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cadabon Apple said to be talking to Foursquare for maps data

As a 4sq user in the UK, the data is obviously better in the bigger cities, but the vast majority of restaurants/shops/entertainment places in the smaller towns is present, maybe with just less tips/ratings.

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It states that in the article, "though a local myth persists that the road had to be split because the owners refused to sell the land during its construction.".

cadabon Steam releases Big Picture mode

Great write up :)

cadabon How tall can a Lego tower get?

They mention that there "There has been a burning debate on the social news website Reddit.". Yet that reddit debate was over a year ago!

cadabon The Humble THQ Bundle

Exactly!

cadabon British aerospace company claims biggest engine advance since the jet

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

cadabon Google competitor DuckDuckGo says it's getting shut out

I dont see your first point. The home page is as simple as the rest, just a logo and search box. http://cl.ly/image/2E1A3Z2i0h1e

cadabon With Sinofsky gone and Start8 selling well, will MS add the start menu back?

Just hit your windows key, and start typing.

cadabon Always “hover” before you click? Wrong.

Just came here to ask the same thing, i cant see whats wrong with his test link, goes to where the on hover says. :s

cadabon How To Strip DRM from Kindle E-Books and Others

I found this link to be more helpful, in regards to what plugins to use. (Note for Windows + Kindle)

http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2012/06/15/how-add-kindle-...

cadabon Divshot

Already received one :)

cadabon Divshot

Any chance for some invites? I'd love to try.

cadabon Google Talk is down

And in the UK

cadabon StackOverflow Man Remakes Net One Answer at a TIme

Currently -" 2 million registered users and averages 5,000 new questions per day and 10,000 new answers per day"

2008 - "By the end of 2008 users were posting 100,000 answers per day"

I find that hard to believe? Surely it'd be more like the other way round? Or has it really dropped off 4 years on?

cadabon The 'Busy' Trap

Previous discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4184317

Was only posted to the homepage 2 days ago.

cadabon Petition to stop extradition of UK hacker

Maybe, although i'm sure he has said he did receive this money, but was spent on hosting bills etc, so he wasnt really earning anywhere near that amount.

cadabon Petition to stop extradition of UK hacker

Also just to add, If he did start providing evidence as to why he didnt break the laws (UK/US), it would show that he has a reason to extradited. (in order to defend the claims against him)

"His extradition hearings are based solely on proving he has a case to answer in the US" - [1]

"O'Dwyer cannot present an in-depth response to the allegations he faces during his extradition cases, as these need only prove he has a case to answer and the actions" - [2]

[1] - http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jun/24/richard-odwyer-extr...

[2] - http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jun/24/richard-odwyer-lega...

cadabon Ask HN: How to rescue trapped domain name?

Even after its expired, i'm sure its held for another 3 months before anyone else can buy it.

cadabon 16-year-old Makes Working Scientific Calculator in Minecraft

There was a article on HN a few weeks back, the link escapes me. But there was the first ever bug, an actual moth. It was taped to the error log i believe.

Edit: Brazzy explains it better and indeed seems more informed :)

cadabon Snapjoy (YC S11) unveils Flickraft, one-click migration for Flickr users

Okay so they have cut a few jobs and Yahoo! haven't done much to the site in 1-2 years. But why does that mean its sinking? The site still works great, still has loads of features, making it great to use. The pricing is brilliant for what you can get out of them (I only have around 3k on there). Plus their API is brilliant.

Until they start doing stuff that will effect how I use the service I wont be switching, I'd love to see some facts about users 'abandoning ship'.

Edit: Just tried signing up to SnapJoy and added my Flickr account, thats still pending and I cant seem to get any photos uploaded and showing on my homepage.

cadabon Yahoo Lays Off Flickr Support Staff

I ended up modifying the script where it saves the image, added an issue to the git hub page.

cadabon Yahoo Lays Off Flickr Support Staff

just tried that script and all the images it downloaded couldnt be viewed. Anyone else tried it? or have an alternative?

cadabon TileMill 0.9.0 Released with Full Windows Support (and plugins)

scratch that, uninstall and reinstall fixed it.

cadabon TileMill 0.9.0 Released with Full Windows Support (and plugins)

Anyone else having trouble installing/running the .exe?

I've installed okay, but when i click "Start TileMill" nothing happens :(

cadabon Netflix live in the UK

I hope they get better TV/Movies soon, the ones they are advertising at the moment are terrible. I clicked on 'Thrillers' and there was only a few films i'd even heard of, let alone want to watch them.

£5.99 isnt a bad price if i can get everything (or nearly) i want to watch. But currently theres no chance i'd pay, i dont even want the free trial.

cadabon Is Foursquare in trouble?

I'm from the UK and have been using 4sq for just over a year. I use it mainly for the gaming aspect between friends (about 4-5 friends, who live in the same area), i also like using it to see what my friends are up to, where they are going/eating/drinking etc.

cadabon How Much Money Do The Top Grossing YouTube Partners Make?

Any links to back up what your saying?

cadabon Ask HN: Review my startup, pegby.com

http://www.pegby.com

Beaten to it, oh well :)

cadabon Show HN: Screen scraping for dummies app

Clickable . http://netreputation.co.uk/extractor/

cadabon 'Cree.py' Social Engineering Tool Pinpoints A Person's Physical Location

Been running it for about 15 minutes now and its still downloading the tweets/photos. Anyone else experiencing this sort of delay?