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TaskRabbit was created in 2008 after its founder, Leah Busque, realized she needed to buy dog food but didn’t have time to get it herself.

…but she did have time to start TaskRabbit. What do her dogs eat?!?

about 2 hours ago on Temping fate: can TaskRabbit go from side gigs to real jobs? 2 replies 3 recommends

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Yes, /s, but I didn’t want to make it too obvious in the hope that somebody agreed.

8 days ago on BBC iPlayer finally arrives on Windows Phone 8

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They wouldn’t make this a PS4 day 1 launch title because the chances that they’ll get it out of the doors on schedule are near zero.

8 days ago on 'Gran Turismo 6' comes to PlayStation 3 this November 1 recommend

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Damn straight! Every day I bemoan the crapness of Windows Phone solely because of the lack of an official Instagram app.

8 days ago on BBC iPlayer finally arrives on Windows Phone 8 1 reply 1 recommend

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Given that there’s likely to be a number of people running Windows 8 who haven’t bought a license, there’s around a zero percent chance of being able to come up with the right number of PCs running Windows 8.

13 days ago on Windows 8: forget 100m licences 'sold', here's how many PCs are running it 1 reply 1 recommend

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This story has NOTHING to do with tech and I’m TOTALLY outraged. ;-)

21 days ago on Early US colonists resorted to cannibalism, new evidence shows 1 recommend

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I don’t see why the future has to involve the majority of the population being kept busy in gainful employment. Perhaps we could dream of a future where machines do the necessary work to free up people to, I don’t know, enjoy themselves.

I’m pretty certain that in the beginning (Genesis), the idea was that people wouldn’t have to put any effort into things like growing crops. That only became something that required work because it was necessary to punish the misbehaving pair who ate the forbidden fruit. Had they not done that, it’s likely that farming wouldn’t be a job today.

Just imagine, if so many people hadn’t been busy farming, they might have spent their time inventing something really cool, or enjoying leisure activities.

(Before anybody thinks that everything in this comment is said with total sincerity; it isn’t.)

24 days ago on US Navy experimenting with drones and blimps to fight Caribbean drug smugglers

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I think she’s just trying to bump up the declining value of her Apple shares.

about 1 month ago on Senator McCaskill grills FAA chief over 'arbitrary' electronic device restrictions

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It was a euphoric gathering of people celebrating both an enormous victory and the end of a war that took countless lives. There’s every chance that there was a lot of kissing, hugging and other forms of affection going on – it’s not like he was sexually assaulting them. Or is your issue that he didn’t remain faithful to the first girl that he kissed?

about 1 month ago on Eisenstaedt's 'Kiss in Times Square' Leica camera goes to auction