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New documentary #killswitch exposes media consolidation and government collusionhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2656444#killswitch The Battle over the Internet Educator and Writer Chris Dollar is teaming with filmmakers Ali Akbarzadeh and Jeff Horn of Akorn Entertainment to create the full-length documentary #killswitch. They are raising funds on KickStarter.com to produce the documentary so they can educate the Western world about the fact that big corporations will continue to have more and more control over our news and Internet… unless we do something now. Check out the trailer and learn how to become involved in this project here: (#killswitch trailer) (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/akorn/killswitch-a-documentary-film?ref=live) ____________________________________________Everyone who is a regular to Hacker News knows we have a culture of corruption in Washington and are in desperate need of media reform and legislation protecting Net Neutrality. So, why does mainstream media ignore the massive amounts of corruption and collusion between large corporations and big government, while also ignorJun 15, 2011 9:08 AM
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Show HN: Edit Text, See Relevant Images. ~200 Lines Of JavaSripthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2112230I was experimenting with different term-extraction API's and I came up with this simple HTML5/CSS3/JS thing that shows you relevant images as you enter text. http://bupad.agen.si Basic scenario- User enters text- Terms are instantly extracted from content via Alchemy API- Google Image search is used to find relevant images on Flickr- Images are shown in the backgroundThere are some minor perks like the fact that the image searches are rotating around the color wheel (Google let's you specify a desired color of the image), and content is also stored in LocalStorage.The prototype has a "bug" (HTML5 ContentEditable isn't a good enough replacement for a WYSIWYG, only works in Chrome in Safari) and a few "missing features" (Enlarging images and so on).Right now it's pretty much client-side, everything happens in JS (OOP Prototype and jQ for Cross-site JSON-P requests): http://bupad.agen.si/javascripts/application.js Reasons for posting:I want to gauge the potential and get some feedback. I Jan 17, 2011 2:33 PM
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Remove Additional Guard (Uninstall Guide)http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a894f0dc60d4646b79cd8c3ddc0892c&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bleepingcomputer.com%2Fvirus-removal%2Fremove-additional-guard&c=18413940036570698816&mkt=en-usThis method of creating the files that will be detected by the same program is becoming more and more common with rogues. They do this to substantiate the existence of supposed malware files even on ...Nov 23, 2009 4:00 PM
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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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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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Preen Gets Ready For Fashion Week With Visions Of Kate Moss And Helium Balloonshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8a1f955cf44d1ab151ca7c9a9dc94f&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.glamour.com%2Fstory%2Fpreen-gets-ready-for-fashion-w&c=3282895592929447010&mkt=en-usPreen Gets Ready For Fashion Week With Visions Of Kate Moss And Helium Balloons Justin Thornton and Thea Bregazzi, the design duo behind the super laid-back, cool-girl-chic British import label Preen, ...Feb 10, 2009 7:36 AM
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Ask HN: Do you think primarily in English?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=387921Rather, do you think primarily in your native language, or more in terms of abstract imagery?I've noticed that rather than forming images in my head to represent ideas, I will instead often think in English. For example, if I'm working through a logic problem, I will repeat the various elements of the problem in my head in English repeatedly until I solve it.I'm unfortunately unilingual. English is the only human language I have ever learned. I've noticed that when I speak phrases in Spanish, I'm actually speaking English in my head. It's like a lookup table. By that I mean, let's say I want to communicate "How are you?". Rather than attempting to reason through this task in Spanish (by trying to communicate the individual elements "how", 'in what way', "are", 'your state of being', and "you" 'the person I am communicating with'), I try to remember the phrase in Spanish that corresponds to the ordered set of words "How are you?". So it is rote memorization -- I'm not thinking in SpanisDec 6, 2008 6:54 AM
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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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How telenovelas conquered the worldhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a88d3a6862143cf962c435034f09f7b&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F2%2Fhi%2Famericas%2F4842220.stm&c=4722401533089536954&mkt=en-usMore Brazilians watched telenovela America than their World Cup win The telenovelas - Latin American soap dramas - are stereotypical, over the top and melodramatic - but, also, highly successful. In ...Apr 1, 2006 4:26 AM
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How telenovelas conquered the worldhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8928726d3d4a5bb4ac7526016e5f0a&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F2%2Fhi%2Famericas%2F4842220.stm&c=4722401533089536954&mkt=en-usMore Brazilians watched telenovela America than their World Cup win The telenovelas - Latin American soap dramas - are stereotypical, over the top and melodramatic - but, also, highly successful. In ...Apr 1, 2006 4:26 AM
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XIII Reviewhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85ebd5892641dc858428921f3a20eb&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.gamespot.com%2freviews%2fxiii-review%2f1900-6084270%2f&c=10789421050012307120&mkt=en-usXIII is a cel-shaded first-person shooter based on a long-running French comic book of the same name. The game definitely plays up its comic book roots, complete with readable sound effects and ...Nov 21, 2003 5:55 PM
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XIII Reviewhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85cc6693454321a86fe9f86a36fbda&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.gamespot.com%2freviews%2fxiii-review%2f1900-6084270%2f&c=10789421050012307120&mkt=en-usXIII is a cel-shaded first-person shooter based on a long-running French comic book of the same name. The game definitely plays up its comic book roots, complete with readable sound effects and ...Nov 21, 2003 5:55 PM
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XIII Reviewhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85d046ef83427584f12b971d979392&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.gamespot.com%2freviews%2fxiii-review%2f1900-6084270%2f&c=10789421050012307120&mkt=en-usXIII is a cel-shaded first-person shooter based on a long-running French comic book of the same name. The game definitely plays up its comic book roots, complete with readable sound effects and ...Nov 21, 2003 5:55 PM
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XIII Reviewhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85c86083ba401f9353a714958ff05e&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.gamespot.com%2freviews%2fxiii-review%2f1900-6084270%2f&c=10789421050012307120&mkt=en-usXIII is a cel-shaded first-person shooter based on a long-running French comic book of the same name. The game definitely plays up its comic book roots, complete with readable sound effects and ...Nov 21, 2003 5:55 PM
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XIII Reviewhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85ce1fe02f486aa81a3e3405f63db6&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.gamespot.com%2freviews%2fxiii-review%2f1900-6084270%2f&c=10789421050012307120&mkt=en-usXIII is a cel-shaded first-person shooter based on a long-running French comic book of the same name. The game definitely plays up its comic book roots, complete with readable sound effects and ...Nov 21, 2003 5:55 PM
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XIII Reviewhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85ce5e8a46443c9ee7ac596b2fc01a&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.gamespot.com%2freviews%2fxiii-review%2f1900-6084270%2f&c=10789421050012307120&mkt=en-usXIII is a cel-shaded first-person shooter based on a long-running French comic book of the same name. The game definitely plays up its comic book roots, complete with readable sound effects and ...Nov 21, 2003 5:55 PM
