He says he sends off two CVs every day and on average, applies for 12 advertised jobs a week.

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You write a message, and Mixcard sends off a postcard to your recepient with a QR code for them to get their mixtape.

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Until, that is, another shock, a bolt of lightening perhaps, sends them off in another direction.

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Samasource takes work orders from a U.S. tech company, breaks them down into simple tasks it has dubbed microwork, and sends it off to a partner in say, the rural Indian state of Jharkhand, where most of the other jobs are low-paid, backbreaking work in the coal mines.

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Samasource takes work orders from a U.S. tech company, breaks them down into simple tasks and sends the work off to one or more of its 16 partner organizations in, say, Nairobi or Lahore.

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"The first episode back completely turns the story in a really significant way and sends the second half of the season off in a new trajectory, which is exciting, " Greenblatt says.

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The radar sends radio wave pulses into the ice sheet, and the waves bounce off buried features, informing researchers about the characteristics of the snow and ice layers.

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If a camera detects a blemish on a chip, it sends a signal to one of the airhoses under the conveyor, and a jet of air blows the chip off onto the floor.

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