JackpotDen

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by JackpotDen 13y ago
I think you need your own office in order not to distract coworkers
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by JackpotDen 13y ago
the problem is the idea that one is special for some reason, and one is entitled to more of something because of that reason.
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by JackpotDen 13y ago
In this context, apple forced open pandora's box. There's no going back now. Businesses can present no choice, and only a minority of people (not enough to affect business) end up caring.
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by JackpotDen 13y ago
there is significant time overhead and increased visibility/decreased quality(in terms of usability) in this method. a 100 page document would take a long time to photograph, but not as long to transfer, and you'd be less visible.
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by JackpotDen 13y ago
Sandwiches! http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/10/20
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by JackpotDen 13y ago
> Google, the internet giant, is to create a global database of child abuse images So they're going to hoard all the child porn in the world. Brilliant idea. Today is not a good day to be someone who effectively lives on the interne
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by JackpotDen 13y ago
>techno boondoggle A government organisation that wastes money making a piece of technology.
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by JackpotDen 13y ago
I really want artists to decide solutions to my power and infrastructure problems.
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by JackpotDen 13y ago
1) http://i.imgur.com/nqbLmXX.png 2) Subliminial messaging is not much compared to what happened in the magic community a few years back. http://fivewithflores.com/2012/12/words-mean-things-by-patr
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by JackpotDen 13y ago
Not a real explaination, but a nice summary of the developments at valve. the most interesting part is the breen grub, written by Marc Laidlaw. https://twitter.com/BreenGrub
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by JackpotDen 13y ago
>Isn't a luxury hotel the worst place to hide? I'm sure there are cameras and one is easily recognized when getting out of the room. Depends if you think people want to kill you
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by JackpotDen 13y ago
the articles say 4 directions, but I'm going to assume that's because it's what they've been able to find clear enough patterns to map actions to. If they thought up a few more, ex "think about kicking your left leg" to move forwards, it co
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by JackpotDen 13y ago
When governments adopt electronic currency.
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by JackpotDen 13y ago
If you want a good head screw, think about the Baghdad battery and the Antikythera mechanism. Now imagine if the Turing church hypothesis was figured out back then.
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by JackpotDen 13y ago
There's been various statements about how tesla uses government subsidies... but so do most car manufacturers. This is them paying back a loan early. It's still a good company, doing good things, etc etc.
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by JackpotDen 13y ago
>bug Closed, overtaken by events. Not exactly fixed. Also, moving the goalposts.
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by JackpotDen 13y ago
"“To stand by principles would be difficult,” she said. “But we’re going to have to say no. The organization is giving up freedom.”" I don't this this person has seen a dictionary.
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by JackpotDen 13y ago
You can get it on steam though. I still don't know what I'm going to do with my saved game that has all characters unlocked :(
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by JackpotDen 13y ago
The reason we have this is that apple have proven you can get away with the walled garden. Now it's microsoft's turn to do it. NB : they are both doing bad things.
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by JackpotDen 13y ago
Traveling Homophobes.
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by JackpotDen 14y ago
Today's not towel day. They done goofed.
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by JackpotDen 14y ago
"That however was in 93 and things may well have changed." There's your problem. At some point EA started buying up studios to take the IP and fire the employees. Then they went on a micro purchase bender and got rid of any idea of respecti
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by JackpotDen 14y ago
Well, I upgraded to 4.1 on my paid android phone and got an advert for the chromebook.
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by JackpotDen 14y ago
You can say that for just about any time in human history. there was a lot of shoddy entertainment in the 90s too, and there were lots of great stuff from the 80s and 00s.
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by JackpotDen 14y ago
surely they have the tech to query up the number of new users that watched house of cards?
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by JackpotDen 14y ago
EX : Vancouver riots of 2012.
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by JackpotDen 14y ago
Welcome to the kitchen of the future. By the year 2000, all of mom's cooking and cleaning duties will be performed by Rosie the maid.
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by JackpotDen 14y ago
I imagine it will be a set of components that valve will sell pre-completed, or the user will be able to create their own. It could come in minimum, recommended, and max, and the developers would have these basic devices to aim for. The use
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by JackpotDen 14y ago
"The Fox network alone has animated sitcoms that make fun of Fox News" The alternative is likely to get them sued. This is not surprising.
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by JackpotDen 14y ago
>>Freedom of speech must include the freedom to remain silent. >Why would you think that? The same reason that atheism is covered under freedom of religion.

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