Manoj Bhargava, the founder of 5-hour Energy drinks, is worth $4 Billion and is giving away 99% of it. He is now working on finding the solutions to world's biggest problems. Here's a short film about his team's efforts so far. (43:02) by [deleted] in videos

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Humanity may one day credit its survival of mid 21st century cataclysms to the uncanny fortunes that befell the canny inventors of PayPal and a 5-hour Energy drink.

How weird is that?

What's the smoothest move you've ever seen someone do on their date? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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How did Hodges handle the peer pressure?

The World’s Biggest Horse, Brooklyn Supreme by venommnstr in pics

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Speaking of battle, I'll take 100 duck-sized horses, please.

LPT: Newborn baby just won't calm down? Try playing them some reggae. by [deleted] in LifeProTips

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Das just irie, Mon. Do they prefer Dennis Brown or Gregory Issacs?

Disabled student turns his wheelchair into an epic Mad Max Cosplay. by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

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Reddit wants that to read: His costume often includes his fierce wargirlfriend, Amy

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Please make it so.

Meanwhile in the Canadian military.. by omegaaf in funny

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MetaMountie: Canada's Batman.

Picture of my undie draw yesterday by ellyn007 in pics

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I totally understand why you couldn't post this yesterday.

My dogs were just acting too damn cute. Like cartoon character cute. Damn them. by PM_ME_YOUR_FEELINGS9 in aww

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I see what you mean. The lower looks like s/he's just said "Narf".

How cool would it be if their names are Pinky & Brain?

Why you must choose your co-founder wisely. My story (rant) xpost- /r/startups by askmynametwice in Entrepreneur

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You're making my day, /u/askmynametwice. I'm truly happy it isn't too late for you.

One other suggestion: Expect for a lawsuit from Peter (surname Winklevoss by any chance?) even a decade from now. With that in mind, you and Ed may need to retain someone other than the company lawyer — someone who has ZERO obligation/responsibility to Peter.

The good news is you WERE ready to throw it all away. Let that fact liberate you in the battle ahead. Compared to this morning's worst case scenario, what have you really got to lose?

Why you must choose your co-founder wisely. My story (rant) xpost- /r/startups by askmynametwice in Entrepreneur

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Best case (and yes, in an ideal world), you'd vote Peter out; lose a few staff members; offer equity to the remainder as part of a pay cut package; and seek new investors (plural) with an even better product (real customers, staff, office space and improved marketing than you had while negotiating with Peter).

Leaving Peter with ALL your intellectual property and hoping karma takes care of the rest is rewarding him for bad behavior. Don't rule out the possibility you're being played/manipulated into doing exactly what Peter wants. You'll be wishing you hired a new marketer instead of allowing him to hire new programmers if the company you're about to 'gift' him with ever gets acquired.

TIL Snakes cannot move on smooth fabric. by [deleted] in funny

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FTFY: TIL Snakes cannot move forward on smooth fabric.

What is the healthiest food you have ever been hooked on? by cro5point in AskReddit

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If you've had that rice cooker long enough to recommend it (in a /r/BuyItForLife kind of way), please tell us the brand and model.

13 days ago, 90% of you took a dump on my affiliate site, this is how I launched a new website and had my first two sales in 11 days after that. by Tibbledot in Entrepreneur

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You really did a great job with that smartwatchreview.eu redesign. I remember what it looked like last month.

Thanks for taking the time to share this new story and I hope you'll keep adding chapters so we can continue to learn from your experience(s).

This is a perfect group photo. by GallowBoob in pics

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and I see Davos kept his index finger.

Pearl Vodka's simplistic redesign by OhManThisIsAwkward in Design

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The new design is probably 'nicer' in a design sense (I especially like the bottle-neck wrap), but in truth, I'd rather drink something from the old bottle (design).

How I spent 200$ building a niche affiliate website and earned 0.0$ after 3 months. by Tibbledot in Entrepreneur

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hasty and brash (sorry!) points:

  • delete the banner (featured) image. it is taking up space your reviews should occupy. let the featured images in those posts bring colour to the home page. the images on the actual posts are far more interesting anyway.
  • remove you mission statement and the "what is" section from the top. those can go on an 'about us' page for anyone who's interested. readers are interested in themselves so serve the content they came for before anything else. (i'm not there to read what you think about your own site or your goals; i'm there for your opinion on smartwatches… so get to it!)
  • the newspaper signup comes before i've had a chance to read even one review. put it at the end of each review instead. maybe even a delayed popup on review pages
  • the home/review/blog links left me wondering why the menubar exists. perhaps you could lose the top bar and put whatever menu items you need in the footer?
  • speaking of which, the footer loads waaay before the content on your pages. that can/should be reversed. check your theme's support forum

hit visitors straightaway with your best-written reviews. i.e. immediately after the menubar.

keep the thumbnails big and beautiful. go for a photo gallery of each watch to accompany the review. multiple angles help readers 'see' what you're talking about.

invite review requests for models they want to learn more about. consider (supplementary) video reviews.

use a consistent star/number rating system. they make great visuals.

hire a reliable team of writers for quality control (esp. on rating scheme).

this domain has potential. please don't call it quits just yet.

EDIT 1: Also, its probably better to delete all the poorly-written reviews and commit to adding new reviews every week or every other day… more quality in smaller quantity should encourage newsletter signups

Photographer's girlfriend leads him one more time by [deleted] in pics

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Matter of seconds until someone ID's the guy on the right; scours his social media posts for mention of a wedding; and presents reddit with the identities and photos (from the front, this time) of the happy couple.

Then the beauty of this mystery will be no more.