert Vare talks about why he loves magazine journalism, what makes The Atlantic distinctive, and the challenges of whittling down a "best of" collection of Atlantic writings Taken ...Oct 30, 2007 7:39 AM
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Farewell to an era as Darling Harbour wharves closehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8a88b6f647434d911235e6b59bd5e3&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Fnews%2F2007-09-28%2Ffarewell-to-an-era-as-darling-harbour-wharves-close%2F684156&c=9363870186599463902&mkt=en-usThe closure of the wharves at Sydney's Darling Harbour tonight will be remembered as a sad but significant event in maritime history, a museum director says. The container ship Southern Moana is due ...Sep 27, 2007 8:18 PM
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Light-Emitting Wallpaper Does Just What it Sayshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85ce8cc0ab40399733a19af0b368e9&url=https%3a%2f%2fgizmodo.com%2flight-emitting-wallpaper-does-just-what-it-says-292565&c=7705361374458473901&mkt=en-usI can’t tell you much about this wallpaper, except for that I think it rules the school. It’s basically a two-dimensional light source that switches on and off. Please, someone put Jonas Samson’s idea ...Aug 23, 2007 4:12 AM
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Light-Emitting Wallpaper Does Just What it Sayshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85e596e418479499af102e02a8d136&url=https%3a%2f%2fgizmodo.com%2flight-emitting-wallpaper-does-just-what-it-says-292565&c=7705361374458473901&mkt=en-usI can’t tell you much about this wallpaper, except for that I think it rules the school. It’s basically a two-dimensional light source that switches on and off. Please, someone put Jonas Samson’s idea ...Aug 23, 2007 4:12 AM
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Light-Emitting Wallpaper Does Just What it Sayshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85e3ccec5f4e93a9fe0de00553dc76&url=https%3a%2f%2fgizmodo.com%2flight-emitting-wallpaper-does-just-what-it-says-292565&c=7705361374458473901&mkt=en-usI can’t tell you much about this wallpaper, except for that I think it rules the school. It’s basically a two-dimensional light source that switches on and off. Please, someone put Jonas Samson’s idea ...Aug 23, 2007 4:12 AM
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Light-Emitting Wallpaper Does Just What it Sayshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85d5247cad4cfeb04bb1e47f93d984&url=https%3a%2f%2fgizmodo.com%2flight-emitting-wallpaper-does-just-what-it-says-292565&c=7705361374458473901&mkt=en-usI can’t tell you much about this wallpaper, except for that I think it rules the school. It’s basically a two-dimensional light source that switches on and off. Please, someone put Jonas Samson’s idea ...Aug 23, 2007 4:12 AM
