Meanwhile, Bill Gates is pledging $750 million to a worldwide fund to combat AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
(Source: inothernews)
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Former GOP policy maker: Tax cuts for the wealthy do NOT lead to increased jobs. #tfly
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God these keep getting better and better.
(Source: arrow-and-oracle, via thedailyrevolution)
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Simplified Source | A Web Development Blog: Cross-Domain.xml Policy Specifications
Last year I was working with a client who was using Adobe PDFs like no other and Adobe Flash Videos that were on multiple domains and finally found a good use for cross-domain.xml. It was not until then that I realized the importance of that file. Well, I’m working with that file again right now…
(Source: learn.adobe.com)
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When Ellie Cachette started pitching her tech start-up to West Coast investors two years ago, she expected to raise big bucks. Instead, all she got from the roughly 25 all-male investors she met with were dismissive looks and patronizing advice.
“I wouldn’t even finish my sentence, and they’d say I should be a nonprofit,” said Cachette, now 26, who was building a startup designed to help companies manage product recalls. “I found it impossible to raise money.”
So Cachette made a bold decision: She headed to New York to test the waters of the city’s burgeoning tech scene. The gamble paid off handsomely. Within seven months, Cachette had raised $200,000 from eight investors, garnered features in two top business magazines and was selected to ring the NASDAQ’s opening bell.
“The tech scene in New York is just a lot more female friendly,” said Cachette, CEO of ConsumerBell. “You actually have a fair chance here. Investors are willing to look past your gender.” New York is quickly establishing itself as the place to be for women seeking to launch tech startups, experts say.
— The New York Daily News, “Female Entrepreneurs Find Funding, Community In New York” (via inothernews)
West coast tech is full of pompous assery.
For some reason, some people think being geographically close to industry giants endows talent and intellect.
Like studying by putting textbooks under your pillow.
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< < TANK FLYNN > >: Newt Gingrich commited a felony in South Carolina.
Newt Gingrich committed a crime when he stated he would reward Sarah Palin’s endorsement (for the SC primary only) with a “major role” in his administration.
“I was honored and delighted last night when she said if she were in South Carolina, she’d vote for Newt Gingrich” <> “…I would ask her to…
Presidential Conduct FAIL
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One of the most common biphobic narratives is that the penis is what counts. A woman who has sex with men is really straight, even if she also fucks women; a man who has sex with men is really gay, even if he also fucks women. If a man fucks a man, even once, he is forever corrupted from the heights of heterosexual masculinity.
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Mitt Romney: 1 picture = 1000 words, and one of those words is: Scumbag. #tfly
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I’m so glad I’m not the only one who loves science puns.
(via terenceinmonochrome)
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Agent 3Z: The top ten Most Ridiculous Lawsuits of 2011 are:
•Convict sues couple he kidnapped for not helping him evade police
•Man illegally brings gun into bar, gets injured in a fight, then sues bar for not searching him for a weapon
•Young adults sue mother for sending cards without gifts and playing favorites
•Woman disagrees with store over…
(Source: Yahoo!)
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(Source: kitschyliving, via coalmountainlullaby)
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Coke Talk: Coke Talk Predictions for 2012
• Hugh Hefner will renew his contract with Satan.
• A cast member from Jersey Shore will be permanently disfigured during cosmetic surgery. No one will notice.
• The iPad 3 with Siri will be released in March. Siri will learn at a geometric rate, becoming self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time,…
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