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searchergss

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searchergss··on Show HN: An app that alerts you when your favourite product has a price change
camelcamelcamel.com for Amazon products is pretty nifty
searchergss··on Reddit’s Pitch deck to Advertisers
Expected more from the Reddit deck than that. But, hey, that's an unreasonable expectation?
searchergss··on Writing Effective Welcome Emails
If you're using gmail or google apps just add a +words to your email and then you can set up easy filters and figure out if anyone is selling or renting your information.

e.g. sergey@gmail.com --> sergey+zappos@gmail.com

searchergss··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2013)
Analytics Media Group - New York City, New York

http://www.analyticsmediagroup.com/

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Part tech start-up, part media analytics firm we are a team of former Obama campaign staffers bringing innovation from the campaign trail to businesses. We are well-funded, have clients, and are growing!

We are seeking software engineers and interns. For full job descriptions, to find out more, and apply visit: http://www.analyticsmediagroup.com/jobs

searchergss··on IOS 6.1.2 is the Most Popular Version of iOS Less than One Week Following Launch
Wonder if the sample skews towards user with jailbroken devices. The community has been encouraging upgrades in case 6.1.3 kills evasi0n.
searchergss··on Office 2013: Just what on earth has the Office team been doing?
Excel has very useful increased functionality

(I know, I know... use R or something but shh)

searchergss··on Isaac Asimov - The Foundation Trilogy
I "suspended disbelief" for most of the science fiction elements, and found myself enjoying the political drama unfold.

I suppose I'm saying even if the science lacked luster, the "geo-political" (perhaps even "Machiavellian") story-line was compelling and required little "suspension of disbelief."

searchergss··on Facebook “Promoted Posts” have primarily foreign “Likes”: Why?
This is ridiculous. Target the promotion to US-only.

Now, if your page is liked by folks in foreign countries then you still may get (organic!) foreign likes, but you shouldn't be getting any paid foreign likes.

tldr: layer on US-only targeting

searchergss··on The only thing that can stop this asteroid is your liberal arts degree
Dude, jokes aside. You forgot the masses that cannot even afford to go to college, and depend on your "giveaways"