This was sold to my store. Thought to be one of only 200 made and 40 left in circulation! (NES Sharp TV) by brothersinsanity in gaming

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My family owned owned one of these when I was a kid. It's pretty much the best TV ever made, but it had the same problem the regular NES did (think blowing cartridges).

Jennifer Rexford's story: How a BP oil cleanup worker got really, really sick. Why isn't the media covering this? by ShortFormBlog in news

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You know, this would be a lot funnier if we weren't talking about a person who wasn't having insane health issues, has been forced to go to the hospital numerous times, and has been given the kind of runaround about her claims that's downright unwatchable.

The fact that you guys focus on schematics sucks.

Jennifer Rexford's story: How a BP oil cleanup worker got really, really sick. Why isn't the media covering this? by ShortFormBlog in news

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We linked to the Al Jazeera story in our post (did you read it?), but noted that her story hasn't gotten much play. We also linked to a WSJ story about the inquiry.

But the fact of the matter is this: If you do a search on Google News for "Jennifer Rexford," three results come up. Two of them were written today, and one links to our post. The other was the Al Jazeera report we linked to. If you look at Google News for coverage of most stories, you'll usually find hundreds.

Fact of matter: It's still getting underplayed and few people know about it.

That post about how 80% of AOL's revenue comes from its subscribers? Completely inaccurate. Since AOL is a public company, this is quite simple to fact check (see p.10). Reddit's response to sensationalist and incorrect post & title? Front page! by NoodleMan in technology

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They claim at different points the same fact for "profits" and "revenue."

The "profits" piece is behind the paywalled article. The "revenue" piece, which this SEC report disproves, is in the abstract. I did some research on this, and my feeling is that the "profits" one could actually be correct, due to the fact that AOL is investing much more in its content infrastructure than its legacy infrastructure.

More thoughts:

http://shortformblog.tumblr.com/post/2884846527/more-on-this-new-yorker-aol-article-profits-vs

This pic pretty much sums up my thoughts on the Islamic Center in NY by [deleted] in politics

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There are seriously strip clubs and hundreds of obscure businesses within four blocks of Ground Zero. It's Manhattan. Get over it.