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I second this. I found out about Penflip earlier today and was interested in using it for my fiction writing hobbies. But the 50 repos plan is an overkill for me. I would also like to see some smaller plans, maybe for 10 repos?

bonchibujion Ukraine places forces on combat alert and threatens war

There are protests organized in London, Paris, Berlin, Helsinki, The Hague, Rome, SF, Riga, Krakow etc. If you wish to join one of them, please check out here:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=237875373062939&set=...

bonchibujion Reddit to Give 10% of Its 2014 Ad Revenue to Non-Profits Picked by Its Users

I have a Netflix connection and I am in Finland. 98% of the time, when I search for a movie/documentary/series on Netflix, it's unavailable for streaming (mostly because the content for Netflix Finland is far less than that for US). Then, I have to head over to PirateBay to get the stuff. It's the fastest way. I could order a DVD from Amazon UK or Germany, but then it would take at least a week.

As long as content producers and distributors fail to find a faster way to distribute their offerings, I think piracy will continue and grow.

bonchibujion Inside the Arctic Circle, Where Your Facebook Data Live

Google built one in Finland a couple of years back. They are using the sea water for cooling.

http://www.google.com/about/datacenters/inside/locations/ham...

bonchibujion Google says e-mail users should have no legitimate expectation of privacy

See page 28

bonchibujion Ask PG: will disabling upvotes on the front page reduce hype stories?

bonchibujion Sweden Runs Out of Garbage With Waste-to-Energy

A few months back, I wrote a newspaper article about this as well as Mexico City's waste management schemes.

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/ikea-burritos-and-...

bonchibujion The Life of Dustin Curtis

1 Second Everyday app tries to do something similar.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/1-second-everyday/id58782354...

bonchibujion Goodbye academia, I get a life (2011)

Google Cache link: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://...

bonchibujion System Administrator Appreciation Day

Time to read a few classics of Bastard Operator from Hell.

http://bofh.ntk.net/BOFH/index.php

bonchibujion USSR Believed a Top Secret Room was at center of Pentagon - was a hot dog stand

Seems like someone at HN is reading TodayILearned subreddit diligently...

http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1il1fm/til_du...

bonchibujion Malibu homeowners foiled by $30K Kickstarter campaign

'Right to roam' in Nordic countries comes to mind.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_to_roam

bonchibujion Did Obama Just Destroy the U.S. Internet Industry?

Baidu instead of Google

Renren instead of Facebook

Youku/Todou instead of Youtube

Weibo instead of Twitter

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Yandex instead of Google

VK instead of Facebook

Only Beijing and Moscow saw this coming!

bonchibujion Your iPhone and iPad Are Limited. T-Mobile is the Exception

They deleted the page? I'm getting a 'Page not found' error.

Edit: Google Cache.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://...

bonchibujion Amazon India is now live

The founders of Flipkart (Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal) used to work for Amazon. So, I think there's no doubt of where they got the business model for Flipkart from.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flipkart

bonchibujion Ask HN: Educating a child who is severely behind

You should check these sub-reddits:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Parenting/ http://www.reddit.com/r/raisingKids

There are more subject specific sub-reddits. You can find the list on the right side panel in the above links.

bonchibujion Ask HN: Is there a comprehensive introductory book to the web stack?

Do you mean semantic web? If so, then check this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Semantic-Primer-Cooperative-Informatio...

bonchibujion Nokia Asha 501: Impressive Low-end Touchscreen Phone for $99

You're right. Other than iPhone and some BB, I haven't seen anything coming with subsidies. Also, in India, almost of the connections are pre-paid. As per a Nielsen study, 97% of the youth (age 15 to 24) in India are on a pre-paid connection.

http://trak.in/tags/business/2011/02/24/indian-youth-mobile-...