LordWinstanley

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by LordWinstanley 10y ago
"Surviving" the new MacBook Pro? It must be hell for you. I feel your pain. How many lives must have been ruined, since it was made compulsory to buy every incremental hardware upgrade from Apple. It certainly puts the trivial pr
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by LordWinstanley 10y ago
You were so pleased, you had to create an account just to say so... only an hour after the original poster created his account, just to mention the product.
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by LordWinstanley 10y ago
Good stuff. Learned a couple of new tricks there.
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by LordWinstanley 10y ago
You forget option 3, which is nearly always the case: 3) US says jump. UK says "how high"?
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Inspector Morse Creator, Colin Dexter, Dead(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by LordWinstanley 10y ago|0 comments
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Martin McGuinness Dead(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by LordWinstanley 10y ago|0 comments
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by LordWinstanley 10y ago
`defaults write com.apple.screencapture type jpg|png|gif|pdf && killall SystemUIServer` --[choose required format] to change OSX's default format for screenshots `defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Pictures&
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by LordWinstanley 10y ago
Deliberately (?) misleading headline. The devices are not banned from flights. They are banned from being carried as hand luggage
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by LordWinstanley 10y ago
Doesn't work for me. Whatever message I try to encode, I get a "This deck already exists..." error.
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by LordWinstanley 10y ago
Why do you care about votes [whether up, down, or sideways]? At the end of the day it's only people being "wrong on the internet"
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by LordWinstanley 10y ago
All I'm seeing is a headline and a still image of an installer dialogue box ???
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by LordWinstanley 10y ago
I still prefer the comments on the sugar-free Gummy Bears: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sugar-Free-Jellies-Gums-Sweets/dp/B...
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by LordWinstanley 10y ago
You-fucking-Tube?! Possibly second only to radio as a poor choice of medium for exhibiting a collection of photographs. Mind you, I'm sure the: "Yure mom photograph dicks in da war" "Well youre mom getted raped by H
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by LordWinstanley 10y ago
Good to see the BBC's legendary impartiality in action again. Time was when a headline like this would use the words 'alleged' or 'allegedly' to avoid looking like the verdict was being announced before the trial. N
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by LordWinstanley 10y ago
I wouldn't risk it. Given Google's track record, they'll probably scrap the service before the recipient of your largesse has a chance to spend it.
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by LordWinstanley 10y ago
F kin' Hell! I've read a few vacuous, non-articles in my time. But that's right up there with the worst. Why would anyone think that that nursery school drivel was a good fit for HN's readership?
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by LordWinstanley 10y ago
This case doesn't actually exist.
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by LordWinstanley 10y ago
First line of article: In B2B SaaS, value MQLs over traffic. Has anyone seen my Babel Fish?
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by LordWinstanley 10y ago
Nice journalism. Remember not to get tied down with boring details like specs. Just rehash the latest press-release
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by LordWinstanley 10y ago
I know I'm a boring middle-aged old fart and therefore completely out of touch, but my brain just refuses to even begin to comprehend why people would want to watch other people playing video games. I can think of almost nothing I woul
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by LordWinstanley 10y ago
Join[1] is a nice alternative to PushBullet. Does most of what PushBullet does [including sending SMS from your computer] but costs a one-time fee of £4,99, instead of PushBullet's monthly subscription. [1] https://joaoapps.
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by LordWinstanley 10y ago
I kouldn't tell you
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by LordWinstanley 10y ago
Kome on, Afikan ladies!
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by LordWinstanley 10y ago
I've set up a business that pays me £1 every time this question comes up on HN. it's made me a absolute fortune!
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by LordWinstanley 10y ago
Interestingly, if you search on google.co.uk, spell "caramelise" properly and say No to "do you also want to show results for caramelize..." Google says: > Line with paper and fill with baking beans then blind bake
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by LordWinstanley 10y ago
Don't travel to the US. Problem solved.
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by LordWinstanley 10y ago
Brilliant!
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by LordWinstanley 10y ago
You've got some crazy spacing issues going on there, with your 'apostrophe-S's The funniest thing in any propaganda photos released by NK are all the toadies in the background, dutifully scribbling down every pearl of wisdom
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by LordWinstanley 10y ago
> We reached out to all members of the city council prior to the public hearing... I was on your side. But now you've contacted Four-Tops-Itis, I don't care anymore.
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by LordWinstanley 10y ago
I presume the ..OTP end of that acronym refers to 'One-Time-Password' but I'm not sure what the first T is. Not helped by the fact that, for anyone of a certain age who grew up in the UK, the initials TOTP can only ever stand

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